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REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHT!j FORTHE FISCAL YEAR 1922-23.

WASHINGTON,. ., ULY 5, 1923.SIR:The copy righ t business and the work of the copy-right office for the fiscal year July I , 1922, to June 30, '1923,inclusive, are summarized as follows:

F.U. crc. The gross receipts during the y e h were $153,923.62. Abalance of $15,880.16, representin g trus t fun ds and un-hished business, was on hand July I , 1922, making a totalsum of $169,803.78 to be accounted for. Of this amountthe sum of $5,467.44, received by the copy righ t office, wasrefunded asexcess fees or as fees for articles not registerable,leaving a net balance of $164,336.34. The balance camedover to July I , 1923, was $15,039.34 (represen ting tr us tfunds, $11,227.27, and total d s h e d business since JulyI , 18 97-2 6 years-$3,8 12.07), leaving fees applied duringthe fi4mlyear 1922-23 and paid in to the Treasury $149,297.

- This is the largest year's'business in the history of th eoffice.Th e annual applied fees since July I , 1897, are :

1897-98. .......... (55,916.50189899. .......... 58,167.ooIQCJ-I~OO. ........ 65,106. ooI - I ~ I . ........ 63,687.50I ~ I - . . . . . . . . . . . . Q687.001-3. ........... 68,874 501903-4. . . . . . . . . . . . 72,619.00I*-5. ........... 78,058. oo.1905-6. .......... 84198.0019067............ h685.00...........907-8. 81,387. 50I* ........... 83,816.751-10. . . . . . . . . . . 1% 644.951910-11 ........... 109,913.95

1911-11. . . . . . . . . . . $116,685.05191a-13. .......... 114,98460..........913-14. 110,119.151914-15. .......... 111,9aa.f~1915-16. .......... 11a,g86.85.191&17........... 114077. 401917-18. .......... 106, 352.401918-19. .......... 113, 118.401 9 1 ~ 0 .......... 116,491.1519ao-a1........... 134, 516-15..........92141. 138,516.15rgaa-aj . . . . . . . . . . . 149,197.OO

Tdpl.. ..... a, ~a8,145.5014


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Register of Copyrights I49

The appropriation made by Congress for salaries in the -.copyright oflice for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923,was $104,740. The total expenditures for salaries was

,$1oq,516, or $44,781 less than the net amount of fees pamedand paid into the Treasury during the corresponding year.The expenditures for supplies, including stationery and ms$UF an dother articles and postage on foreign mail matter, etc., was$1,028.51, leaving a balance for the year of $+3,752.49 tothe credit of the office.

D h g he 26 fiscal years since the reorganization of the ,$~~s7&~*copyright office (from July I, 1897, to June 30, 1923) thecopyright fees applied and paid into the Treasury haveamounted to $2,528,145.50, the articles deposited number5,158,704, and the total copyright registrations number2,932,131.The fees- earned ($2,528,r45.50) were larger than the EU ~ S S of f aawr o b r i r s .appropriations for salaries used during the same period($2,1379431.96) by $3901713.54.In addition to this direct profit, the large number of over ~ ~ 9 p 0 1 1 m h -five million books, maps, musical works, periodicals, prints,and other articles deposited during the 26 years were ofsubstantial pecuniary value and of such a character thattheir accession to the Library of Congress through the copy-right office effected a large saving to the purchase fund ofthe Library equal in amount to their price.

COPYRIGEC1' BNTRIES AND FEES.The registrations for the fiscal year numbered 148,946. E d w a d f w .Of these, 140,962 were registrations a t $ I each, including a

certificate, and 5,372 were registrations of photographswithout certificates, a t 50-cents each. There were also2,612 registrations of renewals, a t 50 cents each. The feesfor these registrations amounted to a total of $144,954.

The number of registrations in each class from July I,1917, to June 30, 1923, is sh~wnn Exhibit D.COPYRIGEIT DEPOSITS.

The total number of separate articles deposited in com-pliance with the copyright law,which have been registeted,41150--11


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ISO Report of the Librarian o f Conyessstamped, indexed, and catalogued during the fiscal year is

A &@I- 256,229. The number of these articles in each class for theikd. fiscal years July I , 1919, to June 30, 1923, is shown inExhibit E.w a h dofnk I t is not pssible to determine exactly how completely thew m k works which claim copyright are deposited; but as titlecards are printed and supplied upon request to ot!ic:libraries for all books received bearing United States noticeof copyright, the demand for such cards for works notreceived furnishes some indication of possible percentage offailure to deposit.

R whI. n response to inquiries received during the year from thecard division, the order division, and the reading room inregard to 604 books supposed to have been copyrighted butnot discovered in the Library, it was found that 65 of theseworks had been received and were actually in the Library,48 books had been deposited and were still in the copyrightoffice, 55 works were either not published, did not claimcopyright, or for other valid reasons could not be deposited,while in the case of 205 works no answers to our letters ofinquiry had been received up to June 30, 1923. Copies werereceived of 231 works in all in response to requests made bythe copyright office during the period of 12 months for theworks published in recent years.&m- The total copyright deposits for the year included 20,658

' i l s d d ~ j a c v . printed volumes, 49,397 pamphlets and leaflets, 73,989 news-papers and magazines (separate numbers), 4,074 dramas,36,733 pieces of music, 4,124 maps, 13,468 photographs,16,327 prints, 7,598 motion pictures, 18,827 contributionsto periodicals, 5,025 works of art and drawings, and 276lectures. These were all produced in the United States.From abroad there were received 5,092 books in foreignlanguages and 641 books in English.

~ i r p o r o l f A Our copyright laws have required the deposit of eGpies forw. the use of the Library of Congress. The act of ~gog, hichexpressly provided for such deposit in order to secure theregistration of the work, still insisted upon a deposit of twocopies (except of foreign books) for the benefit of theLibrary; but to check the useless accumulation of suchcopies in the copyright office it is provided that the Libra-rian of Congress shall determine (I) what books or 9th-


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articles shall be transferred to the permanent collections ofthe Library of Congress, including the law library; (2 ) whatother books or articles shall be placed in the reserve collec-tions of the Library of Congress for sale or exchange; and(3) or be transferred to other Government libraries in theDistrict of Columbia for use therein. The law furtherprovides (4) that articles remaining undisposed of may,upon specified conditions,be returned t3 the authors or copy-right proprietors.

During the fiscal year a total of 98,005 articles depositedA-f-0have been transferred to the Library of Congress. Thisnumber included 20,8 18 books, 56,I36 periodicals, 14,773pieces of music, 3,803 maps, and 2,475 photographs andengravings.

Out of the total numbef of articles deposited in the copy- -fubr w r p t a .right office during the period from July I , ~gog,o June 30,1923 (3,004,785), here have been transferred to the Libraryof Congress 2 ~ 6 ~ 4 3books, 325,31 pieces of music, 68,248maps, 5 1,s 8 photographs and prints, 550,992 newspapersand magazines (numbers)-+ total of 1,252,500 pieces dur-ing 14 years. A total of 28,090 volumes, leaflets, and pam-phlets were transferred under (2 ) for sale or exchange, andincluded I I ,281 volumes for the Wa r Service Libraty forthe use of soldiers. and sailors during the war, 1,243 forJohn Crerar Library, Chicago, and 15,566 volumes (includ-ing 534 received during the fiscal year) of American poetryand drama sent to the library of Brown University, Provi-dence, R. I.

Under authority of section 59 there were transferred dur- 2 ; z oing the fiscal year to other governmental libraries in theDistrict of Columbia "for use thereinJ' 5,382 books. Underthis transfer, up to June 30, 1923, the following librarieshave received books as indicatGl below:

Bttreau of Education, 13,440; Bureau of Standards, 2 ,094;Department of Agriculture, 3,196; Department of Com-merce, 6,001; Engineer School, Corps of Engineers, 3,133;Federal Trade Commission, 5,875; Surgeon General's Office,4,345; Navy Department, 1,630; Public Library of the Dis-trict of Columbia, 33,638; Soldiers' Home, I , 139; InterstateCommerce Commission, 689; Treasury Department, I ,202;Patent Office, 709; Bureau of Mines, 369; Walter R e d


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152 Report of the Librar ian of .CongressHospital, 416; to 16 other libraries a total of 6,719 volumes,making a grand total of 84,575.

R of dc Under the'provisions of the act of March 4, 1909, authorityp ~ w p m " i sranted also for the return to the claimants of copyright

of such copyright deposits as are not needed by the Libraryof Congress or the copyright office. The notice requiredby section 60 has been printed for all classes of worksdeposited and registered during the years July I , IW, oJune 30, 1919. In response to special requests, 7,080motion-picture films have been returned during the fiscafyear to the copyright claimants and 36,016 other deposits,making a total of 43,096 articles. Since the act went intoeffect up to June 30, 1923, a total of 503,271 articles havethus been returned to the claimants of copyright in them,and altogether there have been transferred from the copy-right office shelves I ,868,456 articles, thus securing a greatsaving of space and avoiding useless duplication and accu-mulation.INDEX OF COPYRIGRT ENTRIES, CATALOGUE, BVLLmINS,

AND CIRCULARS.copripu i d r z As required by statute all copyright entries are fully

mrh. indexed. During the fiscal year 233,980 cards were madefor this purpose and served also as copy for the Catalogueof Copyright Entries. This catalogue during the calendaryear 1922 formed five octavo volumes totaling nearly 7,696pages. The catalogue and index division has also head-lined 148,946 copyright applications received in the usualcard form and added them to the permanent files.

The various permanent indexes to the copyright registra-tions now contain three and a half million cards. To savecost of duplication so far as practical, the title cards forcopyrighted books prepared by the catalogue division of theLibrary of Congress are used in preparing printer's copyfor the Catalogue of Copyright Entries, Part I , Group I(books). Of the 50,I 71 titles of books included in the cat-alogue during the calendar year 1922, 9,469 cards were soprepared. The remaining 40,702 titles were made in thecopyright office by the catalogue and index division, aswell as the index cards required for all other works reg-istered, the cards numbering during 1922 nearly 235,000.


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Register of Copyrt i~htsDuring the calendar year the usual numbers of the ~ a t - ~ ~ & ; , ~alogue were prepared and printed, inaking six volumes in durinq ,-

all, as follows:Part I , Books, Group I. Nos. 1-139, with annual index, 5 p. t-.

I705 PP.Part I , Group 2. Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapersor periodicals; lectures; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures,Nos. 1-12, with annual index, 3 p. 1. 2521 pp.Part 2, Periodicals. Nos. r-4, with annual index, 3 p. 1. 588 pp.Part 3, Musical compositions. Nos. 1-13, 4 p. 1. 1773 pp. AnnualIndex of Music for 19a1, separate volume, 177s+a77 pp.Part 4, Works of art. Drawings or plastic works of a scientific orrechnical character; photographs; prints and pictorial illustraticms;Nos. 1-4, wifb annual index, 3 p. 1. 434 pp.

No new bulletins were issued during the year, but it was B-No . U.found necessary to reprint Bulletin No. 14, containing thecopyright laws in force.

Balance on hand July I, 1912. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,88b. 16Gross receipts July I, 1921, June 30, '192~. 153,9a3.62Total to be accounted for. . . . . . . . . . . . 169, 803.78Refunded. ................................. 53467.44Balance to be accounted for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $164,336.34

Applied as earned fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149,197-00Balance carried over to July I, 1923:Trust funds. ...... :. ........ $11,aa7. a7Unfinished business July I ,

1897, to June 30, 1923, a6years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,811.071S1039 34- 64,336.34Total fees earned and paid in to Treasury during the 26years from July I, 1897, to June yr, 1913.. . . . . . . . . . . . a, 528,145. soTotal unfinished business for 16years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,812.07

FB&S POR PXCU YEAR. Fat.

Few for registrations, including certificates,a t s ~ e a c h............................. $140, M.Fees for re st ra tion of photcgsphs without............ertificates, at 50 cents each. a, 686. wFees or registrations of renewals, at 50centseach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I, 306.00

Total fees f a cgbtrations recorded.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .44,954


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I 5 4 Repmi of the Librarian of Congress. Fees or certified copies of record, at 50 cents

each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w . 5 0Fees or recording assignments. ............ 2,568.00Searches made and charged for s t the rate

of 50centsforeach hourof time consumed. 352.00Notices of user recorded(music) . . . . . . . . . I97 00Indexing transfers of proprietorship. . . . . . . . 336 50s4 343- 0................o* fees for i&al year 1922-3. 149.297- 0

ENTRIES...................rlrir~. Number of registrations. 146,334.............umber of renewals recorded. a, 612

148,946......umber of certified copies of record. 1 9 779Number of assignments recorded or copied. 1,813C a r u w . The greater part of the business of the copyright office

is done by correspondence. The total letters and parcelsreceived during the fiscal year numbered 169,345, whilethe letters, parcels, etc., ' dispatched numbered I 78,963.During the last 26 fiscal years the money orders receivednumbered 71 7,818.

CONDITION OF COPYRIGHT OFFICE WORK,

c d i h o f - On July 5, 1923, the remittances received up to the thirdmJ vo r k . mail of the day had been &corded. '@e account booksof the bookkeeping division were balanced for June, thefinancial statements were rader ed to the Treasury Depart-m a t , and all earned fees to June 30 had been paid intothe Treasury. .But there has accumulated a considerableamount of copyright business which the ofice has notbeen able to attend to with the promptness that isaimed at , and a large amount of work awaits attention.Our lack of stenographers has made i t impossible toanswer promptly all the letters received, and the currentwork of recording, cataloguing, and indexing is seriouslyin arrearage. The record division has nearly 3,000 entries,and the catalogue and index division more than xo,oooentries to be overtaken.


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Register of Copyr*htsThe office has not had opportunity to recover from theloss it suffered during the war. Nearly half of the clerksresigned to take other Government positions a t increased pay

and 24 young men went into military m c e . For a dozenyears or so Congress did not appropriate any clerks for thisoffice at salaries above $~,ooo, nd for all vacancies occur-'ring a t salaries above $1,200 new clerks were not appointed -at corresponding salaries, but promotions were made andappointments a t the lowest salaries on the roll. This prac-tice so persistently kept up has necessarily reduced. theefficiency of the working force. Meantime the amount ofbusiness has steadily increased. The entries made per yearare now three and one-half times greater than the averageannual entries during the earlier half of the period of thecopyright office business. This greatly increased work cannot be properly handled without additional clerical help.Congress increased the copyright o f i e appropriations for1923-24, so as to enable the appointment of one clerk a t$2,000, one a t $1,800, and three at $1,200. If competentpeople are secured to fill these places we may hope togradually overtake the work remaining to be done.The printing of the Catalogue of Copyright Entries is alsoin arrears. This, however, was not due primarily to delay 'in preparing the catalogue for printing. Congress appro-priated the sum of $212,250, "For printing and binding forthe Library of Congress, including the copyright office andthe publication of the Catalogue of Title Entries of thecopyright office. . . ." In apportioning this lump sumenough was not set aside to cover the cost of the catalogue,with the result that no numbers were printed after about themiddle of April. On July I the printing was resumed butis proceeding very slowly. -On February 26, 1923, a new presidential proclamation ~ r m h d i r -

was issued under Sec. I (e) of the act of I-, copyright sued w d m SU.(e): Nrlhrlands.controlling the mechanical reproduction of music, in behalfof subjectsof Theaetherlands, to take effect as from Octo-


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156 Repmt of the L i b r ~ knf Co~tgressber 2, 1922. It is printed as Addendum I1 to this report,pages I 69 to I70. The countries now included under theseprovisions of Sec. I (e) are: Australia, Belgium, Cuba, Den-mark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy,Luxumburg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway andSweden.

INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGH'I' UNION.Usired Stater In my last year's report mention was made of a bill whichand th? lutema-t i a o l C o p y r b h t was in trdu ced in the House of Representatives (H. R.v k 11476) to permit the United States to enter the Inter-

national Copyright Union, the full tex t of which was p u blished as Addendum I. On December 6, 1922, a new billfor the same purpose was introduced in the Senate by Hon.Henry Cabot Lodge,' the full text of which is printed a tpages I 62 to I 64. On January 5, 1923, the same bill wasintroduced in the House of Representatives by Hon. Ewin .Lamar Davis of Tennessee. On January 26, 1923, anamended bill t o permit the United States to enter the copy-right union, was introduced by Hon. J. N. Tincher a, thefull text of which is printed on pages 165 to 168. No actionhas been taken by either House or Senate on any'of thesebills.

Respectfully submitted. THORVALDOLBERG,Register of Copyrights.HERBERT UTNAM,

Librarian of Congress.1xwa (Dec. 6). A bill to mend the atpyright law in ader to pamit the United

Stntestoenta the nternationalC o h h t Union. Intmduccd by Mr. L a d s S. 4x01.67thw..th as . Printed. 6 pp. 4 Rdartd to theGmmitteon Po-.' 9 q (Jan.). A bill to ammd the c-ght law in mda o permit the UnitedStates to enter the nternationalCbwightUnion. Introduced by Mr . Davis01 Te nn baec. H. . 13676~67thw..thma. Printed.6pp. 4 Reiemd to theCmuaittee01 Patents.

19.3 (Jnn. 6). A bill to amend the copyright law in order to permit theUnitedStatesto enter the InternationalCopyright Union. Introduced by Mr. Tincher. H. .14035~67th3m.g..4thma. Rinttd,6pp. 4 Reid tothebum i t t e eon Po-


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Register of CopyrightsEXHIBIT.-Statement oj gross receipb, rejuuds, m t receipts, and jessapplied orfical year ending J u w p, 1923.

Baleace br-ht forward from June 30 1991................................. SIS,& 16Net receipts July I. 1912, to June 30. 193:Gross rei pt n. ............................................ U 933.6.amount refunded...................................... 5 ~ 4 7 . 4 4148,456 18

TotPl to be l l aamtd for.............................................64,33& 34Copyright fees applied July I, 1911, to June 30. 19y. . ........... 149, ~ 7 .Balance cam'ed forward to ~ u l y. I913:Tnut f u & ................................................. 11,rr7.a7

Unfinished businas. ....................................... 3,81r 07l64,sJa34

M a t h .

1911.July.............................................................ugust..September...........................October.. ...........................Nwember ...........................Desember.. .........................

I9W.January.. ...........................February............................March...............................April................................May.. ...............................June................................

TotPI.. ........................

-&.

$ 6 1 14316.44363. 505 4 8379.51

. 533.13781. w537. 1876 . 71385. 7s317 . 6304.03

Grmr d p t r

$14 &J. 61 .1 4 9 9 6 8 113.5143a11.715.841a . 60 j . p ~ .1j.651.35

17.78a 19rz, 8163113, 791. &11.019.6813,444.4111.114 18

153.913.61 5 467.44 1656.18 14% 297.wI I

2%..

SC I- 471 4 6 8 0 3 813. ls a 8111.176 9611.114.4313. X& rz

16,999. 1911.1m OJ13,066. 1411,633.93I , 7.3614 8101 as---

pg,. appll*S m 387. Bo

14605.1511.1ca 8sla. 33a 05u a b a p1a.oo4.s~

13.441.301 a . 6 1 j14 565 . 911.291.3513.931.301% s ~ B 6 o


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158 Report of the Librarian of CbngressExmsn B.-Record of appliedfess.

Math .

19%.July.. .Aupust.. . ..htember . . .Octobn.. ..November.. .Dexmbrr.. .

19Y.January.. .February.. .March.. ....April.. .May.. .June...... ..

Total....,

Totalf e u f angistrs-tiOD.--t r a 0ss.m

1431s so14 773.-I r . W i o o9.745.5011.668m

I 974-1 1 . W mIC 125.501 z . 8 8 ~ ~ 01% 5~6.001% d 0 0

IU.PS+WI

Registrations,includinpcertifientes.

Math. --9%

Registrations'a&;?~ u m -ber.

a p aa&14&rx.6a613. u 8Ir.39712. 548II.SOBq . 9 ~ 211. 5-13. 10311.774

September..October.....November..Dmmb e r . .

1923.Jmuory..Febwry...March. .. .April.. .. .Yay. ......June.......

Totnl.. .

~ u m -k.-

6 ~ 4, 422

3864&4jS473&314. 475378493

5 . 3 7 ~I

~ e e rtI .

)R TWs

1448011.W13.43811.107

la, WB11.50sp.9aa11.5001% I-14 774

~ & @ a , r q ~ * a

Totaln um kof re&tratims.

14368l a 6 7 511. o66la. 16614,osfx1.w13.*OD1a.1884 3 -1*.?75am

12,478143.6I

Re&traticms~4 r ~ ~ ~ .

~ e e r a t$0.50.

$327; m247. m211. m193 my r . ma h 0

236. 5017400157.oo~37.50

, 189.m246 50

a . 6 8 6 ~I

77as9183184185131167148vz

- 135I. 779

~ u m -ber.

12217164Ir l t89

379=Ipl

3 w12.9211

2.61sI

at$0.50.

(awI& SO82. wn.w66 50u.50

18% 5016%-4 6 50i sawa6ww10s SO

1 . 3 0 6 . ~I

3B so1-5091 5092. m

92. so65.50b. 5074.007 s so67. 50---6s s o I

1912714013920sroq19014160177

I. QS

1 1 sa1118srgaa66I ~ Ja86a46a41251

a, 568

41424660

s r47uu7a586oa

as . 7513.751sm16 7517. s ola. a5I& OD18.asrs. a,16.00

197. w

a363881

158a73

, 4715342115.9121

3,365

,*3.6032.808.wI,&

17.304 70

15 .p42. roIS. 8012.10

336. s o

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a c o oq.m~ 6 . m23.501p.w6s. m

35%m

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Register of [email protected] o gross cash receipts, yearly fees, n u m k o regis-

tratwn s, &.,for 26&d yeors.

Nm.-Detailed statement for 18 h l enrs, 18p7-q8, etc.. to I~ICIS, by manthr.may be found in Annual Report of R&er d Copyrights for year 1 9 i ~ r s m.7 r178. Report d the Librarian d Caracss for 191-5). For subsequent yearn- herrspcctivelnndrrpatr

Year.

1897-98. .................18#* .................

................@J-19oa1-1901.. ..............1901-a.. .................1902-3.. ..................1903-4.. .................

.................904-5..1905-6...................

.................p2-7..IW-. ..................ICID+SI...................r p o e ~ o . . ...............19-11.. ..................................911-1s191a-13. .................1913-14.. ................1914-15.. ................1915-16. .................191617.. ................

................9 1 ~ 1 8 . ...................91a-I~ ................9 1 p a . .19rp21. .................1921-a2..................1 9 m 3 . .................

TDW ............

In-in r&st*tiC,,s:...........:.........

5.423l3.830

..........627

5.mI5. IS1102 4

' 4,3306,125

..........389...........

6,1245.n3..........3,659

..........174

...........

..........6.75

13.559a 718'.3 . 3 ~

. XSJIJ

Dsnnacin reg&t m t i o o ~

....................2............................. .;..........

..........

..........4. 081..........

1 1 . w ~....................1 . ~ 6..........7.961..........4.5194. 710...................................................

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r-pts.

$61.- 56 .* &.6571.42.33.6p. 515. 156LLm0871,533.917 3 . 880,*qb 5682,610928 ~ 3 & 3 185,041.0387,085.u

113.66% 83I g . 661. 521141 a 5 11 1 & 9 6 sd122. 6369211s. 5PC 5511%663.42113.B08.51IOP. I-. 871 1 7 . ~ 1 ~ 9 6u. 71.37141.1&3& d1~.923.62

Yw'~fas.&*.$55.91650'P,a67. ODk d O D63.687.504 87. OD68 74 50 l72.619. mta-a w84 198.-84,68s.m82.387. 5083.816.7sI* U sIOP.9U.W '116,68$os114.98060I 4 1 s 2511192%75112, 986851 1 4 4 ? . ~ 0. 14352.40I ~ . I I ~ O D

.r b 4 9 ~51% 516 ISI@, 516.1sISR -7.-

Numberd regism-ti-.75.M580,-94.19892.35192.97897.979103.130I-. 374117..m1r3.82911% 74s14 I10a07411% 1981w.931I IL&1 1 3 ~ 1 ~ 111% 193115,967

. 111.458 :1428IWOW1a6, #nUS. 21b-633 .

. 1 6 9 4 62.07.35089 1 s , r a u r w r u t z 3 x :


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160 Report of the Librarian of cdnqressEXHIBIT .-Tabh of registrations modc during jiscal years 1917-18,1918-19, z9z pz o , 1920-21,1921-22,and 19-23, arranged by c l a ~ s m . ~

1 For d d k d t a tanat d regktmtirms made for h l epro'frcrm ISOMto xgryxssee Annual Report of R d t a d Cq~yright8or 1914-15, pp. 180-181. Fm subsequentyearn seethempectivemuprcpart..

Clam A. Bwle (indudhepamphlets. leadets. andcontributiuna o pdod i c d s )

............(a) Printed in the UnitedStab. .(b ) Printed abromd in a

foreimlP I ~ ~ u P~ c . . .(c) English b o o b re&tmd or ad intttim

copyrtht ............Total...................CluB.PdodicPls (numben)a~rr MW, -...................dd-a- D. ~ n m p t i c r an-d m - m u d d com&tionr.. .....................

Clu E.M u s i c n l a r m p o s i ~ .Clw F.Map. . ..............Class G. Worbd rt, modda

a d & ..................C l a m E R e p r o d ~ dmrhd art................

Clpg I. Drawings or plMti.2w o r bd dentiticor tc&-nicdehoncter..............

ClassJ. Photoan~hr... .....Clam K. Print8 and pi-

i l l us tmt io~ . .............Clpg L M o t i ~ ~ . p i c t w eh*

toplays.. ...................Clpg M. Motiaa pictum nd.................hotoplays...................e n d . .

...........bl......

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- a37-5.617as. 8aa152a. 7x1

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a . 9 ~I

806 6*sc 139

I. 3 4180

a. 736138,633

a4741.245~ 4 . 4 4

198

3.a17'31. o g

1.647.

2.161

7

7397 . 4

L 6

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Register of Copyrights 161EXHIBITE.-Tab& oj articles dekosikd during 191p-20, 19-21,

1921-22, and Ipaz-23, wit h totals of article s depositedfor yeors 18g+to 2922-23.

Nms.-Far detaild statement of articles deposited during hstslm 189i-98 to19x4-15, see Annual Report of ~ c ~ i s t c r > fopyrights fur 19x4-fs, pp. 183-186. Fursubsequent years see the rerpective pnnual rqm ts.

r h c dassification "Chromas and l L amin t h e kw d ta Jub 1.IpoP.

I. Rooks:(a) Rinted in the United Stnte:

Vdumes.. ................Pamphlets. lea0ets. etc.. ..Contributions to newspa-pers andperiodkd5.. ...:Totd.. .................(b) Printed n b d in n foreign.....................

English work mgk t ed forndinterimcopyrkbt.. .... :

Total.. ..................a. Periodicals.. .................................... Mums . ~ m o n s ,tc..4 Dramaticordrameti~mus icdwn-..........................asitions5 Musical commsitio lu.. ..............6. Maps. .................................. Wo rb ofnrt; modds or designs.8: Reproductions of works of art . .....88. Chmmm and lithographs..p. D r a wGor plastic worksd a ocim-......ificor techni d d l c h a r . .....................0. Ph-pb..rr. Prints and pictorial illustratbm.. 1s 193 14sm.......a. ~ o t ~ n - p i c t t m p h ~ t o p ~ n ~ ~ . .13. Motion pictures not photoplnys..15. Fo re i~ n ook3 d v e d under act14Miscellaneous(unclnssi6edaftkks)

dM u . 3, r m . . a. 5i 7Tad. .......................

r g a r i a-----aa 07441,414

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371

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64194.61573,989

176

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7,491

81.504I, 13a,9q- pa 557

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ADDENDUM I.(67thGong..4th 4x01. Inthe Scnoted the United Stab. -ba 6, 19.n)

Mr. Lodge introduced the following bi;which was readtwice and referred to the Committee on Patents.

In te rna t iona l A BILL oamend the copyright law in order to permit the UnitedStatesC o ~ ~ r i g h tnion. to enter the International Copyright Union.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refiesedatives

of the United States of Americcl in Congress Assembled, Thatthe President of the United States be, and is hereby, au-thorized to effect and proclaim the adhesion of the UnitedStates to the convention creating an international union forthe protection of literary and artistic works, known also asthe International Copyright Union, signed a t Berlin, Ger-many, November 13, 1908,and to the "additional protocol"to the said convention executed a t Berne, Switzerland,March 20, 1914.

SEC. 2. That i t is hereby declared tha t the United Statesdesires to be placed in the first class of the countries whichare members of the International Copyright Union, trsprovided in article 23 of the said convention of I@ .

SEC. 3. That the \rights and remedies granted by theAct entitled "An Act to amend and consolidate the Actsrespecting copyrights," approved March 4, 1909, and theActs amendatory thereof shall be, and are hereby, extendedto the authors of works of architecture and choreographicworks and pantomimes as class (n) and class (o), respec-tively, in the list of classes of copyright works in section 5of the said Act.SEC. 4. That sections IS , 16, 17, 21 (as amended De-cember 18, 1919)~ 2, and $1 of the said Act of 1909 arehereby repealed, and that the said Act is further amendedby striking out from section 7 the words "or any foreigncountry"; by striking out from section g the words "ex-cept in the case of books seeking an ad interim protectionunder section 2 I of this Act " by striking out from section12 the words "which copies, if the work be a book or peri-odical, shall have been produced in accordance with themanufacturing provisions specified in section 15 of this

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Register of Copyrigkfr 163Act"; and by ,striking out from section 55 the words "inthe case of a book the certificate shall also state the receiptof the &davit, as provided by section 16 of this Act, andthe date of the completion of the printing, or the date ofthe publication of the book, as stated in the said &davit."

Sac. 5. That on and after the date of the President's' proclamation as provided in section I of this Act foreignauthors not domiciled In the United States who are citizensor subjects of any country which is a member of the Inter-national Copyright Union, or whose works are first pub-lished in and enjoy copyright protection in any countrywhich is a member of the Copyright Union, shall have withinthe United States for the term of copyright prescribed bythe said Act of 1909, including the right of renewal, and

-beginning upon the date of said proclamation for all oftheir works in which copyright is subsisting a t such dateand for all of their-works first published thereafter fromsuch date of publication the same rights and remedies inregard to their works which citizens of the United Statespossess under the copyright laws of the United States, andthe enjoyment and the exercise by such foreign authors notdomiciled in the United States of the rights and remediesaccorded by the copyright laws of the United States shallnot be subject to any formalities, and they shall not be rpquired to comply with the provisions of the copyright lawsof the United States as to notice of copyright, or deposit ofcopies, and registration: Pr* however, That the dura-tion of such rights in the UGted States shall in no caseextend beyond the date at which such works fall into thepublic domain in such country: And pr&d further, Thatno right or remedy given pursuant to this Act shall preju-dice lawful acts done or rights in copies lawfully made orthe continuance of enterprise* lawfully undertaken withinthe United States prio; to the date of said proclamation.

SEC.6. That during the existence of the copyright inany book the importation into the United States of anycopies thereof except secondhand copies shall be, and ishereby, prohibited, except with the assent of the proprietorof the United States copyright after deposit of two copies, asrequired in section 12 of the said Act of 1909, and in thecase of a book by a foreign author not domiciled in the


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164 Report of th e Librarian of CongressUnited States when such book has been published in thiscountry under an assignment of the United States copyrightrecorded in the Copyright Office: Provided, h e v e t . , Thatexcept as regards piratical copies such prohibition shall notapply (a) to any book published in the country of originwith the authorization of the author or copyright proprietorwhen imported, not more than one copy at one time, forindividual use and not for sale, or when imported for useand not for sale, not more than one copy in any one invoice,in good faith, by or for any society or institution incorporatedfor educational, literary, philosophical, scientific, or religiouspurposes, or for the encouragement of the 6ne arts, or forany college, academy, school, or seminary of learning, orfor any State, school, college, university, or free publiclibrary in the United States, provided the publisher of theAmerican edition of such book has within ten days afterwritten demand declined or neglected to agree to supply thecopy demanded; (b) to books which form parts of librariesor collections purchased en bloc for the use of societies, insti-tutions, or libraries designated in the foregoing paragraph,or form parts of the libraries or personal baggage belongingto persons or families arriving from foreign countries and arenot intended for sale; (c) to works in raised characters forthe use of the blind; (d) to works imported by the authorityor for the use of the United States; (e) to the authorizededition of a book in a foreign language or languages; (f) toa foreign newspaper or magazine, although containmg mattercopyrighted in the United States printed or reprinted byauthority of the copyright proprietor, unless such newspaperor magazine contains also copyright matter orreprinted without such authorization: PI& further,That copies imported as above may not lawfully be used inany way to violate the rights of the proprietor of the Ameri-can copyright or annul or limit the copyright protectionsecured by this Act, and such unlawful use shall be. deemedan infringement of copyright.SEC. . That the Supreme Court of the United States

shall prescribe such additional or modified rules and regula-tions as may be necessary'for practice and procedure in anyaction, suit, or proceeding instituted for infringement ofcopyright under the provisions of this Act.


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Register of Copyrights(6.lthCmg.. 4th66s. H. R. 14035. In the Egouse of Representatives. Januaryd, 9.3).Mr. Tincher introduced the following bill; which was

referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to beprinted.A BILL to amend the copyright law in order to pennit the United I ~ t s r r o t i o r o r

States to enter the International Copyright Union. Cofivivkt Union.Be it enacted by the S m t e and House of Rejwesentatives

of the Uniled States of America i n Congress assembled, Thatthe President of the United States be, and he is hereby,authorized to effect and proclaim the adhesion of the UnitedStates to the convention creating an international union forth e protection of literary and artistic works, known also asthe International Copyright Union, signed at Berlin, Ger-many, November 13, 1908, and to the "Additional pro-tocol" to the said convention executed at Berne, Switzer-land, March 2 0 , 1914.Set. 2. That it is hereby declared that the United Statesdesires to be placed in the lirst class of the countries whichare members of the International Copyright Union, asprovided in article 23 of the said convention of 1908.SEC.3. That the rights and remedies granted by theAct entitled "An Act to amend and consolidate the Actsrespecting copyrights," approved March 4, ~go g, nd theActs amendatory thereof shall be, and are hereby, extendedto the authors of works of architecture and choreographicworks and pantomimes as class (n) and class (o), respec-tively, in the list of classes of copyright works in section5 of the said Act.

SEC.4. That sections 21 (as amended December -18,1919) and 2 2 of the said Act of 1909 are hereby repealed.SEC.5. That section 7 of the Copyright Act of ~gog eamended by striking out the Gords "or any foreign coun-try"; that section 9 of the Copyright Act of ~g o ge amendedby striking out the words "except in the case of booksseek-ing an ad interim protection under section 2 I of this Act"and substituting therefor the words "except in the case ofbooks of foreign origin"; that section 12 of the CopyrightAct of ~g o g e amended by striking out the words "or ifthe work is by an author who is a citizen or subject of aforeign State or nation and has been published in a foreign

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I66 Report of the Librarian of Congresscountry, one complete copy of the best edition then pub-lished in such foreign country"; that section 13 of theCopyright Act of ~ g o ge amended by striking out the words"or from any foreign country."

SEC.6. That section 15 of the Copyright Act of I&be amended to read as follows: "That af the printed book orperiodical specified in section 5 subsection (a) and @)of this Act, except the original text of a book or periodicalof foreign origin, the text of all copies accorded protectionunder this Act, except as below provided, shall be printedfrom type set within the limits of the United States, eitherby hand or by the aid of any kind of typesetting machine, orfrom plates made within the limits of the United States fromtype set therein, or, if the text be produced by lithographicprocess, photogravure process, or photo-engraving process,then by a process wholly performed within the limits of theUnited States, and the printing of the text and binding ofthe said book shall be performed within the limits of theUnited States in its entirety; which requirements shall ex-tend also to the illustrations within a book consisting ofprinted text and illustrations produced by lithographicprocess, photogravure process, or photo-engraving process,and also to separate lithographs or photo-engravings exceptwhere in either case the subjects represented are located ina foreign country and illustrate a scientific work or repro-duce a work of art; but they shall not apply to works inraised characters for the use of the blind."

SEC.7. That section 16 of the Copyright Act of rgogbe amended to read as follows: "That in the caseof a printedbook or periodical specified in section 5, subsections (a) and@) of this Act, and subject to the provisions contained insection 15 of this Act, the copies so deposited shall be ac-companied by an affidavit, under the official seal of anyofficer authorized to administer oaths within the UnitedStates, duly made by the person claiming copyright or byhis duly authorized agent or representative residing in theUnited States, or by the printer who has printed the book orperiodical, setting forth tha t the copies deposited have beenprinted from type set within the limits of the United Statesor from plates made within the limits of the United Statesfrom type set therein; or, if the tex t be produced by lithe


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graphic process, photograv&e process, or photoengravingprocess, that such process was wholly performed within thelimits of the United States, and that the printing of the textand binding of the said book or periodical have also been'performed within the limits of the United States in its en-tirety. , Such affiadavit shall state also the place where andthe establishment or establishments in which such type wasset or plates were made or lithographic process, photogravureprocess, or photoengraving process, or printing and bindingwere performed, and the date of the completion of 'the print-ing of the book or periodical, or the date of publication."

Ssc. 8. That section 31, subsection (d) paragraph thirdbe amended to read as follows: "When imported, for useand not for sale, not more than two copies of any suchbook in any one year, in good faith, by or for any societyor institution incorporated for educational, literary, p h i bsophical, scientific, or religious purposes, or for the encour-agements of the finearts,or for any college, academy, school,or seminary of learning, or for any State , school, college,university, or free public library and branch or public read-ing rooms in the United States."

Ssc. 9. That on and after the date of the President'sproclamation, as provided in section I of this Act, foreignauthors not domiciled in the United States who are citizensor subjects of any country other than the United Stateswhich is a member of the International Copyright Unionand whose works are first published in and enjoy copyrightprotection in any country which is a member of the Copy-right Union, shall have within the United S-tates for theterm of copyright prescribed by the said Act of 1909, includ-ing the right of renewal, and beginning upon the date ofsaid proclamation for all of their works in which copyrightis subsisting a t such date and for all of their works Grstpublished thereafter from such date of publication the samerights and remedies in regard to their works which citizensof the United Sta tes possess under the copyright lays ofthe United States, and the enjoyment and the exercise bysuch foreign authors not domiciled in the United States ofthe rights and remedies accorded by the copy-right laws ofthe United States shall not be subject to any formalities,and they shall not be required to comply with the provisions


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168 Repmi of the Librarian of Congressof the copyright laws of the United States as to notice ofcopyright, or depusit of copies, and registration and manu-facture: Provided, hou~ever.That the duration of such rightsin the United States shall in no case extend beyond the datea t which such works fall into the public domain in suchcountry: A n d p r d d further, That no right or remedygiven pursuant to this Act shall prejudice lawful acts doneor rights in copies lawfully made or the continuance of enter-prises lawfully undertaken within the United States priorto the date of said proclamation.

SEC. 10. That the Supreme Court of the United Statesshall prescribe such additional or modified rules and regula-tions as may be necessary for practice and procedure in anyaction, suit, or proceeding instituted for infringement of copy-right under the provisions of th is Act.


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ADDENDUM 11.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas i t is provided by the act of Congress approved ~ ~ b ~ ~!March 4, r gog (35 Stat. I,. 1075) entitled "An act to amend rot^.and consolidate the acts respecting copyright," that theprovisions of section I (e) of said act, "so far a s they securecopyright controlling the parts of instruments serving toreproduce mechanically the musical work, shall include onlycompositions published and copyrighted after &is act goesinto effect, and shall not include the works of a foreignauthor or composer unless the foreign state or nation ofwhich such author or composer is a citizen or subject grants,either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizensof the United States similar rights" ; and,Whereas it is further provided that the copyright securedby the act shall extend to the work of an author or proprietorwho is a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation, onlyupon certain conditions set forth in section 8 of said act , -to wit:

(a)When an alien author or proprietor shall be domi-ciled within the United States at the time of the first publi-cation of his work; or(b) When the foreign state or nation of which such authoror proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty,convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the UnitedStates the benefit of copyright on substantially the samebasis as to its own citizens, or copyright protection substan-tially equal to the protection secured to such foreign authorunder this act or by treaty; or when such foreign state ornation is a party to an international agreement which pro-vides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by thetenns of which agreement the United States may, at itspleasure, become a party thereto; and,Whereas it is also provided by said section that "theexistence .of the reciprocal conditions aforesaid shall bedetermined by the President of the United States , byproclamation made from time to time, as the purposes ofthis act may require" ; nd

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170 Refmt of th Librarian of CongressWhereas the President of the United States in-a proclama-

tion dated April g, 1910 (36 Stat . I,. 2685), proclaimed thatsubjects of the Netherlands since July I , ~ g q ,ave beenentitled to all the benefits of the copyright act approvedMarch 4, ~gog, ther than the benefits under section I (e)thereof; nd,

Whereas the Government of the Netherlands declared onOctober 2, 1922, that under the laws in force in that country"citizens of the United S tates may claim copyright in theNetherlands and possessions with respect to their musicalworks made or published for the first time since the date ofthis declaration, which copyright includes the exclusiveright to manufacture rolls, discs, and other objects for themechanical reproduction of a work in whole or in part, aswell as the exclusive right to'give public representations orexecutions by means of these instruments, and this inde-pendently of the fact th at these instruments have been madeeither in the Netherlands and possessions or in the UnitedStates of America or elsewhere" ;

ES~& O h NOW, herefore, I, Warren G. Harding, President of thebrr 2 , rw. United States of America, do declare and proclaim tha t oneof the alternative conditions specified in sections I (e) and8 (b) of the act of March 4, ~ g q ,as fulfilled in respect tothe subjects of the Netherlands on October 2, I 922, and tha tthe subjects of the Netherlands from and after that dateshall be entitled t o all the benefits of the said act, includingcopyright controlling the parts of instruments serving ,toreproduce mechanically a musical work, as provided insection I (e) of the said act, in the case of all works by theNetherlands authors which have been published on or afterOctober 2, 192 2, and have obtained copyright in accordancewith the laws of the United States.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand andcaused the Seal of the .United States t o be affixed.Done at the city of Washington this twenty-sixth day ofFebruary, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred

and twenty-three, and of the Independence of[SEAL.] the United States of America the one hundred

and forty-seventh. WARREN . HARDING.By the President:CHARLES . HUGHES,

Secrefary of State.


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Appro- Act, 1gR&IBfi6 183

Salaries: For the administrative assistant and dis-bursing officer, and other personal services in accordancewith "The classification act of 1923," $101,138.For extra services of employees and additional em-ployees under the Librarian to provide for the openingof the Library building on Sundays and on legal holi-days, $2,000.For special and temporary services in connection withthe custody, care, and maintenance of the Library build-ing, including extra special services of regular employeesa t the discretion of the Librarian, $500.For mail, delivery, and telephone services, stationery,miscellaneous supplies, and all other incidental expensesin connection with the custody and maintenance of theLibrary building, $7,000.

* * * * ' *SEC.3. In expendmg appropriations or portions of a ppropriations, contained in this act, for the payment forpersonal services in the District of Columbia in accord-ance with the classification act of 1923, the average ofthe salaries of the total number of persons under anygrade or class thereof in the Botanic Garden, the Libraryof Congress, or the Government Printing Office, shallnot a t any time exceed the average of the compensationrates specified for the grade by such act: Prbwided, That

this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and4 of the clerical-mechanical servioe, or (2) to require thereduction in salary of any person whose compensation isfixed, as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules ofsection 6 of such act, or (3) to prevent the payment of asalary under any grade at a rate higher than the maxi-mum rate of the grade when such higher rate is per-mitted by the classification act of 1923 and is specificallyauthorized by other law.Approved, June 7, 1924.

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