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 IMPORTATION 281

" (c) To the authorized edition of a book in a foreign language or languages of which only a translation into English has been copyrighted in this country;

" (d) To any book published abroad with the au- thorization of the author or copyright proprietor when imported under the circumstances stated in one of the four subdivisions following, that is to say :

" First. When imported, not more than one copy at one time, for individual use and not for sale ; but such privilege of importation shall not extend to a foreign reprint of a book by an American author copyrighted in the United States;

"Second. When imported by the authority or for the use of the United States;

"Third. When imported, for use and not for sale, Library not more than one copy of any such book in any one importations invoice, in good faith, by or for any society or in- stitution incorporated for educational, literary, philo- sophical, scientific, or religious purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts, or for any college, academy, school, or seminary of learning, or for any State, school, college, university, or free public library in the United States;

" Fourth. When such books form parts of libraries or collections purchased en bloc for the use of socie- ties, institutions, or libraries designated in the fore- going paragraph, or form parts of the libraries or personal baggage belonging to persons or families arriving from foreign countries and are not intended for sale: Provided, That copies imported as above may not lawfully be used in any way to violate the rights of the proprietor of the American copyright or annul or limit the copyright protection secured by this Act, and such unlawful use shall be deemed an infringement of copyright.

" (Sec. 32.) That any and all articles prohibited