6 & 7 c. 59. c. 57. 6 & 7 Wm. IV. "WHEREAS an act was passed in the seventeenth year of Will. IV. the reign of his late Majesty King George the third, intituled An Act for more effectually securing the Property 17 G. III. of Prints to Inventors and Engravers, by enabling them to sue for and recover Penalties in certain Cases: and whereas it is desirable to extend the provisions of the said act to Ireland; be it therefore enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the passing of this act all Provisions the provisions contained in the said recited act of the of recited seventeenth year of the reign of his late Majesty King ed to Ire- George the third, and of all the other acts therein recited, shall be and the same are hereby extended to the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. act extend land. Penalty on engraving ing any II. And be it further enacted, that from and after the or publish- passing of this act, if any engraver, etcher printseller, or print with other person shall, within the time limited by the aforeout consent said recited acts, engrave, etch, or publish, or cause to of proprie tor. be engraved, etched, or published any engraving or print of any description whatever, either in whole or in part, which may have been or which shall hereafter be published in any part of Great Britain or Ireland, without the express consent of the proprietor or proprietors thereof first had and obtained in writing, signed by him, her, or them respectively, with his, her or their own hand or hands, in the presence of and attested by two or more credible witnesses, then every such proprietor shall and may, by and in a separate action upon the case, to be brought against the person offending in any Court of Law in Great Britain or Ireland, recover such damages as a jury on the trial of such action or on the execution of a writ of inquiry thereon shall give or assess, together with double costs of suit. 6 & 7 Wm. IV. c. 110.- An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the Fifty-fourth Year of King George the Third, respecting Copyrights, as requires the delivery of a copy of every published Book to the Library of Sion College, the Four Universities of Scotland, and of the King's Inns in Dublin. WHEREAS by an act passed in the fifty-fourth year of the 6 & 7 reign of his late Majesty King George the third, intituled Will. IV. An Aet to amend the several Acts for the encouragement c. 110. of Learning by securing the Copies and Copyright of 54 G. III. printed Books to the Authors of such Books or their As- c. 146. signs, it is amongst other things enacted, that eleven. copies of every published book shall be gratuitously delivered to eleven public libraries named in the said act; and whereas the provisions of the said act have in certain respects operated to the injury of authors and publishers, and have in some cases checked or prevented the publication of works of great utility and importance, and it is therefore expedient that the said act should be amended: be it therefore enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lord's Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that so much of the said recited act as requires that a So much of copy of every book which shall be printed and published recited act as requires shall be delivered in manner therein mentioned to the the delivery warehouse-keeper of the Company of Stationers for the use of the library of Sion College, the libraries of the four universities of Scotland, and the King's Inns Library at Dublin, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. II. And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful Compensafor the Lord High Treasurer or for the Commissioners tion to be of his Majesty's Treasury, or any three or more of them, said librafrom time to time to issue and pay out of the consoli- consolidatdated fund of the united kingdom of Great Britain and ed fund. Ireland, to the person or persons or body politic or corporate, proprietors or managers of each of the aforesaid libra of copies of the libraries tioned repealed. books for herein men made to the ries out of 6 & 7 Will. IV. c. 110. of the com ries, such an annual sum as may be equal in value to and a compensation for the loss which any such library may sustain by reason of the said act being repealed, so far as relates to such library; such annual compensation to be ascertained and determined according to the value of the books which may have been actually received by each such library, in such manner as the commissioners of his Majesty's treasury or any three or more of them shall direct, upon an average of the three years ending the thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. Application III. And be it further enacted, that the person or perpensation. sons or body politic or corporate, proprietors or managers of the library for the use whereof any such book would have been delivered, shall and they are hereby required to apply the annual compensation hereby authorized to be made in the purchase of books of literature, science, and the arts, for the use of and to be kept and preserved in such library; provided always, that it shall not be lawful for the said lord high treasurer or commissioners of his Majesty's treasury to direct the issue of any sum of money for such annual compensation until sufficient proof shall have been adduced before him or them of the application of the money last issued to the purpose aforesaid. AMERICAN STATUTES. I. An Act for the encouragement of learning, by se curing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned. Stat. May 31, 1790. Repealed. Act of April 29, 1802, c. 36. Act of Feb. 15, c. 157. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passing of this act, the author and authors of any map, chart, book or books already printed. within these United States, being a citizen or citizens thereof, or resident within the same, his or their executors, administrators or assigns, who 1819, c. 19. hath or have not transferred to any other Act of Feb. person the copy3, 1831, c. right of such map, chart, book or books, share or shares 16. June thereof; and any other person or persons, being a citi- 30, 1834, zen or citizens of these United States, or residents there- Authors of maps, in, his or their executors, administrators or assigns, who charts and hath or have purchased or legally acquired the copyright books: of any such map, chart, book or books, in order to print, chasers reprint, publish or vend the same, shall have the sole right to have the and liberty of printing, reprinting, publishing and vending sole right of publication, such map, chart, book or books, for the term of fourteen &c. for 14 years from the recording the title thereof in the clerk's years; office, as is herein after directed: And that the author recording the title, and authors of any map, chart, book or books already &c. made and composed, and not printed or published, or that shall hereafter be made and composed, being a citizen or citizens of these United States, or resident therein, and his or their executors, administrators or assigns, shall have the sole right and liberty of printing, reprinting, publishing and vending such map, chart, book or books, h from them, |
