1 ever shall, under present laws and regulations, be left with, and kept by him.* 5 10 Approved, February 5, 1859. In "The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America, from December 3, 1855, to March 3, 1859. Edited by George Minot and George P. Sanger." Vol. 11, 8vo. Boston, 1859, pp. 380–381. THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION, CHAPTER 37. AN ACT to extend the right of appeal from decisions of circuit courts to the Supreme Court of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives February 18. of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 1861, That from all judgments and decrees of any circuit court rendered in any action, suit, controversy, or case, at law or in equity, arising under any law of the United States granting or confirming to 15 authors the exclusive right to their respective writings, or to inventors the exclusive right to their inventions or discoveries, a writ of error or appeal, as the case may require, shall lie, at the instance of either party, to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same manner and under the same circumstances as is now provided by law 20 in other judgments and decrees of such circuit courts, without regard to the sum or value in controversy in the action. 25 30 Approved, February 18, 1861. In "The Statutes at Large, Treaties, and Proclamations of the United States of America, from December 5, 1859, to March 3, 1863. Edited by George P. Sanger." Vol. 12, 8vo. Boston, 1863, pp. 130–131. THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION, CHAPTER 126. AN ACT supplemental to an act entitled "An Act to amend the several acts respecting copyright," approved February third, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and to the acts in addition thereto and amendment thereof. 1865, March 3. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of said act shall extend to and include photographs and the negatives thereof which shall hereafter be made, and shall enure to the benefit of the authors of the same in the same 35 manner, and to the same extent, and upon the same conditions as to the authors of prints and engravings. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a printed copy of every book, pamphlet, map, chart, musical composition, print, engraving, or photograph, for which a copyright shall be secured under said acts, 40 shall be transmitted free of postage or other expense by the author or proprietor thereof, within one month of the date of publication, to the Library of Congress at Washington for the use of said library; and the Librarian of Congress is hereby required to give a receipt in writing for the same. *[i. e., the Secretary of the Interior.] SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any proprietor of a book, 1 pamphlet, map, chart, musical composition, print, engraving, or photograph, for which a copyright shall be secured as aforesaid, shall neglect to deliver the same pursuant to the requirement of this act, it shall be the duty of the Librarian of Congress to make demand 5 thereof in writing, at any time within twelve months after the publication thereof; and in default of the delivery thereof within one month after the demand shall have been made, the right of exclusive publication secured to such proprietor under the acts of Congress respecting copyright shall be forfeited. 10 SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in the construction of this act the word "book" shall be construed to mean every volume and part of a volume, together with all maps, prints or other engravings belonging thereto; and shall include a copy of any second or subsequent edition which shall be published with any additions, whether 15 the first edition of such book shall have been published before or after the passing of this act: Provided, however, That it shall not be requisite to deliver to the said library any copy of the second or any subsequent edition of any book, unless the same shall contain additions as aforesaid, nor of any book which is not the subject of copy- 20 right. Approved, March 3, 1865. In "The Statutes at Large, Treaties, and Proclamations of the United States of America, from December, 1863, to December, 1865. Edited by George P. Sanger." Vol. 13, 8vo. Boston, 1866, pp. 540–541. THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION, CHAPTER 43. 1867, AN ACT amendatory of the several acts respecting copyrights. February 18. 25 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every proprietor of a book, pamphlet, map, chart, 30 musical composition, print, engraving, or photograph, for which a copyright shall have been secured, who shall fail to deliver to the Library of Congress at Washington, a printed copy of every such book, pamphlet, map, chart, musical composition, print, engraving, or photograph, within one month after publication thereof, shall, for every such 35 default, be subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars, to be collected by the Librarian of Congress, in the name of the United States, in any district or circuit court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which the delinquent may reside or be found. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every such proprietor may 40 transmit any book, pamp[h]let, map, chart, musical composition, print, engraving, or photograph, for which he may have secured a copyright, to the Librarian of Congress, by mail free of postage, provided the words “copyright matter" be plainly written or printed on the out 1 side of the package containing the same; and it shall be the duty of the several postmasters and deputy postmasters, to give a receipt for the same, if requested, and when such package shall be delivered to them, or any of them, to see that the same is safely forwarded to its 5 destination by mail, without cost or charge to said proprietor. 10 15 Approved, February 18, 1867. In "The Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from December, 1865, to March, 1867. Edited by George P. Sanger." Vol. 14, 8vo. Boston, 1868, p. 395. FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION, CHAPTER 230, SECTIONS 85-111. AN ACT to revise, consolidate, and amend the statutes relating to patents and 1870, July 8. copyrights. SEC. 85. And be it further enacted, That all records and other things relating to copyrights and required by law to be preserved, shall be under the control of the Librarian of Congress, and kept and preserved in the Library of Congress; and the Librarian of Congress shall have the immediate care and supervision thereof, and, under the supervision of the Joint Com20 mittee of Congress on the Library, shall perform all acts and duties required by law touching copyrights. The Librarian shall cause a seal to be provided for said office, with such device as the Joint Committee on the Library may approve, with which all records or papers issued from said office, and to be used in evidence, shall be authen25 ticated. He shall also give an additional bond, with sureties, to the Treasurer of the United States, in the sum of five thousand dollars, with the condition that he will render to the proper officers of the Treasury a true account of all moneys received by virtue of his office. He shall also make an annual report to Congress of the number and 30 description of copyright publications for which entries have been made during the year. And the Librarian of Congress shall receive a yearly compensation of four thousand dollars, to commence when this act shall take effect. SEC. 86. And be it further enacted, That any citizen of the United 35 States, or resident therein, who shall be the author, inventor, designer, or proprietor of any book, map, chart, dramatic or musical composition, engraving, cut, print, or photograph or negative thereof, or of a painting, drawing, chromo, statue, statuary, and of models or designs intended to be perfected as works of the fine arts, and his executors, 40 administrators, or assigns, shall, upon complying with the provisions of this act, have the sole liberty of printing, reprinting, publishing, completing, copying, executing, finishing, and vending the same; and in the case of a dramatic composition, of publicly performing or representing it, or causing it to be performed or represented by others; and authors may reserve the right to dramatize or to translate their 1 own works. SEC. 87. And be it further enacted, That copyrights shall be granted for the term of twenty-eight years from the time of recording the title thereof, in the manner hereinafter directed. 5 SEC. 88. And be it further enacted, That the author, inventor, or designer, if he be still living, and a citizen of the United States or resident therein, or his widow or children, if he be dead, shall have the same exclusive right continued for the further term of fourteen years, upon recording the title of the work or description of the arti- 10 cle so secured a second time, and complying with all other regulations in regard to original copyrights, within six months before the expiration of the first term. And such person shall, within two months from the date of said renewal, cause a copy of the record thereof to be published in one or more newspapers, printed in the 15 United States, for the space of four weeks. SEC. 89. And be it further enacted, That copyrights shall be assignable in law, by any instrument of writing, and such assignment shall be recorded in the office of the Librarian of Congress within sixty days after its execution, in default of which it shall be void as against 20 any subsequent purchaser or mortgagee for a valuable consideration, without notice. SEC. 90. And be it further enacted, That no person shall be entitled to a copyright unless he shall, before publication, deposit in the mail a printed copy of the title of the book or other article, or a descrip- 25 tion of the painting, drawing, chromo, statue, statuary, or model or design for a work of the fine arts, for which he desires a copyright, addressed to the Librarian of Congress, and, within ten days from the publication thereof, deposit in the mail two copies of such copyright book or other article, or in case of a painting, drawing, statue, statu- 30 ary, model or design for a work of the fine arts, a photograph of the same, to be addressed to said Librarian of Congress, as hereinafter to be provided. SEC. 91. And be it further enacted, That the Librarian of Congress shall record the name of such copyright book, or other article, forth- 35 with in a book to be kept for that purpose, in the words following: "Library of Congress, to wit. Be it remembered that on the anno Domini A. B., of day of hath deposited in this office the title of a book, (map, chart, or otherwise, as the case may be, or description of the article,) the title or description of which 40 is in the following words, to wit; (here insert the title or description,) the right whereof he claims as author, originator, (or proprietor, as the case may be,) in conformity with the laws of the United States respecting copyrights. C. D., Librarian of Congress." And he shall give a copy of the title or description, under the seal of the Librarian of Con- 45 gress, to said proprietor whenever he shall require it. 1 SEC. 92. And be it further enacted, That for recording the title or description of any copyright book or other article, the Librarian of Congress shall receive, from the person claiming the same, fifty cents; and for every copy under seal actually given to such person or his 5 assigns, fifty cents; and for recording any instrument of writing for the assignment of a copyright, fifteen cents for every one hundred words; and for every copy thereof, ten cents for every one hundred words, which moneys, so received, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States. 10 SEC. 93. And be it further enacted, That the proprietor of every copyright book or other article shall mail to the Librarian of Congress at Washington, within ten days after its publication, two complete printed copies thereof, of the best edition issued, or description or photograph of such article as herein before required, and a copy of 15 every subsequent edition wherein any substantial changes shall be made. SEC. 94. And be it further enacted, That in default of such deposit in the post-office, said proprietor shall be liable to a penalty of twentyfive dollars, to be collected by the Librarian of Congress, in the name 20 of the United States, in an action of debt, in any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which the delinquent may reside or be found. SEC. 95. And be it further enacted, That any such copyright book or other article may be sent to the Librarian of Congress by mail, free of 25 postage, provided the words "Copyright matter" are plainly written or printed on the outside of the package containing the same. SEC. 96. And be it further enacted, That the postmaster to whom such copyright book, title, or other article is delivered, shall, if requested, give a receipt therefor; and when so delivered he shall mail it to its 30 destination, without cost to the proprietor. SEC. 97. And be it further enacted, That no person shall maintain an action for the infringement of his copyright unless he shall give notice thereof by inserting in the several copies of every edition published, on the title page or the page immediately following, if it be a 35 book; or if a map, chart, musical composition, print, cut, engraving, photograph, painting, drawing, chromo, statue, statuary, or model or design intended to be perfected and completed as a work of the fine arts, by inscribing upon some portion of the face or front thereof, or on the face of the substance on which the same shall be mounted, the 40 following words, viz.: "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year , by A. B., in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. SEC. 98. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall insert or impress such notice, or words of the same purport, in or upon any 45 book, map, chart, musical composition, print, cut, engraving, or photo |