Conditions on which the benefit of this act shall be obtained. Authors to deliver a copy of their work to thereof, first had and obtained in writing, signed in the presence of two or more credible witnesses; or knowing the same to be so printed, reprinted, or imported, shall publish, sell, or expose to sale, or cause to be published, sold, or exposed to sale, any copy of such map, chart, book or books, without such consent first had and ob tained in writing as aforesaid, then such offender or offenders shall forfeit all and every copy and copies of such map, chart, book or books, and all and every sheet and sheets, being part of the same, or either of them, to the author or proprietor of such map, chart, book or books, who shall forthwith destroy the same: And every such offender and offenders shail also forfeit and pay the sum of fifty cents for every sheet which shall be found in his or their possession, either printed or printing, published, imported or exposed to sale, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, the one moiety thereof to the author or proprietor of such map, chart, book or books who shall sue for the same, and the other moiety thereof, to and for the use of the United States, to be recovered by action of debt in any court of record in the United States, wherein the same is cognizable. Provided always, That such action be commenced within one year after the cause of action shall arise, and not afterwards. day of SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, 'That no person shall be enti. tied to the benefit of this act, in cases where any map, chart, book or books, hath or have been already printed and published, unless he shall first deposit, and in all other cases, unless he shall before publication deposit a printed copy of the title of such map, chart, book or books, in the clerk's office of the district court where the author or proprietor shall reside: And the clerk of such court is hereby directed ard required to record the same forthwith, in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, in the words following, (giving a copy thereof to the said author or proprietor, under the seal of the court, if he shall require the same.) "District of to wit: Be it remembered, That on the in the year of the independence of the United States of America, A. B. of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a map, chart, book or books, (as the case may be) the right whereof he claims as author or proprietor, (as the case may be) in the words following, to wit: [here insert the title] in conformity to the act of the congress of the United States, intitled, An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned.' C. D. clerk of the district of "For which the said clerk shall be entitled to receive sixty cents from the said author or proprietor, and sixty cents for every copy under seal actually given to such author or proprietor as aforesaid. And such author or proprietor shall, within two months from the date thereof, cause a copy of the said record to be published in one or more of the newspapers printed in the United States, for the space of four weeks. SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That the author or proprietor of any such map, chart, book or books, shall, within six months after the secretary of state. the publishing thereof, deliver, or cause to be delivered to the secretary of state a copy of the same, to be preserved in his office. SECT. 5. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be construed to extend to prohibit the importation or vending, reprinting or publishing within the United States, of any map, chart, book or books, written, printed, or published by any person not a citizen of the United States, in foreign parts or places without the jurisdiction of the United States. SECT. 6. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons who shall print or publish any manuscript, without the consent and ap probation of the author or proprietor thereof, first had and obtained as aforesaid, if such author or proprietor be a citizen of, or resi dent in these United States) shall be liable to suffer and pay to the said author or proprietor all damages occasioned by such injury, to be recovered by a special action on the case founded upon this act, in any court having cognizance thereof. SECT. 7. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons Persons sued for any shall be sued or prosecuted for any matter, act or thing done under thing done under this or by virtue of this act, he or they may plead the general issue, and act, may give special give the special matter in evidence. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, and President of the Senate. APPROVED, May the thirty-first, 1790: GEORGE WASHINGTON, AN act supplementary to an act, entitled " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints. matter in evidense. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That every per- Additional requisites son who shall, from and after the first day of January next, claim prescribed for persons elaiming to be authors to be the author or proprietor of any maps, charts, book or books, or proprietors of and shall thereafter seek to obtain a copy-right of the same agree- maps, charts or books. able to the rule prescribed by law, before he shall be entitled to the benefit of the act, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learn ing by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein men. tioned," he shall, in addition to the requisites enjoined in the third and fourth sections of said act, if a book or books, give information by causing the copy of the record, which, by said act he is required to publish in one or more of the newspapers, to be inserted at full length in the title page or in the page immediately following the title of every such book or books; and if a map or chart, shall cause the following words to be impressed on the face thereof, viz. "Entered according to act of congress the day of [here insert the date when the same was deposited in the office] by A. B. of the state of [here insert the author's or proprie tor's name and the state in which he resides.] 18 SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of January next, every person being a citizen of the United Same rules prescribed States, or resident within the same, who shall invent and design, with respect to per engrave, etch or work, or from his own works and inventions, shall and design, engrave, sons who shall invent, cause to be designed and engraved, etched or worked, any histori- etch or work histori cal or other print or prints, shall have the sole right and liberty of cal or other prints. printing, re-printing, publishing and vending such print or prints, for the term of fourteen years from the recording the title thereof in the clerk's office, as prescribed by law for maps, charts, book or books: Provided, he shall perform all the requisites in relation to such print or prints, as are directed in relation to maps, charts, book or books, in the third and fourth sections of the act to which this is a supplement, and shall moreover cause the same entry to be truly engraved on such plate, with the name of the proprietor, and printed on every such print or prints as is herein before required to be made on maps or charts. Penalties for engrav ing etching or work ing. or copying and selling a print or prints, without the consent of the owner ⚫r owners, in writing: law. SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any print seller or other person whatsoever, from and after the said first day of January next, within the time limited by this act, shall engrave, etch or work, as aforesaid, or in any other manner copy or sell, or cause to be engraved, etched, copied or sold, in the whole or in part, by varying, adding to, or diminishing from the main design, or shall print, re-print, or import for sale, or cause to be printed, re-printed, or imported for sale, any such print or prints, or any parts thereof, without the consent of the proprietor or propietors thereof, first had and obtained, in writing, signed by him or them respectively, in the presence of two or more creditable witnesses; or knowing the same to be so printed or re-printed, without the consent of the proprietor or propietors, shall publish, sell, or expose to sale or otherwise, or in any other manner dispose of any such print or prints, without such consent first had and obtained, as aforesaid, then such offender or offenders shall forfeit the plate or plates on which such print or prints are or shall be copied, and all and every sheet or sheets (being part of or whereon such print or prints are or shall be copied or printed) to the proprietor or proprietors of such original print or prints, who shall forth with destroy the same; and further, that every such offender or offenders shall forfeit one dollar for every print which shall be found in his, her, or their custody; either printed, published, or exposed to sale, or otherwise disposed of, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, the one moiety thereof to any person who shall sue for the same, and the other moiety thereof to and for the use of the United States, to be recovered in any court having competent juris diction thereof. SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons Penaltics for publisk- from and after the passing of this act, shall print or publish any ing maps, charts, books or prints, but in map, chart, book or books, print or prints, who have not legally the way prescribed by acquired the copy-right of such map, chart, book or books, print or prints, and shall, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, insert therein or impress thereon that the same has been entered according to act of congress, or words purporting the same, or purporting that the copy-right thereof has been acquired; every person so offending shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars, one moiety thereof to the person who shall sue for the same, and the other moiety thereof to, and for the use of the United States, to be recovered by action of debt in any court of record in in the United States, having cognizance thereof. Provided always, that in every case for forfeitures therein before given, the action be Limitation of action commenced within two years from the time the cause of action may in cases of forfeiture. have arisen. the year ensuing, and until another shall be chosen in your room, do solemnly swear, that you will diligently attend to, and faithfully execute the duties of the said office, without partiality, and according to your best discretion and judgment. So help you God. No. III. Quaker's Certificate to Exempt him from Military Duty. WE, the subscribers, of the society of the people called in the town of in the county of do hereby certify that is a member of our society, and that he frequently and usually attends with said society for religious worship, and we believe is conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms. E. F. Clerk. A. B. Elders or overseers. N°. IV. Oath of Militia Clerk. I, A. B. do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully and impartially do and perform all the duties incumbent on me, as clerk of the company to which I belong, according to the best of my abilities and understanding. So help me God. N°. V. Militia Clerk's Information against one for Military Delinquency. To A. B. Esq. Justice of the Peace, in and for the county of I the subscriber, clerk of the company commanded by do hereby give information against the following person (or persons, as the case may be) who being duly enrolled in said company, and being duly notified to meet with said company on the day of Anno Domini was (or were, as the case may be) guilty of the offences and did incur the forfeitures set against his name (or their respective names, as the case may be). No. III. No. IV. No. V. [And in the same manner, substantially, all other offences are to be set forth against offending non-commissioned officers and privates.] I therefore, agreeably to my oath of office, and in compliance with the requisitions of the law in this behalf, request that you would issue a summons to each of the persons named in the above information, to appear before you, and shew cause, if any he has, why it should not be adjudged that he pay the forfeiture set against his name, for the offence or offences which he is therein alleged to have committed. No. VII. L. S. Summons to the Adverse Party, in such Prosecution. -88. To the sheriff of said county, or either of his deputies, or either of the constables of the town of aforesaid, in the county Greeting. IN the name of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to summon C. D. of said, to appear before me E. F. one of the at in of the clock in the in the county aforejustices of the peace for day of on the noon, then and there to shew cause, if any he has, why judgment should not be rendered that he has forfeited [here insert the offence, and the time when and place where it was committed.] Hereof fail not, and make due return of this writ and your doings thereon, unto myself, on or before the said hour of the day of Dated at of our Lord L. S. aforesaid, the day in the year E. F. Justice of the Peace. WHEREAS E. L. clerk of the company, commanded by day of before J. D. Esq. one in said county, on the |