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 2276 PROCLAMATIONS, 1922. Br run Pansmnm or rm: Umrnn Srarms or Amnnxoa A PROCLAMATION °°P “· WHEREAS it is rovided b the Act of Congress, approved March 1<W5- 4, 1909, g1)titledI;‘1§nhAct hto gmendh and Coplsglidpltelislie Actstliles of t, tatt eco tsecure yte c excep e blieiiefitsfg 'l111(l) 0l3l0I1 1 (e) therggfigs to which 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 nation, only upon certain con- "°‘·"‘·P·“”"· d1l'»10I1S set forth in Section 8 of said Act, to wit: _ _ (a) When an alien author or {proprietor shall be domiciled within the United States at the time 0 the first fpublication of his work; or (b) When the foreign state or nation o which such author or proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens or copgright protection substantially equal to the protection  to suc foreign author under this Act orby treaxy; or when such foreign state or nation 1s_a party to an internation aieement which provides for reciprocig in the mg;-anting of copyrig t, by the terms of Wgllrlgh ent e Uni States may, at its pleasure, become a p re : "°{},$ AUD WHEREAS it is further provided lg the Act of Congress Wggldegv-m approved December 18, 1919, entitled "An ct to Amend Sections ’P' 8 and 21 of the Copyright Act, a proved March 4, 1909," "that all works made the subject of yright by the laws of the United States first dproduced or publishedmisiroad after August 1, 1914, and before the ate of the President’s proclamation of peace, of which the authors or proprietors are citizens or subjects of any foreign state or nation granting similar protection for works by citizens of the United States, the existence o which  be determined by a co£yright proclamation issued by the President of the United States, all be entitled to the protection conferred by the copyright laws of the United States from and after the accomplishment before the expiration of fifteen months after the date of the President’s proclamation of pleace, of the conditions and formalities prescribed with respect to suc works by the copyright laws of the United States: Provided further, That nothing) erem contained shall be construed to de rive any person of any ng t which he may have acquired by the republicat;_ophp;;u<;h,fore1gn work in the United States prior to the approval o c .’ AND WHEREAS_the President is authorized to determine and declare by proclamation made from time to time the existence of the reciproc conditions aforesaid, as the purposes of the Acts may reqlm`€§ V°*·”°·P·’°“· AND_ WHEREAS the President by proclamation dated A ril 9, V°*·3·'*·PP· *°"51°'”· 1910, did_declare and proclaim that one of the alternative conditions §pec1fied in Section 8 of the Act of March 4, 1909, was then and from uly 1 1909,_ha.d been fulfilled in respect to the subjects of Italy and that the subjects of Italy were and since July 1, 1909, had been enggleid to1aill)th§ be1;efits of the said Act other than the benefits of c ion e thei-eo ; "°¤°·¤· 1*** A_l*lD_W`HEREAS the President by pmismaion dated May 1, 191o, did declare and proclaim that satisfactory official assurances been received that m Italy the law npermits to citizens of the _ Umt States rights similar to those acco ed in Section 1 (e) of the V°*·3·°·P~w'5- Act of March 4, 1909 the subjects of Italy were entitled to all the ggneiitshcgf Secgion 1  of tire   Apt of March 4, 1909, including p _ con olling e arso1nsru.mentsservmg` toreroduce mecliE.1cally the musical Iivork. P