The United States Government engages, in return, that the President of the United States shall, in pursuance of section 13 of the act of Congress of March 3, 1891, issue the proclamation therein provided for in regard to the extension of the provisions of that act to German 5 subjects as soon as the Secretary of State shall have been officially notified that the present agreement has received the necessary legislative sanction in the German Empire. ARTICLE III. This agreement shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be 10 exchanged at Washington as soon as possible. The agreement shall go into operation at the expiration of three weeks from the date of the exchange of its ratifications, and shall be applicable only to works not published at the time when it shall have gone into operation. It shall remain in force until the expiration of 15 three months from the day on which notice of a desire for the cessation of its effects shall have been given by one of the contracting parties. Done in duplicate, in the English and German languages, at the city of Washington, this 15th day of January, 1892. JAMES G. BLAINE. [SEAL.] 20 And whereas the official notification contemplated by Article II of the said agreement has been received by this Government; Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, do declare and proclaim that the first of the conditions 25 specified in section 13 of the act of March 3, 1891, is now fulfilled in respect to the subjects of the German Empire. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. [SEAL.] Done at the city of Washington, the fifteenth day of April, 30 one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenth. By the President: BENJ. HARRISON. 35 JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary of State. In "The Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from December, 1891, to March, 1893." Vol. 27, 8vo. Washington, 1893, pp. 1021-1022. ITALY. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. 40 1892, October 31. Whereas it is provided by section 13 of the act of Conof March 3, 1891, entitled "An act to amend title gress sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Statutes of the 45 United States, relating to copyrights," that said act "shall only apply 1 to a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as [to] its own citizens; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of 5 copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States of America may, at its pleasure, become a party to such agreement:" And whereas it is also provided by said section that "the existence of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as 10 the purposes of this act may require:" And whereas satisfactory official assurances have been given that in Italy the law permits to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as the subjects of Italy: Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United 15 States of America, do declare and proclaim that the first of the conditions specified in section 13 of the act of March 3, 1891, now exists and is fulfilled in respect to the subjects of Italy. 20 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. [SEAL.] Done at the city of Washington this thirty-first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth. 30 35 Secretary of State. In "The Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from December, 1891, to March, 1893." Vol. 27, 8vo. Washington, 1893, p. 1043. 1893, May 8. DENMARK. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas it is provided by section 13 of the act of Congress of March 3, 1891, entitled "An act to amend title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to copyrights," that said act "shall only apply to a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as [to] its own citi40 zens; 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 agreement the United States of America may, 1 at its pleasure, become a party to such agreement:" And whereas it is also provided by said section that "the existence of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as 5 the purposes of this act may require;" And whereas satisfactory official assurances have been given that in Denmark the law permits to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to the subjects of Denmark: Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States 10 of America, do declare and proclaim that the first of the conditions specified in section 13 of the act of March 3, 1891, now exists and is fulfilled in respect to the subjects of Denmark. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. [SEAL.] Done at the city of Washington, this eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth. 15 In "The Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from August, 1893, to March, 1895." Vol. 28, 8vo. Washington, 1895, p. 1219. 25 PORTUGAL. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. 1893, July 20. Whereas it is provided by section 13 of the Act of Congress of March 3, 1891, entitled "An act to amend title 30 sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to copyrights", that said act "shall only apply to a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as [to] its own citizens; 35 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 agreement the United States of America may, at its pleasure, become a party to such agreement”; And whereas it is also provided by said section that "the existence 40 of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this act may require"; 1 And whereas satisfactory official assurances have been given that in Portugal the law permits to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to the subjects of Portugal: 5 Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America, do declare and proclaim that the first of the conditions specified in section 13 of the act of March 3, 1891, now exists and is fulfilled in respect to the subjects of Portugal. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the 10 seal of the United States to be affixed. [SEAL.] Done at the city of Washington, this twentieth day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and eighteenth. 15 By the President: 20 W. Q. GRESHAM, Secretary of State. GROVER CLEVELAND. In "The Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from August, 1893, to March, 1895." Vol. 28, 8vo. Washington, 1895, p. 1222. SPAIN. 25 1895, July 10. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas it is provided by section 13 of the act of Congress of March 3, 1891, entitled "An act to amend title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to copyrights," that said act "shall only apply to a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit 30 of copyright on substantially the same basis as [to] its own citizens; 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 agreement the United States of America may, at its pleasure, become a party to such agreement:" 35 And whereas it is also provided by said section that "the existence of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this act may require:" And whereas satisfactory official assurances have been given that in 40 Spain and her provinces and colonial possessions the law permits to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to the subjects of Spain: Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America, do declare and proclaim that the first of the conditions specified in section 13 of the act of March 3, 1891, now exists and is 1 fulfilled in respect to the subjects of Spain. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. [SEAL.] Done at the city of Washington, this tenth day of July, 5 one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and twentieth. By the President: ALVEY A. ADEE, Acting Secretary of State. GROVER CLEVELAND. 10 In "The Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from December, 1895, to March, 1897." Vol. 29, 8vo. Washington, 1897, p. 871. MEXICO. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 15 A PROCLAMATION. 1896, Whereas it is provided by section 13 of the act of ConFebruary 27. gress of March 3, 1891, entitled "An act to amend title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Statutes of the United 20 States, relating to copyrights," that said act "shall only apply to a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as [to] its own citizens; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an inter-25 national agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States of America may, at its pleasure, become a party to such agreement;" And whereas it is also provided by said section that "the existence of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the Presi- 30 dent of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this act may require;" And whereas satisfactory official assurances have been given that in the United States of Mexico the law permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the same 35 basis as to the citizens of that Republic: Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America, do declare and proclaim that the first of the conditions specified in section 13 of the act of March 3, 1891, now exists and is fulfilled in respect to the citizens of the United States of Mexico. 40 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. |