under  seal  of  the  Copyright  Office,  to  contain  the
name  and  address  of  said  claimant,  the  name  of
the  country  of  which  the  author  of  the  work  is  a
citizen  or  subject,  and  when  an  alien  author
domiciled  in  the  United  States  at  the  time  of  said
registration,  then  a  statement  of  that  fact,  includ-
ing his  place  of  domicile,  the  name  of  the  author
(when  the  records  of  the  Copyright  Office  shall
show  the  same),  the  title  of  the  work  which  is
registered  for  which  copyright  is  claimed,  the  date
of  the  deposit  of  copies  of  such  work,  the  date  of
publication  if  the  work  has  been  reproduced  in
copies  for  sale,  or  publicly  distributed,  and  such
marks  as  to  class  designation  and  entry  number  as
shall  fully  identify  the  entry.  In  the  case  of  a  book
the  certificate  shall  also  state  the  receipt  of  the  affi-
davit, as  provided  by  Section  16  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  form  for  the  said  certificate,  to
be  filled  out  in  each  case  as  above  provided  for  in
the  case  of  all  registrations  made  after  this  Act
goes  into  effect,  and  in  the  case  of  all  previous
registrations  so  far  as  the  Copyright  Office  record
books  shall  show  such  facts,  which  certificate,
sealed  with  the  seal  of  the  Copyright  Office  shall,
upon  payment  of  the  prescribed  fee,  be  given  to
any  person  making  application  for  the  same.    Said


568


LAW  OF  COPYRIGHT


§1617

Such  certifi-
cates prima
faeie  evidence.
§1618

Receipts.
§1619
The  prior  law
as  to  official
certificates.
§1620
The  present
law.
