214 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CK. 230. 1870. _P¤¤*mQ·¤*¤'¤¤ Sno- 96. And be it further enacted, That the postmaster to whom §:,;.:?;§l§l*:n%°r such copyright book, title, or other article is delivered, shall, if requested, forxvard without give a receipt therefor; and when so delivered he shall mail it to its des- °°’ · tination, without cost to the ro rietor. _Acticns for in~ Sec. 97. And be it jtrtheg ergacted, That. no person shall maintain an
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be m,_;m,,;,,¤d thereof by inserting in the several copies of every edition published, on ¤¤l¤¤¤, &¢· the title page or the page immediately following, if it be a book; or if a map, chart, musical composition, print, cut, engraving, photograph, painting, drawing, chromo, statue, statuary, or model or design intended to be perfected and completed as a work of the fine arts, by inscribing upon some portion of the ieee or front thereof, or on the face of the substance on which the same shall be mounted, the following words, viz.: “Entered according to act of Congress, in the year -—-, by A. B., in the office of the librarian of Congress, at Washington." Penalty forin- Src. 98. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall insert or zfglgfh S231Q5h impress such notice, or words not the same purport, in or upon any book, in b0°k_&c_ not map, chart, musical composttion, prmt, cut, engraving, or photograph, copyrighted; or other articles herein named, for which he has not obtained a. copy- right, every person so offending shall forfeit and pay one hundred dolhew distribut- lars; one moiety thereof to the person who shall sue for the same, and °d' the other to the use of the United States, to be recovered by action in an court of competent jurisdiction. Damages for )é1·3C. 99. And be it jitrt/ter enacted, That if any person, after the re- Z;‘;“f_l;f‘*;s°;f cording of the title of any book as herein provided, shall within the term bonds; limited, and without the consent of the proprietor of the copyright first obtained in lwriting, signed in presence of two or more witnesses, print, publish, or import, or, knowing the same to be so printed, published, or nmported, shall sell or expose to sole any copy of such book, such otiender shall forfeit every copy thereof to said proprietor, and shall also forfcit and pay such damages as may be recovered in a. civil action by such proprietor in any court of competent jurisdiction. rnnpsgcohnrts, Sec. lOl). Amt be it further enacted, That if any person, after the re- P¤¤*~°» °·» oordang of the title of any map, chart, musical composition, prmt, cut, engraving, or photograph, or chromo, or of the description of any painting, drawing, statue, statuary, or model or design intended to be perfected and executed as a work of the Hue arts, as herein provided, shall, within the term limited, and without the consent of the proprietor of the copy- right first obtained in writing, signed in presence of two or more witnesses, ongrnve, etch, work, copy, print, publish, or import, either in whole or in part, or by varying the main design with intent to evade the law, or, knowing the same to be so printed, published, or imported, shall sell or expose to-sale any copy of such map or other article, as aforesaid, he shall fU.l'f(;‘ll» to the said proprietor all the plates on which the same shall be copied, and every sheet thereo£ either copied or printed, and shall further_forfezt one dollar for every sheet of the same found in his posses- 81011, either printing, printed, copied, published, imported, or exposed for sale; and in case of a painting, statue, or statuary, he shall forfeit ten dollars for every copy of the same in his possession, or which have by him been sold or exposed for sale; one moiety thereof to the proprietor and gteyogpcrttc; the use of‘_the slnited States, to be recovered by action in ur o competent Juris iction. dramatic com- Sec. 101. And be it further enacted, That any person publicly per- P°*’“°¤’*· forming or representing any dramatic composition for which a copyrivht has been obtained, without the consent of the proprietor thereof, or his heirs or assigns, shall be liable tbr damages therefor, to be recovered by action in any court of competent jurisdiction; said damages in all cases to be assessed at such sum, not less than one hundred dollars for the first, Zpgefiftycdpéltlipztfor every subsequent performance, as to the court shull
