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 PROCLA~1ATIONS, 1934. 1737 COPYRIGHT-FREE CITY OF DANZIG BY THE PRl':SIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION \VHEREAS it is provided by the act of Congress approved March TarmstroBot (talk)i~I5. 4, 1909 (ch. 320, 35 Stat. 1075-1088), entitled" AN ACT To amend Vol. 35 . p. 107~ and consolidate the Acts respecting copyright", that the copyright secured by the act, except the benefits under section 1 (e) thereof as to which special conditions are im{>osed, 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 act, to wit: "(a) ~Vhen an alien author or proprietor shall be domiciled within Vol. 35, p. 1077. the United States at the time of the first publication of his work; or " (b) "'nen 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 the benefit of copy- right on substantia.lly the same basis as to its own citizens, or copy- right protection substantia.lly equal t.o the protection secured to such foreign author under this Act or by treaty; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity_ in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agree- ment the United States may, at its pleasure, become a party thereto"; and WHEREAS it is provided by section l(e) that the provisions of the act "so far as they secure copyright controlling the parts of instru- ments serving to reproduce mechanically the musical work, shall in- clude only compositIons published and copyrighted after this Act goes into effect, and shall not include the works of n foreign author or com- poser unless the foreign sta.te or nation of which such author or com- poser is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agree- ment, or law, to citizens of the United States simIlar rights"; and 'VHEREAS the President is authorized by section 8 to determine by proclamation made from time to time the existence of the reciprocal conditions aforesaid, as the purposes of tbe act may require; and WHEREAS satisfactory evidence has been received that in t.he AC'tion by Free ('ity Free City of Danzig the law permits and from the date of this proclll. - of Danzig. mation will grant to citizens of the United States the benefit of copy- right on substantially the same basis as to citizens of the Free City of Danzigt and WHEREAS satisfactory official assurance has been given that in ~imiJar rights undflr the Free City of Danzig the law now permits to citizens of the United law. States similar rights to those accorded in section 1(e) of the act of ~1arch 4, 1909: d NOWf· 'hTHUE.REdFSORE, If'AmFRA;NKLdINd D l · ROOdSEVEI~T, Presi- ritf~:tl~tXd(l(~ ent0 t e nIte tates0 enca, 0 ec are an proc aIm: City of Danvg. That on and after April 7, 1934 the conditions specified in section 8(b) and 1(e) of the act of March 4, 1909, will exist and be fulfilled in respect of the citizens of the Free City of Danzig and that on and after Afril 7, 1934 citizens of the Free CIty of Danzig shall be entitled to al the benefits of this act and acts amendatory thereof: Provided, That the enjoyment by any work of the rights and bene- Conditions. fits conferred by the act of March 4, 1909, and the acts amendatory thereof, shall be conditional upon compliance with the requirements and formalities prescribed with respect to such works by the copy- right laws of the United States;