a Appropriation 1919 includes credits $1,113.10 on account of sales of card indexes to Government institutions and $157.76 yet to be credited. Includes also a deficiency appropriation of $2,142.25 approved July 11, 1919. Appropriation 1920 includes credits $1,321.23 on account of sales of cards to Government institutions and $411.05 yet to be credited. Includes also a deficiency appropriation of $2,700 approved May 8, 1920. Expenditures 1920 ($53,454.83 including outstanding indebtedness) offset by subscriptions covered into the Treasury $77,155.86. b Appropriation 1919 includes $1 on account of sales of photo duplications to Government institutions and $5.72 yet to be credited; also deficiency appropriation of $1,371.37 approved July 11, 1919. Appropriation 1920 includes $1.72 credits on account of sales of photo duplications to Government institutions. c Allotment 1919 includes credits $477.03 on account of sales of cards to Government institutions and $67.61 yet to be credited. Allotment 1920 includes credits of $566.19 on account of sales of cards to Government institutions and $176.16 yet to be credited; also deficiency allotment $63,000 approved May 8, 1920. d Includes balance from preceding year in addition to appropriation of $800. • Any unexpended balance of purchase of books will be available for the succeeding year. f Offset by fees covered into the Treasury ($126,492.25). 9 Exclusive of $2,000 to be expended by the marshal of the Supreme Court for new books of reference for that body. h Including outstanding indebtedness. * $500 special service and $625 of Sunday opening available in fiscal year 1920. *Does not include "Increase of compensation," $97,238.97. **Does not include "Increase of compensation," $27,763.80. The appropriations for 1919-20 varied from those in the preceding year in the following particulars: Documents: The following additional positions: 2 translators at $1,200 each. Congressional Reference Library: The following salary was increased: I custodian from $1,500 to $2,000. Legislative Reference: Appropriation increased from $30,000 to $45,000. Card Indexes: Appropriation increased from $46,900 to $49,400. Library Building and Grounds: The following additional position: lieutenant of watch, $1,000. Fuel, lights, repairs, etc.: The item made to include the following: "including new auto delivery wagon, and all incidental expenses in connection with the custody, care, and maintenance of said building and grounds, including $1,000 for repairs to roof." Appropriation decreased from $18,500 to $16,000. The appropriations for 1920-21 include the following changes and additional provisions: Salaries-General administration: The following salaries were increased: Librarian from $6,500 to $7,500; Chief Assistant Librarian from $4,000 to $4,500. Reading Room: The following additional positions: 3 assistants at $840 each. Legislative Reference: Appropriation decreased from $45,000 to $25,000. The item made to read: "That not to exceed one person shall be employed hereunder at a rate of compensation exceeding $3,000 per annum. Card Indexes: Appropriation increased from $49,400 to $50,900. Special and Temporary service: Appropriation increased from $2,000 to $2,500 and the item made to read: "of which $500 shall be immediately available." Sunday Opening: The item made to read: “of which $625 shall be immediately available.” Contingent expenses: Appropriation increased from $7,300 to $9,000. Library Building and Grounds: The following additional positions: I telephone switchboard operator; 3 watchmen at $900 each; 1 decorator at $1,400; 1 laundress at $660. Appropriation increased from $86,065 to $91,545. Fuel, lights, repairs, etc.: The item made to read "* * and $1,000 for pointing exterior stonework." Appropriation increased from $16,000 to $18,000. The following new provisions: "For refitting old boiler room and coal vaults, $4,000." "For new roof covering over the attic space around the octagon at base of the dome of the Library building, $6,000.❞ Library estimates, 1920-21: The following positions asked for in the estimates for 1920-21 were not granted: Administration: I Assistant Chief Clerk... $1,800 I stenographer and typewriter to Chief Assistant Librarian.. 1, 600 I, 500 Order and Accession: 1 assistant. I, 500 Catalogue, Classification, and Shelf: 1 Chief, Shelf-listing Periodical: I assistant. Coypright Office: 1 Chief Clerk... Law Library: 1 stenographer and typewriter. Legislative Reference: $69,000 recommended; $25,000 granted. I, 400 2,500 I, 200 1,000 Temporary Service: $3,000 recommended; $2,500 granted ($500 immediately available). Carrier Service: $1,320 recommended; $960 granted. Sunday Opening: $13,125 recommended; $10,000 granted ($625 immediately available). Increase of Library of Congress (purchase of books): $100,000 recommended; $90,000 granted. Contingent Expenses: $10,050 recommended; $9,000 granted. COPYRIGHT OFFICE Statistics The report of the Register of Copyrights appears in full COPYRIGHT: as Appendix II, and is also separately printed by the Copyright Office. The principal statistics of the business done during the year are as follows: Total number of deposits received (material of all classes, including duplicates)... 192.75 176.00 198.50 126, 492.25 213, 149 Total number of registrations.. 126, 562 Total communications received, including parcels, but excluding deposits noted above... 140, 369 Total communications sent out (including letters written). 139,092 The fees from copyrights are covered into the Treasury and not applied directly to the maintenance of the Copyright Office. They form a regular revenue of the Government, however, and a net revenue over the direct expenses of the office, as appears from the comparison following: RECEIPTS Fees covered in during the fiscal year 1919-20, as above.. $126, 492. 25 EXPENSES COPYRIGHT OF FICE: Receipts and ex penses The above statement includes all disbursements except the cost of furniture, of printing, and of binding, but only cash Current copy right business receipts. In addition to cash fees, the copyright business brings each year to the government, in articles deposited, property to the value of many thousands of dollars. During the past fiscal year 213,149 such articles were received. The value of those drawn up into the collections of the Library far exceeded the amount of net cash earnings. On the 10th day of July, 1920, when the report of the Copyright Office was submitted, the remittances received up to the third mail of the day had been recorded and acknowledged; the account books of the bookkeeping division were written up and posted to June 30, and the accounts rendered to the Treasury Department were settled up to and including the month of June, while earned fees to June 30, inclusive, had been paid into the Treasury. All copyright applications received up to and including June 30 had been passed upon and refunds made. The total unfinished business for the full 23 years from July 1, 1897, to June 30, 1920, amounts to but $2,806.70 against a total completed business for the same period of $2,105,816.20. At the close of business on July 10, 1920, the works deposited for copyright registration up to and including June 30 had all been recorded, as well as a large part of the publications received since that date. The Catalogue of Copyright Entries, which since the transfer of its publication from the Treasury Department to the Library of Congress has been issued in four separate parts, was continued in five annual volumes properly indexed. During the past 23 years the business done by the Office was as follows: Total number of entries. .. .. Total number of articles deposited. Total amount of fees received and applied. Total expenditure for service. ... Net receipts above expenses for service. 2, 509, 272 4, 426, 091 $2, 105, 816. 20 $1,823, 834. 07 $281, 101. 09 During the 50 years since the copyright work became a business of the Library of Congress the total number of entries has been 3,390,128. |