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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 235, 236-APR. 27, 1948 April 27,1948 [H. R. 4931] (Public Law 501] Title 7, U. S . Code, amendment. 61 Stat. 667. 17U. S. C., Supp.I, 1211. 61 Stat. 668. 17U.S.C., SuppI, §216. Effective date. or to preclude action, otherwise valid, by any State or Territory with respect to the navigable waters within the boundaries of such State or Territory. Approved April 27, 1948. [CHAPTER 236] AN ACT To amend title 17 of the United States Code entitled "Copyrights." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 211 of title 17 of the United States Code, entitled "Copyrights", be amended to read as follows: "SEC. 211. SAME; DISTRIBUTION AND SALE; DISPOSAL OF PROCEEDS. - The said printed current catalogs as they are issued shall be promptly distributed by the Superintendent of Documents to the collectors of customs of the United States and to the postmasters of all exchange offices of receipt of foreign mails, in accordance with revised list of such collectors of customs and postmasters prepared by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster General, and they shall also be furnished in whole or in part to all parties desiring them at a price to be determined by the Register of Copyrights for each part of the catalog not exceeding $25 for the complete yearly catalog of copyright entries. The consolidated catalogs and indexes shall also be supplied to all persons ordering them at such prices as may be fixed by the Register of Copyrights, and all subscriptions for the catalogs shall be received by the Superintendent of Documents, who shall forward the said publications; and the moneys thus received shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States and accounted for under such laws and Treasury regulations as shall be in force at the time." SEC. 2. Section 215 of said title 17 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 215. FEEs.- The Register of Copyrights shall receive, and the persons to whom the services designated are rendered shall pay, the following fees: "For the registration of a claim to copyright in any work, except a print or label used for articles of merchandise $4; for the registra- tion of a claim to copyright in a print or label used for articles of merchandise, $6; which fees shall include a certificate of registration under seal for each work registered: Provided, That only one regis- tration fee shall be required in the case of several volumes of the same book published and deposited at the same time. "For recording the renewal of copyright and issuance of certificate therefor, $2. "For every additional certificate of registration, $1. "For certifying a copy of an application for registration of copy- right, and for all other certifications, $2. "For recording every assignment, agreement, power of attorney, or other paper not exceeding six pages, $3; for each additional page or less, 50 cents; for each title over one in the paper recorded, 50 cents additional. "For recording a notice of use, $2, for each notice of not more than five titles; and 50 cents for each additional title. "For any requested search of Copyright Office records, or works deposited, or services rendered in connection therewith, $3 for each hour of time consumed." SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect thirty days after its enactment. Approved April 27, 1948. 202 [62 STAT.

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