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 3006 Vol. 35, p. 1077. PROCLAMATIONS, 1929. excep't the benefits under Section 1 (e) thereof as- to which special cvnuitions 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 the said Act, to wit: (a) When an plien author or proprietor shall be domiciled within t.he United States at the time of the first publication of his work; or (b) When the foreign stat.e or nation of which such author or pro- prietor is a citizen or subject grant8, 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 copyright protection substantially (qual to the protection secured to such foreign author under this Act or by treaty; or when such foreign stat.e or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in; the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United Stat.es may, at its pleasure, become a party thereto: AND WHEREAS it is provided by Section 1 (e) of the said Act of Congress, approved March 4, 1909, that the provisions of the Act "so far as they secure copyright controlling the parts of instruments serving to reproduce mechanically the musical work, shall include only compositions published and copyrighted after this Act goes into effect, and shall not include the works of a foreign author or composer 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 rights"; AND WHEREAS the President is authorized by the said SectiOn 8 to determine by proclamation made from time to time the existence of the re~iprocal conditions aforesaid, as the purposes of the Act . may reqwre; st!:.lon by Irish Free AND WHEREAS satisfactory official assurances have been received that on and after OctGber 1, 1929, citizens of the United States will be entitled to copyright protection in the Irish Free State which is sub- stantially equal to the protection afforded by the copyright laws of the United States, including rights similar to those provided by Section 1 (e) of the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1909, relating to copyright. ciTarmstroBot (talk)ft~reide~r~ NOW, THEREFORE, I, HERBERT HOOVER, President of the Stat~. Inclu~lng me- United States of America, do declare and proclaim chamca! mUSical repro- Th d fOb h d'. ifid. ductions. atonan ater ctoer1,1929,teconItlOnsspec e III Sections 8 (b) and 1 (e) of the Act of March 4, 1909, will exist and be fulfilled in respect to the citizens of the Irish Free State and that from October 1, 1929, they will be entit.led to all the benefits of the Act of March 4, 1909, including Section 1 (e) thereof and the Acts Conditions. amendatory of the said Act. PROVIDED that the enjoyment by any work of the rights and 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. AND PROVIDED FURTHER that the provisions of Section 1 (e) of the Act of March 4, 1909, in so far as they secure copyright con- trolling the parts of instruments serving to reproduce mechanically 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 October 1, 1929, on any contrivance by means of which the work may be mechanically performed.