45—A Certificate of Copyright may be procured by the author of any map, book, chart, musical composition, print, cut, engraving, photograph, painting, drawing or statue, or the author of any model or design intended to be perfected and completed as a work of the fine arts, or by the heirs, executors or administrators of a deceased author thereof. The words "print," "cut," and "engraving," shall be applied only to pictorial illustrations or works connected with the fine arts, and no print or label designed to be used for other articles of manufacture shall be certified under the copyright law.
APPLICATION FOR COPYRIGHT.
46—The application for a certificate of copyright is a communication signed by the applicant and addressed to the Minister of the Interior, stating that such applicant is the original and first author of the article upon which a certificate of copyright is applied for, and of what country he is a citizen. If application be made by the representative of a deceased author, such applicant shall state that he is the heir, executor[p. 28] or administrator (as the case may be) of such deceased author, that he believes that said deceased author was the original and first author of the article upon which a certificate of copyright is applied for, and of what country he—such representative—is a citizen. Such statement shall be verified by the oath of the applicant, and accompanied by a copy of the article upon which a certificate of copyright is applied for, if the same shall have been published; or, if the same shall not have been published, a copy of the title thereof. In case such article shall not have been published at the time of filing the application, a copy thereof shall be delivered to the Minister of the Interior within one month after the publication thereof in this Republic. The duration of a copyright is twenty years. The attest of oath must comply with Rule [23].
PRINTS, LABELS AND TRADE-MARKS.
47—A certificate of the registration of any print, label or trade-mark intended to be attached or applied to any goods or manufactured articles, or to bottles, boxes or packages containing the same to indicate the name of the manufacturer, the contents of the packages, the quality of the goods, or directions for use, may be secured by any person, firm or corporation.
APPLICATION FOR THE REGISTRATION OF A PRINT, LABEL OR TRADE-MARK.
48—The application for a certificate of registration for a print, label or trade-mark is a declaration signed by the applicant or applicants and addressed to the Minister of the Interior, stating that such applicant is, or such applicants are, the sole and original proprietor or proprietors, or the assign[p. 29] or assigns, of such proprietor or proprietors of the goods or manufactured articles for which such print, label or trade-mark is to be used, and describing such goods and manufactured articles and the manner in which such print, label or trade-mark is to be used.
Such declaration shall be verified by the oath of the applicant; or, if the application be made by a firm or a corporation, by the oath of a member of such firm or an officer of such corporation, and accompanied by three[[C]] exact copies of such print, label or trade-mark. The duration of the registration of a print, label or trade-mark is twenty years. The attest of oath must comply with Rule [23].
ASSIGNMENTS.
49—Every patent, every certificate of copyright and every certificate of registration of a print, label or trade-mark, or interest therein, shall be assignable in law by an instrument in writing; and the patentee, or his assigns, or legal representatives may, in like manner, grant and convey an exclusive right under his patent, or his certificate of resignation, to the whole or any specified part of the Hawaiian Republic. Such assignments must be executed and acknowledged in the same manner which is prescribed by law for conveyances of real property, and must be filed for record (in the office of the Registrar of Conveyances) within three months after execution.