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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1912. 1765 Br Tru Pansmmrr or rn Unrrm Srrarzs or Almtoa. o•••¤••.uu A PROCLAMATION. WHEBEAS't' rb'dedb th At fCongrees fMarch4 ¤·w·••gfentitled "An Ac]: Ito Tmend yan; cciznshlidate the0Acts  5::,b,m copyright" (m effect Julyell, 1909), that the benefits of said Act, excepting certain of the eiits under Section 1 (e) thereof as to wluc special conditions are imposed, shall extend to the work of an author or proprietor who is a citizen or subject of a foreign state or , Kaliioiioonlly upon certam conditions set forth in Section 8 of said v°'·“·’·‘°"'· c, W1 : (a) When an alien author oaproprietor shall be domiciled within the United States at the time the first publication of his work; or _(b) When the foreign state or nation of which such author or pmoprxetor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizem of the United States the beneit of copy- right on substantially the same basis as to its own citizen, or copy- right protection substantial? equal to the protection secured to such foreign author under this ct or by treaty· or when such foreign stalte or nation k_a partyh to an which pz vi es or recxprocn in e eo terms which aligreement ge Unite<FSui;fte1¤igmay, at its pleagure, become a art thereto: P Arid whereas it is also provided bysaid section that “'1‘heexitence of the reciprocal conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the lh-esident of the United States by proclamation made from time totameasthepurposesofthis.Actmayrequ1re’; _ _ And whereas satisfactory officml assurance has been given that m Tunis the law permits to citizens of the United States copyraeht protection substantially tmual to the protection secured under e copy- riglhrt law of the Um _States: _ _ ow, therefore, I William Howard Taft, President of the United ,,,§",,,"‘,Q'},‘,‘°‘.,.,,‘:,’k‘l"' ‘° States of America, do declare and proclaim that one of the alternative conditions specified in Section 8, of the _Act of March 4, 1909, now exists and is fulfilled in respect to the sulihects of Tunis, and that the subjects of that countx are entitled to of the benefits of the Act of Léarchét, giotk and e A3 tg wgtéggs five, egeven, @,3 we e •¤· t -v0s` c,a rov ugus, ·0X°0P_!}"’W ¤•¤¤•··¤¤·¤¤···•¤·v czrvriatrueiiivtgfllw    of a   mug work, {;é{{,‘f*'“°“°°’ "" provided for under Section 1 (e) of the Act o arch 4, 1909. »».se.p.1¤r¤. In testimo whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of thiglnited States to be a@xed. . _ Done at the C13; of Washington this fourth day of October in the year our Lord one thousand mne hundred and twelve, [sun.] and of the denoe of the United States of America the one hun and thirty-seventh. wu H TAR By the President: Huwrmcmn Wnsox Acting Secretary ey State. B!·rm=Pansmz1w·ro1r·rm:Uxn·z¤SrrarzsorAxnnrca A PROCLAMATION t thatthe blicioodwillbepromotedby ln"' m* N•· eliminatingffror}  River   crest certain lands within *:3;;% ch tb S Co ‘ l·loivtt°tli)ereforc;, 1,0W`1lliam H. Taft, President of the United Stat; $1: ;=:¤:¤•¤· of America, byvirtueof thepower1nmevsstadby theActofCongres.