54TH CONGRESS, to strike out “liable to imprisonment” and insert IST SESSION upon conviction be imprisoned;" in line 21, before the word “judge," strike out "any" and insert "a;" in line 23, before the word "composition," to strike out "operatic" and insert "musical;" in line 31, before the word "composition," to strike out "operatic" and insert "musical;" and in line 32, before the word "such," to insert "upon." (Cong. Record, v. 28, pt. 6, p. 5464.) See page 338. NOTE 30. 1896 (June 8), House of Representatives.—In the account of the day's proceedings for June 8th the Record states that Mr. Draper moved to suspend the rules and pass S. bill no. 2306. The bill was read at length. No action was recorded because the original bill was not at the desk. (Cong. Record, v. 28, pt. 7, p. 6292.) See page 338. NOTE 31. 1897 (February 9), House of Representatives.—The 54TH CONGRESS, amendment recommended by the Committee on Patents to H. R. bill no. 10223, which was agreed to, was to strike out sec. 3 of the bill, reading: "That this bill shall go into effect on the 1st day of July, 1897." (Cong. Rec., v. 29, pt. 2, p. 1685.) See page 342. 2D SESSION 55TH CONGRESS, 2D SESSION 58TH CONGRESS, 3D SESSION NOTE 32. 1897 (December 17), House of Representatives.—The amendments of the Committee on Patents to H. R. bill no. 4847, which were agreed to, were to insert in line 13, after the word "copyright," the words " obtained thereon;" in line 14, to strike out the word "succeeding;" and also in the same line to strike out the words “obtained thereon and to insert "following the said 11th day of January, 1893." (Cong. Record, v. 31, pt. 1, p. 284.) See page 346. NOTE 33. 1898 (February 11), Senate.-The amendments from the Committee on Patents to H. R. bill no. 4847, reported on February 2d and agreed to February 11th, were: In line 11, after the word "time," to strike out "between" and to insert within ninety days after," and in line 12, after the word "act," to strike out "and the 11th day of January, 1898;" which amendments, summed up, provide for a period of ninety days after the passage of the act within which filing of the title of the book in question would be considered valid. (Cong. Record, v. 31, pt. 2, p. 1667.) See page 348. NOTE 34. Senate report, no. 3380, 58th Congress, 3d session. Amending section 4952 of the Revised Statutes. (January 27, 1905.-Ordered to be printed.) Mr. Kittredge, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report to accompany H. R. 6487: The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 6487) for the amendment of section 4952 of the Revised Statutes, recommend that said bill do pass with the following amendment: Strike out the words "benefit of copyright on the same basis as is given to its citizens by this act," lines 1 and 2, page 3 of the printed bill, and insert in lieu thereof the words "benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens." The following letter is submitted in support of this favorable report: LIBRARY OF Congress, Copyright Office, SIR: In compliance with your request of January 23 for an expression of opinion from this office on House bill 6487, to amend section 4952 of the Revised Statutes, relating to copy- 58TH CONGRESS, rights, I beg to report as follows: 1. That the purpose of this bill appears to this office equitable and unobjectionable. 2. That the proviso passed by the House in the way of an amendment to the original bill would seem to require some slight alteration in order to bring its provisions into harmony with the act of March 3, 1891. This alteration should be that in lines I and 2, on page 3, the words "benefit of copyright on the same basis as is given to its citizens by this act," should be changed to read, "benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens." 3. The bill provides for a period of one year within which to comply with the requirement that the work shall be typeset within the limits of the United States, but this term of twelve months is allowed only when the book is originally published in a foreign language. In equity there would seem to be no reason why the allowance should not equally extend to all books originally pub lished abroad. 4. That the words in lines 16 and 17, page 2, reading "which shall be the first copyright in this country for a translation of such book," would cause difficulty of construction, and, if construed literally, are calculated to nullify the benefit proposed by the bill. They should, we think, be stricken out. Conflicting claims between translations entered for copyright would require to be settled by the courts as other matters of dispute. This is not to object to the present bill, but to suggest that it might go further with advantage. Very respectfully, Hon. ALFRED B. KITTREDGE, THORVALD SOLBERG, Chairman Committee on Patents, United States Senate. 3D SESSION Approved and transmitted. HERBERT PUTNAM, Your committee deem it inadvisable at this session to enlarge the scope of this bill to extend to ali books originally published abroad. It is the purpose of your committee to attempt a codification of the copyright laws at the next session of Congress. (Senate Rept. no. 3380, 58th Cong., 3d sess.) INDEX [The abbreviations H. R. and S. in this index indicate House of Representatives Acheson (Ernest F.), of Pennsylvania, 57th Cong.. Acts. (See Laws.) Adair County, Iowa, citizens of. @ Petition, H. R., May 17,1888. Page 263 55, 80, 256, 272, 275, 280, 281, 295, 320 114, 117 “An alphabetical compendium of the various sects,” copy- 114 Adams (John Quincy), of Massachusetts, 28th Cong.. 163, 166 Adams (Robert, jr.), of Pennsylvania, 57th Cong.. 355, 365 Addresses. (See Petitions and memorials.) Adelbert College, faculty of. Petitions, S., Feb. 2; H. R., Feb. 246, 251 260 Affidavit of American manufacture, bill to require, in case of ..... 78 298 300 Memorial, S., Jan. 8, 1891 169 American publishers. Memorials, S., Dec. 15; H. R., Dec. 16, IOI, 163, 166 Amity College, faculty of. Petitions, S., Feb. 14; H. R., Feb. 250 Anderson (Albert R.), of Iowa, 50th Cong.. 250 288 Anthony (Henry B.), of Rhode Island, 47th Cong.. 219 a In all cases where reference is made to any petition, memorial, etc., for full Page Appleton (Daniel), and others. (See American publishers.) Arnell (Samuel M.), of Tennessee, 40th Cong. Art associations, representatives of. Memorial, S., Feb. 5, 1891. 1881 (Dec. 6). Paragraph on international copyright con- 102 194 300 103, 219, 220 1884 (Dec. 1). Paragraph on international copyright. 103, 229, 230 Bacon (Ezekiel), of Massachusetts, 11th Cong.. Baird (Henry Carey). Statement before S. copyright hearing, Baker (Charles Simeon), of New York, 50th Cong. 253 96, 97, 148, 149 31, 131 96, 97, 148, 149 78 243 117, 118, 119 Bankhead (John Hollis), of Alabama, 54th Cong 60, 335 Banning (Henry B.), of Ohio, 43d Cong.. 46, 212 Barbour (Philip Pendleton), of Virginia, 20th Cong 32, 139 Barnard (Daniel Dewey), of New York, 27th-28th Cong 166, 380 136 Bartholdt (Richard), of Missouri, 57th-58th Cong. 9, 20, 71, 361, 373, 374 Baldwin (John Denison), of Massachusetts, 40th Cong.. 288, 321 Bate (William Brimage), of Tennessee, 50th-51st Cong.. 249, 310, 319 dress of British authors, S., Feb. 2; H. R., Feb. 13, 1837. 96, 97, 148, 149 Beck (James B.), of Kentucky, 41st-42d Cong. Bell (Sir Charles). Included in address of British authors, S., Belleville, Kans., teachers of. Petition, H. R., June 11, 1890. Bennett (Charles Goodwin), of New York, 54th-55th Cong. Berrien (John Macpherson), of Georgia, 20th, 27th Cong.... 36, Berry (James Henderson), of Arkansas, 51st, 58th Cong.. 310, 319, 370 |