BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. October 4, 1912. Copyright. Vol. 35, p. 1075. Preamble. WHEREAS it is provided by the Act of Congress of March 4, 1909, entitled "An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts respecting copyright" (in effect July 1, 1909), that the benefits of said Act, excepting certain of the benefits under Section 1 (e) thereof as to which special conditions are imposed, shall extend to the work of an author or proprietor who is a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation only upon certain conditions set forth in Section 8 of said Vol. 35, p. 1077. Act, to wit: (a) When an alien author or proprietor shall be domiciled within the United States at the time of the first publication of his work; or (b) When the foreign state or nation of which such author or proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens, or copyright protection substantially equal to the protection secured to such foreign author under this Act or by treaty; 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 may, at its pleasure, become a party thereto: And whereas it is also provided by said section that "The existence of the reciprocal 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"; And whereas satisfactory official assurance has been given that in Tunis the law permits to citizens of the United States copyright protection substantially equal to the protection secured under the copyright law of the United States: subjects of Tunis. Now, therefore, I, William Howard Taft, President of the United Benefits extended to States of America, do declare and proclaim that one of the alternative conditions specified in Section 8, of the Act of March 4, 1909, now exists and is fulfilled in respect to the subjects of Tunis, and that the subjects of that country are entitled to all of the benefits of the Act of March 4, 1909, and the Act to amend sections five, eleven, and twenty-five of said Act, approved August 24, 1912, except copyright controlling the mechanical reproduction of a copyrighted musical work, provided for under Section 1 (e) of the Act of March 4, 1909. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-seventh. By the President: HUNTINGTON WILSON Acting Secretary of State. WM H TAFT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it appears that the public good will be promoted by eliminating from the White River National Forest certain lands within the State of Colorado; Ante, p. 488. Mechanical musical reproductions ex Vol. 35, p. 1075. October 17, 1912. White River tional Forest, Colo. Preamble. Now, therefore, 1, William H. Taft, President of the United States Area diminished. of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress Vol. 30, p. 34. Na Eliminations withdrawn for classification, etc. Vol. 36, p. 847. Agricultural lands. Vol. 34, p. 233. Area affected. October 28, 1912. Nevada National Vol. 26, p. 1103. Vol. 30, p. 34. approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (30 Stat., 11-34), entitled "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes," do proclaim that the boundaries of the White River National Forest are hereby changed and that they are now as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof. The lands herein eliminated from the White River National Forest are hereby withdrawn under the Act of June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten (36 Stat., 847), for classification, and will, when compatible with public interests, be restored to settlement and entry under the laws applicable thereto on such dates as shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior and after such notice as he may deem advisable. This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of any lands heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act of Congress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An Act To provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves." It is not intended by this proclamation to release any land from reservation except the areas indicated on the diagram as eliminated, nor to reserve any land not heretofore embraced in a National Forest. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this seventeenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL.] twelve, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-seventh. By the President: ALVEY A. ADEE Acting Secretary of State. WM H TAFT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it appears that the public good will be promoted by adding certain forest lands to the Nevada National Forest, within the State of Nevada, and by eliminating therefrom certain other lands; Boundaries modified. Now, therefore, I, William H. Taft, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (26 Stat., 1095), entitled "An Act To repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," and also by the Act of Congress approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (30 Stat., 11-34), entitled "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes," do proclaim that the boundaries of the Nevada National Forest are hereby changed and that they are now as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof. The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legally maintained, or such reservation remains in force. Prior rights not af fected. |