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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 565. 1891. 1109 Sec. 6. That section forty-nine hundred and sixt -three of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, ameudedy so as to read as follows: " SEO. 4963. Every person who shall insert or impress such notice, mm? ro: nm or words of the same purport, in or upon any book, map, chart, ”$°,°c°”_@,, 9,,, dramatic, or musical composition, print, out engraving, or photo- ¤¤¤¤¤d¤d·’' graph, or_ other article, for which he has not obtained a co right, sha l be liable to a penaltly of one hundred dollars, recoverable onehalf for the person who s all sue for such penalty and one-half to the use of the United States."
 * Sec. 7. That section forty-nine hundred and sixt —four of the Regiisled Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended, so as to read as

o ows: — " Sec. 4964. Every person, who after the recording of the title of v1¤mu¤¤¤ or copy- any book and the depositing of two copies of such book, as provided "§{f§ff‘,§§f?}§,'·g,, P ,5, by this act, shall. contrary to the provisions of this act, within the ¤¤¤¤¤d¤d-` _° term limited, and without the consent of the proprietor of the copy- right first obtained in writing, signed in presence of two or inore witnesses, print, publish, dramatize, trans ate, or import, or knowing the same to be so printed, published, dramatized, translated, or imported, shall sell or expose to sale any copy of such book, shall forfeit every copy thereof to such proprietor, and shall also forfeit Fnrfetvum. and pay such damages as may be recovered in a civil action by such Ddmdsdd proprietor in any court of competent `urisdiction " Sec. 8. That section forty-nine hundred and sixt ·five of the Re- `  Statutes be, and the same is hereby, so amendyed as to read as o ows: " Sec. 4965. If any person, after the recording of the title of any igghpm of copy- map chart, dramatic or musical composition, print, cut, engraving, EZ"' mm' or photograph, or chrome, or of the dewription of any painting, draw- mféniaf-*'“·P-*”· ing, statue, statuary, or model or design intended to be plczfected and executed as a work of the iine arts, as provided by tact, shall within the term limited, contrary to the provisions of this act, and without the consent of the proprietor of the copyright first obtained in writing, signed in resence of two or more witnesses, engrave, etch, work, copy, print, pulblish, dramatize, translate, or import, either in whole or in art, or by varying the main design with intent to evade the law, or, knowing the same to be so printed, published, drama- . tized, translated, or imported, shall sell or expose to sale any copy of such ma or other article as aforesaid, he shall forfeit to the pro- rouextmorpwm. prietor all the plates on which the same shall be copied and every ““°“"‘·°‘°· sheet thereof, either copied or printed, and shall further forfeit one dollar for every sheet of the same found in his possession, either Money penny. printing, printed, copied, published, imported, or exposed for sale, and in case of a paintin, statue, or statuary, he shall forfeit ten dollars for every copy of gre same in his possession, or by him sold or ex osed for sale; one-half thereof to the proprietor and the other nmpmmeu of pro half to the use of the United States." °°°“"· Sec. 9. That section forty-nine hundred and sixty-seven of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: _ "SEO. 4967. Every person who shall mint or publish any manu- _ Da¤1¤S<¢¤ for printscript whatever without the consent of the author or proprietor Er-st ‘“§j§f°;,,'§j',;,,..'{“f:,'f§;,, obtained, shall be liable to the author or proprietor for a 1 damages amended. occasioned by such injury." Sec. 10. That section forty-nine hundred and seventy-one of the AUM products. Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, repealed. R_S__m_m_,_m_ Sec. 11. That for the purpose of this act each volume of a book in Nvwsdtwo or more volumes, w en such volumes are published separately voiqmes sepqmay and the first one shall not have been issued before this act shall take °°W"$"‘“"*°· eEect, and each number of a periodical shall be considered an independent publication, subject to the form of copyrighting as above.