Copyrights to be Under Charge of Librarian of Congress.

Sec. 4948. All records and other things relating to copyrights and required by law to be preserved shall be under the control of the Librarian of Congress, and kept and preserved in the Library of Congress; and the Librarian of Congress shall have the immediate care and supervision thereof, and, under the supervision of the joint committee of Congress on the Library, shall perform all acts and duties required by law touching copyrights.

1 Bouviers Law Dictionary.

2 United States Constitution, Art.

1, Sec. 8, Clause 8.

3 Banks vs. Manchester, 128 U. S., 244.