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210. CATALOG OF COPYRIGHT TRIES; EFFECT AS EVIDENCE.-The Register of Copyrights shall fully index all copyright registrations and assignments and shall print at periodic intervals a catalog of the titles of articles deposited and registered for copyright, together with suitable indexes, and at stated intervals shall print complete and indexed catalog for each class of copyright entries, and may thereupon, if expedient, destroy the original manuscript catalog cards containing the titles included in such printed volumes and representing the entries made during such intervals. The current catalog of copyright entries and the index volumes herein provided for shall be admitted in any court as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein as regards any copyright registration.

EXISTING LAW (TO BE REPEALED) copyright office, shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, be given to any person making application for the same. Said certificate shall be admitted in any court as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. In addition to such certificate the register of copyrights shall furnish, upon request, without additional fee, a receipt for the copies of the work deposited to complete the registration."

Act March 4, 1909 (ch. 320, sec. 56, 35 Stat. 1086 (17 U. S. C., 1940 ed., sec. 56))

SEC. 56. That the register of copyrights shall fully index all copyright registrations and assignments and shall print at periodic intervals a catalogue of the titles of articles deposited and registered for copyright, together with suitable indexes, and at stated intervals shall print complete and indexed catalogues for each class of copyright entries, and may thereupon, if expedient, destroy the original manuscript catalogue cards containing the titles included in such printed volumes and representing the entries made during such intervals. The current catalogues of copyright entries and the index volumes herein provided for shall be admitted in any court as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein as regards any copyright registration.

Act March 4, 1909 (ch. 320, sec. 57, 35 Stat. 1086 (17 U. S. C., 1940 ed., sec. 57))

§ 211. SAME; DISTRIBUTION AND SALE; SEC. 57. That the said printed curDISPOSAL OF PROCEEDS. The said rent catalogues as they are issued shall printed current catalogs as they are be promptly distributed by the copyissued shall be promptly distributed by right office to the collectors of customs the copyright office to the collectors of of the United States and to the postcustoms of the United States and to masters of all exchange offices of receipt the postmasters of all exchange offices of of foreign mails, in accordance with receipt of foreign mails, in accordance revised lists of such collectors of cuswith revised lists of such collectors of toms and postmasters prepared by the customs and postmasters prepared by Secretary of the Treasury and the the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster-General, and they shall also Postmaster General, and they shall also be furnished to all parties desiring them be furnished in whole or in part to all at a price to be determined by the parties desiring them, at a price to be register of copyrights, not exceeding determined by the register of copy- five dollars per annum for the complete rights for each part of the catalog, not catalogue of copyright entries and not exceeding $10 for the complete yearly exceeding one dollar per annum for the catalog of copyright entries and not catalogues issued during the year for exceeding $1 per annum for the catalogs any one class of subjects. The conissued during the year for any one class solidated catalogues and indexes shall of subjects. The consolidated catalogs also be supplied to all persons ordering and indexes shall also be supplied to all them at such prices as may be deterpersons ordering them at such prices as mined to be reasonable, and may be determined to be reasonable, scriptions for the catalogues

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and all subscriptions for the catalogs received by the Superintendent of Pub-
shall be received by the Superintendent lic Documents, who shall forward the
of Public Documents, who shall forward said publications; and the moneys thus
the said publications; and the moneys received shall be paid into the Treasury
thus received shall be paid into the of the United States and accounted for
Treasury of the United States and under such laws and Treasury regula-
accounted for under such laws and tions as shall be in force at the time.
Treasury regulations as shall be in
force at the time.

§ 212. RECORDS AND WORKS DEPOSITED IN COPYRIGHT OFFICE OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION; TAKING COPIES OF ENTRIES.-The record books of the copyright office, together with the indexes to such record books, and all works deposited and retained in the copyright office, shall be open to public inspection; and copies may be taken of the copyright entries actually made in such record books, subject to such safeguards and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Register of Copyrights and approved by the Librarian of Congress.

§ 213. DISPOSITION OF ARTICLES DEPOSITED IN OFFICE.-Of the articles deposited in the Copyright Office under the provisions of the copyright laws of the United States, the Librarian of Congress shall determine what books and other articles shall be transferred to the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, including the law library, and what other books or articles shall be placed in the reserve collections of the Library of Congress for sale or exchange, or be transferred to other governmental libraries in the District of Columbia for use therein.

§ 214. DESTRUCTION OF ARTICLES DEPOSITED IN OFFICE REMAINING UNDISPOSED OF; REMOVAL OF BY AUTHOR OR PROPRIETOR; MANUSCRIPTS OF UNPUBLISHED WORKS.-Of any articles undisposed of as above provided, together with all titles and correspondence relating thereto, the Librarian of Congress and the Register of Copyrights jointly shall, at suitable intervals, determine what of these received during any period of years it is desirable or useful to preserve in the permanent files of the Copyright Office, and, after due notice as hereinafter provided, may within their

Act March 4, 1909 (ch. 320, sec. 58, 85
Stat. 1086 (17 U. S. C., 1940 ed.,
sec. 58))

SEC. 58. That the record books of the Copyright office, together with the indexes to such record books, and all works deposited and retained in the copyright office, shall be open to public inspection; and copies may be taken of the copyright entries actually made in such record books, subject to such safeguards and regulations as shall be prescribed by the register of copyrights and approved by the Librarian of Congress.

Act March 4, 1909 (ch. 8320, sec. 59, 35
Stat. 1087 (17 U. S. C., 1940 ed., sec.
59))

SEC. 59. That of the articles deposited
in the copyright office under the provi-
sions of the copyright laws of the United
States or of this Act, the Librarian of
Congress shall determine what books
and other articles shall be transferred to
the permanent collections of the Library
of Congress, including the law library,
and what other books or articles shall
be placed in the reserve collections of
the Library of Congress for sale or ex-
change, or be transferred to other gov-
ernmental libraries in the District of
Columbia for use therein.

Act March 4, 1909 (ch. 320, sec. 60,
35 Stat. 1087 (17 U. S. C., 1940 ed.,
sec. 60))

SEC. 60. That of any articles undis-
posed of as above provided, together
with all titles and correspondence relat-
ing thereto, the Librarian of Congress
and the register of copyrights jointly
shall, at suitable intervals, determine
what of these received during any period
of years it is desirable or useful to pre-
serve in the permanent files of the copy-
right office, and, after due notice as
hereinafter provided, may within their
discretion cause the remaining articles
and other things to be destroyed: Pro-
vided, That there shall be printed in the
Catalogue of Copyright Entries from

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discretion cause the remaining articles and other things to be destroyed: Provided, That there shall be printed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries from February to November, inclusive, a statement of the years of receipt of such articles and a notice to permit any author, copyright proprietor, or other lawful claimant to claim and remove before the expiration of the month of December of that year anything found which relates to any of his productions deposited or registered for copyright within the period of years stated, not reserved or disposed of as provided for in this title. No manuscript of an unpublished work shall be destroyed during its term of copyright without specific notice to the copyright proprietor of record, permitting him to claim and remove it.

EXISTING LAW (TO BE REPEALED) February to November, inclusive, a statement of the years of receipt of such articles and a notice to permit any author, copyright proprietor, or other lawful claimant to claim and remove before the expiration of the month of December of that year anything found which relates to any of his productions deposited or registered for copyright within the period of years stated, not reserved or disposed of as provided for in this Act: And provided further, That no manuscript of an unpublished work shall be destroyed during its term of copyright without specific notice to the copyright proprietor of record, permitting him to claim and remove it.

Act March 4, 1909 (ch. 820, sec. 61, 35 Stat. 1087 (17 U. S. C., 19,0 ed., sec. 61))

215. FEES.-The Register of Copy- SEC. 61. That the register of copyrights shall receive, and the persons to rights shall receive, and the persons to whom the services designated are ren- whom the services designated are rendered shall pay, the following fees: For dered shall pay, the following fees: For the registration of any work subject to the registration of any work subject to copyright, deposited under the pro- copyright, deposited under the provisions of this title, $2, which sum is to visions of this Act, one dollar, which include a certificate of registration sum is to include a certificate of regisunder seal: Provided, That in the case of tration under seal: Provided, That in any unpublished work registered under the case of photographs the fee shall be the provisions of section 12 of this title, fifty cents where a certificate is not the fee for registration with certificate demanded. For every additional cershall be $1, and in the case of a pub- tificate of registration made, fifty cents. lished photograph the fee shall be $1 For recording and certifying any inwhere a certificate is not desired. For strument of writing for the assignevery additional certificate of registra- ment of copyright, or any such license tion made, $1. For recording and cer- specified in section one, subsection (e), tifying any instrument of writing for the or for any copy of such assignment or assignment of copyright, or any such license, duly certified, if not over three license specified in section 1, subsection hundred words in length, one dollar; (e), of this title, or for any copy of such if more than three hundred and less assignment or license, duly certified, than one thousand words in length, $2 for each copyright office record- two dollars; if more than one thousand book page or additional fraction thereof words in length, one dollar additional over one-half page. For recording the for each one thousand words or fraction notice of user or acquiescence specified thereof over three hundred words. For in section 1, subsection (e), of this title, recording the notice of user or acqui$1 for each notice of not more than five escence specified in section one, subtitles. For comparing any copy of an section (e), twenty-five cents for each assignment with the record of such notice if not over fifty words, and an document in the copyright office and additional twenty-five cents for each certifying the same under seal, $2. For additional one hundred words. For recording the renewal of copyright pro- comparing any copy of an assignment vided for in section 24 of this title, $1. with the record of such document in For recording the transfer of the pro- the copyright office and certifying the prietorship of copyrighted articles, 10 same under seal, one dollar. For cents for each title of a book or other recording the extension or renewal of article, in addition to the fee prescribed copyright provided for in sections for recording the instrument of assign- twenty-three and twenty-four of this ment. For any requested search of Act, fifty cents. For recording the copyright office records, indexes, or transfer of the proprietorship of copydeposits, $1 for each hour of time con- righted articles, ten cents for each title