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 TITLE Lx.—PATENTS AND COPYRIGH'l`S.·—-Ch. 3. 959 Silo. 4961. The tmaster to whom such copyright book, title, or _P0¤¤¤q·¤¤¤r¤ tv other article is deliiired, shall, if requested, give a receipt therefor; KW? E’°°‘P“·..--_ and when so delivered he shall mail it to its destination. Ibld··*-96»P·2l‘*· _SBc. 4962. No person shall maintain an action for the infringement of Hubiiwtivn of his copyright un ess he shall give notice thereof by inserting in the “°“°" °l *;**,9 f" severa copies of every edition published, on the title-page or the page Qhmlg pm immediate y following. if it be a book; or if a map, chart, musical com- -——_-·¥— — position, print, cut, en)g-lraving, photograph, inting, drawin, chromo, {l,·"_‘}·· “· *3,,4 statue, statuary, or m el or design intendedm to be perfected and com- 30] ,,_”fi§°,,_ y8_’ °` pleted as a work of the fine arts, by inscribin upon some rtion of the —+-¢%—— ace or front thereof, or on the face of the sigbstance on which the same 5 I§';°;}E"é’é;I“u· shall be mounted, the following words, ‘“Entered according to act of " ` Congress, in the year , by A. B., in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington? Sec. 4963. Every person who shall insert or impress such notice, or Penalty for false words of the same purport, in or upon any book, map, chart, musical l2¤bli¢¤ii<>¤ of ¤<>· composition, print, cut, engraving, or photo raph, or other article, for EP'X:-.”. which he has not obtained a copyright, shah be liable to a penalty of 8J“lY»l870»°·230» one hundred dollars, recoverable one-half for the person who shall sue E—l;,§’Y‘18’_l§2l}h· for such penalty, and one—half to the use of the United States. 1 BgK3:f_°']52" ’ Sec. 4964. Every person who, after the recording of the title of any P¤m¤j!°¤f°*Yi°· book as rovided by this chapter, shall within the term limited, and :;t{;’;>‘,;s°°pl'"*im without the consent of the proprietor of the copyright first obtained in ——4——— writing, signed in presence of two or more witnesses, print, publish, or 8 July, 1870, c. import, or knowing the same to be so printed, publis ied, or imported, 23% ¤- 99·V· l6» P- shall sell or expose to sale any copy of such book, shall forfeit every gi; _____ copy thereof to such proprietor, and shall also forfeit and pay such Gray v.Russell,1 damages as may be recovered in a civil action by such proprietor in any Story. I9; F¢>l¤0¤¤ court of competent jurisdiction. {,¥“;l:i§ rett, 2 Blatch., 39; Van Hook 1-. Pendleton, 2 Blatch., 85; Story’s Executors 1-. Holcombe, 4 McLean, 306; Webb r. Powers, 2 Wood. & M., 497. Sec. 4965. If any person, after the recording of the title of any map, For violating chart, musical composition, print, cut, engraving, or photograph, or °gPl;'€h*.°£'“"£“» chromo, or of the description of any paintin, drawing, statue, statuary, or model or design intended to be perfected; and executed as a work of 233 Juggb 18,% °· the fine arts, as provided by this chapter, shall, within the term limited, 2Mj°‘ ’v' ’P‘ and without the consent of the proprietor of the copyright first obtained -—————-—— in writing, signed in presence of two or more witnesses, engrave, etch, ,S(5)",‘j‘)¥,'g_I;.';§:'g:l; work, copy, print, (publish, or import, either in whole or in part, or by ,,_ M,,,Qh, ’2 Story, varying the main esign with intent to evade the law, or, knowing the 115; Atwill r. Fei-- same to be so printed, published, or imported, shall sell or expose to sale mit. 2 Bl¤*¢h·» 39; any copy of such map or other article, as aforesaid, he shall forfeit to ;:Q0§°gk;&;i"' the proprietor all the plates on which the same shall be copied, and 85;Su·; »,Ex»,,,,f every sheet thereof, either copied or printed, and shall further forfeit Holconihe, 4 Mcone dollar for every sheet of the same found in his possession, either Wn, 306· printing, printed, copied, published, imported, or exposed for sale; and in case of a painting, statue, or statuary, he shall forfeit ten dollars for every cop · of the same in his possession, or by him sold or exposed for sale; one-half thereof to the proprietor and the other half to the use of the United States. Sec. 4966. Any person publicly performing or representing any dra— For violating matic composition for which a copyright has been obtained, without the °¤l?{¤8h* of d¤}· consent of the roprietor thereof, or is heirs or assigns, shall be liable gfngc "°mp°°" for dama es therefor, such damages in all cases to be assessed at such -4-—;. sum, not fess than one hundred dollars for the first, and fifty dollars for 8i{)‘llY;l?g°·°·§:f2· every subsequent performance, as to the court shall appear to be just. S' ’l‘ ’p’ ° %m1ci<hault7:·. Fox, 5 Blatrh., 87; Daly r. Palmer, 6 Blatch., 256; Boucicault er. Hart, 13 atc .,4 . Sec. 4967. Every person who shall print or publish any manuscript Pqmases fw whatever, without the consent of the author or proprietor first obtained, E;‘,$:”§m°"mi:gE: if such author or proprietor is a citizen of the L-nited States, or resident K y