Status of US territories works as being made by Government employees is unclear. Compendium I said (page S-19) that they are not US government employees unless the territory is unorganized. This was confirmed in Compendium II (page 200-9), though the two were indecisive for District of Columbia works. Compendium III (page 30) concluded that territorial works were US government works. Checking the copyright entries for Jan-Dec 1958, the photograph does not appear to have been registered. Searched copyright.gov and find no renewals for "Official portrait of Hawaii/Hawaiian territorial senate", Hawaii/Hawaiian territorial senate", or "Hawaii/Hawaiian Senate" as a title or keyword.

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