also are the appropriations for the equipment and care of the building and grounds: 1 Includes the 21⁄2 per cent retirement fund.-Fiscal year 1924, $12,690; fiscal year 1925, $18,569.75, fiscal year 1926, $19,894.50. ' Appropriation, 1924, includes credits $2,318.94 on account of sales of card indexes to Government institutions and $15.26 yet to be credited. Appropriation, 1925, includes credits $2,600.53 on account of sales of cards to Government institutions and $161.92 yet to be credited. Expenditures, 1925 ($85,985.63), offset by subscriptions covered into the Treasury, $140,701.99. Offset by fees covered into the Treasury ($166,909,55). 'Indefinite appropriation. Any unexpended balance of purchase of books will be available for the succeeding year. • Exclusive of $2,500 to be expended by the marshal of the Supreme Court for new books of reference for that body, 1924; $2,500 for 1925; and $2,500 for 1926. 7 Including outstanding indebtedness. Appropriation, 1924, includes credits $20.50 on account of sales of photo duplications to Government institutions. Appropriation, 1925, includes credits $22.75 on account of sales of photo duplications to Government institutions. • Appropriation, 1924, includes credits $993.79 on account of sales of cards to Government institutions and $6.54 yet to be credited. Appropriation, 1925, includes credits of $1,114.48 on account of sales of cards to Government institutions and $69.40 yet to be credited. 10 Includes the 22 per cent retirement fund.-Fiscal year 1924, $1,829.88; fiscal year 1925, $2,528.45; fiscal year 1926, $2,609.95. 11 Includes balance from preceding year in addition to appropriation of $800. The appropriations for 1924-25 are in accordance with "The classification act of 1923," and include the following changes and additional provisions: Salaries-Library proper: For the librarian, chief assistant librarian, and other personal services in accordance with "The classification act of 1923," $457,020. Copyright office: For the register of copyrights, assistant register, and other personal services in accordance with "The classification act of 1923," $147,320. Legislative reference service: Appropriation increased from $40,000 to $56,000. Card indexes: Appropriation increased from $57,400 to $85,634 and the item made to read: "For the distribution of card indexes and other publications of the Library, including personal services, freight charges (not exceeding $500), expressage, postage, traveling expenses connected with such distribution, and expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the librarian, $85,634." Carrier service: In the appropriations for 1925 this item is carried under the Library proper and no appropriation was made as a separate item. Printing and binding: Appropriation increased from $212,250 to $250,000. Library Building: The item made to read "Salaries: For the administrative assistant and disbursing officer, and other personal services in accordance with 'The classification act of 1923,' $101,138." The following item included: "For special and temporary services in connection with the custody, care, and maintenance of the Library Building, including extra special services of regular employees at the discretion of the librarian, $500." The appropriations for 1925-26 are in accordance with "The classification act of 1923," and include the following changes and additional provisions: Salaries-Library proper: For the librarian, chief assistant librarian, and other personal services in accordance with "The classification act of 1923," $484,780. Copyright office: For the register of copyrights, assistant register, and other personal services in accordance with "The classification act of 1923," $159,800. Legislative reference service: Appropriation increased from $56,000 to $58,660, and the item made to read: 16* * * including not to exceed $5,700 for employees engaged on piecework and work by the day or hour at rates to be fixed by the librarian.” Card indexes: Appropriation increased from $85,634 to $95,414 and the item made to read: "For the distribution of card indexes and other publications of the Library, including personal services, freight charges (not exceeding $500), expressage, postage, traveling expenses connected with such distribution, expenses of attendance. at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the librarian, and including not to exceed $15,000 for employees engaged on piecework and work by the day or hour at rates to be fixed by the librarian, in all, $95,414." Temporary services: Item made to read "* rates to be fixed by the librarian, $3,000." Sunday opening: Item made to read "* rates to be fixed by the librarian, $13,125." * at at The following additional provision included: Payments for piecework and work by the day or hour from the appropriations for the fiscal year 1925 for the legislative reference and card-index services, Sunday and holiday opening, and special and temporary services, are authorized from July 1, 1924, to June 30, 1925, at rates fixed by the librarian. Printing and binding: Appropriation increased from $250,000 to $300,000. Library Building: Appropriation increased from $101,138 to $104,398. The following items made to read: For extra services * * * for the opening of the Library Building on Sundays and on legal holidays, at rates to be fixed by the librarian, $3,550. * * * includ For special and temporary services ing extra special services of regular employees at the discretion of the librarian, at rates to be fixed by the librarian, $500. COPYRIGHT: Statistics. COPYRIGHT OFFICE The report of the register of copyrights appears in full as Appendix II. A section of it important in its implications recites the legislation proposed at the last session for revision or amendment of the copyright law. The principal statistics of the business done during the year are as follows: 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 1924-25, as $166, 909. 55 EXPENSES The above statement includes all disbursements except the cost of furniture, of printing, and of binding, but only cash 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 278,361 such articles were received. The value of those drawn up into the collections of the Library far exceeded the amount of net cash earnings. right business. On the 7th day of July, 1925, when the report of the Current copy: copyright office was submitted, the remittances received up to the third mail of the day had been recorded. The account books of the bookkeeping division were balanced for June 30, the financial statements were prepared for the Treasury Department, and all earned fees to June 30, inclusive, had been paid into the Treasury. The total unfinished business for the full 28 years from July 1, 1897, to June 30, 1925, amounts to but $2,504.94 against a total completed business for the same period of $2,857,599.95. During the past 28 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.. $3, 260, 673 $5,710, 510 $2,857, 599. 95 $2,396, 678. 45 $454, 195. 01 During the 55 years since the copyright work became a business of the Library of Congress the total number of entries has been 4,141,529. Under authority of sections 59 and 60 of the copyright Elimination of act of 1909, 23,070 volumes have been transferred to the Library from the deposits in the copyright office during the fiscal year; 7,643 books have been deposited in governmental libraries in the District of Columbia, and 59,534 articles have been returned to copyright claimants, including 41,033 books, 6,060 prints, 1,972 periodicals, 8,680 motion-picture films, 1,530 photographs, and 259 pieces of music. |