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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1927. unless the foreign state or nation of which such author or composer is a citizen or subject grants, either by treatY,', convention, agreement or law, to citizens of the United States similar !ights"; AND WHEREAS the President is authorized by the said Section 8 to determine by proclamation made from time to time the existence of the reciproca.l conditions aforesaid, as the purposes of the Act ma.y require; 2907 AND WHEREAS satisfactory official assurances have been re- A~tion by Czechoslo- ceived that on and after March 1, 1927 citizens of the United States vakla. have been entitled to obtain copyright for their works in Czecho- slovakia which is substantially equal to the protection afforded by the copyri~ht laws of the United States, including rights similar to those prOVIded by Section 1 (e) of the Copyright Act of the United States, aI>proved March 4, 1909. . Benefits extended to NOW, THEREFORE, I, CALVIN COOLIDGE, PresIdent of the citizen~ of Czechoslo- U'tdStte fA' ddId I. vakw, mcludmg rullSl· nle as0 menca 0 ec are an proc aIm cal reproductions, That on and after March 1, 1927 the conditions specified in Sections Yo!. 35, pp.1077, 1075. 8 (b) and 1 (e) of the Act of March 4, 1909, existed and were fulfilled in respect to the citizens of Czechoslvakia and that on and after March 1, 1927 citizens of Czechoslovakia have been entitled to all the benefits of the Act of March 4,1909, including Section 1 (e) thereof amI the Acts amendatory of the said Act, PROVIDED that the enjoyment by any work of the rights and Conditions. benefits conferred by the Act of March 4, 1909, and the Acts amenda- tory thereof, shall be conditional upon compliance with the require- ments and formalities prescribed with respect to such works by the copyright laws of the United States. .A ND PROVIDED FURTHER that the provisions of Section 1 (e) of the Act of March 4, 1909, in so far as they secure copyright controlling the parts of instruments serving to reproduce mechani- cally musical works shall apply only to compositions published after July 1, 1909, and registered for copyright in the United States which have not been reproduced within the United States prior to April 27, 1927 on any contrivance by means of which the work may be me- chanically performed. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 27th day of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty- [SEAL] seven aud of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-first. CALVIN COOLIDGE By the President: FRANK B KELLOGG Secretary of State. By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION April 28, 1927. b I . hP'd fthU·tedS Siuslaw National Whereas, y proc amatlOns, t e resl ent 0 e III tates Forest, Oreg. has, at various times, created certain national forests, within the Preamble. State of Oregon; and Whereas, in order to provide for a proper adjustment of the claims of the State to lands within such national forests, in satisfaction of its common school grant, a memorandum of agreement was entered into under date of March 24, 1925, between the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and the Governor of the State of Oregon, whereby it was agreed that the said State should relinquish all it.s 54835°--29--PT~78

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