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 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 507-509. JULY 19, 1932 . 703 the purchase of other desirable and unacquired land within the park boundaries in Tennessee, or, if deemed more advantageous, may be exchanged for such unacquired lands within the park area. Approved, July 19, 1932. [CHAPTER 508 .1 AN ACT July 19, 1932. To extend the p rovisions of the Nationa l Bank Act to the Virgin Islands of t he 	 IS .4 574 .1 Uni ted States, and for othe r purposes. [Public, No. 293.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the National Bank Act, as amended, and all other Acts of Congress relating to national banks, shall, in so far as not locally inapplicable hereafter, apply to the Virgin Islands of the United States . Approved, July 19, 1932 . National Ban k Act . Vol. 13, p. 99; Vol. 18, p . 123. U. S. C.,p. 258. Pro vis ion s of ex- tended to Virgin Is- lan ds . [CHAPTER 509 .] -AN ACT July 19, 1932. To protect the copyrights and patents of foreign exhibitors at A Century of 	[S .4912.]	Progress (Chicago World's Fair Centennial Celebration), to be held at Chicago . [Public, No. 294 .) Illin ois, in 1933. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Librarian of Congress and the Commissioner of Patents are hereby authorized and directed to establish branch offices under the direction of the Register of Copyrights and the Commissioner of Patents, respec- tively, in suitable quarters on the grounds of the exposition to be held a t Chi cago, Illin ois, under the direction of A Century of Progress, an Ill inois corporatio n, said quarters to be furnished free of charge by sai d corporation, s aid offices to b e established at such time as may, upon sixty days' advance notice, in writing, to the Register of Copyrights and the Commissioner of Patents, respec- tively, be requested by said A Century of Progress but not earlier than January 1, 1933, and to be maintained until the close to the general public o f said expositio n; and the pro prie tor of any for eign copyright, or any certificate of trade-mark registration, or letters patent of invention, design, or utility model issued by any foreign government protecting any trade-mark, apparatus, device, machine, process, method, composition of matter, design, or manufactured article imported for exhibition and exhibited at said exposition may upon presentation of proof of such proprietorship, satisfactory to the Register of Copyrights or the Commissioner of Patents, as the case may be; obtain without charge and without prior examination as to novelty, a certificate from such branch office, which shall be prima fa cie evid ence in the Fede ral cour ts of suc h propri etorship , the novelty of the subject matter covered by any such certificate to be determined by a Federal court in case an action or suit is brought based thereon; and said branch offices shall keep registers of all such certificates iss ued by them, whi ch shall be open to public inspec tion. At the close of said A Century of Progress Exposition the register of certificates of the copyright registrations aforesaid shall be deposited in the Copyright Office in the Library of Congress at Washington, District of Columbia, and the register of all other certificates of registration aforesaid shall be deposited in the United States Patent Office at Washington, District of - Columbia, and there Chicago World's Fair Cen te nni al Ce leb ra- tio n. Copyrights an d pat- ents of foreig n exhibi- tors. Branch offices at Exposition authorized. Certificates of pro- prietorship t o be issued. Registers to be kept . Deposit, at close of exposition.