Chapter CXXVI. *supplemental to an Act entitled “An Act to amend the several Acts respecting Copyright,” approved February third, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and to the Acts in Addition thereto and Amendment thereof.* March 3, 1865.1884, ch
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Chap. CXXVI.— An Act *supplemental to an Act entitled “An Act to amend the several Acts respecting Copyright,” approved February third, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and to the Acts in Addition thereto and Amendment thereof.* March 3, 1865.1884, ch.Vol. p. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Photographs, &c., may be copyrighted.That the provisions of said act shall extend to and include photographs and the negatives thereof which shall hereafter be made, and shall ensure to the benefit of the authors of the same in the same manner, and to the same extent, and upon the same conditions as to the authors of prints and engravings.
Sec. 2. Copy of each book, pamphlet, &c., to be sent free of expense to library of congress.*And be it further enacted*, That a printed copy of every book, pamphlet, map, chart, musical composition, print, engraving, or photograph, for which a copyright shall be secured under said acts, shall be transmitted free of postage or other expense by the author or proprietor thereof, within one month of the date of publication, to the library of congress at Washington for the use of said library; and the librarian of Receipt therefor.congress is hereby required to give a receipt in writing for the same.
Sec. 3. Copyright forfeited unless copy is sent after demand, &c.*And be it further enacted*, That if any proprietor of a book, pamphlet, map, chart, musical composition, print, engraving, or photograph, for which a copyright shall be secured as aforesaid, shall neglect to deliver the same pursuant to the requirement of this act, it shall be the duty of the librarian of congress to make demand thereof in writing, at any time within twelve months after the publication thereof; and in default of the delivery thereof within one month after the demand shall have been made, the right of exclusive publication secured to such proprietor under the acts of congress respecting copyright shall be forfeited.
“Book” to mean what;Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted*, That in the construction of this act the word “book” shall be construed to mean every volume and part of a volume, together with all maps, prints or other engravings belonging to include subsequent editions.thereto; and shall include a copy of any second, or subsequent edition which shall be published with any additions, whether the first edition of such book shall have been published before or after the passing of this Proviso.act; *Provided, however*, That it shall not be requisite to deliver to theTHIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 127. 1865.541 said library any copy of the second or any subsequent edition of any book, unless the same shall contain additions as aforesaid, nor of any book which is not the subject of copyright. Approved, March 3, 1865.