Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended so as follows: "SEC. 4954. The author, inventor, or designer, if he be s or his widow or children, if he be dead, shall have the same ight continued for the further term of fourteen years, up ng the title of the work or description of the article so second time, and complying with all other regulations in original copyrights, within six months before the expirati irst term; and such persons shall, within two months from of said renewal, cause a copy of the record thereof to be In one or more newspapers printed in the United States for of four weeks." SEC. 3. That section forty-nine hundred and fifty-six of th Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, an hat it shall read as follows: "SEC. 4956. No person shall be entitled to a copyright shall, on or before the day of publication in this or any fore cry, deliver at the office of the Librarian of Congress, or the mail within the United States, addressed to the Librarian gress, at Washington, District of Columbia, a printed cop itle of the book, map, chart, dramatic or musical composition ng, cut, print, photograph, or chromo, or a description of t ng, drawing, statue, statuary, or a model or design for a wor ine arts for which he desires a copyright, nor unless he shall ater than the day of the publication thereof in this or any country, deliver at the office of the Librarian of Congress, a ngton, District of Columbia, or deposit in the mail within the States, addressed to the Librarian of Congress, at Washingt Erict of Columbia, two copies of such copyright book, maj dramatic or musical composition, engraving, chromo, cut, I photograph, or in case of a painting, drawing, statue, statuary or design for a work of the fine arts, a photograph of the sam vided, That in the case of a book, photograph, chromo, or lith the two copies of the same required to be delivered or depo above shall be printed from type set within the limits of the States, or from plates made therefrom, or from negatives, or ngs on stone made within the limits of the United States, transfers made therefrom." During the existence of such co he importation into the United States of any book chrome graph, or photograpп, so copyrighted, or a thereof, or any plates of the same not made fro or drawings on stone made within the limits shall be, and it is hereby, prohibited, except in paragraphs five hundred and twelve to five inclusive, in section two of the act entitled " revenue and equalize the duties on imports, an approved October first, eighteen hundred and the case of persons purchasing for use and no subject to the duty thereon, not more than two any one time; and except in the case of newsp not containing in whole or in part matter copy visions of this act, unauthorized by the auth exempted from prohibition of importation: That in the case of books in foreign languages, tions in English are copyrighted the prohibitio apply only to the translation of the same, and books in the original language shall be permitte SEC. 4. That section forty-nine hundred a Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, a read as follows: "SEC. 4958. The Librarian of Congress shall sons to whom the services designated are rende "First. For recording the title or descript book or other article, fifty cents. "Second. For every copy under seal of such to the person claiming the copyright, or his ass "Third. For recording and certifying any for the assignment of a copyright, one dollar. "Fourth. For every copy of an assignment, "All fees so received shall be paid into the T States: Provided, That the charge for recordin tion of any article entered for copyright, the I not a citizen or resident of the United States, be paid as above into the Treasury of the Unite expenses of lists of copyrighted articles as here "And it is hereby made the duty of the Lib furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury copies of all books and other articles wherein the cop pleted by the deposit of two copies of such be set within the limits of the United States in ac sum not exceeding five dollars per annum; and the Secr Postmaster-General are hereby empowered and requi and enforce such rules and regulations as shall preven tation into the United States, except upon the cond specified, of all articles prohibited by this act." SEC. 5. That section forty-nine hundred and fifty-nine of Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read “SEC. 4959. The proprietor of every copyright book or shall deliver at the office of the Librarian of Congress, or d mail, addressed to the Librarian of Congress, at Washingt of Columbia, a copy of every subsequent edition wherein a tial changes shall be made: Provided, however, That the revisions, and additions made to books by foreign authors. published, of which new editions shall appear subsequently ing effect of this act, shall be held and deemed capable of righted as above provided for in this act, unless they for the series in course of publication at the time this act shall t SEC. 6. That section forty-nine hundred and sixty-three of t Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read "SEC. 4963. Every person who shall insert or impress su or words of the same purport, in or upon any book, map, matic, or musical composition, print, cut, engraving, or ph or other article, for which he has not obtained a copyright liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, recoverable one-ha person who shall sue for such penalty and one-half to the United States." SEC. 7. That section forty-nine hundred and sixty-four of th Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as "SEC. 4964. Every person, who after the recording of th any book and the depositing of two copies of such book, as by this act, shall, contrary to the provisions of this act, wi term limited, and without the consent of the proprietor of th right first obtained in writing, signed in presence of two or m nesses, print, publish, dramatize, translate, or import, or know same to be so printed, published, dramatized, translated, or in shall sell or expose to sale any copy of such book, shall forfei copy thereof to such proprietor, and shall also forfeit and p damages as may be recovered in a civil action by such propr any court of competent iurisdiction.”a es for distributies nd to the postmaste sach weekly lists desiring them, g he Secretary and required to ma prevent the imp e conditions aber nine of the Revis to read as follow ok or other arti or deposit in the hington, Distri rein any substa t the alterations. hors, heretofore ently to the tak - of being copyform a part of all take effect." of the Revised ad as follows: s such notice, p. chart, draphotograph; rht, shall be -half for the e use of the he Revised as follows: he title of provided thin the he copyore witving the ported, t every Statutes be, and the same is hereby, so amended "SEC. 4965. If any person, after the recordin map, chart, dramatic or musical composition, pri photograph, or chromo, or of the description of a statute, statuary, or model or design intended to cuted as a work of the fine arts, as provided by the term limited, contrary to the provisions of the consent of the proprietor of the copyright firs signed in presence of two or more witnesses, copy, print, publish, dramatize, translate, or im or in part, or by varying the main design with in or, knowing the same to be so printed, publishe lated, or imported, shall sell or expose to sale a or other article as aforesaid, he shall forfeit to plates on which the same shall be copied and either copied or printed, and shall further forfei sheet of the same found in his possession, eith copied, published, imported, or exposed for sa painting, statue, or statuary, he shall forfeit t copy of the same in his possession, or by him sol one-half thereof to the proprietor and the other United States." SEC. 9. That section forty-nine hundred an Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, am follows: "SEC. 4967. Every person who shall print o script whatever without the consent of the auth obtained, shall be liable to the author or prop occasioned by such injury." SEC. 10. That section forty-nine hundred and Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, rep SEC. 11. That for the purpose of this act each two or more volumes, when such volumes are and the first one shall not have been issued bef effect, and each number of a periodical shall b pendent publication, subject to the form of copy SEC. 12. That this act shall go into effect on anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-one. SEC. 13. That this act shall only apply to a foreign state or nation when such foreign state Approved, March 3, 1891. In "The Statutes at Large of the United States of America, fi 1889, to March, 1891." Vol. 26, 8vo. Washington, 1891, pp. 11 Also in "Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the United S William A. Richardson.' Vol. 1, 8vo. Washington, 1891, pp. 9 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION, CHAPT AN ACT to establish a court of appeals for the District of Columbia, purposes. 1893, February 9. SEC. 8. That any final judgment or decree court of appeals [of the District of Columb re-examined and affirmed, reversed, or modi Supreme Court of the United States, upon wr or appeal, in all causes in which the matter in dispute, e costs, shall exceed the sum of five thousand dollars, in the ner and under the same regulations as heretofore provided of writs of error on judgment or appeals from decrees rend supreme court of the District of Columbia; and also in case regard to the sum or value of the matter in dispute, wherein i the validity of any patent or copyright, or in which is draw tion the validity of a treaty or statute of or an authority under the United States. In "The Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from Vol. 2, 8vo. FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION, CHAPTER 1893, March 3. AN ACT relating to copyrights. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repres of the United States of America in Congress a That any author, inventor, designer, or proprieto book, or other article entitled to copyright, who has heretofo to deliver in the office of the Librarian of Congress, or in addressed to the Librarian of Congress, two complete copies book, or description or photograph of such article, within t limited by title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Statutes to copyrights, and the acts in amendment thereof, and has c with all other provisions thereof, who has, before the first |