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COPYRIGHT
Bond of register of copyrights
Annual report of register of copyrights
Seal of copy- right office
Rules for the registration of copyrights
Record books
Entry of copyright
Certificate of registration
Certificate for boolc to state receipt of affidavit
Sec. 50. That the register of copyrights shall give bond to the United States in the sum of twenty thousand dol- lars, in form to be approved by the Solicitor of the Treas- ury and with sureties satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury, for the faithful discharge of his duties.
Sec. 51. That the register of copyrights shall make an annual report to the Librarian of Congress, to be printed in the annual report on the Library of Congress, of all copy- right business for the previous fiscal year, including the number and kind of works which have been deposited in the copyright ofi&ce during the fiscal year, under the pro- visions of this Act.
Sec. 52. That the seal provided under the Act of July eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and at present used in the copyright office, shall continue to be the seal thereof, and by it all papers issued from the copyright office requir- ing authentication shall be authenticated.
Sec. 53. That, subject to the approval of the Librarian of Congress, the register of copyrights shall be authorized to make rules and regulations for the registration of claims to copyright as provided by this Act.
Sec. 54. That the register of copyrights shall provide and keep such record books in the copyright office as are required to carry out the provisions of this Act, and when- ever deposit has been made in the copyright office of a copy of any work under the provisions of this Act he shall make entry thereof.
Sec. 55. That in the case of each entry the person re- corded as the claimant of the copyright shall be entitled to a certificate of registration under seal of the copyright office, to contain his name and address, the title of the work upon which copyright is claimed, the date of the deposit of the copies of such work, and such marks as to class desig- nation and entry number as shall fully identify the entry. In the case of a book the certificate shall also state the re- ceipt of the affidavit as provided by section sixteen of this Act, and the date of the completion of the printing, or the date of the publication of the book, as stated in the said affidavit. The register of copyrights shall prepare a printed
