PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 421, 422-SEPT. 25 , 1941 September 25, 1941 [I. R . 4826] [Public Law 258] [CHAPTER 421] AN ACT To amend section 8 of the Copyright Act of March 4, 1909, as amended, so as to preserve the rights of authors during the present emergency, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Copyright Act of United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 8 of 1909, amendment. 35 Stat. 1077 . the Act entitled "An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts respect- 17U. S.C. ing copyright", approved March 4, 1909, as amended is hereby amended by striking out the period at the end of the section, inserting a colon and adding "Provided,", followed by the following para- Authors, copyright graphs: "That whenever the President shall find that the authors owners, etc. Extension of time copyright owners, or proprietors of works first produced or published for compliace with abroad and subject to copyright or to renewal of copyright under the laws of the United States, including works subject to ad interim copyright, are or may have been temporarily unable to comply with the conditions and formalities prescribed with respect to such works by the copyright laws of the United States, because of the disruption Proclamation. or suspension of facilities essential for such compliance, he may by proclamation grant such extension of time as he may deem appro- priate for the fulfillment of such conditions or formalities by authors, copyright owners, or proprietors who are citizens of the United States or who are nationals of countries which accord substantially equal treatment in this respect to authors, copyright owners, or proprietors etcLawfulr tec who are citizens of the United States: Provided further, That no date of proclamation. liability shall attach under the Copyright Act for lawful uses made or acts done prior to the effective date of such proclamation in con- nection with such works, or in respect to the continuance for one year subsequent to such date of any business undertaking or enter- prise lawfully undertaken prior to such date involving expenditure or contractual obligation in connection with the exploitation, pro- Termination xenduction, reproduction, circulation, or performance of any such work. ionr,etc. "The President may at any time terminate any proclamation author- ized herein or any part thereof or suspend or extend its operation for such period or periods of time as in his judgment the interests of the United States may require." Approved, September 25, 1941. September 25, 1941 [H. R. 4946] [Public Law 259] Able seamen on sea- going barges. 38 Stat. 1169. 46U.S.C. 672. Qualifications. [CHAPTER 422] AN ACT Relating to the manning of certain seagoing barges. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand- ing any provision of section 13 of the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended (U. S . C ., 1934 edition, Supp. V, title 46, sec. 672), every person may be rated as an able seaman for the purpose of serving on seagoing barges who is nineteen years of age and upward, and who has had at least twelve months of service on deck at sea or on the Great Lakes or on the bays and sounds connected directly with the seas. Approved, September 25, 1941. 732 [55 STAT.
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