...opinion obtained in regard to copy-righting the Seal of the National Society, as follows: Any citizen of the United States or resident therein, who shall be the author, inventor, designer or proprietor of any book, map, chart, dramatic or musical composition, engraving,...

...persons, being я citizen or citizens of the Uniled Slates, or resident therein, who shall he the anihor or authors of any book or books, map, chart, or musical composition, which may he now made or composed, and not printed and published, or shall hereafter be made or composed, or...

...of COPYRIGHT IN PHOTOGRAPHS. Under the American statute of 1861, which provided that any person or persons, being a citizen or citizens of the United States or resident therein, who should invent, design, etch, engrave, work, or cause to be engraved, etched or worked, from his own...

...within the [Sentence left unfinished.] And the first section enacts that any person being a citizen of the United States or resident therein who shall be the author of any book. &c now . . . composed and not printed & published or shall be hereafter published or shall...

..." author" as in a former enactment (sec. 4952 of the revised statutes), which reads : " Any citizen of the United States or resident therein who shall be the author." "Author," unless intended to be moulded and cut down by necessary implication from subsequent clauses,...

...Librarian of Congress, instoad of the clerk of any District Court. THE LAW. SECTION 86. Any citizen of the United States, or resident therein, who shall be the author, inventor, designer, or proprietor of any photograph, or negative thereof, and his executors, administrators,...

...By section 86, which is the second section relating to copyrights, it was provided that any citizen of the United States or resident therein who shall be the author, inventor, designer, or proprietor of any (among other things) engraving, cut, print, or photograph,...