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SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 11, 12. 1919. 369 "§nc. 8. That the author or proplrietor of any work made the mIg¤¤¤ gg te ¤¤*h¤*· subject of copyright by this Act, or `s executors, administrators, or viii? ssl p. 1077, assigns, shall have copyright for such work under the conditions and ‘"“°”d°°‘ for the terms specifie in this Act: Provided, however, That the copy- §{g;*g3smm0m right secured by this _Act shall extend to the work of an author or ' proprietor who is a citizen or subject of a foreign State or nation only: 1;%) _YV51eén an ahenhauthor qr plrofplrgetorbqhall be domiciled within R°$‘d°°*S· t e United States at the time o the t pu ication of his work; or _ " (b) When the foreign State or nation of which such author or m3{,$§c`§'it§SZ,€:L€{.?,Tg proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either b treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens, or copyright protection substantially equal to the protection secured to suc foreign author under this Act or by treat ; or when such foreign State or nation is a party to an internationafya cement which pro— vides for reciprocity in the granting of copyrigl-it, by the terms of which aggreement the United States may, at its pleasure, become a art thereto. _ P "'lYhe existence of the reciplrocal conditions aforesaid shall be deter- P”°°l°m°°°m mined by the President of the United States, by proclamation made P,,,,,,,0_,_ from time to time, as the purposes of this Act may require: Provided, géomivg) ¤f (ygfrs however, That all works made the subject of copyright by the laws of B5, fiis wzriiawrar, the United States first produced or published abroad after August 1, 1914, and before the date of the President’s proclamation of peace, of which the authors or proprietors are citizens or subjects of any foreign State or nation granting similar protection for works by citizens of the United States, the existence of which shall be determined by a cop `ght proclamation issued by the President of the United States, shall-rhe entitled to the protection conferred b the co yright laws of the United States from and after the accomplishment, hiefore the expirzgtion of fifpeciln mongis after tliiq date aplf the Pmsidgpgs paqclarnatpqg o ace, 0 the con `tions an orm 'ties prescri wi respec sudho works by the copyright laws of the United States: Provided m°"°p°w°°¤°°s' further, That nothinglherein, contained shall be construed to deprive any person of any rig t which he may have acquired by the republicatipnhpf guch foreign work in the United States prior to the approval o t `s ct. ·=sE¤. zi. That in the me of s book ai-stlpubushed atma in the ..%*3. 1%*;%% .'£?»§°:`.. English language on or after the date of the resident’s proclamation §§,§,°'},‘},‘}jf,‘j{,}"°°’“'”°' of peace, the deposit in the copyright office, not later than six? dgys 0X¤1.as.p.1<»o.¤meadafter its publication abroad, of one complete copy of the oreign rims mended. edition, with a request for the reservation of the copyright and a statement of the name and nationality of the author an _ o the copy· right proprigtor anld of the date of pubhgplupnmof the smdbplzk, securetoteauthor or ro rietoran in rimco yrig ,w1c shall have all the force anil egect given to copyright bg: this Act, shall endure until the expiration of four months after such deposit in the copyright office." Approved, December 18, 1919. . December 2), 1919. CHAP. 12.-—-Joint Resolution Authorizing the payment of salaries of officers and employees of Congress for December, 1919. [I’ub.Rcs.,No.Z3.} Resolved the Senate and House o Re esentatives of the United Cmmdnl Om. States of Arbriilerém in Congress assembéd, That the Secretary of the g¤_=gm<;{)<=& Sepiate and tigris Clerk of lthe gouse of gk-:prepentat1y)fes|;i:re authtqanzeg cemberil, mo. an instruc to a teo cersan empoyees e an House of Re resenllalives, including the Capitol police, itheir respective salaries lbr the month of December, 1919, on the twentieth day