to the benefit of this act unless, within a time to be in that behalf prescribed by such order in council, the title to the copy of every such book, and the name and place of abode of the author thereof, and the time and place of the first publication thereof in such foreign country, shall be entered in the register book of the company of stationers in London; and unless, within a time to be also prescribed by such order in council, one printed copy of the whole of such book, and of every volume thereof, upon the best paper upon which the largest number or impression of such book shall have been printed for sale, together with all maps and prints relating thereto, shall be delivered to the warehouse-keeper of the company of stationers at the hall of said company.

In case books published anonymously, the name of publisher to be sufficient.]-Sect. 2 enacts, that if a book be published anony mously, it shall be sufficient to insert in the entry thereof in such register book the name and place of abode of the first publisher thereof, instead of the name and place of the author thereof, together with a declaration that such entry is made either on behalf of the author, or on behalf of such first publisher, as the case may require.

Wrongful first publication may be amended by court of chancery.]-Sect. 3 enacts, that every such entry shall be prima facie proof of rightful first publication; but if there be a wrongful first publication, and any party have availed himself thereof to obtain an entry of a spurious work, the author, or his first publisher, may apply by petition, or on motion, to the court of chancery to order such entry to be amended; but no such order shall be made unless it be proved to the satisfaction of the said court, first, with respect to a wrongful publication in a country to which the author or first publisher does not belong, and in regard to which there does not subsist with this country any treaty of international copyright, that the party making the application was the author or first publisher, as the case requires; second, with respect to a wrongful first publication either in the country where a rightful first publication has taken place, or in regard to which there subsists with this country a treaty of international copyright, that a court of compe

tent jurisdiction in any such country, where such wrongful first publication has taken place has given judgment in favor of the right of the party claiming to be the author or first publisher.

Register book to be kept at Stationers' Hall, and to be open to inspection.-Certificate by warehouse-keeper.]-Section 4 enacts, that such register book shall at all times be kept at the hall of the said company, and for every such entry the sum of 2s., and no more, shall be paid, and the same register book may at all seasonable and convenient times be inspected by any person on payment of the sum of 1s., and no more, to the warehouse-keeper of the said company of stationers; and such warehouse-keeper shall, when and as often as thereto required, give a certificate under his hand of every or any such entry and delivery, and of the time of making the same respectively, and for every such certificate the sum of 1s. shall be paid; and such certificate, upon proof of the handwriting of the person signing the same, and that such person was in fact the warehouse-keeper of the said company, shall, without further proof, be admitted in all courts as evidence of such entry and delivery, and of the time of making the same respectively.

Warehouse-keeper to deposit books in the British museum.]— Sect. 5 enacts, that the said warehouse-keeper shall receive at the hall of the said company every book or volume so to be delivered as aforesaid, and within one calendar month after receiving such book or volume shall deposit the same in the library of the British

museum.

Second or subsequent editions.-Sect. 6 enacts, that it shall not be requisite to deliver to the warehouse-keeper of the said stationers' company any printed copy of the second or of any subsequent edition of any book or books so delivered as aforesaid, unless the same shall contain additions or alterations; and in case any edition after the first of any book so delivered as aforesaid shall contain any addition or alteration, it shall not be requisite to deliver any printed copies thereof, if one printed copy of such additions or alterations only, printed in an uniform manner with the former edition of such book, be, within a time in that behalf to be pre

scribed by any such order in council as aforesaid, delivered to the warehouse-keeper of the said company of stationers.

Orders in council may specify different periods for different fo reign countries, &c.]-Sect. 7 enacts, that the respective terms to be specified by such orders in council respectively for the continuance of the privilege to be granted to the authors of books to be first published in foreign countries, and their respective assigns, may be different for books first published in different foreign countries, and that the times to be prescribed for the entry of the titles to the copies of such books, and the delivery to the said ware. house-keeper of the aforesaid copy, may be different for different foreign countries and for different classes of books.

Booksellers, &c. who shall print, &c., any book to which order in council may extend, without consent of proprietor, liable to penalties.]-Sect. 8 enacts, that if any bookseller or printer, or other person whatsoever, in any part of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in any other part of the British dominions, shall, within the term to be limited by any such order in council, print, reprint, or import for sale, or cause to be printed, reprinted, or imported for sale, any book to which such order in council shall extend, without the consent of the author or other proprietor of the copyright of and in such book first had and obtained in writing, or, knowing the same to be so printed, reprinted, or imported for sale without such consent of such author or other proprietor, shall sell, publish, or expose to sale, or cause to be sold, published, or exposed to sale, or have in his possession for sale, any such books without such consent first had and obtained as aforesaid, then every such offender shall be liable to a special action on the case, at the suit of the author or other proprietor of the copyright of and in such book so unlawfully printed, reprinted, imported, or published or exposed to sale, or being in the possession of such offender for sale as aforesaid, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act; and every such author or other proprietor shall and may, by and in such special action on the case to be so brought against such offender in any court of record in that part of the said united kingdom, or of the British dominions in which the

offence shall be committed, recover such damages as the 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, in which action no privilege or protection shall be allowed; and every such offender shall also forfeit such book, and every sheet being part of such book, and shall upon order of any court of record in which any action at law or suit in equity shall be commenced or prosecuted by such author or other proprietor, to be made on motion or petition to the said court, deliver the same to the author or other proprietor of the copyright of such book, or to his attorney or agent to be thereto lawfully authorized, and he shall forthwith damask or make waste paper of the same; and every such offender shall also forfeit the sum of 3d. for every sheet thereof, either printed or printing, or published or exposed to sale, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, the one moiety thereof to her majesty, and the other moiety thereof to any person who shall sue for the same in any such court of record by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in which no privilege or protection shall be allowed: provided always, that in Scotland such offender shall be liable to an action of damages in the court of session in Scotland, which shall and may be brought and prosecuted in the same manner in which any other action of damages to the like amount may be brought and prosecuted there, and in any such action where damages shall be awarded, double costs of suit or expenses of process shall be allowed.

No order in council to have any effect unless it states that reciprocal protection is secured.]-Sect. 9 provides and enacts, that no such order in council shall have any effect unless it shall be therein stated, as the ground for issuing the same, that due protection for the benefit of the authors of printed books first published in the dominions of her majesty and their assigns has been secured by the foreign power in whose dominions the books to which such order in council shall relate shall be first published.

Orders in council may be revoked.]-Sect. 10 enacts, that it shall be lawful for her majesty, by an order in council, from time to time, to revoke or alter any order in council previously made

under the authority of this act, but nevertheless without prejudice to any rights acquired previously to such revocation or alteration.

Orders in council to be published in Gazette, and to have same effect as this act.]-Sect. 11 enacts, that every order in council to be made under the authority of this act shall, as soon as may be after the making thereof by her majesty in council, be published in the London Gazette, and from the time of such publication. shall have the same effect as if every part thereof were included in this act.

Orders in council to be laid before parliament.]—Sect. 12 enacts, that a copy of every order of her majesty in council made under this act shall be laid before both houses of parliament within six weeks after issuing the same, if parliament be then sitting, and if not, then within six weeks after the commencement of the then next session of parliament.

Translations of books first published abroad.]—Sect. 13 provides and enacts, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed to prevent the printing, publication, or sale of any translation of any book, the author whereof and his assigns may be entitled to the benefit of this act.

Foreign authors not entitled to copyright, except under this act.] -Sect. 14 enacts, that the author of any book to be after the passing of this act first published out of her majesty's dominions, or his assigns, shall have no copyright therein within her majesty's dominions otherwise than such (if any) as he may become entitled to under this act.

Limitation of Actions.]-Sect 15 provides and enacts, that all actions, suits, bills, indictments, or informations for any offence that shall be committed against this act shall be brought, sued, and commenced within twelve months next after such offence committed, and not afterwards.

Interpretation clause.]-Sect. 16 enacts, that in the construction of this act the word "book" shall be construed to include" volume," "pamphlet," "sheet of letter-press," "sheet of music," map," chart," or "plan; " and the words "printing" and "reprinting" shall include engraving and any other method of

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