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 Ing, (givlng copy of the title, uni CT the seal of tiie court, to the said author or pro- prletor, whenever he shall require the | same;l ssDlstrict of to wit: Be i 1t remenb cred, That, on the day of

 Anno DonIni, A. B. of the said Dis trict, hath deposited in this office the title of a book tmap, chart, or otherwise, as the. case may bel the title of which is in the words following, to wit: (here insert the ti- tie,) the right whereof he claims as author i tor proprietor, as the case may be ! in con iorinity with an act of Congress, entitled ssAn act to amend the several acts respect ing copy-rights.o c. D., Clerk of tlre Dis trict. For which record, the Clerk sliAl be entitled to receive, iron. ti,e person claiming such right as aforesaid, fifty cents; and the like sum for every copy under seal. actually given to such person or his as- signs. And the author or proprietor of any such book, map, chart, musical compost sioi, print, cut, or engraving, shall, within three months from the publication of said book, map, chart, musical composition, print, cut, or engraving, deliver or cause to be delivered copy of the same to the Clerk of said district. And it shall be the duty of the Clerk of each district court. at least once Tn every year, to transmit. cer- | tined list of all such records of copyright, including the titles so recorded, and the dates ot record, and also the several copies oi books or other works deposited in this office according to this act, to the Secre- tary of state, to be preserved in his office. l Sec. 5. find De ita4her eaacted, That no person shall be entitled to the benefit of l thls act, unless he shall give information of | copyright being secured, by causing to be Inserted, In the several copies of each and every edition published during the term se- cus. d on the titie page, or the page imme- dlately following, if 1t be book, or, if a map, chart, musical composition. print, cut, or engraving by causing to be impress sed on the face thereof, or, if volume of maps, charts, music, or engrayings, upon the title or frontispiece thereof, tile fol- towing words, viz: Entered according to the aetof Congress, .n the year by A. l5. In the Clerks office off the district court of as the case may be-.

 Sec. 6. lind be 4 further enacted, That if any other persons, from and after the re- eofding the title of any book or books, ac- cording to this act, shall, within the term ortesms herein limited, print, publish, or import, or cause to be printed, published, or imported, any copy of such book, or books, without the consent of the person | legally entitled to tho copyright thereof, l first had and obtained in writing, signed ifl. presence of two or more credible witness 1 es, or shall, knowing the same to be so printed orimported, publish, sell, or ex- pose to sale, CT causeto be published sold, or exposed to sale, any copy of such book without such consent in writing; then such l offender shalt forfeit every copy of such 1 book to tie person legally, at the time, en- titled to the copyright thereof; and shall also forfeit and pay fifty cents for every such sheet which mag be found in lis pos session, either printed, or printing, pub i iished, imported, or exposed to sale, con trary to the intent of this act, the one inoic- l " thereof to such legal owner of the copy right, as aforesaid, and the other to the use | of tho United States, to be recovered hy action of debt in any court having compe- l tent jurisdiction thereof.

 1 SEc. '. And De a further endcted, That if aaiy person or persons, after the recording the title of any print, cut, or eng wing map, chart, or musical composition, ac- cording to-the provisions of this act, shall

 within the term or terms limited by this act, engrave, etch, or work, sell, or copy, l or caused to be engraved, etched work ed or sold, or copied, either on the whole, or by varying, adding to, or diminishins. the main design, with intent to evade the law, :, or shall print or import for sale, or cause to be printed or imported for sale, any such map, chart, musical composition, l print, cut, or engraving, or any parts thereof, without the consent of the proprie- tor or proprietors of the copy right there of, first obtained in writing, signed in the presence of two credible witnesses; or

 knowing the same to be so printed or im- l ported without such consent, shall publish, l sell, or expose to sale, or in any manner I dispose of any such map, chart, musical I composition, engraving, cut, or print ], without such consent, as aforesaid then 1 such offender or offenders shall forfeit the plate or plates on which such map, chart, musical composition, engraving, cut, or print, shall be copied, and also all and every sheet thereof so copied CT priistcd cdi :, as aforesaid; to the proprietor or proprie-

 tors of the copy-right thereof; and shall | further forfeit one dollar for every sheet of such map, chart, musical composition, print, cut, or engraving, which may be

 found in his or their possession, printed or published, or exposed to sale, contrary to the true intent and meaning Of this act 1; the one moiety thereof to the proprietor or proprietors, and the other moiety to the 1 use of the United States, to be recovered

 in any court having competent jurisdiction l thereof.

 Sec. &. find De II further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be construed to ex- tend 10 prohibit the importation or vcnd- ing, printing, or publishing, of any map, l chart, book, musical composition, print, or engraving, written, composed, or made, l by any person not being citizen of the United States, nor resident within the ju- 1 rtsdicfiop fhornof