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    COMPLETE COPY OF THE KEW ACT . 51 st 2 D CONGRESS SE 88 ION . , X XT 1 # XV T > * J i -UOO nQCI -l .

    IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES . Dece DECEMBER mber 33 . ] 1890 8 \) 0 ..

    , Read twice and ordered to lie on the falle . AN ACT

    To amend vised Statutes title sixty of , the chapter United three States , of , relating the Reto Copyrights .

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America

    hundre in Congress d and - -- assembled fift ~ -two - ~ - , of That the r section Revised - I P » forty Statutes P -nine PPP PP — " — — — ¦ y pf ^ , , pi *^__ ™ " ^ ¦ ^^ Pp ^ . ^ PP * ^ P > " ^» ' » PJ ^ P » ^ " ^ ^^ P ^^

    read be , an as d follows the same : hereby , amended so as to

    4 Sec . 4952 . The author , inventor , designeror propr m ietor of any «/ book — map

    chart ^ , , drama X tic or musical composi , tion ^ , , engravingcutprintor — photograph or

    negative <* J \ J thereof , , , or of , a painting X , drawing X , chromo , statue , statuary , and of models or

    the designs fine i arts ntended and t t he be execu perfec tors ted admin as wor i k st ra o - f

    t upon ors , or comp assi ly , ing w of ith an the y such provisions person , of sha this ll ,

    reprin chap x ter ting , h , ave publishing u . the sole oi , com libe pX rt leting y of O" , prin cop X y •/ ting ingO , ,

    and execu in ting the , fin case ishing of , and dramatic vendin ¦!¦¦¦ composition g the ¦»» ¦ same ;

    of causin publicl , m ¦ g ^ p it y to per be forming performed h ~~ — — ~~ — ~~ — ~— or - ~~ .- *» " ~ - ^ — _ representing *™» ^_ ^ ^ p _ -pp ^ or ^ ^ ^ pp ~ ^__ ^ *^ pr represen ^^ ~ ^ ^ pp ^ p ^ ^ ^ " * _^ p ™ _ ^_ , ^ ^ ^^ p ^ ^ p ^ ^ pr ^ ^ ^ pV ^ ^ p it fc ^^ * . ^ . ¦¦> t ^ ^^ pr ^ ed ^ or Ppr P" . P" - » ^ pr , VM ^ B

    have by oth exclusive ers ; and ri au gh th t to dramatise or their assi and gns trans shall

    la shall te any have of been their obtained works for under which the copyri laws ght of

    the United States . ' Sec . 2 . That section ¦ ¦ forty-nine mm hundred h

    same and fift is y hereb -four of amended the RevisedStatutes ~ - — - so as — — to ^ ^ read ^ v * . ^ ^ be ^ as . ^ ^ , follows ^ and f «> K ** iP * ^^ H 0 the m W ^ mT ^/^ : y ¦

    1 Sec . 4954 ^ — , m . The author — ^ w inven ^^ -r - - » r tor - ^ ^^ m ^ - ** ' or V *^ " designer , if he be still living , , or his widow ,

    same or children exclusive , if ri he ht continued dead , shall for the have further the g

    ti term tle of the four work teen er years descri , upon ption recording of the article the

    so all secured other regulations a second ^ m time in .. , .. and regard _ __ BBB comp — - to lying orig with inal

    co " " ~ pyri ira g tion hts , of wi the thin fi six rst term months ^ _ — — - — and ^— before « . v mm such -m ^ - pl ^ p t ^ f ^^ h ^^^ the ^^ ^^ ^ P' ^ B' - .. exp ; per

    sons of - - - said shall renewal , within cause two month a s of from the the record date ^_ Mb flh , j K A B Acopy — I M ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ *^ ^^ " . ^ >» . _ ^ <^ . ^

    thereof to be published in one or more newspapers printed in the United States for the

    space * of four weeksJ Sec . 3 . That ¦"»¦ ¦¦ — ' section forty-nine hundre h d

    m United and ^ fifty ^ p" ^ States - ^^^ six »^ of ' be " - — the — » " ^ - and ^^ - ^ Revised —— ' — . - ^ p- p ^ th "i ^ e ' .. p ¦ p ^ same , Statutes « . . ^^ hw ^ * m i i « s ^^ fp h ^^ of ereb j ^ ^ , ^^^^^^ the ^^^ ^ k ^& , y ,

    I , amendea so tnat it shall read as iollows :

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    * Sec . 4956 . No person shall be entitled to a copyright unless h p ^ ¦¦ p" he 1 ¦¦ shall ¦ on r or ¦— before

    ¦the ^ p » ^ r ^ mr ^ w day ^^ r - ^^ ™» p' of m ^^ m ^^^^ publication ^^ ^^ ^^ > a ^ ^^ p ^^ pv ^ p ^ i »^ in ^ " » ^ p ^ this ^^ -- ^^ ^ v- « r ^ " » ^^^ or ^ , p ' ^ F' any ~ " ~^ " forei ^ '" ^ p ^ ^™ - " ~~ gn countrydeliver at the office of the Librarian

    of United Congress States , , or addressed deposit in the to the mail Librarian within the of

    bia bia Congress . , a a -printed nrintfirl , at Washington , copy rrvnv of of the thfi , District title title of of of the the Colum book book ^ -

    map , , chart , dramatic or musical composition ^ , engravingcutprintphotographor chromo /

    or a descr O 7 , iption , of , the i painting QJX' , , drawing , , statue , statuary K m . , or a model PK A or K desi Ak ¦ « gn for a ^ ^ *

    work ^ of the fine ^ arts for which he desire ^ s a copyri _ -J g J htnor unless __ he _ shall alsofnot later

    than A ^ the . day , of the publication thereof , in this or — any — foreign CJ — country — ^ , deliver at the office

    District of the Lib of rarian Columbia of Co , ng or ress deposit , at Washingt in the mail on-,

    Librarian within _ - the d of PH — United Congress _ _ ^_ j _ States , at , Washington addressed K <^ J « A ' to , D the is-_ ^^ ^ ^

    ri trict ght of book Columbia , map , chart , two , cop dra i m es at ic suc or h musical

    copyor co " *» ^™ m m posi ^ ¦— h" ^~ o ^"" t ^ r ti ograp ^ p' ^ pW on ^ H ~— ¦ ^» , engra — h" ™— , «¦ or " ^ p *~ " ving . p" p in ^ ^™ ^ " » , case ^ chrom pr ^^^ r ^ pr ^^^ of ^^ o , a — cut — painting ¦— , print ^ j * , , m

    for draw a ing work , statue of the , statuary fine arts , model a photograp , or desi h of

    same : ProvidedThat in the , case of a book the two copies , of the same required to be

    delivered inted from or t deposited set within as the above limits shall of the be prype

    During X United S the tates existence , or from p of lates such made copyri therefrom ght the .

    importation into the United States of any book so copyrighted , or any edition or editions

    from thereof type , or set any within plates the of limits the same of the not United made

    States , shall be , and it is hereby , prohibited , excep ^ y Am .. ^ p * ^* f m ~ r t % * in a *» •» th ** a a e v cases "V ^ « - ^ Ps ^ % ^ * J Ph s / p | s ^ five eci ^ s ^/ A fi * - * ed v / ^»» - in * * A sec -v x ^ ^ t ^ r ion — . -w —

    twenty-five hundred and of the Revised the Statute case s of persons the United purc States hasing , and for ex cep and t in

    not for of sal suc e , h who boo import k at an not one more time than in each two copy

    of which cases the written consent of , the proprietor of the copyrig i ~ htsigned in ¦ the presence

    importation impor of two tation witnesses : : And And i , shall provided provided j be , * furnished 7 * . That That with any anv pu r each >

    ubb-lisher of a newspaper or magazine , may , without such consentimport for his own use but

    not for sale not more , than two copies of any newspaper jl x or magazine r » publis x . hed in a foreign c- >

    cas coun e t of books : Prov in ided forei , neve gn languages rtheless .. That of in which the

    the only prohibi A translations tion of in importation Eng O lish are copyri shall , g app h t ed lyV ,

    importation only to the translations of the books of the in same the , ori and ginal the

    language shall be permitted . ' Sec . 4 . That section forty-nine hundred

    the and ^^ same fifty - ?* . ^ b * - -ei is A ght « i hereb . of the . pa } -, am Revised pvpT ^^ h ended pa m Statutes ^ , / ^ j so . tha . t be "a it , and will

    read as follows : ' Sec . 4958 . The Librarian oi Congres K- * s

    shall receive from the persons to whom the services designated are rendered the following fees :

    4 First . For recording the title or description of any copyright book or other

    I article , fifty cents . -t ,

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1890, page 1652, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121890/page/10/