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by inscribing upon some visible portion thereof, or of the substance on which 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;" or, at his option the word, "Copyright," together with the year the copyright was entered, and the name of the party by whom it was taken out; thus-"Copyright, 18........, by A. B.”

It is not necessary that the two copies of the book for which copyright is sought, which are to be deposited with the librarian of Congress, should contain any notice of the copyright.34

Sec. 2. (Fee for recording assignment or for copy.) That for recording and certifying any instrument of writing for the assignment of a copyright the Librarian of Congress shall receive from the persons to whom the service is rendered, one dollar; and for every copy of an assignment, one dollar; said fee.to cover, in either case, a certificate of the record, under seal of the Librarian of Congress; and all fees so received shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States.

Sec. 3. (Engravings, Cuts, and Prints.) That in the construction of this act, the words "Engraving,' "Cut" and "print" shall be applied only to pictorial illustrations or works connected with the fine arts, and no prints or labels designed to be used for any other article of manufacture shall be entered under the copyright law, but may be registered in the Patent Office. And the Commissioner of Patents is hereby * Osgood vs. A. S. Aloe Instrument Co., 69 Fed. Rep., 291.

charged with the supervision and control of the entry or registry of such prints or labels, in conformity with the regulations provided by law as to copyright of prints, except that there shall be paid for recording the title of any print or label, not a trade mark, six dollars, which shall cover the expense of furnishing a copy of the record under the seal of the Commissioner of Patents, to the party entering the same.

Sec. 4. (Repeal.) That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the foregoing provisions be and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. (When act takes effect). That this act shall take effect on and after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE STATUTES IN RELATION TO COPYRIGHT.

Copyright Mark; where may be put on design, etc., That manufacturers of designs for molded decorative articles, tiles, plaques, or articles of pottery or metal subject to copyright may put the copyright mark prescribed by section forty-nine hundred and sixty two of the Revised Statutes, and acts additional thereto, upon the back or bottom of such articles, or in such other place upon them as it has heretofore been usual for manufacturers of such articles to employ for the placing of manufacturers, merchants, and trade marks thereon.

VOLUMES MAY BE COPYRIGHTED SEPARATELY.

Sec. 11. That for the purpose of this act each volume of a book in two or more volumes, when such

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volumes are published separately and the first one shall not have been issued before this act shall take effect, and each number of a periodical shall be considered an independent publication, subject to the form of copyrighting as above.

WHEN ACT TAKES EFFECT.

Sec. 12. That this act shall go into effect on the first day of July, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

APPLICABLE TO CITIZENS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES PERMITTING SIMILAR RIGHTS.

Sec. 13. That this act shall only apply to a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as its own citizens; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States of America may, at its pleasure, become a party to such agreement. The existence of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this act may require.

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1. How is a sale to be distinguished from a bailment? What is the distinction made in the case of Mallory vs. Willis?

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1. Where there is a delivery of goods on trial, is this to be considered a bailment or a sale?

2. In any case, how far does the intention of the parties control, in determining what the contract agreement amounts to?

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1. How is a sale to be distinguished from a mortgage? When the facts are not clear, as to whether or not

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an actual sale was intended, how will a decision be reached as to whether the contract is a sale or mortgage?

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1. Give a definition of a chattel mortgage?

2. How is a sale distinguished from a consignment to sell?

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1. How is a sale to be distinguished from a gift?

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1. How is a sale to be distinguished from a barter, or

exchange?

CHAPTER II.

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1. Are the principles of sale of recent or ancient development?

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1. Give the requisites of a valid contract of sale.

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1. What parties in a contract of sale would be more or less incapacitated to contract?

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1. Would an insane person's contract of sale ever be allowed to stand?

2. What may the consideration consist of in a contract of sale? How may the price to be paid be shown?

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1. What is a bill of sale? What form ought it to be in?

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1. Ought the bill of sale to be delivered?

2. What things may cause a sale to be illegal?

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What exceptions exist to the rule of law, that a court of law will not come to the assistance of either of the parties to an illegal contract?

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