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 UNITED STATES CODE, 1909

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form for the said certificate, to be filled out in each case as above provided for, which certificate, sealed with the seal of the copyright office, shall, upon payment of the pre- scribed fee, be given to any person making application for the same, and the said certificate shall be admitted in any court as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. In addition to such certificate the register of copyrights shall furnish, upon request, without additional fee, a re- ceipt for the copies of the work deposited to complete the registration.

Sec. 56. That the register of copyrights shall fully in- dex all copyright registrations and assignments and shall print at periodic intervals a catalogue of the titles of arti- cles deposited and registered for copyright, together with suitable indexes, and at stated intervals shall print com- plete and indexed catalogues for each class of copyright entries, and may thereupon, if expedient, destroy the ori- ginal manuscript catalogue cards containing the titles in- cluded in such printed volumes and representing the entries made during such intervals. The current catalogues of copyright entries and the index volumes herein provided for shall be admitted in any court as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein as regards any copyright regis- tration.

Sec. 57. That the said printed current catalogues as they are issued shall be promptly distributed by the copy- right office to the collectors of customs of the United States and to the postmasters of all exchange offices of receipt of foreign mails, in accordance with revised lists of such col- lectors of customs and postmasters prepared by the Secre- tary of the Treasury and the Postmaster-General, and they shall also be furnished to all parties desiring them at a price to be determined by the register of copyrights, not exceed- ing five dollars per annum for the complete catalogue of copyright entries and not exceeding one dollar per annum for the catalogues issued during the year for any one class of subjects. The consolidated catalogues and indexes shall also be supplied to all persons ordering them at such prices as may be determined to be reasonable, and all subscrip-

Certificate may be given to any person

Receipt for

copies

deposited

Index to

copyright

registrations

Catalogue of

copyright

entries

Catalogue cards

Catalogues and indexes prima facie evidence

Distribution of catalogue of copyright entries

Subscription price