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COPYRIGHT

Superintend- ent of Documents to receive subscriptions

Record books, etc., open to inspection Copies may be taken of entries in record books

Disposition of copyriglit deposits

Preservation of copyriglit deposits

Disposal of

copyright

deposits

tions for the catalogues shall be received by the Superinten- dent of Public Documents, who shall forward the said pub- lications; and the moneys thus received shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States and accounted for under such laws and Treasury regulations as shall be in force at the time.

Sec. 58. That the record books of the copyright office, together with the indexes to such record books, and all works deposited and retained in the copyright office, shall be open to public inspection ; and copies may be taken of the copyright entries actually made in such record books, subject to such safeguards and regulations as shall be pre- scribed by the register of copyrights and approved by the Librarian of Congress.

Sec. 59. That of the articles deposited in the copyright office under the provisions of the copyright laws of the United States or of this Act, the Librarian of Congress shall determine what books and other articles shall be trans- ferred to the permanent collections of the Library of Con- gress, including the law library, and what other books or articles shall be placed in the reserve collections of the Li- brary of Congress for sale or exchange, or be transferred to other governmental libraries in the District of Columbia for use therein.

Sec. 60. That of any articles undisposed of as above provided, together with all titles and correspondence re- lating thereto, the Librarian of Congress and the register of copyrights jointly shall, at suitable intervals, determine what of these received during any period of years it is de- sirable or useful to preserve in the permanent files of the copyright office, and, after due notice as hereinafter pro- vided, may within their discretion cause the remaining arti- cles and other things to be destroyed : Provided, That there shall be printed in the Catalogue of Copyright Entries from February to November, inclusive, a statement of the years of receipt of such articles and a notice to permit any author, copyright proprietor, or other lawful claimant to claim and remove before the expiration of the month of December of that year anything found which