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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

R E P O R T O F 'T'HE

L I BRAR I AN OF CONGRESSAN D

R E P O R T O F T H ESUI'ERINTENDENT OF THE L I BRARY

BLIlLDlNG AND CROUNIIS

E'OK THE FISCAL YEARENDING JUNE 30

1908

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1908


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O F

THE LIBRARIAN OF CON(;RESS

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Sr~i hoiigh 1his report rnnel~rd(.sgcnt,r:~lly with thefiscal ycAarcntling J~ int. 0 , I can not onlit immcrliatc men-tion of a n eve 111 of s:~tl ignificai~cc\ Ilich 11:~s cclrrrcd \illccth at date-tlie tlcxth, ou r2ugu~l I , of .linsworlh K Spof-fortl. 14 s tillc, (luring thv last clever1 \ca rs, t hat of ChiefAssist2ult I,it)rarian, tlitl not ot)srlirc- liis grea ter of ice , l hatof Librarian Elllcritcis, rlnr the. tlistinction to t h e I,il,r:iry orthe hoilor 10 himself of thc scrvicc which for th ir ty twoycars he had rcnticrcd :is it s 1,ibmrian in chief. Ffis 11lostendurin g service-tl~e incrc:~scof it:, collcclions- con tin~r edto the last few w crks of his life, :~ n d ontinliccl wit11 theenth~lsi:~sm,he dt.\-otinn, tllc \illll)lc, l~aticr~t,n d a r d u o ~ ~ scollcc.rlt rat ion tllnt 11;1d :~ lw ay s listing~iisllc.tl t. Th e Ilis-tory o f it dllrirlg its 111ost nfluc~nlialpcriod will he the his-tor y of th e I,il)rar!. f r o r ~ ~861 lo 1897. l'his will in tluecourse, nncl pr oper a nlplit utic, :Ippenr. 12 r(.sumi. of hiscareer, of llis I-rl ati oi~ ith t l l c b 1,ihr:lry an (l with those whoused i t , of 11is1)1:~cc. n the ~)r of css io i~ f liis :lctivitics inlitc.ralurc, alltl of his rh:~r acl c~ri sti csniorlg nlen, \isas ~int lcr -I:~kcrlnl a nlcnlorial rrlet.ling 11~111 LI Ihc 1 ,il )r;~rv r1 Novc.11~-I)cr 1 2 , ~ I I C tltlrc~\scs :lt ~ t h i c h \ill cloi~l,tlc.s\ 1,c l ) r i ~ ~ ~ c c l .

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Rcport of tkc Librarian of CongressThis brief note is but the pre linliilary rc=cord due to th emoment.

The Chief Assistant 1,ihrarianship has been filled by theprornotiori of Appleton 1'. C. Griffin frorri the post of ChiefBibliographer, which he had held since il s creation irl I goo.Mr. Griffin's mt ir c life has been spent in serviceable librarywork in connection with research collections; for twenty-nine years (1865--1894) in the Hoston Publ ic Library (wherehc was successively assistant custodian of the shelves, cus-todian of the building, and keeper of books), and sincetben, except for a brief interval during which he performedspecial work for the Boston Athenarum and t he I ~ n o x , tthe 1,ibrary of Congress, to which in August, 1897, he wasappointed by my predecessor, 1,ibrariail I'oung, as an"assi stant litjrarian." His service here has been incessantanti iillportant in dealing with requests for bibliographicinfo rmatio~l, nd the direct aid of research; b ut he has inaddition cornpilecl and edited the reference lists on varioustopics which have been issued by the Library during thepast eight years. His previous bibliographic publicationshad already gained hirn a wide reputation.

F INANCE

The table giver1 below exhibits the appropriations andexpenditures of thc 1,ibrary proper and of th e CopyrightOftice ior the fiscal year, and the apl)rol,riations for theyear now curretit. Includcd also arc tlle approl)riatiorisfor thc et j t i ipr~i~i~tiiti cartb o f the building ailtl grourltls,cxl)eiidetl b\ . thr S~~pt.riiltt.ntlcnt.The allotnient for print-ing and billding (duriilg thcb past year $ 2 0 2 , ~ ~ ~ ) )s 1101included.


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R e p m t of th e Librarian of Congress 9ObjerLolal,proyrislic,l,sA1,propria. , Al,l)rt)l)ria- 1 12xwndi- A~>l,rc,pria-ticrns, 1 yo7 j tions, 1908 / turns. I ~ O X tit>as. ,909. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- - -Library and Cc,pyriyi~t I

Office:Sa1;rrie.i. genrral

senr icr. 295. 50 I ~ 1 .3 9 .0 b o .0 0Salaries, sln*cial

*nice I n 2 , a t 5 .7 nSalarics. Sunclay 1

service . . . .S~lar i r s . d ist r ib i i -

t i v ~ ~ ~ .a r d in- ' 1 0 '0 0 0 '0 0I I ~ X ~ S .. . . ' d ro . ~ O O .o

Salarirs. indexes,cligrsts, and corn- I>ilatic,nf laws. 5 . 840. ooSalaries, it~dexes.digests. uncl o m -pilation of laws. Ii1907-8 . . . . . O O O . 00-Increase of 1.1hrory 198 ,ooo oo /!o8. ooo oo ' 107.999 31 / 108. ooo oo

Contingent expenses , 7 . ,300. oo :. 300 00.- -.- _Total

an d cokZ:z i 'Oficr . ......... 452.115, 78 I 4h5. 120.65

Building and &?rounds:Care and mninte- i

.........nnre 7 7 . 5 o s .o o 1 76. 785.ooFuel. light, and mis- 1cllaneous- ...... 3 2.500. oo ! 3 z.50o.00Furniture and shelv- 1

ing.. . . . . . . . I t o , o o o .o o ! 40.000.00Sundny opening.. .. 1 , ~ O O ,o 2.800. ooI'lans for newsl,aper (

a Including balance brought forward.b Includes $1.500 deticiency app rnp rin tb~ n, ct of Pebrunry 15, 1908, and $5 70.2 ~credits on acco unt of %?lesofcard indexes to E xcrutive Departmen ts and independentinstit ution s of the (hv er nm en t. Does not include $87.18 credits yet to be rr?s.sed.CThis expendi ture is t117set by s~rbscription s overed int o the Tr easury during thepast year ; Sa1~a86.72 actually applied Dnes not include i~~debtednessf br73.45to be lx lidwhen c~e di ts n accvunt of salesof card indexes toE xecutiveDepar tments

an d independent institution s of the Governm ent have been passed in full.d Ralance available July I. 1907."Th is rxpenditlrre is oflset by fees covered into the Treasury during the pastyear . $82. .~87.~0.1 Exclusive cvf S r . ~ o o o be expended by the marsh al of t he Supreme Court fornew books for (hat body.

.... ........ .....-.................tack. .L.. I 2.50o.00 ; . . 1 .Book stack. Wuth- I

east murt of 1................... . . . . . ., -.--- - -- --

'ui ld ing ./. .-.I ro o 000. 00

-.-. - -......rund total. 587. 520. 78 1 617.305.65 614..918. 48 , :19,365. 74

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10 Report of the Lab m ri an of Congress.4 p p r o p r % a

l i o n s The appropriatio~lsor 1908 varied from those of the yearpreceding only in the following particulars:Sa l ar w s (general service) : The salaries of the Chief Xssist-

an ts of the Divisions of Documents, Maps and Charts,Prin ts and Smit hsonian, advanced from $1 ,200 to $1 ,,+CK';that of the Chief Assistant in the Division of Ribl iographyf r wi $ 1 , 2 0 0 to $1,5tw). The salary of th e Assistant it1 Chargeof Binding was increased from 5 ,200 to $ I , 4 0 0 ,

C'ard inrlexes (distribution of) : A defictencj appropriationof $I ,500 provided under the act of February r 5 , r 908.

Law i n d e w s : The appropriation of $5,840 continued forthe preparation and publication of thrx Index to the Sta tu te sa t Large. A special appropriation of $5,000 to expedite thepreparation and publication of that portion of the Indexcovering the period since 1873.

I n c r c a s ~ 1 Library: The appropriation' for general increaseadvanced from $go,ooo to $~oo,ooo. -

Bz~i ld ing nd groundr : a l ar i c . ~ :Decrease of 2 watchr~icn,$1,440; increase of 2. check boys, $720; net decrease, $720.Furniture: Increase from $20,000 to $~O,OOO, the lat ter beingthe usual amount appropriated.

A p p r n p n a - The appropriations for rgo8-g make additi onal provisionl i o n s , 1008-9 as follows:S a l a r i c . ~ ) : The positioli of Assistant

Register of Copyrights at $2,500Card i r d ' x ~ ~ distribution of) : The appropriati011 for

service in co~lnectiotlwith the distribirtion of card intlcxesincreased from $10,800 and $ I , ~ K )deficiency) for 1908 to$16,8cx) for I 909.

P r i n t i ng U Y I A ~ztzdzrlg: 'l'hc allotment decreased to $- 0 2 ,cx)oas an offset to the ilicreasctl appropriation for card indexes;certain service heretofore rcndcretl by tlie Gov'rl~nleiitPrinting Officc iu conl~ectiollwith the distribu tion of printedcatalogue cards and charged t o the allot~nentor Printing


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nncl B i n d i n g , n o w transferrc.cI to t l i c 1,ihrary of Congrc~ss ndl)rovidecl for l t l l de r l l lc a p p r o ~ ) r i n t i o t ~or C'artl Indexes

BuilJi t ig a ~ q t i lro1~?1([s: t ~ . I c g r : ~ pl i t l ~ 1 ~1el)hone witchoperator ..tt 5720 ancl a n n c s i s t a l i t teleplione switch oprrntor; ~ t 0 ~r o v i d c t l in place o f 2 Iclcphone operators at ,960~)

T h e report of the liegictcr of Copyr igh ts appears i n full C < > l r ~ l n l l ~ :. \ l ~ b l a ~ l ~ sas h p 1 ) e n t l i x 11.,I he principal statistics of I ll c, 1 ) l l s i n r s s t l o i l c are as fo l lows:

1)onlestic 150 cr.nts) I I I irutries . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:oreipu ($1) en tri es .. ..,'or certificates.. .....Fu r ; ~ s s i g ~ ~ l u e n l sc-

corded .............];or senrchcs.. . . . . . . .

Tota l . . . . . . . . . . .I

Il'utal 11u111ber f d? - ,pnrits rrceivcd (mil- 'trr ial of ~ 1 1 1 lesses. Ii ~ ~ c l l l d i n gtr p l i -

. . . . . . . . . . . .tries . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total co II In u 11 i ca - itions rrceivcd, ill- Ic111dillgpar cel s, h11t : !Iexcluding deposits I !r~oted b u ~ c . . 7:


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12 Report of the Librarian of ConqressThe fees from copyrights are covered into the Treasury

and not applied directly to the niaintenance of the Copy-right Oace. They form a regular revenue of the Govern-ment, however, and a net revenue over the direct expensesof the Office, as appears from the following comparison:

C o p y * I G * Fees covered in during tlie fiscal year 1907-8, as above.. . $82.387.50OPPICE:Receiplr and EXPENSES

e%pmrrs Salaries as stated. - - - - - - _ - _ - - - -. .-. .- $74, 784.29Stationery and sundries.. -. . --. I, 182.go

753 967. 19Net cash earnings- -_._ .____.. - -_. 6,420. 31

The amount expended for salaries ($74,784 29) includesthe sum of $4,680 paid in salaries to certain employees whohave been classifying and crediting the old deposits receivedprior to 1897. This expenditure is chargeable to arrears .The current expenses of the Ofice a re therefore considerablymore than met by the current receipts.

The above statement includes all disburs~nenis xcept thecost of furni ture, of printing, an! of binding, but only cashreceipts.

In addition to cash fees the copyright business brings eachyear to the Government, in the articles deposited, propertyto the value of many thousands of dollars. During the pastfiscal year 2 2 I ,722 such articles were received. The value ofthose drawn up into the collections of the Library fa rexceeded the amount of net cash earnings.

The work of the Copyright Office is divided into two por-tions : (I) The current business, covering applicationsreceived since the reorganization of the Ofice under theRegister in 1897; ( 2 ) the ar rears, the classification, crediting,and indexing of the entries and deposits prior t o 1897 (i. e. ,from 1870, when the copyright business was first placedunder the Librarian of Congress).


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Report of the I,ibrarian of Congress I 3On the 3d (lay of Jul y, 1908, when the report of the Copy- Cum"" Ci)jr z p l ~ l r r ~ ~ t r u s srigllt Ofice was submitt ed, the remittances received up to

the th ird mail of the day had been recorded and acknowl-edged; the account books of the bookkeeping division werewritten up and posted t o June 30, and the accounts renderedto the Treasury Department were settled up to and includingthe nionth of J une, while earned fees to June 3 0 , inclusive,had heen paid into the Treasury.

All copyright applications receive up to and during June30 had been passed upon and refunds made. 'fhe totalunfinished business for the full eleven years from July I ,1897, to June 30, I 908, amounts t o hu t $1266.73, s against atota l of completed husiness for the sarne period of $774,606.

At the close of business on July 3, 1908, the tit les forrecord had been dat ed, classified, and nu~nbe red o July 2(inclusive) for hooks and periodicals and to July I for allother classes. All titles liaci been indexed up to and includ-ing June 30.

'fhe artic les of all classes deposited during the year hadbeen stamped, catalogued, and credited u p t o the receipts ofJune jo, inclusive.

'I'he Catalogue of Copyright En tri es, which since the trans-fer of it s publication from t 'le Treasury Department to theLibrary of Congress (see Al- a~endix 1) has been issued infour separate parts , had been hrought forward, in the newserjes, to Part 1 , books, etc. , Vol. 5,No. I , July 2 ; Part 2 ,periodicals, Vol. 3 , Nos. 23-26, June; Pa rt 3 , musical compo-sitions, Vol. 3 , Nos. 23-26, June; Part 4 , engravings, cuts,and print s, etc., Vol. 4, Nos. 23-26, June.

r *1he certificate and non-certificate entries had beenrecorded to June 30, inclusive, and certificates and notices ofentry to the same date made, revised, arid mailed.


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*-I I1,,1,,1..,/>"stcss - - - - - - - - . -.---.. - - - . ~. ~ - . . - -. - . 2 , I ) C , ~Articles wl~icho11lr1 ot . IN . ~ . r c v l i l.11 .......... S. ( 5 5

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' 1 l t l l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i , ; ,1s1

Total 1111111l)er f erltrics-........................... 1, 11?,338..................t i I I ~I ~ i t l I , 936, 0,C,0

' I t I I I i s I I - I . . . . . . . . S774, 00. (m....................1'0131 cxl)entlilurc ios ser\,ice. Sfi5 I , SKI. 5.5

fict recei{)ts lt~~vesl~cnsvsor scsvicc- . . . . . . . . . . SIX. 7 2 4 . 4 5


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Appendix IbA P P R O P R I A T I O N S F O R T H E LI H R A R Y OF C O N G R E S S AS C O N -

'I'AINED I N "A N , \CT MAKIPSG A I ' PR O P R I AT I O N S F O R T H EL E GI SL A 'L 'I VE , E X E C U T I V E , A N D J U I ) I C I A L E X P E N S E S O FT H E G O V E RN M E NT F O R T H E F I S C A L Y E A H E N D I N G J U N ET H I R T I E T H , N I N E T E E N H U N D R E D A N D N I N E , A N D F O RO T H E K I ' U H P O S E S . "General admi nist rati on: Fo r 1,ibrarian of Congress,

$6 , 0 00 ; chief assistant librarian, $4,000; chicf clerk, $Z,~CKI;Librarian's secretary, $1,800; clerk (assistan t to chief clerk),$ 1 , 0 0 0 ; 2 stenographers and typewriters, at $ 1 , ~ ach;messenger, $840; in all, $18,140.

Mail and delivery: For assistant in charge, $ I , ~ o o ; s-sistant, '$goo; 2 assistant s, at $720 vach; nlrssrnger boy,$360; in all, $4,2(x).

Order and accession: For chief of division, $2,5tm; assist-ant, $1,500; assistant, 91,2(x);3 assistants, at $900 each;2 assistants, at $720 each; 2 assistants, at $600 cach;assistant, $520; and 2 niessenger boys, a t $360 eac h; inall, $1 I ,780.

Catalogue, classification, an d shelf: For chicf of divis ion,$3,000; chief classifier, $ 2 , 0 0 0 ; 4 assistants, at $1,800 each;7 assistants, at $1,5oo each; 6 assistants, a t $1,400 each;I 2 assistants, at $I , 2 0 0 rach; 6 assistants, at $I ,(m ach;14 assistant s, at $goo each; 4 assistants, at $8~10each;13 assistants, a t $720 each; 3 assistants, a t $600 each, 10assistants, at $5i0 each; 4 assistants, at $480 each; 6messengers, a t $360 ea ch; in all, $87,940.

Binding: For assistant in charge, $1,400; assistant ,$900;irlessenger boy, $360; in all, $2,660.

Bibliography : For chief of division, $~ ,oo o ; assistant$1,500; 2 assistants, at $goo each; stenographer and type-writer, $goo; assistsnt, $720; and I niessenger boy , $360;in all, $8,280.


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80 Report oj the Lib rar ian of Cong-essKcading rooms (including evening service) and special

collections: For superintc~~dcntf rcbading room, $3,000; 2assistants, at $I ,500 each; 4 assistants, at $ r , ~ o o ach; Iassistant (reading room for the I~lintl), ~,zcx>; assistants,a t $900 each ; I o assistants, a t $720 cach ; I : ~ tendant, Sen.ate reading room, $goo; I attibndant, Representatives' rcad-ing room, $y n) ; I att end ant , Kcpreser~tativcs' eatling roonl,$730; 2 at tel~d; tnts, l o;~ kro o~~ ~s,t $730 eac11; I at tenda~l t ,Tor~rrLibrary, $om; I attendant, Wasllingtonian Library,$goo; 4 Inc.ssc.ngcr \,oys, a t $360 each ; 2 watc-hn~en, t$720 c~ac11;cvcning sc.rviccb : 5 assis ta~~ts ,t $ y x ) c.ach; I 5assistants, at $720 each; il l all, $47,640.

I'criotlical (including evening service): For chief of divi-sion, $ 2 , 0 0 3 ; chief, assistant, $1,500; 2 assistants, at $900tlac l~; te~l ograp her nd typewriter, $goo; 3 assistants, at$720 rach; 2 messenger boys, at $360 each; for arrears ofsorting and collating and to c,r~ablc~,cnotlical eading roo111to be open in the evenil~gs, assista~~ts,t $720 cach; in all,$10,520.

Documcnts : For chief of division, $3,txx); assi stan t,$1,400; stenographer and typewrit er, $gtx); ass istant, $720;messenger, $360; in al l, $6,380.Manuscript: For chief of divisio11, $3,000; chief assi stant,$1 ,5(x>;assi stan t, $c)tx); rllessenger I~ oy , 360; in all, $5,760.

Maps and chart s: For chief of division, $3,000; assis tant ,$r,.+tx,; 2 assistants, at $gtm each; assistant, $720; nlcssetlgerboy, $360; in all, $7,280.

Music: For chief of division, $ z , o o ; assistant, $1,400;assistant, $1 ,am; assistants, at $720 cach ; messenger boy,$360; in all, $6,200.

Pri nts : For chief of division, $2,ocm; assistan t, $1,400; 2assistants, a t $c,oo each; tncsscrtger, $360; in all, $5,560.

Stnithsonian deposit: For custodian, $1,500; assistant,$1,400; messenger, $720; rnesscngcr boy, $360; in all,$3,980.Congressional Refcre~~ce,ibrary : For custodian, $ 1 ,500assistant, $I ,21n1; assistant, $ 9 ~ ;ssistant, $720; 2 mes-senger boys, a t $360 each; in all , $5,04c,.


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Appropriation Acts 1908-9 8 ILaw Library: For law librarian, $2,500; 2 assistants, at

$I ,400 each ; messenger, $900; assistant for evening service,$1,500; in all, $7,700.COPYRIGHT FFICE,under the direction of the Librarian

o f copyrights, $3,000; assistant rcgis-ter of copyrights, $2,500; chief clerk and chief of bookkeep-ing division, $ 2 , ~ ;hief of application division, $2,000;2 clcrks, a t $I ,800 each; 4 clerks, a t $1,600 each; 8 clerks,a t $1,400 each; 10 clerks, a t $I 2 0 0 each; 8 clerks, at $ r , meach; 13 clerks, a t $900 each; 2 clerks, a t $800 each; 10clerks, a t $720 each; 2 clerks, a t $600 each; 2 messengerboys, a t $360 each. Arrears, special service: 3 clerks, a t$1,200 each; porter, $720; messenger boy, $360; in all,$77,800

DISTRIBUTIONF CARD NDEXES: or service in con-nection with the tlistribution of card indexes and otherpublications of the Library, including not exceeding $500for frcight charges, expressage, and traveling expensesconnected with such distribution, $16,800.

TEMPORARYERVICES: or special and temporary service,including extra special services of regular employees, a t thediscretion of the Librarian, to continue available untilexpended, $2,000.

SIINDAY PENING: O enable the Library of Congress tobe kept open for reference use from 2 until ro o'clock postmeridian on Sundays and legal holidays, within the discre-tion of the Librarian, including the extra services of employ-ees and the services of additional employees under theLibrarian, $ro,ooo, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

INCREASE F LIBRARY F CONGRESS: or purchase ofbooks for the Library, and for freight, commissions, andtraveling expenses incidental to the acquisition of books bypurchase, gift, o r exchange, $~oo ,ooo ;

For purchase of books and for periodicals for the lawlibrary, under the direction of the Chief Justice, $3,000;

For purchase of new books of reference for the SupremeCourt, to be a part of the Library of Congress, and purchasedby the marshal of the Supreme Court, u n d e ~he directionof the Chief Justice, $I ,500;


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82 Report of the Librarian o CongressFor purchase of miscellaneous periodicals and newspapers,

including payment in atlvance for subscriptions to t he same,$5,000;In all , $log,po.

CONTINGISNT.:XI~ENSI:S: For rniscellaneous and con tingentexpcnses of the I,il)rary, stationery, supplies, and all stockand materials directly pl~rchascd,miscellaneous travelingexpenses, postage, transportation, and all incitlcntal es-penses connected with th e administration of t l ~ e ibraryand thc Copyright Office, which sum shall be so appor-tioned a s to prevent a deficiency therein, $7,300.INDEXE S, I(;ESTS, A N D COMIW,ATI~NSF LAW:1'0 con-tinue the preparation of t he new index to the Statu tes atLarge, in accordance with the plan approved by the JudiciaryCommittees of hoth Houses of Congress, an d to preparesuch other law indexes, digests, and compilations of law asnlay be required by Congress for oflicial use, namely : Forone assistant, $1 ,800; one assistant, $1,200; one assistant,$goo; two assistants, $720 each; and $500 as additionalcompensatioii to the law librarian; in all, $5,840

C r r s ~ o o ~ ,ARE, A N D MAINTENANCI.: OF LIIIRAHYITII.1).I N( : A N D C:R~IJNDS:or superintendent of the Library building and grounds, $5,000; chief clerk, $2 ,t m; clerk, $1,600clerk, $1,400; clerk, $ I ,000; I nlessenger; i assistant messenger; I telepl~ one witchboard oper ator; I assistant telephone switchboard ope rator; captain of watch, $r,qoolieutenant of watch , $1,000; 16 watchmen; carpenter , $goopainter, $900; foreman of laborers, $900; 14 laborers, a$480 each; 2 attendants in ladies' room, at $480 each; .check boys, a t $360 ea ch; mistress of charwomen, $425assistant mistress of charwomen, $300; 45 charwornenchief engineer, $1,500; r assistant engineer, $1 ,2cw; 3 assistan t engineers, at $ ~ , o o o ch ; electrician, $1,500; assistanelectrician, $ I ,000; machinist, $11 ,ooo; achinist, $F;wiremen, a t $900 each ;plumber, $ 9 ~ ;elevator col~ductor .at $720 eac h; 9 firemen; 6 skilled laborers, a t $720 each; iall $76,905.For ex tra services of employees and additional eniployetunder the superintendent of 1,ibrary building an d grounds tprovide for the operling of the Library building from 2 unt


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Appropriation Acts rpo8-9 8310 o'clock post meridian on Sundays and legal holidays,$2,800.

For fuel, lights, repairs, and miscellaneous supplies, elec-tric and steam apparatus, city directory, stationery, and allincidental expenses in connection with the custody, care,and maintenance of said building and grounds, $32,500.

For furniture, including partitions, screens, shelving, andelectrical work pertaining thereto, $qo,ocm.

Toward the construction, mechanical equipment, electriclighting, an d roofing of a stack of shelving for bound news-papers and books in the southeas t court of the Librarybuilding, to cost not exceeding three hundred and twentythousand dollars, $roo,ooo.

Files, House of Representatives: To move the filcs of theHouse of Representatives from th e Library of Congress tothe House Office Building and construct the necessaryequipment therefor, $6,250.

Provisions in "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civilexpenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending Junethirti eth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes."For such trees, shrubs, plan ts, fertilizers, and skilled labor

for the grounds of the Library of Congress as may berequested by the superintendent of the Library building,$1 ,-.

For the Library of Congress, including th e CopyrightOfice, and the publication of the Catalogue of Tine bn tn esof the Copyright Office, and binding, rebinding, and repair-ing of library books, an d for building and grounds, Libraryof Congress, $202,000.

Provisions in "An Act Making appropriations to supplyurgent deficiencies in theappropriations for the fiscal year end-ing June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, and for prioryears, and for othe r purposes."Distribution of card indexes: To enable the Librarian of

Congress to secure the additional service necessary in con-nection with the distribution of card indexes and otherpublications of the Library, one thousand five hundreddollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.


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84 Report of the Libraria n of CongressProvisions in "An Act Making appropriations to supply

deficiencies in the appropriations for t he fiscal year ending Junethirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, and for prior years, andfor ot her purposes."

The accounting officers of the Treasury Depar tment areauthorized an d directed to allow and credit in t he accountsof Bernard R. Green, superintendent Library building andgrounds, such sums as he expended during the fiscal yearnineteen hundred and seven, not exceeding the sum ofthree hundred and ten dollars, in compensation of certainemployees of the Library for additional employn~ entasguides for the building, Library of Congress, sections sev-enteen hundred and sixty-four and seventeen hundred andsixty-five, Revised Statu tes, not\\it hstand ing, the same notto involve the further payment of money from the Treasury.


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Appendix I1REPORT OF THE HEGlSTEH OF COPYKlCHTS FOR THEFISCAL YEAH 1907-8

LVashinqtolt, D. ., July 3, 1908SIR:The copyright business and the work of the Copy-right Office for the fiscal year from July I , I 907, to June 30,I 908, inclusive, a re summarized a s follows:

RECEIPTSThe gross receipts during the year were $85,042.03. A F e ."-

balance of $2,323.44, representing t rust funds and unfin-ished business, was on 'hand July I , 1907, making a total of$87,365.47 to be accounted for. Of this amount the sumof $2,922.84 was refunded, having been sent to the Copy-right Office as excess fees or as fees for articles not regis-trable, and $178.50 was applied for subscriptions to theCatalogue of Copyright Entries, leaving a net balanceof $84,264.13. The balance carried over to July I , I@ ,was $I 876.63 (representing trust funds, $1,609.90, andtotal unfinished business since July I , I 897-elevenyears$266.73), leaving for.fees applied during the fiscalyear 1907-8, $82,387.50.

EXPENDITURES .The appropriation made by Congress for salaries in the sob*Copyright Ofice for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908,was $75,300. The total expendi ture for salaries was $74,-784.29, or $7,603.21 less than the net amount of fees earnedand paid into the Treasury during the corresponding year.The expenditure for supplies, except furniture, includingstationery and other articles, and postage on foreign mailmat ter , etc ., was $1,182.90.

The copyright fees received and paid into the United C~bv r i PU tw~States Treasury during the last eleven years, from July I,I 897, to June 30, I 908, amount to $774,606, while the sumused of the appropriations fo r salaries during th at period.*( 8 5 )


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86 Repo r t of the L i br ar ia n of Congresswas $651,881.55, leaving an excess of fees over appropria-tions used ior service ior the eleven years of $122,724.45.Cofir**hf de - During these same eleven years the articles received asPosJs deposits amoun t to the grand t otal of 1,936,050 pieces, in-cluding two copies each of 237,927 books, pamphle ts, leaf-lets, and periodical contributions; I I ,068 tlranlatic conipo-sitions; 207,248 wl~aratenumbers of periodicals; 235,472nlusical con~positions;17,938 maps and chart s; 76,068 en-gravings, ruts, and print s; 2 I ,551 chromos and lithographs;143,725 photographs; and 389 miscellaneous articles. Inaddition to the above, 31, 891 photogra1)hs were depositedto identify t he same number of original works of art-paint-ings, drawings, and statuary-of which the descriptions hadbeen filed. hiany of these artic les are of considerable value.During the fiscal year 796 separate works were depositedunder the Act of March 3, 1905, to secure an tsd inkrimtern1 of protect ion of one year in the case of hooks printedabroad in foreign languages. Among these were many val-uable scientific works and some expellsive h k s on art.

COPYRIGHT ENTRIES AND FEESRe~u i d i o= The entr ies of titl es for the fiscal year numbered I 19,742.

Of these entri es 108,297 were titles of the produc tions ofcitizens or residents of the United St ate s, and I I ,445 weretitles of works by foreigners. The fees for these entri eswere: United Stat es, $54,148.50; foreign, $11,445, or atotal of $65,593.50.

Ceriaficaies# Of the foreign entr ies 2,566 were with certificates, andeic of the United St at es entries 27,614, or a total of 30,180certificates, a t fees amounting t o $1 g,ogo. In addition,1,914 copies of record were furnished for $957 in fgcs;assignments to the number of 683 were recorded a nd certi -fied, a t a charge of $708; and search fees charged to theamount of $39. The total copyright fees for the yearamounted to $82,387.50. The details of the CopyrightOffice business and applied fees are set out in Exhibits A ,U , and C.

The number of e ntri es in each class from July I , 1907, toJune jo, 1908, as compared with the llunlber of en tri esmade ill the pevious year, is shown in Exhibit F.


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Regi ster of Cop yrig htsC O P Y R I G H T D E P O S I T S

The various articles deposited in colnpliance with the,o~~fleS"copyright law, which have been receipted for, stamped,credited, indexed, and catalogued during the fiscal year,amount to 221,722. The number of these articles in eachclass for the eleven fiscal years is shown in ISxhihit (: an dindicates a grand tota l of I ,9,36,0,50ctrticlcs receivetl in theeleven years.

COI'YRIGHT C'ATAI,O(;ITF: A N D I N D E X

The permanent title-index cards for tlle fiscal year num- *&excar&ber 149,490. After being first llsed as the copy for theprinted catalogue, thrse cartls are added to the permanentcard indexes of the copyright entries, which now number atotal of over I ,bl(o,m> ards.

'Che publication of the Catalogue of Copyright Entries a s c a $ o ~ ; s ; ~required by law has been continucd, suhstantiaIlv withoutserwschange.

?'he numbers printed for each of the four parts of th eCatalogue are so prepared that they will bind up at the endof the year into separate volumes, which are separately in-dexed according to subject-matter. Ycarlv subscriptionsare taken for each part a s follows: Part I , Hooks, pamphlets,dramatic compositions, and maps and charts, $2; Part 11,Periodicals, $1 ; Part 111, JIusical compositions, $ 2 ; PartIV , Engravings, cuts and prints, chromos and lithographs,photographs, and the descriptions of original works of art-paintings, drawings, and sculpture-$1.

C I R C U L A R SThe customary "Annual Statement," setting out in con-mk:;fydb$;~

densed form the statistics of the copyright business for thebnsamsscalendar year 1~907,was printed on January 6, I 908. Arevised edition of Bulletin No. I , containing the text of thecopyright law now in force, with notes of the new copyr ighttreaties negotiated during the year, was also printed.


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Report of the Librarian of CongressSUMMARY

summary o i Balance on hand July I , 1907 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $2 ,32344coPyrioht busr-ness:rrceipts, elc Gross receipts Ju ly I , 1907, to June 30, 1908- 85 ,04 2 03,local t o be accounted for - - - - - - - - - - - - - 87, 365.47

Refunded _...----.-------------2,912.84Received for subscriptions to catn-

logue-_-_._--.--._...---.---..-78.50Total subtracted. .--.- - - - - - - - - - - - - 3, 101.34Balance to I,e ;recounted fo r.-----------....--.- $84,264. 13

Alq,lied a s earned fees.--------------------2,38 7 50Balance carried over to July 1, 1908.

Trust funds. ..-------------I , Gog. 90Unfinished business, July I,

1897, to June 30, 1908,eleven years _.._-- .- - - - -66. 73

I , 876. 6384, 264. 13..

Total fees earned and paid into the Treasury during theeleven fiscal years frorn July I , 1897, to June 30, 1908--$i 74, (w6 oo

Tota l unfinished 1)usiness for t he eleven years- - - - - - - - - - 266.73ENTR I E S

Ed - ' Number of entries of United sta te s productions recorded- 108 , 297Nutnber of entr ies of foreign productions recorded.. - -.. I I ,445. . -

ot al number of titles recorded. -_._.... --.- I 19 ,742-- .-c-=

Number of certificates of Umted State s entries. -. 17,614Number of cert ificates of foreign entr ies---._ - - - - - - - - 2,566

Total number of certificates.- - .- - .- .- - - .- - - -30, 180- - -- - -.- - - -Nllnlber of certi fied copies of record. --. .. ---. - - - 1,914Nurnber of assignments recorded- _ -. . -. - - - ..--. - - 683Frrr Fees for entr y of titles, United St ate s produc-tions, a t 50 cents each--__..-_..--.-----54, 148.50

Fees for en tr y of titles of foreign productions,

Total fees for titles recorded---------------.- .$65,593.50Fees for certificates, l'nited Sta tes entries, a t

5oc en t s e a ch_ - - - _ - - - - . - - . - - - . - - - - - - - - - 13,807.00Fees for certificates, foreign entries, a t 50

cents each_--_-.------.. _-.-. - - - - - - - I, 283.a,-.- -- -Total fees fur certificates _ _ - .- ..------...----..5,ogo.oo


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Register of Copyrights 89Fees for certified copies of record, at 50 cents

e a c h - - - - - - - - ~- - - - _ - - - - . -- - - - - - - - - - - -- 95957.00Fees for recording assignments- - - - - - - - - - - 708.00Searches made and charged for, at the rate of

50 cents for wch hour of tirne consutned-- 39 . 00'rota1 fees_____._-__.- $ 8 2 , 3 8 7 . 5 0

C O N D I T I O N O F C O P Y K IG I- IT O F F IC E WO R K(a) I 'urrrnt pe~ork

At this date (July 3, 1908) the remittances received ~l)~~r';C"nf:sfto the third mail of the day have been recorded and ncknowl-edged. The account books of the bookkeeping division arewritten up and posted to Ju ne go, and the accounts renderedto the Treasury Department are settled up to and inclt~dingthe rnonkh of June, while earncd fees to June 30, inclusive,have been paid into the Treasury.

All copyright applications received up to and includingJune 30 have been passed upon and refunds made. Thetotal unfinished business for the full eleven years from JulyI , 1897, to J un e 30, 1908, amounts to but $266.73.

At the close of business on July 3, 1908, the titles forrecord had been dated, classified, and numbered to July 2(inclusive) for books and periodicals and to July I for allother classes, and all titles had been indexed up to andincludink June 30.

The articles of all classes deposited had been stamped,catalogued, and credited up to the receipts of June 3 0 ,inclusive.

The certificate and o on certificate entries had beenrecorded to June 30, inclusive, and certificates and uoticesof entry t o the same date made, revised, and mailed.

(b) Clopyriyht business prior to July I, 1897Congress in the appropriation act for the fiscal year just . Pr i o r c o b ? -rwhl busmtssclosed continued the special force for work on the arrears

of Copyright Office business prior to July I , 1897. Theexamination and arrangement of the mass of depasits havebeen continued.


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90 Report of the Librarian of CongressA r t i c l e s de-Posrfed Credited articles to the number of 34,782 (including 426pamphlets, I 9,185periodicals, 14,886musical compositions,

and 285 miscellaneous articles) have been filed away underyear and number . In the work of crediting deposits, 15,979articles were handled, and 15,328 articles (including in par t14,830 musical compositions and 322 pamphlets) werecredited and filed, those desired by the Library being for-warded to the shelves for use. 111 the case'of 651 articles,identification and credit could not be made, and they wereaccordingly indexed and (except those desired by theLibrary) filed for convenient reference.

'I'itles to the number of I 16,776, entered prior to July I ,1897, but heretofore filed only in rough bundles, have beencollated, arranged, and permanently filed.

1Imleured depositsU"lmred de- Of the uncleared deposits accumulated in the Copyrightposits Office prior to July I , 1897, there still remains a total of

73,081 articles. Of these there are 8,655 articles which,after careful examination, it has not been possible to creditupon any entries made prior to the date of their receipt.The remaining 64,426 articles (arranged by subjects), con-sisting of 34,444 pamphlets and leaflets, 8,020 periodicalnumbers, 18,993 pieces of music, and 2,969 posters, stillremain to be given fur ther examination in the hope of dis-covering corresponding entries of tit les upon which tocredit them.COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION AND INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT

RELATIONS

ProposeJIegis- In my last year's report the record of proposed copyrightlotrun legislation was carried down to the adjournment of theFifty-ninth Congress. In the first session of the Sixt ieth

F Congress the consolidated copyright bill was reintroducedin texts differing from each other in important particulars.Mr. Currier, Chairman of the House Committee on Patents ,

R a l l ~ ini ro- promptl y presented, on December 2 , 1907, his formerduced


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Register of Cop yright s 91reported bill, with some amendments (H. R. bill 243)."Senator Kittredge, on retiring from the chairmanship ofthe Senate Committee on Patents, was succeeded by Sena-tor Smoot as chairman of t hat committee, who brought ina bill representing the views of the former minori ty of thecommittee, on Decetllber 16, 1907 (S. bill 24gg),b whileSenator Kittredge reintroduecd on December 18, 1907, hisreported bill, with some amcndi~~entsS. bill 2900). OnJanuary 6, 1908, Mr. Harchfeld, a member of the IIou seCommittee on Patents, subn~itteda bill embodying theviews of the minority of tha t cotntnittee (H. I


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94 Report of the Librarian of Congressday they communicate their ratifications to the MexicanGovernment. Of the seventeen countries whose plenipo-tentiaries signed the t rea ty in 1902, ratifications have sincebeen deposited, as required by Article I 5, by Guatemala onApril 25, 1902; Salvador on May 19, 1902; Costa Rica onJune 28, 1902; Honduras on July 14, 1904; Nicaragua onAugust 13, 1904; arid the United States on March 31, 1908.The trea ty therefore went irito effect as between the UnitedStates and the five countries nanied on July I , I 908.

The text of this trea ty is as follows:Convention to firotect 1.iterary und Artis t ic Projerty , signed at

illuxico, January 2 7 , 1902Pan-Amwrcanc o P m h l treaty. ART. I . The signatory Sta tes constitute themselves into a Union1 p . a for the purpose of recognizing and pro tecting th e rights of li teraryand arti stic property, in conformity with the stipul ations of th epresent Convention.ART. 2. Under the term "Literary and Artistic works" arecomprised books, manuscripts, pamphlets of all kinds, no matter

wha t subject they may t reat of and what may be the number oftheir pages; dramatic or nielodramatic works; choral music andmusical compositions, with or without words; designs, drawings,paintings, sculpture, engravings, photographic works; astronom-ical and geographical globes; plans, sketches, and plastic worksrelating to geography or geology, topography or architecture, orany other science; and,. finally, every production in the literaryand artistic field which may be published by any method ofimpression or reproduction.

c ART. 3. The copyright to literary or artistic work, consists inthe exclusive right to dispose of th e same, to publish, sell andtranslate the same, or to authorize its translation, and to repro-duce the same in any manner, either entirely or partially.The aut hor s belonging to one of t he signatory countries, ortheir assigns, shall enjoy in the other signatory countries, andfor the time stipulated in Article 5 , the exclusive right t o translatetheir works, or t o authorize their translation.ART. 4. In order t o obtain the recognition of the copyrigh t ofa work, it is indispensable th at the auth or or his assigns orlegitimate representative, shall address n petition to the officialDepartment , which each government may designate, claiming therecognition of such ri ght, which petitio n must be accompadedby two copies of his work, said copies to remain in th e prop erDepartment.

If th e auth or, or his assigns, should desire tha t his copyright berecognized in any ot her of the sign atory countries, he shall at ta chto his petition a n umbe r of copies of his work, equal t o tha t of the


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Rep ort of the Li br ar ian of Con gres sI t shall t)e considered in Lhe same nlanner unlawful to reproduce,

in any io ru ~, nentire work, or the greater part of the same, accom-panied hv notes or co~n~nentaries,nder the pret ext of litera rycrit ici sn~ r of enla rgement or complement of an original work.

ART I 3. All fraudulent works sliall he liatde to secluestration int l ~ e ignatory countries in wliich the original work m3y have theright o f legal protection, willlout prejudice to t he i nden ~nit ies rpu~l ishm ent s, o which the falsifiers may 1)e lialde :~ccording o thelaws of t l~ecountry,u which tlie fraud has been co~t~~r~itted.

AKT.14. Each one of tlie Govert~ tnen tsf the signatory cout~tri esshall rcruain at libe rty Lo permit, exercise vigilance over, or pro-l~il jit , he circulntion, representation and exposition of a ny workor ~)n)(luction,n respect to which t he coln])etellt authorit ies shallhave Imwer to exercise s~~ c- hight.

ART. 15. The present Convention shall ta ke elfect between thesignatory States tha t ratify it, three months from the day theycommuni cate their ratification to the Mexican Governmen t, an dshall remain in force among all of t hem unt il one year from th e dat eit is denounced I)y any of said States . Th e notification of suchcler~ouncement hall he addressed to the Irlexican Government andshall only have effect in so far as regards the country which hasgiven it.

ART. 16. T he Governments of t he signatory Sta tes, when approv -ing the present Convention, shall declare whether they accept theadherence t o the same by the nations which have had no represen-tation in the Second Internati onal American Conference.

Convention be- A Copyright Convention between the United States andl m e m the Unilrds m l e s a m i J n ~ n napan was proclaimed on May 17 , 1906. This treaty and

the corresponding t reaty to secure Patents arid Trade-Marksbave bee11 supplemented by two additional treaties withJapan to extend the protection for Patents, Trade-Marks,and Copyrights to China and Korea. These Conventionssigned at Washington May 19 and ratified June 2 , 1908,pro-vide as follows

Tr e dy hetween the Unded .states and Japan for Protection in ChinaTr- b e - AKT. I . Inventions, designs and trade marks dul y patente d or

registered by citizens or subjects of one Hig h Contracting P art y in~ ~ i . & ' " ' ~ ~ ; ~he al~ propr iat e ffice of the other Contracting I'arty shall have inJ 908 all parts of China the same protection against infringement by

citizens or subjects of such other Contracting Par tv a s in thedominions an d possessions of such other Contracti ng Pa rty.

since the above report was written these treaties have been pro-claimed, on August 11 , 1908, and are in force from August 16, 1908.


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Register of Copyrights 9 7ANT. 2 . Tllc ci tizens or s ~~ hj cc tsf rach of th e two High Con-tra cti ng 1':lrtics sllall enjo y in Cl~iu:t the 1)rotcction of co1)yright for

tllcir works of l i tcr:~tt~retnd art :IS well :w ~) l ~o t ogmphso t 1 1 c ~ a n 1 ~cstcnt :IS t l ~e y r e ~) ro tcc tc t l n t he do ~~ ~i n i o nsnd ~)ossessionsftllc~ 1tI1cr ~~ 'l rl y.AKT. ?. 111C: IS~ of i ~ i f r i ~ l g c ~ ~ ~ ~ c ~ i t ,ll China I)y n citizcn or sul)jcct

of o ~ ~ ef tl~c. wo High Cont ract ing 1':lrtics of any inv entio n, tlcsign,I R I , I C . 111:lrLor c111jyri~l1llit illc*(l o 11roIcv.lion l l virtt lc of Illis COII-vc111o11 Illc :~ ggric vc(l )arIy I I :LII l~:t\:ib11 t11e co111pete11t erri11)ri :tlor cousul:~rco ur ts of s11cl1Col~t r:ict irig ? ~rt y lic s:lnicb riglils :mtlrel~~ctl icsIS r i t i z c ~ ~ sr s ~ ~ l ) j c c t sf s u cl ~ ~ n t r ~ t c t i ~ ~ g:trty.

ART. .+ . lC:~cl~1igI1 C I I I I ~ ~ : I ~ ~ ~ I I ~1;trIy C~I IX : I~CSo cxt~~11t1o I11eci l i rc*~~sr s 1 1 1 1 j i ~ ~ l ~f 1 1 1 ~ .o t l l c ~ o ~ ~ t r : t c t i ~ ~ g':trty Ill(, S:IIIIC triS:tt-lllrllt i r ~ 'II~II:Lll ~ I I C Ill:ltlrr ~)rotectionof th ei r c o ~ ~ ~ ~ n c r c i : ~ lI I ~ I I I ICS IS l l l c ~11joy it1 lllr ( I ~ I I I ~ I I ~ ~ I I Slntl possessions of sucl~ OII-t r : tct i~~g':lrty ~~nclerl ~ c* o ~ ~ v c n t i o ~ ~~ ) rlic ~ )ro tec tio n f intlus1ri:tl~ ) r o l ~ c r t vigncstl :it I'nris M:~rc.l~0, 188.3. " Ilo ng" ma rk s s1i;lll I)eco~~sit lrrc~tlo I)r c o ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ c r c ! i : ~ lI:IIIICS for I l~ e )llrl)oseof Illis coll\rrll-t i o ~ ~ .A I ~ .. C'ilir.c~~sf ~~osscssio~~: :~ c l o ~ ~ g i l ~ g1) t l ~ c Tnitc.11SI:~lcs:III(I ~111,il~ctsf KorC:l sII:III 11:tvc in C'~I~I I: I11c S:IIIIC\ tre:tt111e11I I I I ~ ~ ~I11c l)resc-111- ~ I I I V ~ I I I ~ I ) I I(s (si t ixi-~~sf Ille 1111itc(I t:ttcs : I I I ~ 1111jeclsof J;I~I:LIIcs~~c~rt ivcly .

ART.0. 11 i n)rctu;tlly ;~xrc.ccl I)rlw\.c.c~l llc l l i ~ h o ~ ~ tn ~ c t in gI ':~rlic%s 11;1t l l le I)rcscut r c ~ ~ ~ v c ~ ~ t i c ~ nll:~ll IC r~~fo rcc t lo Ltr :IS: I ~ I ~ ) I ~ G I I ) I ~ .I I111y otl~c ,r o~111 1ryn \\11icI1c.ill~i,rC o n t ~ ~ c l i ~ ~ gJ:trlyIII;LY ex(*rcisi~st r :~lcrr i tor i ; i l~ ~ r i \ ( l i c t i o ~ ~ .

XI1 r i ~ l ~ t sj r~~\ v i r~g111of tllr ~)r csc lll onven tion sllull I I ~c5cog-nizctl it 1 IIlr i11r111:lr nt1 otllcr ~) os sc ss io ~~ sL I I ~ t,:~st'(l Icrr itori es oft l~c. lig11 C ' I I I I I ~:L (~ I~ II~':~rlics L I I ~ ill legal rrn~ctliesprovitleci forthr 11rotcctic111r f >11r1i i g l ~ ~ sli:~ll 3c t l ~ ~ l yllforced by tlir co111-~ ) ~ l c l l ttrllrls.

ART.7. Any 1)crso11 I I I I ~ ~ I I : L ~ ) ~ Co t he ~)rovisions f this ronven-tion wl ~o )osscsscslt t l ~ c ~ I I I CI I C . ~)rcselit onvention collies illtoforce, 111(,rcl1:111(1isc)ctri11g I I I i111i1;1tio11f :L t r l ~de 11:lrk ow11ec1 l)ya~l otl lrr 3crsu11III(Icnti l lc~l o 11rotrcti0n l~ntlcr aid ro nve ~~ lio nsh:111 rcsnlovih lr e:tnrel S I I C I I f;~lse r:~tle 111ark or witlldr:~w such~ ~ ~ ( , r c I ~ : ~ t ~ ( l i s ero111 ~ll:irliet ill C ~I ~I I: Lvi t l i i~~i x ~ r ~ l ) ~ l l l l sro111 thed:11c. 01 IIlc c11f11rcc.111imtf t l~iso11vc11Iio11.

ART.X. 1~1~:111tl1o~~izc(I\ . c . l ) roc l ~~ct i ~~~~sly llle I-ilizcns or sul~jrctsof o ~ lc 1igl1 C'o~~ tr.~c tini:':Lrty 1)rior to tllc oper :~t ionof th is ~ O I I -vcntiol~ f the works of l i tcr: l t~~r r111cl ar t :LS \yell as ~ ) l ~ o t ~ ~ g r a l ~ l ~ sof 1I1cc.itixc~~slr s~~ l ) jc ctsf IIlc olllel. Col ~tr :~c tin g':~rty~)ul,lisl~ctl:tftcr t l ~ c .1ot11 l:~?. f M :I ~ ,c)oO, :111tlc~~l i t l r c lo ~)n) tect ionn \.irtltrof th is ec l ~ ~vc ~~ t i o nli:~ll Ije witliclr:~\vn fr t) ~n :~leo r c i r c ~ ~ l a t i o ~ ~nC ~ I ~ I I : Ii t l ~ i r~IIC yc:Lr fro1~1I1e (lat e of the er~ forc emen t f tllisc o ~ ~ v c ~ ~ l i o n .


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Rcport of the Lib mr ian of CongressART. 'I'he present co nv en ti o~ ~hall 1)c ratifictl an d t he r atifica-

tions thcrcof shall 11 escl~a nged t 'l 'okyo :IS s ~ m nIS lmssible. Itsl~a ll ome into force 1ogetl1c.r with the con\ cntion relative to theprotection of inv e~~t ior~ s ,lcsigns, tmrie rr~ ark s lr~cicq~pyrights nKorea, tell tl:lys after s11cl1 scl~ar~gef ratifications.

T r e a t y he - AK'I*. . 'I'he J a pa ne se ( > ov e r ~ ~ n ~ c ~ ~ tl~:lll ause to I)c c-nforced inlu'een fhc IJ~rilrJ~ l , , r ~ . ~ ~ , , ~,,baI, Korca s i~nu l ta~~eo uslyit11 t l ~ e l~er:~tionf t l~i s ol~vc~ltion,aws, anti regulat ions rcl: ttive to i ~ ~ v e ~ ~ l i o r ~ s ,lesi~ns, ratle ~ r~ nr ksnd1u d copyrights sirt~ilar o those \ ~ h i c l ~o\v exist in J:~lla n.

'I'hese laws a ~ ~ dcgulatic~nsarc to he :q~l)lical)le o A n~ ~r ic nncitiz t,ns in Korra c ~ l ~ ~ ; ~ l l yis to Jal)ar~cse nd Korea11 s~ ~l ~j ec ts .ncase the existing 1:ttr.s ancl rcg~~lationsf J ap an referred to in the1)receding ~,;~ragr:q)l~l~:lllhereafter he ~noditied, l~ os e aws a ndregt~ lation s ~lforced n Korea shall also he tuodified according tothe principle of such new legislation.

ART. L. TheG(~vcrn~nentf the United States of A~~~ eri c:~ eng nge sthat in u s e of the iufringen~enthy Arr~ericali itizens of inve ntions,designs, tr:~demarks or copyrights entitled to ~~ ro tc cti onn Korea,such citizens shall in these respects he under the exclusive jurisdic-tion of the Jaljanese courts in Ko rea, th e extraterritorial juristlic-tion of th e United S tat es hcing waivetl in these p:lrticulnrs.

ART.J. Citizens of ~w)ssessions ,elonging to t he Cnite d S ta tesshall h a ~ en respect to th e application of the present conventionthe s:lnle t rc at n~ en t s citizens of t he United States.

AKT.4. Kor ran s ul)je cts s11:lll enjoy in the I.nited St at es theSIIIIC protection a5 native c~ti/ensn r e ~ a r do il~ventions, esigns,tr:ltle marks a r ~ d opyrights ul~o nhe fulfillment of t he for n~:~li tiesprcwribed by the laws an d regulations of the 1-nited States.

ART. 5. Inventions, designs, trade marks and copyrights duly11:~tcntedor registered in Ja pa n l)y citizens of t he L'nited S ta te sprior to th e enforcement of the laws and regul:ltions mentioned inArticle I hereof shall wi tl ~out urt her 1)rtrcedure he entitled underthe present conven tion to th e same protection in Korea a s is ornlay hereafte r I,e there c~ccorded o the same intlustrial an d literaryprolwrties sin ~il arl y ,:ltenteti or registered hy Ja1)anesr or K ore ~lnsul~jects.

Inve ntion s, tlesigns, tr ade m arks itntl c-opyrights dul y pat cntcdor registered in the Cn ited S ta te s Ily citizens I I ~ul~jects f eitl~erHigl~Contracting Par ty or by Korean st11,jccts ljrior to the oper-:Ition of the present co nvct~ tion shall sin ~ilarl y1x entitled topatent or registrati~~nn Korpa without the payment of any fees,~~rovidedhat said inventions, tlesigns, tratle n ~a rk s nd col)y-rights are of such a char acter as to permit of their I nt en t or regis-tr at ic ~n ntler the la\vs and rc:gulations at)ove-~ncntionetl nti I.)ro-v ided f~~r therhat such patent or registration is effectecl withina period of une year afte r thi s conventio n comes intu force.


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Register of Copyriqh sART. 6. The J:rpclnese (>ovt~rn~llcntngngcs to cstcnd to Arncri-

can citizens the sunc t rr:lt rllcnt in Korc.;l in the ~ ll at tc r f pro-tection ol their con~r~~rrci: tll:tllles :IS they cnjoy in the clon~inionsuncl ~)~)ssvssiot~sf J:I~):LII~l de r 1.1cconvention for the ])rotcctionc) f ind t~s t r i~ l)rol)rrty sijinc~lll. I'aris M:~rrh20, 1883.

" 111)ng" 111:lrks s11:~11 )e cor~sitlc.retl o I I ~ .orl~~r~erci;tllanles lortile purI)ose of this rotrv rr~li c~n

ART. 7. 'Fhr present convcrltion sh:lll I)c ratified and the rntifica-tions tllcrcrlf sll :~ll ie eschanjir tl :it 'l'okyc) :LSsoon :IS 1)ossil)lc. I tshall colrlr ill t~ )orce tcrl t hy s afte r st lr l~ xcl~nng e f rutificrrtions.

Respectfully slthmittcd TI IORVAI ,DOI , I I IZRCI\'cyz.vl~~r j ( 'opyriyltts

IIRRUBKT' ~ ;TN . \MLil~rariun f Congress


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100 Report of the Librariun of Congress

R a h n c e b r o ug h t f ~ n w a r drc,rn June 30. ~u o. i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2 ,313 .44Gross receipts July r , 1907, 14) JUIIL.o . ~ o X . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.042. 03

BXHIRIT -.Sta#cmc?tt of gro.rs rrc ci pf s, rrfuncls, net rcccipt.7, rind fcrsaPPlied for fisctll j.1~c7r ~ lc l i~ r ! lu.t~c 0, 1908

.............................................otal 87,365. 47..............................ess amoun t refunded 81.922.84

......ess am ou nt received f ~ aubscr ipt ions ~ I I:~talogue. . r 78. so .7.10r. 3 4

. . . .I907

July ..................................................ugust..

Septcn~her . . ..................O vt(~ber....................November. ................e m . . . . . . . . . . .

I yonJ anuary . .....................

T o be accounted for ................................... 84.264. 1 3R:~laace carr ied forward t


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Register of Copyrights 10 1EXF I I ~ IT3-Slatrmc~l of /r,r,s pnid i n t o Trca ur y

-- - -I907

July 8 - _ ..22. ....29 - . - - -

Aug. 5...--.12. ~. . .19.. .-..e6

Segt. 3.. --.6 - ...9 . . . . . -16 ....-23... .-I30- ..---

Oct. 4-..-..7-... -14 .....21 ...-..2 8 . . .

Nav. 4......5. . -.

11. .18.. .. .-a s - . . - - .

Dee. 2- .I6 - - . - .9-.....

3 3 - - - - . .30.-....

i6- - --.

1,400.00 1 20 ... 1I. 600.00 27. .. ., 0 0 1 1 3 .. I

I.X00.00 ; 7 . - . - - !1.6oo.00 j ZO.. . !1 . 6 o o . 0 0 r 7 ..;1 . gcn. oo ;, 1 4 . .s

320.00 11 Mar. I .-


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Report of Ihc I,.ihrcwiau of C'o?lgress.


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Register of Coflyrights

1Copies of Fees at so Assign- I CE:si2 Srarch / Tqtal np-Month record cents each ments 1 , Ires I tded leesJuly ............

...........ugust.1907 I.. .eptemlwr..

October . ~ - .November .........December..

1.....ryo8

January .........February-.-. ....March ..........April. ..........2x3y.-. ---.- - - -June ............

EXI~IBIT- ( 'opyr tghf business (month ly r ompar t s o n) . . .lnnunl r eportfor the fiscal year f r om Ju ly r , 1907, l o J u n e 30, y o 8

[Comparative monthly statrment 01 gross cash receipts, execut ed business, num-be r of entries, daily averages, etc.]

Monthi Gross receipts1 Mon!hly ( Monthly Monthly / Daily( rerrlpt s increase decrease ; average

I907July ..........................August........................September........................................ctober..November.. ...................December-. ..................

1908Janu ar . . . ....................Frbmary--. ..................March.......................April. .......................May..........................IJune........................ 1


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104 Report of the Librarian of CongressEXHIBIT)-('opyright businesr (month ly comp ari.\un). ilnnual reportfur the fiscal yvar from fury I , l y o 7 , l o fun( , 30, rgoaP-Continurtl

Month

August I........................S ep t e ~ ~ l b c r . i...................()rtt8l,er ...................Soveml>rr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J)ecemtwr. . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1lyo8

January ................Pebr11:try.. .................. .IMarch. I.....................Avril i......................May..........................June......................... I

Total.. ................ .

I Number of cmtries- - ..-......... .- ..Month / Foreign / 1 Tc#tals

I......uly ................ ,344 ; 365. . . .ugusl 37

September ......... . ..-..... 35'

.........ovember.................... ..-.-.ecember 40

,yo8 !IJanuary........... 748 13.867 1 14.615 i 4.451 ........I iFebruary.......... gar 7,941 8.863 !. ....... 5 . 751 I 5636March-. ........... , 861 38. 13s ! 9 ,996 r , 1.13 . . - . . . . .

. . . . .pril.. . I 39May. ............. .; 7 ,743 1 8 . 6 1 6 ' I . 700....... 3 4June............. . . 1 .008

...........Total.-.-. . ; I I . 445

I

8. 830 . 9.8.38 j z z a . . . . .' 3710n.297 I ry. 741 :.. ............. iI - - - - ' .


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Register of CopyrightsEXHIBIT-.Ctotemfnt of gross cash rrceipts , busrrwss execufed, num ber of enlrips , p tc. , for c l r ~ r n scal years , 1897-98, 1898-99,

1899-1900, 1 900-1 901, 1901-2, 1902-3, 1903-4, 1904-5, 1905-6 , 1906-7, 1907-8GROSS RECEIPTS- - - - -

M o n t h

October. ..... .; 5.556. 1 1 5. 149 .07 5.583 . 9 6.027.36 ; 5.399.03xrlvcmtwr ..... 1 4. 292 .88 i 4. 788. 0 : 5.479.15 / 5.068.11 i 5, rg. 1 0December ....--6,512.60 / 6.435.56 , 6.728.06 7,332.53 1 7 . 201.64IJanuary.....---,074. 3 6,050.86 ; 7.649.80 j 7.155.68 7.604.08Februnry.....-. 4,606. 2 5, 41.40 ; 5,523. 7 \ 4,803.50 ! 4 . 8 1 0 5 9March......-..- ,138 78 1 6.300.02 , 6.515. 43 ' 6,049.07 / 5.899.56p i . 0 2 1 . , 0 8 6 8 2 ' ~ 7 8 9 . 0 3 5 ,5 80 .1 4May -..-.. 1 r . 386.9 3 5.593. 50 , 5.660.36 j 5,580. I ! 5. 762.92i .June. . ......... 4 476. 16 j 5.034. 3 . 5. 762.86 5, 297.05 5,569. 7


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Register of CopyrightsEX I ~ I B I I-Stl ~trm enf of grosc rash receip fr , husmesc rxeru fed, i~u mb cr f enlr icr , efc . , or ekzv- ir f i i ~ ( 1 1 r : ~ 1897- 98, 1898-99,

1 8 9 ~ -900, 1900- 1901, 1901- 2, 1902- 3, 1903-4, 1904-.j, 1905-6, 1906-7, 19 07-8--ContinuedS I ' M B EK OF ESTRIES

IIbly ....... . . 5.015 5,653 6,835August -. .. 6.005 6,525%p,ClllkX.. . . ::": 6,188 7,571(r .. I 6.368 6.316 7.62:Eiovember.. .. 5. 288 5,681 6.814Dcccmkr . . .. 7.288: 7.284

a r c . . 6.350r . . . 6,494 6.834Hay. ..... ..... 6, zz 6.888June.. . .. 5.942 1 6 589

6.333 :. 144 8.519 ;.939 8.639 8.991 8.8635 . 757 1 8.663 8,657 10 . ig : 9.628 10. so ! 9,9997.527 7,839 8, 12 ro:oM : 9.402 : lo. 22 j 10.316: 1 1 317 8.616

9.938 9.838123.829 119.742


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Report of the Librarian of Co,ngress

CO>fP.\R.ZTIVE ST.\TEYEiXT OF CROSS RECEIPTS, YEARLY FEES, AN D SI'MBER OF ESTRXES

Sear

1897-98 ................~ S u R - g s . . ..............1Sp9 1 yoo. . . . . - . . - . . - . - -1900-7901.. .............rgor-2 ................ . 'I ~ o d - ~ ................1 y o j 4 ..................1904 -5. .................1905 - 6 . . ................1906 7 . .................1907-ti.. ................

G r o s s S u r n l~ c rr c , , , t , l n c n r r D rr rr r- r yc"" I n rr r r x D ~ r . l x Y f F n t r l - s Increase 1 Decrease, fces- -- .. . -Dollars ; D r d l ~ ~ r s ' I ) ~ ! l / d r s

55.926. 50 1....... -...: ............~ 8 .67.00 1 2 , 3 4 0 50 ......................5 . z0 6 .0 0 6 . y 3 y . o o 1 1

............3 , 6 8 7 . 5 0 1 . 5 1 8 .50...........4 . 6 87, 00 / 999. 50 :.

68. 874. 50 4, I 0 . . . . .............2 . 6 2 9 . 0 0 3. 754.50............8,058. oo ! 5.429. oo

8 0 . 1 9 8 0 3 : 1 . 1 4 0 0 0 ............8 4 . 6 8 5 . co : 4 , 4 8 7 . GO ...........3 0 ........... 2.29; . j o

-, .545 ....................80.968 5 423 I-.. ....---94 , 798 13.830 I .........-92,351 --..-..-.. 2 , 4 4 7

..........92.958 62; 19 7 , 9 7 9 5 , 0 0 1 ,......-..-

103. 130 5 . 1 5 1 ,-.-.-.---.. I .13.3;4 10.244

117. 704 4.35 0 ' ....................23.829 6 . 125 1

I . ........ 4.087


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Register of Copyrights 1'9

Grand total.. ... ......-.... . -...-........---..--.92,978 97< 79 103. 130 I 117. 704 j 123,819 119,742. -- .~--- I 1 I

EXHIHIT--1'ahle of entries of t d l c s m a & d u r i n g ib fiscal Tears 1 9 0 1 -2 , 1 9 0 2 -3 , 1 9 0 3 -4 , 1 9 0 4 -3 , 1 9 0 5 -6, 1 9 0 6 -7 , u n d 1 9 0 7 -8 ,arranged by c l a s ~ e s- p-pp---- ..I i1 I - 0 - 3 1 9 0 3 4 1 9 0 c 5j___--

Class A. Books:I - - - - - - - - - -, ___ -_ --, 24.172 26,466 / 17 , 824 ; 29.860 ; 29.161 ; 30 , 879 i 30, 191otal- - - -. --. -. - -. .-. -.- - - .- -..'

1 . d S ............ . . 1.071 22.615 ! 11 , 496 22 . 591 / 33.163 / 23.078 21.409,ass C. ~ u s i c n ~o m m s i t i o ~ ~ s .. .. . . . .. . I 9 , 706 n, " 2 : 31.401 28.427

1 3 , x o 2;: :;; ilass D. Drama tic compositions. --. . . ... . .-._./ I . 44 8 1 I , 60 8Class E. HIPS and charts.. -. .. . ... ........ . . . . 708 I . 79 2Class F. Enmavin.s. cuts. and prints-. ..- . I S,,C+, ' 6Class G. Chrrwnos and lithographs.. -. ...-.. -...-.. . 2. oio 2 , a31

I . 571 2,114 1 2,382I 6 i 1.831 1.672 I a . 1506 , 5 1 0 { 1 1 . 02.384 i 2,581

Class H. P h o t w a p h s....................................... 3.913 13,519 ' 14.534 1 IS . 139IClass 1. Pine arts: Paintin~s. rawings. and scul ~tu re.. .. .-. 2.841 . 3.030 1 3 . 9 3 4 i 3 , 6 2 91 0 . 4 6 1 1 10.8633.471 j 2 . 733 ; 2.734

17.169 ' 15 . 836 1 16.7043 . 6 0 8 ! 3 . 8 6 0 ( 3 . 882


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I 10 Report of the Librarian of CongressEX I I I ~ I T:-7'oblc 01 arI lcL~. i def~o~r led i~r i ny l c w n fiscul ycarr,

I S ' V ~ - ~ S ,Sg .P-99 , iSy9- - I~IJO,900-1901, 1901-2, 1902-3, 2903-4,1 YO ,I-5, 190.5-6, 1 ~ 0 6 - 7 , 9 07 -8

March .;, 1905-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 . Phn t~rgraphs w i t h

titles Yueh. ....... 851 I .70Y

~ - .. . .C.rand total. . . . . . r 1 1 . Hog I 1 0 . I 4.3

Ctc ....-.....(c) Nt.n.sl':~i*r nrld

rn:tgazillcnrti-r l v s . . . H.851 i 9 , 0 1 0 5 . 5 7 7

2. nr:irna tie cvmlLx>si-~ 8 6

ax . 49819 .801I . 80 1

t ic~ns ............ 3


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Register of CopyrightsE X H I B I TG-Table of article s dzfiositctl dttritrg r,lrrrn /iscul years,

1897-98, 1898-99, 1899-1900, goo-ryor, ryor-2, ~yoz--3, 1903-4,- - ~ . ~ .........

I . Books:(a ) l3rx1ks p n ~ r x r - I 2 . 967(b) V ~ # l u n ~ e s ,ir-

c ~ ~ l i ~ r s ,~ f -lets. ctc

(c) N rv s p ;I p r rt : ~ n d m a y -

t . .. . . . .

5 .W.lps a nd rh ;l rt ~.6 . J211gr:tvings. r u I s.

7 . Chrc>n~osnd li tho-~ r : t p h s ......... 3. 1h 7 2. 44.4

ga. Miscellancrrus (un- I Iclassilied :irticles) ..............

I I. . . . . . . . . . . . - . - - - . - - . .....Two copies of eac h

article were re-ceived.........

Foreign books rc-wived under R C ~ i Iof Alarcli ,3, 1 ~ 0 5 - ..... ................

9. I'hotopraphs withtitles of works ofart for identilica-tion, one copy

IIIeach..--..------.I. Rhy t .I. 986 ' 3 . 496 , 4.000 3 . goo ,T r .8u1

.

Grand total... ..ll84. 799 707.424 211, r38 '227.047 2 2 1 722 1.9.36.050, I I I. . . . . ........

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