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REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF COPYREHI3 FORTHE FISCAL YEAR 1923-24

WASHINQTON,D. C., J d y 7, 924.Sm: he copyright business and the work of the copy-right office for the hcal year July 1, 1923, to J h e 30,1924, inclusive, are summarized as follows:

PW.~LC. The gross receipts during the year were $167,705.98.A balance of $15,039.34, representing trus t funds andmihished business, was on hand July 1, 1923, maldng atotal sum of $182,745.32 to be mounted for. Of thisamount the sum of $5,411.51, received by the copyrightoffice, was refunded as excess fees or (ls fees for artidesno t registrable, leaving a ne t balance of $177,333.81.The balance carried over to July 1, 1924, was $14,788.91(representing trust funds, $13,104.97, and t o td unfinishedbusinem since July 1, 1897-27 years-$1,683.94),leaving fees applied during the fiscal year 1923-24 andpaid in to the Treasury $162,544.90.

This s the largest year's buainess in the history of the-office.The annual applied fees since July 1, 1897, are:

1897-88 - - - - - - - - $55,926. 0.1898-99 - - - - - - - - 58,267.00.1899-1800- - - - -- 65,206.0019W-1901- - -- - - 63,687.50 +1912-13 - - - - - - - 8114,980.801913-14 -------- 120, 219.25191616- - -- - -- 111,922 61915-16- - - - - - - 112,986.861901-2 - - - - - - - - - 64,687.00 1916-17 --1---- 110,077.401902-3 --------- 68,874 0 1917-18 - - - - - - - 106,352 40i . ..-..- 2,629. o ! oislo-. . .---13,11s m1904-6 - - - - - - - - - 78,058.00l(H15-6 --------- 80, 198.001906-7 - - - - - - - - - 84,686.001907-8 - - - - - - - - - 82,387.501908-9----_.---- 83,816.76.1909-10 - - - - - - - - 104,644951910-11- -_-- - - 109,918 51911-12---,-----16,686.061919-20 - - -_- - - 126,49226192&21-------- 134,516.161921-22 - - - - - - - 138,516.151922-23---,----49,297.001923-24 - - - - - - - 162,644.90

Total-_--- 2, 90,68Q 40I84


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Register of &py r i g h 185EXPENDITUBES

The appropriation made by Congress for sal& in the ,copyright office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924,was $112,400. The total expenditures for salaries was$111,991.08, or $50,553.82 less than the net amount offees earned and paid into the Treasury during the come-sponding year. The expendituresfor supplies, includingstationery and other artides and postage on foreignmail,= "matter, etc., wes $926.92, leaving a bdance for the yearof $49,626.90 to the credit of the o h .During the 27 h a d years since the reorganization of cd$*,h.rethe copyright office (from July 1, 1897, to June 30, 1924)the copyright fees applied and paid into the T r e a s qhave amounted to $2,690,690.40, the articles depositednumber 5,432,149, and the tofal copyright registrationsnumber 3,094,825.The fees earned ($2,690,690.40) were larger than t 1-appropriations for s a l k used during the same period($2,249,423.04) by $441,267.38. v-$resp).In addition to this direct pro& the large number of *h; -.nearly five and a half million books, mapa, music& works,periodicals, prints, and othsr articles deposited duringthe 27 years were of substantial pecuniary value and ofsuch a character thaf their accession fo the Library ofCongress through the copyright office effected a largesaving to the purchase fund of the Lib- equal inamount to their price.

COPYEXGHT ENTBlES AND FEESThe registrations for the Gscal year numbered 162,694. B"MYdf*.

Of these, 153,147were registrekions at $1 each, ncludinga certificate, and 6,114 were?egisfrations of photograp?mwithout cerfificates, at 50 cents e d . T h e were a h8,433 registrations of renew&, at 50 centa emh. Thefees for these registrations mounted to a total of$157,920.50.The number of r egi eat ions in each class from July 1,1918, to June 80, 1924, is shown in -bit D.


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186 Report of the Lib+ationof Cmgmu

A*ic'@dCPOl fUd- The total number of separate articles deposited incompliance with the copyright law which have beenregistered, stamped, indexed, and catalogued during thehc al year is 273,445. The number of these articles ineach class for the f k a l years July 1, 1920, to June 30,1924, is shown in Exhibit E.

wmkr cbfdw It is not possible to determine exactly how completelyc o p d h t . the works which claim copyright are deposited; but a stitle cards are printed and supplied upon request to otherlibraries for al l books received bearing United Statesnotice of copyright, the demand for such cards for worksnot received furnishes some indication of possible per-centage of failure to deposit.

~dauatr W In response to inquiries received during the year fromd=. the c u d division, the order division, and 'the readingroom in regard to 568 books supposed to have beencopyrighted but not discovered in the Library, it wasfound tha t 69 of these works had been received and wereactually in the Library, 34 books had been depositedand were still in the copyright office, 40 works were eithernot published, did not claim copyright, or for other validreasons could not be deposited, while in the case of 134works no answers to our lettens of inquiry had beenreceived up to June 30, 1924. Copiea were received o f ,291 works in all in response to requesta made b y thecopyright office during the period of 12 months'for workspublished in recent years.

A- w m - The total copyright deposita for the year includedUed duringw. 20,120 printed volumes, 55,120 parnphleta and leafleta,78,756 newspapers and magazines (separate numbers),3,709 dramas, 37,950 pieces of music, 4,427 maps, 14,768photographs, 17,038 printa, 8,598 motion pictures, 22,300contributions to periodicals, 5,024 works of ar t and draw-ings, and 280 lectures. These were all produced in theUnited States. From abroad there were received 4,376books in foreign languages and 979 books in English.

D*porol e/ (16 . Our copyright laws have required the deposit of copiesm. for the use of the Library of Congress. The act of 1909,which expressly provided for such deposit in order tosecure the registration of the work, still insisted upon a


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deposit of two copiers (except of foreign boob) for thebenefit of the Library; but to check the useless accumu-lation of such copies in the copyright oflice it is providedthat the Librarian of Congrem shall determiie '(1) whatbooks or other articlas shall be transferred to the p r -rnanent collectiom of the Library of Congress, includingthe law library; (2) what other books or artidea shallbe placed in the reserve collections of the Library ofCongress for sale or exchange; and (3) or be- ransferredto other Government libraries in the Di sk kt of Columbiafor use therein. The law further provides (4) tha tarticles remaining undisposed of may, upon specSedconditiom, be returned to the authora or copyrightproprietors.During the hca l year a total of 95,259 articles deposited2alymd 10have been transferred to the Library of Cow-. Thisnumber included 20,282 books, 58,108 periodic&,9,689 pieces of music, 3,283 m ap , and 3,897 photo-graphs and engravings.Out of the total number of articles deposited in t h e , ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ m ~copyright office during the period from July 1, 1909, toJune 30, 1924 (3,278,230), there have been transferredb he Library of Congress 276,713 books, 335,000 piecesof mwic; 71,531 maps, 55,415 photographs and printa,609,100 newspapers and magazines {numbers)-a totalof 1,347,769 pieces during 15 years.

Under authority of section 59 there were t r a n s f d ,?&- "during the fiscal year to other governmental libraries inthe District of Columbia "for use therein" 5,319 boob .Under this transfer, up to June 30, 1924, the followinglibraries have received boob as indicated Wow:Bureau of Education, 13,613; Bureau of Standards,2,094; Department of Agr icuhe, 3,255; Department ofCommerce, 7,181;Engineer School, Corps of Enginem,3,153; Federal Trade Commission, 6,814; SurgeonGeneral's Office, 4,596; Navy Department, 1,715; PublicLibrary, af the District of Columbia, 35,019; Soldiem'Home, 1,232; Interstate Commerce Commission, 889;Treasury Department, 1,292; Patent Office,778; Bureauof Mines, 370; Walter Reed Hospital, 538; to 16 otherlibraries a total of 7,575 volumes, makmg a grand totalof 89,914.


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188 Report of the bhzrian of ~ ~ e s 8hrnde - Under the provisions of the act of March 4, 1909,porltr to copu~ivht~ l a i ~ n c r . authority is granted also for the return to the claimantsof copyright of such copyright deposits as are not neededby the Library of Congress or the copyright office.

The notice required by section 60 has been printed for allclasses of works deposited and registered during theyeare July 1, 1909, to June 30, 1919. In response tospecial requests 8,153 motion-picture h s ave beenreturned during the hca l year to the copyright claimantsand 36,622 other deposits, making a total of 44,775articles. Since the act went into effect up to June 30,1924, a total of 548,046 articles have thus been returnedto the claimants of copyright in them, and altogetherthere have been transferred from the copyright oficeshelves 2,014,169 articles, thus securing a great saving ofspace and avoiding useless duplication and accumulation.INDEX OF COPYRIGHT ENTIUEB, CATLOOUE, BULLETINB,

AND OIBOUL.438M I n h As required by statute, all copyright entries are fullyd. indexed. During the fiscal year 236,354 cards weremade for this purpose and served also as copy for theCatalogue of Copyright Entries, which formed, duringthe calendar year 1923, five octavo volumes tqtaling

nearly 7,700 pages.Sofar as practical, the tit le cards for copyrighted booksprepared by the catalogue division of the Library ofCongress are used in preparing printer'e copy for theCatalogue of Copyright Entries, Par t I, Group I (books).But of the 58,003 titles of books included in the catalogueduring the calendar year 1923, about 8,000 were so p r epared. The remaining 50,000 titles were written in thecopyright office by the catalogue and index division, andin addition the index cards required for al l other worksregistered, which numbered, during 1923, over 236,000.- During the calendar year the Catalogue of CopyrightEntries was interrupted in publication from March toJuhe, 1924. Since July 1, however, all parts are in thehands of the printer. No numbers have been printedexcept the leaflets for books proper, but i t is now hopedthat the printing of the delayed numbers, long sinceprepared, may go forward with some promptnma.


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SUMMARTr C O P T S ~ E TS I N E S S 8 rmm. r ~ ofcww-.Belance on hand July 1.1823- - - - - - - - $15,039.34Grow receipts July 1, 1923, o June 80,1924 ............................. 107,705.98---Total to be accounted for- - - - - - - 182,745.32Refunded--------------------------- 6,411.51Balance to be accounted for-,------_-,-----l77,333.81-pplied aa earned fees- - - - -- - - - -,-- --Sl62,S44.90Balance carried over toJuly 1, 1024:Trust funds--,-,-,---13,104.87Un fi ni sh ed businessJ u ly 1, 1897, oJune 30, 1924, 27yesre-------------- 1,683.84 14,78a l 177, 81

Total fees earned and paid into Treesury duringth e 27 years from July 1, 1897, o June 30,1924 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2,890,68Q 40Total un6nished businese for 27 ymra-----------.. 1,688.94FEES FOR FIBCAL TEAR

Feea for registrations, including cer- ~ratificates, a t 81 eeoh - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8153,147.00Feea for registration of photographswithout certificates, a t SO centaeach------..---------------------3,067.00Feee for registrations of renew&, a t50cenb each---------,-,-------,716.50

Total fees for registrations recorded-- -----, 57,92Q 0Fees for certified copies of record, st80 cents each---- -- ---,-,-- - - - 8904. 50Fees for recording assignments- - - - - - 2,888 00Searches made and charged for a t th erate of 60 cents for each hour oftime consumed, - ---------------- 336.50Noticee of umr recorded (music)- ---- 206.00Indexing transfere of proprie tomup - - Z8Q. 40 4 624.40

Total fees for fiacal year 1925-24 ---------- 162,544.90ENTIUEBNumber of registration8---------,--59,261 Jwakv.Number of renewels recorded-----,--3, 433

162,094Number of certified copies of record-- 1, N9Number of assignments recorded orcopiai--------,------,-,-------,-- 2,050


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190 Report of tire Librarian of C-8m--. The greater part bf the business of tfie copyright ofliceis done by correspondence. The total letters and parcelsreceived during the h c a l year numbered 179,443, while

the letters, parcels, eta., dispatched numbered 177,462.During the last 27 h ca l years the money orders receivednumbered 753,918.

COPYRIGHT OFFICE PUBLICATION8BJ~?~u# . The new Canadian copyright law of June 4,1921, which

was amended on-June 13, 1923, and went into &ect onJanuary 1, 1924, was printed with the Canadian Copy-right Rules and Forms, 1924, as Copyright Office Bd-letin No. 20 (iii, 55 pp. 8').

The "United States copyright laws in force" and the" ~ u l e s nd Regulations for the registration of claims tocopyright," Bulletins 14 and 15, respectively, werereprinted during the year without changes.

ci~mkr. The President's proclamation of December 27, 1923,extending reciprocal copyright protection to Canada,including protection under section 1 (e) of th e act of1909, in regard to the mechanical reproduction of musicalworks, and the Canadian copyright certificate of Decem-ber 26,1923, extending to the United States the Canadiancopyright act which went into effect on January 1, 1924,was issued as Information Circular No. 63 (2 pp. 8O).

CONDITION OF COPYRIGHT OFFICE WOBKc ond t t i o n s( On July 7, 1924, the remittances received up to thecurred o a k . third mail of- the day had been recorded. The accountbooks of the bookkeeping division were balanced for June,

the kancial statements were prepared for the TreasuryDepartment, and all earned fees to June 30 had beenpaid into the Treasury. But the current work of record-ing, cataloguing, and indexing is seriously in arrearage.The record division has 2,866 entries and the catalogueand index division 5,756 entries to be overtaken.

COPYRlGIET LEGISLATION PROPOSEDP r n f - ~ e s( Several bills have been presented since the opening ofmd f o r p@l. the Sixty-eighth Congress last December, for the purpose


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of amending section 1 (e) of the copyrighf Bet of M a d 4,1909, dealing with the mechanical reproduction of musicalcompositions. The h t of these is a bill of six linesintroduced by Hon. Albert Johnson on December 5,1923,' which proposes to strike out the words "except in

.case of pubic performance for profit," from the secondsentence in section 1 (e), leaving it to read:The payment of the royalty provided for by thie section ehdl

fr& the articlea or devicea for which such royalty hes been paidfrom further contribution to the copyright.

On January 26, 1924,' a bill was introduced in theHouse by Hon. Walter H. Newton, of Minnemta. It pro-poses to strike out from section 1&) the exclusive rightof the owner of the copyright "to axrange or adapt i t if itbe a musical work," and adds to section 1 (e) a newproviso reading:

That the copyright control ehall not extend to public perform-ance for profit of mueical compositions where euch performance iamade from printed or written eheeta or reproducing devicee huedunder the authority of the owner of the copyright.

On February 23 (legislative day, February 22)) 1924,Hon. Clarence C. Dill introduced a bill' correspondingto 3. . 6250, but specifically referring to the reprod-tion of music by radio or telephone.On April 11 (legislative day, April 10) 8n amendedbill was introduced by Senator Dill, in which a newproviso to seotion 1 (e) is proposed, reading as follows:

That the copyright control shell not extend to public perform-ance of musical compoeitiom where euch performanoe ia madefrom printed or written eheeta or by reproducing devices issued

1 1RU (De? 5). A blll to amend mcticm 1 of the c o p d t aw. Intmducsd by Mr.Johnaon,ofWaahhgton. H. R.718. BBthCF. Iatas. Printed, I p. 4 lk&mjto the CommitteeonP.LQt8.

r l a 4 (Jan.2B). A blll to men d extktr~ ofan aet entltbd "Ansct toamendanda-solidate the acts respectlllg oopyrlght." approved March 4, 1808. Ilrtroduced by Mr.Newton,of Minneaot.. H. R. @SO 68thCa., l t sss. Prlnted, 5 pp. 4'. R e h a dto the CommltteeonPabntr.

a 1VA (Feb. 12,calendar day, le b. g). A blll to ameed ae~4lon of an ecC entUbd"An act toamend and anso lidate the sets respecting eopmi~@It,'' approved Much 4.1808. Introduced by Mr. Dm. 8. 2800, 68th Cow.. Iat #am. Prlnted, 6 pp. do.Referred to the Committeeon P.taotr.

4 1WM (Apr. 10. ccrlendar day, Apr. 11). A blll to smend Wlon 1 of an act entltbd"An act t o amend and consolidate the sets respecting copyright." approved M anh 4,1808. Introduesd by Mr. Dil l. 8. 3376, 1?8th Cm., 1st aas. Printed, 6 pp. 4*.Referredto the Committeeon P.taotr.


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under the authority of the owner of th e copyright, by uee of th eradio or telephone, or radio receiving sets, or both or all of them;and no additional charges or f w hall be made by any owner of acopyright or by his assignee or licensee, because that or any othermusical composition ie being furnished by, or for use by, radio, orbecause any person or corpordion is engaged in furnishing o r usingmusical compositions by radio, and that the right to use musicalcompositions shall not be refused to any person because suchperson is furnishing musical performances for o r by radio.

This bill was introduced in the House of Representa-tives on April 15 by Hon. W. A. Ayres.'OnApril 27, 1924, Hon. Albert Johnson, of Washing-

ton, reintroduced his bill of December 5, 1923, with anew proviso to section 1 (e), paragraph 1, which reads asfollows:

And provided furlher, That when any author or composer or hisor her administrator, executor or assign shall publish or cause tobe published for sale to the public copies of any copyrightedmusical composition, the sale of any such copy shal l free th e aamefrom further contribution by the holder thereof to the author orcomposer or hi^ or her adminiatrator, executor, or assign, in csee ofpublic performance for profit.

I t also strikes out from the concluding paragraph ofsection 1 (e) the words "unless a fee is charged foradmission to the place where such reproduction or ren-dition occurs," so tha t the paragraph reads:

The reproduction or rendition of a musical composition by orupon coin-operated machines shall not be deemed a public per-formance for profit.

The Committees' on Patents d he House and Senateheld hearings on these bil1s.a1 1811 (Apr. 1s). A bill to amend &Ion 1 of m act entitled "An net to amend sodconsoildate the ac ts respectlnt copyrlght," approved Mam h 4. 1809. Intrc ducs d byMr. A m . H. R. 8806,BBth Cong., 1st ae8s. PIIUW,6 pp. 4'. Referred to thaCommittanm Patents.a 1- (Apr. 17). A bill to amend aaction 1 of m aat entltled "An ad o amend andconsolidate the ac ts respecting copyright," approved Marc h 4, 1809. Intro duaed byMr. Johnson, of Washington. H. R. 8734, 68th Cong., 1st seas. Printed,6 pp. 4'.Referred to th e Committan on Patenta.a To amend the copyright sat. Hearings before a aubcommittan on Paten ta, U.8.Senate, B8th Cong., 1st seas., on 8.2800, a blll to amend section 1 of an act ent itbd "An

act to amend and consolidate the ncta respecting copyrlght" approved Mu c h 4 1909,Apd l9, 17 m d 18, 1811. Washington, Government Printing O m , 811. 2 p. l., ?77pp. So.Copyrights Hesrings held Worn the Committee on Patenb, Hauae ol R e p asentatlves, 88th Congress, 1st d o n , on H. R. 6250and H. R. 9137, bll ls ton ma ad set-tIon1 lan act entitled"An ac t oamend and consolidate he ac bmpecting copydght,"approved March 4,1808. April 25, May d,7, and 8fand 15 and lq, la. [email protected] Printing Oloe,la. 1 p. 1.. 389 pp.F.


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Several bills were introduced during %hah d ear toazepermit the United S t a te fo enter the International$%.Copyright Union. On December 5, 1923, Hon. J. N.Tincher ieintroduced the bill pphioh was printed in mylast year's rep& (192923, pp. 165-168), and on D ecember 6, 1923, Hon. Sd Bloom introduced tr bill ' hichia identical in text with that presented on D'eCBrnber 6 ,1922, in the Senate asS. 4104; &o printed in last year'sreport on page 162.

On December 6, 1923, Hon. Henry C~ b o todge ntaw LdCs m,dwed a new bill @ f o r the enhance of the United S t a h 'into the International Copyright Union, which bill, printedin Appendix I, pages 202-204, was th o intmduced in theHouse of Representativa on the same day by Hon.FiorimLampert.lo Both billa were referred to the respectiveSenate and House Committees on Patentg.In addition to the above bills, which provide simplya%z:.and solely for entrance of the United States into the Inter-national Copyright Union with such minimum amendmentof our copyright laws a s would make such entrancepossible, a bill for a general revision of the copyright lawsof the United States, but including provision for member- . ,ship in the Copyright Union, was ntroduced in the house fl WWWon M m h 24, 1924,11 by Hon. Frederick W. D a l l b g ~ r . ~ ' 'This bill in amended form was reintroduced by Mr.

1829(Dee. S). A bfll to amend the cop- law ln or& topermlt tbeUnhd 8-to enter the International Copyright Unlon. Introduced by Mr. TLncbsr.H.B. 678,88th Cong.. 1stm u . Printed, 6 pp. 4O. Re4errsd to theCommlttee on Patanb.1923 (Dem. 0). A bill to amend the eopyrlght law in adez to permit the UnbdBtatss toenter theInternationa1 CopyrightUnlm. Introduced by Mr. Bloom. H. B.a883.68th Cong., 1st sece. Printed.6 pp. 4'. ReIerred to tbe Commlttm on Psta!tm.

* 1829 (Dee. 6). A bill to emend the wpyrlght law In ada to peamlt th e UdfdStates to enter the International Co py ri m Union. Introduosd by Mr. tadm 8 .W.BBth Cong., 1st sece. Printed. 4 pp. 4'. Ref& to theCornmltCee on Pstentm.M 19!U (Dee. ). A bill to amend the copyright law In o r b to permit the Uhlfdfibtea to en* the International Copyr ight Union. Introduosd by Mr. LampatQ

request). H. R. !2704,6Sth Cow., 1stMSS. Prlntsd. 4 pp. 4'. Rdared to theDan-mittea on Patsub.111824 (Mar. %). A bill to amend tbe act entltbd "An act o amendandw

the actsm n g opyright," approved Msrch4 1RD. Jnt rodumd by Mr. D m .H.B.8177,(lltbCmg.U11. P d ~ W . # p p . 4 ~ .EWmdtotbsCommit&@onPatents.


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194 Repod of the Librarian of CbngmwDallinger on May 9, 1924." The text of this bill isprinted in the appendix to this report, pages 204-236.

COPYRIGHT FOB DESIGNScop, The question of copyright for designs has been underdiscussion for several yeam and was reported on in myannual reprta from 1913 to 1918. On February 25,

1924, a new design copyright bill was introduced in theSenate by Hon. Arthur Cappern and referred to theCommittee on Patenta. This bill with slight verbalamendments waa introduced in the House of Representa-tives on March 4, 1924, by Hon. Albert H. Vestal," waareferred to the House Committee on Patents, and iaprinted in Appendix I to this report, pages 237-248. Thisbill was referred to in the House copyright hearings onMay 15, 1924, and two amendments were submitted:First, to provide that rulea and regulations under theact shall be made by the register of copyrights; second,to authorize Congrees to appropriate the required sumto put the act into effect.

. .BEVISED STATUTE^~ e ~ e r ,/ U8 A bill for the codification of the laws of the United

b a . States (mentioned in my annual report for 1920-21,pp. 123-124) was reintroduced on December 5, 1923, byHon. Edward C. Little in the Sixty-eighth Congress andpassed the House on January 7, 1924. Under "Title 36patents, trade-marks, and copyrights," is " Chapter 3.Copyrights," the lat ter subject including sections 6208 to6266, pages632 to 639. Thisbill was referred to the Senatesel ec t &mmittee on Revision of the Laws on January

1 1924 (May 8). A bffl to amend the act entltled "An act to amend and consolld.tethe actsrespecting copyright," approved March 4,19 8. Introduoed by Mr.DH. E. 137, a h Cong, Istw. Prlntsd. 62 pp. 4' Refarred to the Comm1tt.m onpatsnu.U 1824 (Feb.25 legislativeday Feb.91). A bffl providingfor he reghtratlonold-Introduced by Mr. Cappa. B.IIIO1,BBth Co w, lut~BD.rinted, 18pp.4.. M dto the Commlttfa on Patenfa.14 1821 (Mar. 4). A bill provldlng for the reglstratlon ofdm-. Introduced by Mr.

Vestsl (by request). H. R. 7539, BBth Cong., 1st 8ear. Printed, 18 pp. 4' R 6 r dtothc-on-


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15," and was reporfed la adversely by Hen. Richard P.Ernst, of Kentucky, on June 3, 1924, who proposed ajoint resolution to provide for the appointment of acommission to consolidate, codify, revise, etc., the lawsof the United States in force December 2, 1923.

MOTION-P ICTUBE CENBORSHIP COMMIB810NMention has been made in my reports for 1914 to uoaoctpc-rreccuad(p o*-1916 of bills which were introduced in the House anddh,

Senate to provide for the establishment of an ofiialnational motion-picture censorship commission, and pro-viding that copyright should be contingent upon theiYm receiving" he certificate and seal of this w-ion:"The favorable report from the House Committee on Edu-cation on February 16, 1915, is quoted in my report for1914-15, page 168. A later bill (see my report for 1915-16, p. 192) eliminated the copyright clause altogether.Majority and minority reports were submitted to the~ o & en May, 1916 .(H.Rept. 697, pllrts 1 and 2, 84thCong., 1st sess.), but no further action was recorded.This year, however, on February 9, 1924, abid was in-duced by Hon. William D. Upshaw, of Georgia, to pro-vide for a Federal Motion-Picture Commission and itcontains s t the end of "Sec. 5. Licenses" a paragraphreading as follows:

(4) Copyright.-Nine months after this act takes effect do copy-right shall be granted to any motion-picture film unless it shall be

11 18a( Jan. IS). An act to ocnwUdat8, codlly, revbe, and reenact the g e n a d andpermanent laws of the Unlted Btates in forceDecember 2,1023. . ( P d he Home dRepresentatives, Jan. 7,lW.l In the Bemat8 of the Unlted States, Jan. 111la. E. .1568th Cow., I&e. rinted, 1627+ vll pp. 4 Read wlcn and r a f db h e mCommittee on Revlslon d th e Lam. Contains: Titl e m. Patents, trs d8m yb. andcopyrlghta. Chapter a. Copprkhts, @em. 20BB%8, pp. OWW.u 18a( June a). Codlacntlon of la m. 'Itlr. Emst, from the Select Comml- onRevision of the Lam, submitted the followiqt report ( b tuxampmy 8. J. Rc6.1U).8. Rept. NO.722 68thCong.. 1st-. Prlnted, 71 pp. So.171924 (June 8). Joint m lu ti on providing forthe appdntmsnt of a ~ ) m m b hoconsolidate, codUy, revisa, and reenact the general and pamemnt la m d he United

Btates in t o m Decsmber 2. 1VB. In the Benate d the United Stated. Mr. Emst,from the Me e t Committee on the Revision of the Lam, reported the lollo riw Jointml ut lo n; which waa read twlcn and p l d n the Fdendeu. 8. J. Res. 141 (Report No.722). 68th Cow.. Ist less. Printed, 2 pp. C.r@18a( Peb. 0) . A bill to createa commldonb be k- as theF&d Motion-Picture Commission, and defining it s powem and dntles. Intmduced by Mr. U-w.H. R . 8821,ESth Cow., Ut am8. Printed, S4 pp. C. Rdtured b the Commltter onBdllatbe


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accompanied by a valid license from the commission as hereinprovided.No report on this bill has been made to date.

N" Codjar The text of the Canadian copyright act of June 4,1921,c&Y b. was printed in my annual report for 1920-21, pages 141-168. On Juno 13,1923, an amendatory w t was approvedby which the act of 1921 becamo effective on January 1,1924. This amendatory act is reprinted a s an appendixto this report, page 249. Under this act t he Canadianminister of trade and commerce issued a certified noticeon December 26, 1923, extending the act to the United~ahmfmreStates , nd a reciprocal proclamation was issued by thec a d President of the United Statea on December 27, 1923,extonding to Canadians copyright in the United States,including protection under section l(e) of the copyrightact of 1909 regarding mechanical musical reproduction,both effective on January 1, 1924. The Canadian noticeand the President's proclamation are printed asAppendix111 to this report, pages 250-252. The Canadian copy-right acts, of 1921 and 1923, and the Copyright Rules andFonns, 1924, have been printed by the copyright officea s a separate pamphlet (Bulletin No. 20, i i i+55 pp., 8').

~ocb-re On June 26, 1924, a copyright proclamation undervnioa of Sara~fiia. section 1 e) of the act of 1909was ssued by the Presidentin favor of the Union of South Africa. This proclama-

tion becomes effective on July 1, 1924; the full text isis printed on pages 252-257 of this report, together withthe corresponding proclamation by the Governor ofSouth Africa, dated June 9.Respectfully submitted. THORVU SOLBEB~,Regiatm of Copy+&.HERBERTUTNAM,LibMeian of Congmw. 2


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EXHIBIT .-Stafement of gross receipts, refunals, nd remiptu, a dfees applskd for fiecd year d n q une 30,192.4

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September 18,Wh 74Octobsr.............................. 14S48.88November..........................Deoemk..........................

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. eqsr(lsa.82,610.W87.a~4.81BS,04!208.

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a m . m7a m m, n a . m78,osam.80,lORW.y866.m.82,887.Mqelars,

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Nor&-Detailed statemenb lor l8 ye8ra, 188143, ek., b 1014-16, by months,may be found In Annual Report of Rpgbter of Copyrlghta lor year 1914-16 (pp. 177-178, Repcr( d tbe LlbrvLn d Go- br 1014-lQ. Par subssprbent yeam m thsrrspdl=.nndnpor(r

im,oeaea~lo,m?.ro1 ~ ~ ~ 4 0I I ~ ,1em~qaa184,616 16

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141,198.831 a1 q m m167,XS.W

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