The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-23
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Occurrences of Widespread In.
terest at Washington.
The Senate Passes the Interna-
tional Copyright Bill.

The United States Senate has passed the
International Copyright bill by vote Of 81
to 10. The bill amends Section 1856 of the
Revised Statutes so as to make it read:
"No person shall be entitled to copyright
unless he shall, before publication In this or
any foreign country, deliver at the Office OF
the Librarian of Congress. or deposit in the
mail within the United States, addressed to
the Librarian of Congress at Washington,
District of Columbia, a printed copy of the
title of the book or other article, or a
description of the painting, drawing. chrome,
statue, statuary, or model or design for
work of the fine arts for which he desires a
copyright; nor unless he shall also, not later
than the day of the publication thereof in
this or any foreign country, deliver at the
Office Of the Librarian of Congress at Wash
ington, District of Columbia, or deposit in
the mail within the United States ad-
dressed to the Librarian Of Congress at
Washington, District of Columbia, two copies
of such copyright book or dramatic compost
ton printed from type set within the limits
of the United States, or in case Of engraved
works, photographs, or other similar article,
two copies; or in case of a painting, drawing,
statue, statuary, model or design for work
of the fine arts, photograph Of the same.
During the existence Of such copyright
the importation into the United States Of any
book or other article so copyrighted shall
be, and it hereby is,, prohibited, except
in the cases specified in section 25O5
of the Revised Statutes Of the United
persons purchasing for use and not for sale,
who import not more than two copies at any
one time, in each of which cases the written
consent of the proprietor Of the copyright,
signed in the presence of two witnesses, shall
be furnished with each importation.
"All officers Of customs and postmasters
are hereby required to seize and destroy all
all copies of such prohibited articles as shall
be entered at the Custom House or otherwise
brought into the United States or transmit
ted to the mails Of the United States. In
the case Of books in foreign languages Of
which only translations in English are copy
righted, the prohibition Of importation shall
apply only to the translation Of the same,
and the importation Of the books in tho
original language shall be permitted. Each
volume Of book in two or more volumes,
when such volumes are published separately
and the first one shall not have been issued
number of a periodical is to be considered
an independent publication, subject to the
form Of copyrighting as above, and the alter
ations, revisions, and additions made to books
by foreign authors, heretofore published, Of
which new editions shall appear subsequently
to the taking effect of this act, are to be held
and deemed capable Of being copyrighted,
unless they form part of series in course of
publication at the time this act shall take ef-
feet"
The Interstate Commerce Law.
The Senate Committee on Interstate Com.
merce has ordered favorable report upon
an amendment to the sixteenth section of
the Interstate Commerce law, which
section now provides for sum-
mary proceeding by mandatory or
other process by United States Circuit
Courts sitting in equity to enforce any lawful
order or requirement Of the Commission. The
amendment continues the provisions Of the
section as they now stand as to any order or
requirement Of the Commission not founded
upon controversy requiring trial by jury;
but as to matters which under the Constitll-
tion require trial by jury it is proposed that
the Commission, or any person interested,
may apply in a summary way to circuit
courts sitting as courts of law. The
amendment makes provision for the
speedy trial of such causes,
and provides that on the hearing the findings
of fact by the Commission shall be prima
facie evidence. 1t also provides that the
court shall, by its order, fix time for the
trial not less than twenty nor moro than forty
days from the date Of the order