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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1915. 2045 Provided that— (i)_ the term of copiyirgight within the parts of His Majesty’s donnmons to which t Order applies shall not exceed that conferred by the law of the United States of America: (ii) the enjoyment of the rights conferred by this Order shall besubject to the accomplishment of the conditions and formalities prescribed by the law of the United States of America: (iii) in the application to existing works of the provisions of Section 24 of the Copyright Act, 1911, the commencement of this Order shall be substituted for the 26th July, 1910, in subsection 1 (b)." 2. That “ this Order shall appl; to all His Maj esty’ s dominions, colonies and possessions wit the exception of those hereinafter named, that is to say:-—The Dominion of Canada, The Commonwealth of Australia, The Dominion of New Zealand, The Union of South Africa, Newfoundland? 3. That "this Order shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1915, which day is in this Order referred to as the commencement of this Order. And the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treas1u·y are to give the necessary Orders accordingly? Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States °,Bg¤r£= ]§¤m:¤jj>J•¤•¤g of America, do declare and proclaim that one of the altemative con- mam to machaulgl ditions specified in section 8 (b) of the Act of March 4, 1909, now exists “‘“s’°‘“ '°¥"'°"“"“°“· and is fulfilled in res act to the subjects of Great Britain and the British dominions, collonies and possessions, with the exception of °°l°“*“ °“°°*”°°· Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Newfoundland, and that such subjects shall be entitled to all the benefits of section 1 Vol. ss, p. ms. (e) of the said Act, on and after January 1, 1915. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereimto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the city of Washington this first day] of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine undred and fifteen, [snan.] and of the Indipendence of the United States of America the one hundr and thirty-ninth. Woomzow WILSON By the President: W. J. BRYAN Secretary of State.