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 rrrrrrinsr concanss. Sess. II. on. sas. 1891. 1107 "SEc. 4952. The author, inventor, designer or proprietor of any rerscnsmupubum. book, map, chart, dramatic or musical composition, engraving, cut, “°{‘,*}°“"°'°"‘°°°¥"‘ print, or photograph or negative thereof, or of a painting, drawing, Km-M#.r-9s?. chromo, statue, statuary, and of models or designs intended to be °‘m° perfected as works of the Hue arts, and the executors, administrators, or assigns of any such person shall, upon complying with the provisions of this chapter, have the sole liberty of printing, reprinting, publishing, completing, copying, executing, finishing, and vending the same; and, in the case of ramatic composition, of publicly performing or representing it or causing it to e performed or represented by others; and authors or their assigns shall have exclusive right to dramatize and translate any of their works for which copyright shall have been obtained under the laws of the United States. " SEO. 2. That section forty-nine hundred and fift -four of the Reyiiipd Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as 0 ows: — “Sec. 4954. The author, inventor, or designer, if he be still living, mn-enqrtsmer ex. or' his widow or children, if he be dead, shall have the same exclu- °1‘{‘gf’g**jm p 95E_ sive right continued for the further term of fourteen years, upon amended.' ’ ` recording the title of the work or description of the article so secured a second time, and complying with all other regulations in regard to original copyrights, within six months before the expiration of the first term; and such persons shall, within two months from the date rubucsucn cr ree of said renewal, cause a copy of the record thereof to be published °'**· in one or more newspapers printed in the United States for the space of four weeks." Sec. 3. That section foriggiine hundred andfifty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United Sta be, and the same is ereby, amended so that it shall read as follows: "SEc. 4956. No person shall be entitled to a copyright unless he nspmn. or aus oishall, on or before the day of publication in this or any foreign · ¤¤!¤*¤ country, deliver at the office of e Librarianof Congress, or deposit ns,s¤c.is¤c.r.¤¤8. in the mail within the United States, addressed to the Librarian of ‘”‘°““°"· Congress, at Washington, District of Columbia, a printed copy of the title of the book, map, chart, dramatic or musical composition, engraving, cut, print, photograph, or chromo, or a description of the ainting, drawing, statue, statuary, or a model or design for a worh of the Eno arts for which he desires acopyright, nor unless he shall also, not later than the day of the Hpublication thereof in this 'rwo copies or work or any foreign country, deliver at the office_of the Librarian of Con- '.§g','€E{‘£§'fi‘,,'{’ °"°" gress, at Washington, District of Columbia, or deposit in the mail · within the United States, addressed to the Librarian of Congress, at Washiiigton, District of Columbia, two copies of such copyright book, map, chart, dramatic or musical composition, enfgraving, chromo, cut, print, or photograph, or in case of a painting, rawing, statue, statuary, mode, or design for a work of the fine arts, a photograph of same: Provided, That in the case of a book, photograph, mmm. chrome, or lithogra h, the two copies of the same required to be de- U,'f,$,‘_;°S,’§“,g’; *” °°° livered or deposited, as above shall be printed from type set within the limits of the United States, or from plates made therefrom, or from negatives, or drawings on stone made within the limits of the United States, or from transfers made therefrom. During impmguuon ot sorthe existence of such copyright the importation into the United fag? °°·*”‘°¤¤ P*'°'=“* States of any book, chromo, lithograph, or photograph, so copy- righted, or any edition or editions thereof, or any plates of the same not made from t set, negatives, or drawings on stone made within the limits of theylghited States, shall be, and it is hereby, prohibited, except in the cases s eciiied in paragraphs five hundred and twelve Exceptions to five hundred and) sixteen, inclgisive, in section two of the act en- Ame, nam titled "An act to reduce the revenue and equalize the duties on imports, and for other purposes," approved October first, eighteen