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First Day of January, shall not be liable or subject to any of the Penalties contained in this Act; any thing herein before contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstandig.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all and every the Penalties and Penalty insticted be the said Act, and extended, and meant to be extended, to the several Cases comprized in this Act, shall and may be sued for and recovered in like Manner, and under the like Restrictions and Limitations, as in and by the said Act is declared and appointed; aud the Plaintiff or common Informer, in every such Action (in case such Plaintiff or common Informer shall recover any of the Penalties incurred by this or the said former Act) shall recover the same, together with his Full Costs of Suit.

Provided also, That the Party prosecuting shall commence his Prosecution within the Space of Six Calendar Months after the Offence committed.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the sole Right and Liberty of printing and reprinting intended to be secured and protected by the said former Act and this Act, shall be extended, continued, and be vested in the respective Proprietors, for the Space of Twenty eight Years, to commence from the Day of the first Publishing of any of the Works respectively herein before and in the the said former Act mentioned.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Action or Suit shall be commenced or brought against any Person or Persons whatsoever, for doing, or causing to be done, any thing in pursuance of this Act, the same shall be brought within the Space of Six Calendar Months after the Fact committed; and the Defendant or Defendants in any such Action or Suit shall or may plead the General Issue, and give the Special Matter in Evidence; and if, upon such Action or Suit, a Verdict shall be given for the Defendant or Defendants, or if the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs become nonsuited, or discontinue his, her, or their Action or Actions, then the Defendant or Defendants shall have and recover Full Costs; for the Recovery whereof he shall have the same Remedy as any other Defendant or Defendants, in any other Case, hath or have by Law.

17 G. III. cpt. 57.

An Act for more effectually securing the Property of Prints to Inventors and Engravers, by enabling them to sue for and recover Penalties in certain Cases.

Whereas an Act of Parliament passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His late Mejesty King George the Second, intituled An Act for the Encouragement of the Arts of designing,

engraving, and etching Historical and other Prints, by vesting the Properties thereof in the Inventors, and Engravers, during the Time therein mentioned: And whereas by an Act of Parlia ment passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for amending and rendering more effectual the aforesaid Act, and for other Purposes therein mentioned, it was (among other Things) enacted, That from and after the First Day of January One thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven, all and every Person or Persons who should engrave, etch, or work in Mezzotinto or Chiaro Oscuro, or cause to be engraved, etched, or worked, any Print taken from any Picture, Drawing, Model, or Sculpture, either ancient or modern, should have, and were thereby declared to have the Benefit and Protection of the said former Act and that Act, for the Term therein-after mentioned, in like Manner as if such Print had been graved or drawn from the original Design of such Graver, Etcher, or Draughtsman: And whereas the said Acts have not effectually answered the Purposes for which they were intended, and it is necessary, for the Encouragement of Artists, and for securing to them the Property of and in their Works, and for the Advancement and Improvement of the aforesaid Arts, that such further Provisions should be made as are herein-after mentioned and contained: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it 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 Twenty-fourth Day of June One thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, if any Engraver, Etcher, Printseller, or other Person, shall, within the Time limited by the aforesaid Acts, or either of them, engrave, etch, or work, or cause or procure to be engraved, etched, or worked, in Mezzotinto or Chiaro Oscuro, or otherwise, or in any other Manner copy in the whole or in part, by varying, adding to, or diminishing from the main Design, or shall print, reprint, or import for Sale, or cause or procure to be printed, reprinted, or imported for Sale, or shall publish, sell, or otherwise dispose of, or cause or procure to be published, sold, or otherwise disposed of, any Copy or Copies of any Historical Print or Prints, or any Print or Prints of any Portrait, Conversation, Landscape, or Architecture, Map, Chart, or Plan, or any other Print or Prints whatsoever wich hath or have been, or shall be engraved, etched, drawn, or designed, in any Part of Great Britain, 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 or Proprietors shall and may, by and in a special Action upon the Case, to

be brought against the Person or Persons so offending, 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, cpt. 59.

An Act to extend the Protection of Copyright in Prints and Engravings to Ireland.

Whereas an act was passed in the seventeeth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the third, intituled An Act for more effectually securing the Property 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 ad 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 the provisions contained in the said recitet act of the seventeenth year of the reign of his late Majesty King 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.

II. And be id further enacted, that from and after the passing of this act, if any engraver, etcher, printseller, or other person shall, within the time limited by the aforesaid withed acts, engrave, etch, or publish, or cause to be engraved, recited 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 so 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 inquity thereon shall give or assess, together with double costs of suit.

38 G. III. c. 71.

An Act for encouraging the Art of making new Models and Casts of Busts, and other Things therein mentioned. 21st June 1798.

Whereas divers Persons have, by their own Genius, Industry, Pains, and Expence, improved and brought the Art of

making new Models and Casts of Busts, and of Statues of Human Figures, and of Animals, to great Perfection, in Hopes to have reaped the sole Benefit of their Labours; but that divers Persons have (without the Consent of the Proprietors thereof) copied and made Moulds from the said Models and Casts, and sold base Copies and Casts of such new Models and Casts, to the great Prejudice and Detriment of the original Proprietors, and to the Discouragement of the Art of making such new Models and Casts as aforesaid: For Remedy whereof, and for preventing such Practices for the future, May it please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it 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, every Person who shall make or cause to be made any new Model, or Copy or Cast made from such new Model, of any Bust, or any Part of the Human Figure, or any Statue of the Human Figure, or the Head of any Animal, or any Part of any Animal, or the Statue of any Animal; or shall make or cause to be made any new Model, Copy, or Cast from such new Model, in Alto or Basso Relievo, or any Work in which the Representation of any Human Figure or Figures, or the Representation of any Animal or Animals shall be introduced, or shall make or cause to be made any new Cast from Nature of any Part or Parts of the Human Figure, or of any Part or Parts of any Animal, shall have the sole Right and Property in every such new Model, Copy, or Cast, and also in every such new Model, Copy or Cast in Alto or Basso Relievo, or any Work as aforesaid, and also in every such new Cast from Nature as aforesaid, for and during the Term of Fourteen Years from the Time of first publishing the same: Provided always, That every Person who shall make or cause to be made any such new Model, Copy, or Cast, or any such new Model, Copy, or Cast in Alto or Basso Relievo, or any Work as aforesaid, or any new Cast from Nature as aforesaid, shall cause his or her Name to be put thereon, with the Date of the Publication, before the same shall be published and exposed to Sale.

II. And be it further enacted, That if any Person shall, within the said Term Fourteen Years, make or cause to be made any Copy or Cast of any such new Model, Copy. or Cast, or any such Model, Copy, or Cast in Alto or Basso Relievo, or any such Work as aforesaid, or any such new Cast from Nature aforesaid, either by adding to or diminishing from any such new Model, Copy or Cast, or adding to or diminishing from any such new Model, Copy, or Cast in Alto or Basso Relievo, or any such Work as aforesaid, or adding to or diminishing from any such new Cast from Nature, or shall cause or procure the same to be done, or shall import any Copy or

Cast of such new Model, Copy, or Cast, or Copy_or Cast of such new Model, Copy, or Cast in Alto or Basso Relievo, or any such Work as aforesaid, or any Copy or Cast of any such new Cast from Nature as aforesaid, for Sale, or shall sell or otherwise dispose of, or cause or procure to be sold or exposed to Sale, or otherwise disposed of, any Copy or Cast of any such new Model, Copy, or Cast, or any Copy or Cast of such new Model, Copy, or Cast in Alto or Basso Relievo, or any such Work as aforesaid, or any Copy or Cast of any such new Cast from Nature as aforesaid, 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 Hand or Hands, in the Presence of and attested by Two or more credible Witnesses, then and in all or any of the Cases aforesaid, every Proprietor or Proprietors of any such original Model, Copy, or Cast and every Proprietor or Proprietors of any such original Model, or Copy or Cast in Alto or Basso Relievo, or any such Work as aforesaid, or the Proprietor or Proprietors of any such new Cast from Nature as aforesaid respectively; shall and may, by and in special Action upon the Case, to be brought against the Person or Persons so offending, recover such Damages as a Jury on the Trial of such Action, or on the Execution of a Writ of Enquiry thereon, shall give or assess, together with full Costs of Suit."

III. Provided nevertheless, That no Person who shall hereafter purchase the Right, either in any such Model, Copy, or Cast, or in any such Model, Copy or Čast in Alto or Basso Relievo, or any such Work as aforesaid, or any such new Cast from Nature, of the original Proprietor or Proprietors thereof, shall be subject to any Action for vending or selling any Cast or Copy from the same; any Thing contained in this Act to the contrary hereof notwithstanding.

IV. Provided also, That all Actions to be brought as aforesaid, against any Person or Persons for any Offence committed against this Act, shall be commenced within Six Calendar Months next after the Discovery of every such Offence, and not afterwards.

54 G. III. cpt. 56.

An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act of His present Majesty, for encouraging the Art of making new Models and Casts of Busts, and other Things therein mentioned; and for giving further Encouragement to such Arts.

18th May 1814.

Whereas by an Act, passed in the Thirty-eighth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for encourag

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