Alien Property Custodian Act. Hearing ... on H.R. 12651 and H.R. 12884 |
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... interest in the estate of Mrs. Hilprecht is concerned that the Alien Property Custodian would still have charge of and possession of any sums which would come to him under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania ; but I do not quite ...
... interest in the estate of Mrs. Hilprecht is concerned that the Alien Property Custodian would still have charge of and possession of any sums which would come to him under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania ; but I do not quite ...
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... interest on this fund is in the hands of the Alien Property Custodian ? Mr. SCHAFFER . It is paid over to him as it accrues , every dollar of it . STATEMENT OF HON . THOMAS S. BUTLER , A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ...
... interest on this fund is in the hands of the Alien Property Custodian ? Mr. SCHAFFER . It is paid over to him as it accrues , every dollar of it . STATEMENT OF HON . THOMAS S. BUTLER , A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ...
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... interest in the affairs of his adopted country and his home community . One of his daughters married a citizen of Switzerland . Two of his daughters married residents and citizens of Germany , and one married a citizen of Austria ...
... interest in the affairs of his adopted country and his home community . One of his daughters married a citizen of Switzerland . Two of his daughters married residents and citizens of Germany , and one married a citizen of Austria ...
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... interest in real estate through her mother , and she also owns the Old Homestead in Plymouth , N. H. In 1907 she was mar- ried to Mr. Rittler , at that time an Austria - Hungarian . She resided in Vienna for a while and then resided in ...
... interest in real estate through her mother , and she also owns the Old Homestead in Plymouth , N. H. In 1907 she was mar- ried to Mr. Rittler , at that time an Austria - Hungarian . She resided in Vienna for a while and then resided in ...
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... interests must give way . " In view of the far greater severity of the rules of international law in regard to seizure and condemnation of private property at sea , as compared with seizure and confiscation on land , this case is a very ...
... interests must give way . " In view of the far greater severity of the rules of international law in regard to seizure and condemnation of private property at sea , as compared with seizure and confiscation on land , this case is a very ...
Common terms and phrases
act of October alien enemy alien property act Alien Property Custodian Alsace-Lorraine amendment Ameri American citizens American parents American women American-born anno Domini Attorney Austria-Hungary Austrian BARKLEY BERLIN-HALENSEE Blun BOGGS born Bulgaria BUTLER CHAIRMAN citizen of Germany citizenship claims client committee companies confiscation Congress court Custodian act daughters debts DEWALT enemy act enemy property erty fact friendly funds GARVAN German citizen German Empire German subject Government held Hilprecht husband income insured intermarried with aliens interposing investments JONES KAHN legislation Liberty bonds lived marriage MONTAGUE MORRIS SHEPPARD mother nations neutral neutral countries outbreak Pennsylvania persons Philadelphia County prior private bill private property prop question real estate resided SANDERS of Indiana SARGEANT SCHAFFER section 9 seized seizure sequestered SIMS STATEMENT statute of limitations suggestion Switzerland taken territory THURSTON tion trading-with-the-enemy act trust United VALE Winslow bill woman
Popular passages
Page 48 - States for the district in which such claimant resides, or, if a corporation, where it has its principal place of business (to which suit the Alien Property Custodian or the treasurer of the United States, as the case may be, shall be made a party defendant), to establish the interest, right, title, or debt so claimed, and if...
Page 35 - After the end of the war any claim of any enemy or of an ally of enemy to any money or other property received and held by the alien property custodian or deposited in the United States Treasury, shall be settled as Congress shall direct...
Page 56 - VI. They may be charged in the second place with payment of the amounts due in respect of claims by the nationals of such Allied or Associated Power with regard to their property, rights and interests in the territory of other enemy Powers, in so far as those claims are otherwise unsatisfied.
Page 33 - It may not be unworthy of remark, that it is very unusual, even in cases of conquest, for the conqueror to do more than to displace the sovereign and assume dominion over the country. The modern usage of nations, which has become law, would be violated ; that sense of justice and of right which is acknowledged and felt by the whole civilized world would be outraged, if private property should be generally confiscated, and private rights annulled.
Page 34 - The universal practice of forbearing to seize and confiscate debts and credits, the principle universally received, that the right to them revives on the restoration of peace, would seem to prove that war is not an absolute confiscation of this property, but simply confers the right of confiscation.
Page 56 - ... payment of amounts due in respect of claims by the nationals of that Allied or Associated Power with regard to their property, rights and interests, including companies and associations in which they are interested, in German territory, or debts owing to them by German nationals...
Page 6 - Before me, the subscriber, one of the justices of the peace in and for the said county personally appeared the abovenamed petitioner, who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that...
Page 36 - In the first class nre the private investments of individual German subjects, who, attracted by the possibilities in America, invested their funds in a small way in this country in real estate, in mortgages, and in securities, chiefly of industrial and transportation companies. In the second class are the investments which have been made by combined capital in Germany having close affiliations with the great political and financial powers of the Empire, These latter investments sought dominance and...
Page 42 - Neither the debts due from individuals of the one nation to individuals of the other, nor shares, nor monies, which they may have in the public funds, or in the public or private banks, shall ever in any event of war or national differences be sequestered or confiscated...
Page 33 - It appears to the Court, that the power of confiscating enemy property is in the legislature, and that the legislature has not yet declared its will to confiscate property which was within our territory at the declaration of war.