.Joseph H. Hough. New-Mexico 629 New-York 74,0651 North Carolina 9,456 North Dakota 1,322 Nova Scotia.. 2,887 Ohio 34,184 Oregon 3.561 Pennsylvania 39,893 P. E. Island 494 Quebec 3.050 Rhode Island 3,8501 South Carolina 5,329 South Dakota 5,7661 Tennessee 16,155 Texas 21,558 Utah.. 4751 Vermont 8,5241. Virginia 9,400 Washington 2,3891 West Virginia 4,0741 Wisconsin 13,387 Wyoming 631 651,028) William L. Kuykendall.. During the year ending May, 1890, 34,450 members of the order were raised, 23,124 The net gain in niemberwere admitted and restored, 17,438 withdrew, 388 were expelled and 350 suspended, 13,364 suspended for non-payment of dues and 8,947 died. ship in the United States was 17,473. John W. Laflin.. Grand Secretary. Andrew M. Wolihin.. W. J. Scott.. John D. Vineil.. Chauncey N. Noteware.. .George P. Cleaves.... Alpheus A. Keen.. Edward M. L. Ehlers.. Donald W. Bain... Thomas J. Wilder.. Stephen F. Chadwick. Address. Montgomery. Little Rock. San Francisco. Wilmington. Cedar Rapids. Boston. Grand Rapids. St. John's. Trenton. East Las Vegas. New-York. Raleigh. Casselton. Charleston. Aberdeen. .George W. Atkinson ROYAL ARCH MASONS. La.; General Grand OFFICERS-General Grand High Priest, David F. Day, Buffalo, N. Y.; Deputy General Grand High Priest, Joseph P. Hornor, New-Orleans, King, George L. McCahan, Baltimore, Md.; General Grand Scribe, vacant; General Grand Treasurer. Reuben C. Lemmon, Toledo, Ohio; General Grand Secretary, Christopher G. Fox, Buffalo, N. Y.; General Grand Captain of the Host, Sylvester S. Bean, Creston, Iowa; General Grand Principal Sojourner, James W. Taylor, Luthersville, The membership of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which includes German Grand Lodges, is 694,157. The American organization is not in afiliation with an English order called the Manchester Unity Odd Fellows which numbers 708,473. The The Encampment branch of the order numbers 110,886 members; Rebekah lodges, sisters, 59,822; brothers, 55,571; Chevaliers of the Patriarchs Militant, 25,000. next meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge will be held a St. Louis, Mo., on September 21, 1891. ro The total relief paid by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, year ending December 31, 1889, was $2,656,529 12; brothers relieved, 66,385; widowed families Meved, 6,993: paid for relief of brothers, $1,985,194 36; for widowed families, $181,681 24; education of orphans, $22,946 09; burials, $166,707 43. ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS, This order has 716 courts or lodges in America and 71,722 members. OFFICERS OF THE HIGH COURT.-Supreme Chief Ranger, W. S. Elliott, jr.; Sub-Chief Ranger, H. A. Simsrott; Senior Woodward, Thomas Matthews; Junior Woodward, William Twomey; Senior Beadle, Hugo Betz: Junior Beadle, J.B. Falk; Treas urer, D. Brougham; Permanent Secretary, E. M. McMurtry, Exchange Building, Chicago, Ill. COPYRIGHT LAW OF THE UNITED STATES. Any citizen or resident of the United States, who is the author, inventor, designer er 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, or of models or designs, intended to be perfected as works of the fine arts, and the executors of any such person, may secure the sole liberty of printing, reprinting, publishing, completing, copying and vending the same, and, if a dramatic composition, of publicly performing or representing it, or causing it to be performed or represented by others. To secure a copyright, the applicant must, before publication, deliver at the office of the Librarian of Congress, or deposit in the mail addressed to him at Washington, D. C., a printed copy of the title of the book or other article, or a description of the painting, drawing, chromo, statue, statuary, or a model or design for a work of the fine arts, for which he desires a copyright, and within ten days from its publication, under a penalty of $25, must send to the Librarian two copies of the best edition of the book or other article, and a copy of every subsequent edition in which substantial changes are made, or a photograph of the picture, statue, model or design. The legal fee for recording each copyright claim is 50 cents, and for a copy of the record or certificate 50 cents additional. $1 should be enclosed with every application, which should also state the full name and address of the applicant. No person can maintain an action for infringement unless he inserts on the title page of every copyrighted book or page immediately following, or inscribes on some visille portion of any other article or of the substance on which it is mounted, "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year, by, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington," or "Copyright 18-, by ." The unauthorized use of these or similar words is punishable by a fine of $100. Authors may reserve the right to translate or dramatize their own works by printing a notice to that effect below the notice of copyright entry. The original copyright is granted for a term of twentyeight years, renewable for fourteen years by the author, his widow or children. Applications for renewal should be made six months before the expiration of the first term. Assignments of copyright must be recorded in the Office of the Librarian of Congress within sixty days after execution. The penalty for infringement in the case of books is the forfeiture of every fraudulent copy and the payment of damages in civil suit; in the case of maps, musical works, etc., forfeiture of plates and sheets and a fine of $1 for every sheet found. A similar fine of $10 is imposed in the case of paintings and statuary. The unauthorized performance of copyrighted plays entails a penalty of not less than $100 for the first and $50 for every subsequent performance. INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT. The present copyright law expressly exempts the productions of foreign authors or inventors. For several years American authors have been endeavoring to procure the abolition of this discrimination, and the American Copyright League, reorganized in 1885, is now urging on Congress the enactment of an international copyright law. This measure, in its present form, is designed to confer the privilege of copyright in America on citizens of foreign States which place Americans on substantially the same footing as to copyright as their own citizens, or which sign a reciprocity agreement to which the United States may at its pleasure become a party. It requires, however, that foreign books, to be copyrighted in America, must be printed here from type set in this country. It passed the House on December 3, 1890, by a vote of 139 to 95, 34 Democrats voting for it, and 26 Republicans against it. It is expected to pass the Senate early in 1891. The present officers of the American Copyright League are: President, James Russell Lowell; secretary, Robert Underwood Johnson; treasurer; Thomas W. Knox. The secretary's office is at No. 33 Union Square, New-York. |