61 STAT.]
80TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 391-JULY 30, 1947
thereupon, if expedient, destroy the original manuscript catalog
cards containing the titles included in such printed volumes and
representing the entries made during such intervals. The current
catalog of copyright entries and the index volumes herein provided
for shall be admitted in any court as prima facie evidence of the
facts stated therein as regards any copyright registration.
§ 211. SAME; DISTRIBUTION AND SALE; DISPOSAL OF PROCEEDS. -
The said printed current catalogs as they are issued shall be promptly
distributed by the copyright office to the collectors of customs of
the United States and to the postmasters of all exchange offices of
receipt of foreign mails, in accordance with revised lists of such
collectors of customs and postmasters prepared by the Secretary of
the Treasury and the Postmaster General, and they shall also be
furnished in whole or in part to all parties desiring them, at a price
to be determined by the register of copyrights for each part of the
catalog, not exceeding $10 for the complete yearly catalog of copy-
right entries. The consolidated catalogs and indexes shall also be
supplied to all persons ordering them at such prices as may be
determined to be reasonable, and all subscriptions for the catalogs
shall be received by the Superintendent of Public Documents, who
shall forward the said publications; and the moneys thus received
shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States and accounted
for under such laws and Treasury regulations as shall be in force
at the time.
§ 212. RECORDS AND WORKS DEPOSITED IN COPYRIGHT OFFICE OPEN
TO PUBLIC INSPECTION; TAKING COPIES OF ENTRIES.- The record books
of the copyright office, together with the indexes to such record books,
and all works deposited and retained in the copyright office, shall be
open to public inspection; and copies may be taken of the copyright
entries actually made in such record books, subject to such safeguards
and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Register of Copyrights
and approved by the Librarian of Congress.
§ 213. DISPOSITION OF ARTICLES DEPOSITED IN OFFIcE. -O f the articles
deposited in the copyright office under the provisions of the copyright
laws of the United States, the Librarian of Congress shall determine
what books and other articles shall be transferred to the pernmalllnt
collections of the Library of Congress, inc'lhliing tile law ibrary, ald
what other books or articles shall be placed in tli reserve collet icons of
the Library of Congress for sale or exchangc, or be transferred to ol tier
governmental libraries in the District of Columbia for use therein.
§ 214. DESTRUCTION OF ARTICLES DEPOSITED IN OFFICE REMAININO
UNDISPOSED OF; REMOVAL OF BY AUTHOR OR PROPRIETOR: MANUSCRIPTS
OF UNPUBLISHED WORKs.- Of any articles undisposed of as above pro-
vided, together with all titles and correspondence relating thereto, the
Librarian of Congress and the Register of Copyrights jointly shall, at
suitable intervals, determine what of these received during any period
of years it is desirable or useful to preserve in the permanent files of
the copyright office, and, after due notice as hereinafter provided may
within their discretion cause the remaining articles and other things
to be destroyed: Provided, That there shall be printed in the Catalog
of Copyright Entries from February to November, inclusive. a state-
ment of the years of receipt of such articles and a notice to permit any
author, copyright proprietor, or other lawful claimant to claim and
remove before the expiration of the month of December of that year
anything found which relates to any of his productions deposited or
registered for copyright within the period of years stated, not reserved
or disposed of as provided for in this title. No manuscript of an unpub-
lished work shall be destroyed during its term of copyright without
specific notice to the copyright proprietor of record, permitting him
to claim and remove it.
667
Statement of years
of receipt of articles.
Notice to copyright
proprietor.
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