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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 166, 171-JUNE 2, 3, 1949 Congress is hereby given to the States of Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming to negotiate and enter into a compact, or agreement, not later than June 1, 1952, providing for an equitable division and apportionment between the States of the water supply of the Yellow- stone River and of the streams tributary thereto, upon condition that one suitable person, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, shall participate in said negotiations as the represent- ative of the United States and shall make a report to Congress of proceedings and of any compact or agreement entered into: Provided, That such compact or agreement shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of the parties thereto unless and until the same shall have been approved by the legislatures of each of said States and by the Congress of the United States: Provided further, That nothing in this Act shall apply to any waters within or tributary to the Yellow- stone National Park or shall establish any right or interest in or to any lands with the boundaries thereof. Approved June 2, 1949. [CHAPTER 171] AN ACT To amend title 17 of the United States Code entitled "Copyrights", with respect to relaxation of provisions governing copyright of foreign works. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 16 of title 17, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 16. MECHANICAL WORK To BE DONE IN UNITED STATES. - Of the printed book or periodical specified in section 5, subsections (a) and (b), of this title, except the original text of a book or periodical of foreign origin in a language or languages other than English, the text of all copies accorded protection under this title, except as below provided, shall be printed from type set within the limits of the United States, either by hand or by the aid of any kind of typesetting machine, or from plates made within the limits of the United States from type set therein or, if the text be produced by lithographic process, or photoengraving process, then by a process wholly performed within the limits of the United States, and the printing of the text and bind- ing of the said book shall be performed within the limits of the United States; which requirements shall extend also to the illustrations within a book consisting of printed text and illustrations produced by litho- graphic process, or photoengraving process, and also to separate litho- graphs or photoengravings, except where in either case the subjects represented are located in a foreign country and illustrate a scientific work or reproduce a work of art: Provided, however, That said re- quirements shall not apply to works in raised characters for the use of the blind, or to books or periodicals of foreign origin in a language or languages other than English, or to works printed or produced in the United States by any other process than those above specified in this section, or to copies of books or periodicals, of foreign origin, in the English language, imported into the United States within five vears after first publication in a foreign state or nation up to the number of fifteen hundred copies of each such book or periodical if said copies shall contain notice of copyright in accordance with sec- tions 10, 19, and 20 of this title and if ad interim copyright in said work shall have been obtained pursuant to section 22 of this title prior to the importation into the United States of any copy except those permitted by the provisions of section 107 of this title: Provided further, That the provisions of this section shall not affect the right of importation under the provisions of section 107 of this title, nor 153 Approval. Nonapplicability. June 3, 1949 [H. R. 2285] [Public Law 84] Title 17, U. S. Code, amendments. 61 Stat. 657. 17 U. S. C., Supp. II, §16. Nonapplicability of requirements. 61 Stat. 656 ,658 . 17 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 10,19, 20. Post, p. 154. 61 Stat. 663. 17 U. S. C., Supp. II, 1 107.

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