a mere clipping does not comply with the statute. (C. O. Rule 37.) The date of publication of a periodical is not necessarily the printed date of issue, and the actual day of publication should be stated in the application, whether for the registration of the periodical itself or a contribution to it.
Application
cardsThe Copyright Ofifice has prepared blank forms in library card shape, which are furnished applicants free of charge, for the several classes of applications mentioned in the law, the cards being in pink, except as hereafter stated, lettered and numbered as follows: (A1) book by citizen or resident of the United States; (A1 New ed.) new edition of book by citizen or resident of the United States; (A1 for.) book by citizen or resident of a foreign country, but manufactured in the United States; (A2) edition printed in the United States of book originally published abroad in the English language, all these being double cards including affidavit of American manufacture — supplemented by blue cards providing with specific instructions, (A1) for separate affidavit of American manufacture from type set or plates made in the United States, and (A1) for lithographic or photoengraving process within the United States; (A3) book by foreign author in foreign language; (A4) ad interim copyright — book published abroad in the English language; (A5 contribution to a newspaper or periodical; (B1) periodical, — for registration of single issue; (B2) periodical, — general application and deposit, supplemented by a white blank for depositing single subsequent issues; (C) lecture, sermon, or address prepared for oral delivery; (D2) published dramatic composition; (D3) dramatic composition not reproduced for sale; (D') dramatico-musical composition; (E1) published musical composition; (E2) musical composition not reproduced for sale —
