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the title or frontispiece thereof, the following words. viz: "Entered ac cording to act of Congress, in the year by A. B, in the Clerk's office of the district court of .." (as the case may be.)

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any other person or per sóns, from and after the recording the title of any book or books, according to this act, shall, within the term or terms herein limited, print, publish, or import, or cause to be printed, published, or imported, any copy of such book or books, without the consent of the person legally entitled to the copy-right thereof, first had and obtained in writing, signed in presence of two or more credible witnesses, or shall, knowing the same to be so printed or imported, publish, sell, or expose to sale, or cause to be published, sold, or exposed to sale, any copy of such book, without such consent in writing, then such offender shall forfeit every copy of such hook to the person legally, at the time, entitled to the copy-right thereof; and shall also forfeit and pay fifty cents for every such sheet which may be found in his possession, either printed or printing, published, imported, or exposed to sale, contrary to the intent of this act, the one moiety thereof to such legal owner of the copy-right as aforesaid, and the other to the use of the United States, to be recovered by action of debt in any court having competent jurisdiction thereof

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons, after the recording the title of any print, cut, or engraving, map, chart, or musical composition, according to the provisions of this act, shall, within the term or terms limited by this act, engrave; etch or work, sell or copy, or cause to be engraved, etched, worked or sold, or copied, either for the whole, or by varying, adding to, or diminishing, the main design, with intent to evade the law, or shall print or import for sale, or cause to be printed or imported for sale, any such map, chart, musical composition, print, cut, or engraving, or any parts thereof, without the consent of the proprietor or proprietors of the copy right thereof, first obtained in writing, signed in the presence of two credible witnesses; or knowing the same to be so printed or imported without such consent, shall publish, sell, or expose to sale, or in any manner dispose of any such map, chart, musical composition, engraving, cut, or print, without such consent as aforesaid, then such offender or offenders shall forfeit the plate or plates on which such inap, chart, musical composition, engraving, cut, or print, shall be copied, and also all and every sheet thereof so copied or printed, as aforesaid, to the proprietor or proprietors of the copy right thereof; and shall further forfeit one dollar for every sheet of such map, chart, musical composition, print, cut, or enfgraving, which may be found in his or their possession, printed or published, or exposed to sale, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, the one moiety thereof to the proprietor or proprietors, and the other moiety to the use of the United States, to be recovered in any Court having competent jurisdiction thereof.

SEC. 8 And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be construed to extend to prohibit the importation, or vending, printing, or publishing of any map, chart, book, musical composition, print, or engraving, written, composed, or made, by any person not being a citizen of the United States, nor resident within the jurisdiction there of

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons, who shall print or publish any manuscript whatever, without the consent of the author or legal proprietor first obtained as aforesaid, (if such author or proprietor be a citizen of the United States, or resident therein,) shall be liable to suffer and pay to the author or proprietor, all damages oecasioned by such injury, to be recovered by a special action on the case, founded upon this act, in any Court having cognizance thereof: and the several courts of the United States empowered to grant injunctions to prevent the violation of the rights of authors and inventors, are bereby empowered to grant injunctions, in like manner, according to the principles of equity, to restrain such publication of any manuscript as aforesaid.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That, if any person or persons shall be sued or prosecuted, for any matter, act, or thing done under or by virtue of this act, he or they may plead the general issue, and give the special matter in evidence.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That, if any person or persons, from aud after the passing of this act, shall print or publish any book, map, chart, musical composition, print, cut, or engraving, not having legally acquired the copy-right thereof, and shall insert or impress that the same hath been entered according to act of Congress, or words purporting the same, every person so offending shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars, one moicty thereof to the person who shall sue for the same, and the other to the use of the United States, to be recovered by action of debt, in any court of record having cognizance thereof.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That, in all recoveries under this act, either for damages, forfeitures, or penalties, full costs shall be allowed thereon, any thing in any former act to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC 13. And be it further enacted, That no action or prosecution shall be maintained, in any case of forfeiture or penalty under this act, unless the same shall have been commenced within two years after the case of action shall have arisen.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the "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," passed May thirty-first, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, and the act supplementary thereto, passed April twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and two, shall be and the same are hereby repealed; saving, always, such rights as may have been obtained in conformity to their provisions.

SEC. 15 And be it further enacted, That all and several the provisions of this act, intended for the protection and security of copy rights, and providing remedies, penalties, and forfeitures, in case of violation thereof, shall be held and c nstrued to extend to the benefit of the legal proprietor or proprietors of each and every copy.right here tofore obtained according to law, during the term thereof, in the same mauner as if such copy-right had been entered and secured according to the directions of this act.

SEC 16. And be it further enacted, That, whenever a copy-right has been heretofore obtained by an author or authors, invertor, designer, or engrav

er, of any book, map, chart, print, cut, or engraving, or by a proprietor of the same; if such author or authors, or either of them, such inventor, designer, or engraver, be living at the passage of this act, then such author or authors, or the survivor of them, such inventor, engraver, or designer, shall continue to have the same exclusive right to his book, chart, map, print, cut, or engraving, with the benefit of each and all the provisions of this act, for the security thereof, for such additional period of time as will, together with the time which shall have elapsed from the first entry of such copy-right, make up the term of twenty-eight years, with the same right to his widow, child, or children, to renew the copyright, at the expiration thereof, as is above provided in relation to copyrights orignally secured under this, art. And if such author or authors, inventor, designer, or engraver, shall not be living at the passage of this act, then, his or their heirs, executors, and administrators, shall be entitled to the like exclus ve enjoyment of said copy right, with the benefit of each and all the provisions of this act for the security thereof, for the period of twenty-eight years from the first entry of said copy-right, with the like privilege of renewal to the widow, child, or children, of author or authors, designer, inventor, or engraver, as is provided in relation to copyrights originally secured under this act: Provided, That this act shall not extend to any copy-right heretofore secured, the term of whieh has already expired. [Approved, Feb. 3, 1831.]

CLAIMS ON DENMARK.

Commissioners appointed under the Treaty with Denmark, concluded at Copenhagen, 28 March, 1830, and the Act of 25 February, 1831.

George Winchester, of Maryland,

Jesse Hov, of New-York,

William J Duane, of Pennsylvania,

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Commissioners.

Robert Fulton, of New-York, Secretary.

Convention between the United States of America and His Majeety the King of Denmark, signed at Copenhagen the 28th of March, 1830.

The United States of America, and His Majesty the King of Denmark, being equally desirous of terminating the discussions which have taken place between them in respect to the claims and pretensions formed by be citizens of the United States and the subjects of Denmark, having for their object, the seizure, condemnation or confiscation of their vessels, cargoes or property whatsoever, within the territory, or under the authority of the respective Governments, have named for this purpose, and furnished with their full powers: that is to say, the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, HENRY WHEATON, Charge d'Affaires of the said United States at the Court of His Majesty, the King of Denmark, &e and His Majesty the King of Dermark, the Sieur ERNEST HENRY, Count de Schimmelman. Knight of the order of the Elephant, Graud Cross of the order of Dannebrog, decorated with the silver cross of the same order. His Minister (intime) of State, Chief of His Department of foreign affairs, &c. and the Sieur PAUL CHRISTIAN DE STEMANN, of the order of the Elephant, Grand Cross of the order of Dannebrog, decorated with he silver cross of the same order, His Minister (intin) of State and Justice, President of b ́s Danish Chancery, etc; and the said Plenipoten

tiaries, after having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles:

ART. I. His Majesty the King of Denmark, renounces the indemnities which might be claimed from the Government of the United States of America, for the subjects of Denmark, on account of the seizure, detention and condemnation or confiscation of their vessels, cargoes or property whatsoever under the authority of the said Government; and his Majesty engages moreover, to pay to the said Government, the sum of six hundred and fifty thousand Spanish milled dollars, on account of the citizens of the United States, who have preferred claims relating to the seizure, detention, condemnation or confiscation of their vessels, cargoes or property whatsoever, by the public and private armed ships, or by the tribunals of Denmark, or in the states subject to the Danish sceptre.

ART. 11. The payment of the above sum of six hundred and fifty thousand Spanish milled dollars, shall be made, in the times and manner following: On the 31st March, 1831, two hundred and sixteen thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and two-thirds of a dollar

On the 30th September, 1831, two hundred and sixteen thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and two-thirds of a dollar.

On the 30th September, 1832, two hundred and sixteen thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and two-thirds of a dollar.

To the second payment shall be added the interest for that, and for the last payment, at four per centum per annum, to be computed from the first payment, on the 31st March, 1831.

To the third payment shall also be added the interest for that payment, ai four per centum per annum, to be computed from the second payment, on the 30th September, 1831.

The above sums, thus specified in Spanish milled dollars, shall be paid in bills of exchange, at fifteen days sight, at Hamburg: for the payment of which the Danish Government shall be responsible.

At the time when the first payment shall be made, on the 31st March, 1831, two obligations, corresponding to the two last payments to be effected for the capital and interest thereof, shall be issued by the Direction for the public debt and the sinking fund of Denmark,to orders of the Department of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, and assigned to the Government of the United States, By the said obligations, His Majesty the King of Denmark shall acknowledge himself debtor, for the sums not yet paid to the Government of the United States of America, and the same shall be delivered to such person or persons, as may be authorized to receive the same by the said Government; and when the said obligations are to be discharged, according to the tenor thereof, by the Danish Government, the person or persons authorized by the Government of the United States, to receive the stipulated payments, shall deliver up the said obligations with receipts, for the amount thereof, from the said Government.

ART. III. To ascertain the full amount, and validity of the claims, mentioned in Article 1, a Board of Commissioners, consisting of three citizens of the United States, shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall meet at Washington, and within the space of two years from the time of their first meeting shall receive, examine and decide upon, the amount and validity of all such claims, according to the merits of the several cases, and to justice, equity, and the law of nations.

The Commissioners shall take an oath or affirmation, to be entered in the journal of their proceedings, for the faithful and diligent discharge of their duties.

In case of the death, sickness or necessary absence of any Commissioner, his place may be supplied by the appointment of another Commissioner in the manner before mentioned, or during the recess of the Senate, by the

President of the United States The Commissioners shall be authorized to hear and examine, on oath or affirmation, every question relating to such claims, and to receive all suitable authentic testimony concerning the same. In order to faci itate the proceedings of this Board, His Majesty the King of Denmark engages when thereunto required, to cause to be delivered to any person or persons, who shall be duly authorized for that purpose, by the Government of the United States, in addition to the papers already delivered, all the acts, documents, ships' papers and prize proceedings, which may still remain in the archives, of the High Courts of Admiralty, or the prize tribunals of Denmark, relating to the seizure, detention, condemnation or confiscation of the vessels, cargoes or property whatsoever, belonging to the citizens of the United States of America before the said tribunals.

The Commissioners shal award, and cause to be distributed among the several parties, whose claims shall be allowed by the Board, the sum mentioned in Article I and II, in a ratable proportion to the amount of the respective claims thus allowed.

ART IV. In consideration of the renunciation and payments mentioned in Article I and II, on the part of his Majesty the King of Denmark, the Government of the United S ates declares itself entirely satisfied, not only in what concerns the said Government, but in also what concerns the citizens of the said United States, on account of the claims hitherto preferred, or which may hereafter be preferred, relating to the seizure, detention, condemnation or confiscation, of their vessels, cargoes, or property whatsoever, which in the last maritime war of Danmark, have taken place under the flag of Denmark, or in the states subject to the Danish sceptre; and the said claims shall consequently be regarded as definitively and irrevocably terminated.

ART. V. The intention of the two high contracting parties being solely to terminate, definitively and irrevocably, all the claims which have hitherto been preferred, they expressly declare, that the present Convention is only applicable to the cases therein mentioned; and, having no other object, can never, hereafter, be invoked by one or the other as a precedent or rule for the other.

ART. VI. The present Convention shall be duly ratified by the high conracting parties, and the ratification shall be exchanged at Washington, in the space of ten months. or sooner if possible.

In faith thereof, and in virtue of our respective full powers, we have signed the present Convention, and have thereunto set the seals of our arms Done at Copenhagen, this 28th day of March, 1830.

HENRY WHEATON, [L. S.] E. H, SCHIMMELMANN, [L. S.Ĵ STEMANN, [L. S]

An ACT to provide for the adjustment of claims of persons entitled to indemnification under the Convention between the United States and his Majesty the "King of Denmark, of the twenty-eighth March, eighteen hundred and thirty, and for the distribution among such claimants of the sums to be paid by the Danish Government to that of the United States according to the stipulations of the said Convention. Approved February 25, 1831

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners who are or may be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consen of the Senate, in pursuance of the third article of the convention between the United States of America and his Majesty the King of Denmark, signed at Copenhagen, the twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, shall meet at Washington City, in the District of Columbia, and, within the space of two years from the time of their first meeting, shall receive, examine, and decide upon the amount