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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1922. 2277 AND WHEREAS satisfacto official assurances have been re- A°“°° bY °°'¢m- ceived from the Government ofrltaly that by the laws of Italy pro- mm anhu zectilon is granted for_vn;1o1;1kiby}oiti;ens of the United States similar o the ro ection rovi e the ct, a roved December 18, 1919· NOV? THEREEORE, I, WARREN  HARDING, President of mglzwigwogxietgltildmtg the United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim  ,t§“b,“§§°°,,§{‘°'§ 1. That the conditions specified in the Act of December 18, 1919, U’{,*f,fd§*°*°g;,9 now exist and are fulfilled m res£oct to the subjects of Italy and that 'p` ` Italian subjects are entitled to the benefits of the said Copyright Act, approved December 18, 1919. Provided that the enjoyment by any work to which the provisions C<>¤¤i¤¤¤=· of this proclamation relate of the rights and benefits conferred by the Copyright Act, approved December 18, 1919, shall be conditional upon compliance with the reetuirements and formalities prescribed with resagect to such works by the copyright laws of the United States, and sh commence from and after compliance with those re uire— gnents, constituting due registration for copyright in the Iilnited tates. 2. Nothig in this roclamation shall be construed to abro ate or ***5**** *1******* P“’Yi‘ limit any  ts and lienehts conferred under the reci meal agrangg. i€§y "'"‘ nirents (path taly providing for copyright protection heretofore pro- 39,§}‘;%P‘ 2*5* V°" c aime : IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be aHixed. DONE at the City of Washington this third day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty- [sun.] two and of the Indepgiidence of the United States of America the one hun and forty-sixth. WARREN G. Hannmo By the President: Cnanrns E. Huerms Secretary of State. Br rrm Pnnsmnnr or rm: Umrnn Srarns or Amnnrca ...h1.¤2¤£“?a... A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it is rovided b the Act of Con ess, a roved March 4, 1909, entitled "Kn Act to 5Amend and Conilolidatgrthe Acts Re- {,’g{·¢£.r·{%· s ecting Copyright", that the copyright secured by the Act except ’p‘ ' the benefits under Section 1 (e) thereo, as 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 conditions 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 of the first publication of his work; or ( b) When the foreign state or nation of which such author or proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States thebenefit of copy- right on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens, or copy- right protection substantially e ual to the protection secured to such foreign author under this Act oiilby treaty; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocit in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the Iinited States ma, at its pleasure, become a party thereto; AND WHEREAS it is flurther provided by the Act of Congress ¤bP{n_§¤°*g°\;,g2”°{§: approved December 18, 1919, entitled "An Act to Amend Sections 8 wg¤°i€g¤r.m ang 21 of the Copyright Act, approved March 4, 1909," " that all *"‘ ‘ ‘