Indiana Palladium, Volume 7, Number 9, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 5 March 1831 — Page 1

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(BY AUTHORITY.) I.AW3 OF THE UNITED STATE9, PASSEO AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TWENTYFIRST CONGRESS. Public No. 17. ! AN ACT to amend the several acts respecting copy-rights. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled. That from and after the passing of this act, ony person or persons, being a citizen or citizens of the United States, or resident therein, who shall be the author or authors of any book or books, map, chart, or musical composition, which may be now made or composed, and not printed and published, or shall hereafter be made or composed, or who ehall invent, design, etch, engrave, work, or cause to be engraved, etched, or worked, from bis own design, any print or engraving, and the executors, administrators, or legal assigns of such person or persons, shall have the sole right and liberty of printing, re-printing, publishing, and vending such book or books, map, chart, musical composition, print, cut, or engraving, in whole, or in part, for the term of twenty-eight years from the time of recording tho title thereof, in the manner hereinafter directed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if, at the expiration of the aforesaid term of years, such author, inventor, designer, engraver, or any of them, where the work had been originally composed and made by more than one person, be still living, and a citizen or citizens of the United States, or resident therein, or being dead, shall have left a widow, or child, or children, either or all then living, the same excluBivo right ehall be continued to such author, designer, for engraver, or if dead, then to such widow and child, or children, for the further term of fourteen years: Provided, That the title of the work so secured shall be a second lime recorded, and altysuchotherregulationsas are herein required in regard to original copy-rights, be complied with in respect to such renewed copy-right, and that within six months before the expiration of the first term. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases of renewal of copy-right under this act, such author or proprietor shall, within two months from the dateof said renewal, cause a copy of the record thereof to be published in one or more of the newspapers printed in the United States, for the space of four weeks. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, Thai no person shall be entitled to the benefit of this act, unless he shall, before publication, deposite a printed copy of the title of such book, or books, map, chart, musical composition, print, cut, or engraving, in the Clerk's office of the district court of the district herein the author or proprietor shall reside, and the Clerk of such court is hereby directed and required to record the same thereof forthwith, in a book to be kept for that purpose, in the words following, (giving a copy of the title, under the seal of the court, to tlic said author or proprietor, whenever ha sLall require the same:) "District of to wit: Be it remembered, Tint o:; the day of Ai-.r.o Domini, A. B. of the Diiiiict, hath deposited in this efnee iht ikb of a book, (map, chart, or otherwise, as the case may be,) tic title of which is in the words following to wit: (here insert the title;) the light whereof he claims as author (or proprietor, as the case may be:) in c-nforiiiiy with an ict of Congress, entitled "An act to mend the several acts respecting cupytehts." C. D., Clerk of tho District, hr which record, the Oerk ehall be eitled to receive, frcn the person clming such right as af-resaid, fifty cegj and the like sum fo -very copy, ur.r seal, actually given (0 such persobr his aligns. Ant! Oe author or praetor of an) u :i 0ok, map, musical cohm jsi.i, print, cut. r nr ravin 2. sun, .i.IM ihroa ha from the pu. uc .inr, ,r -i map, chart, musical.omposiio - .iiun t oaiu to be delivered a , nnv nf to the Clerk cfoiida5Uictt And

it shall be the duty of the Clerk of each district court, at least once in every year, to transmit a certified list of all such records of copy-right, including the titles so recorded, and the dates of record, and also the several copies of books or other works deposited in his office according to this act, to the Secretary of State, to be preserved in his office. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That no person shall be entitled to the benefit of this act, unless he ehall give information of copy-right being secured, by causing to be inserted, in the several copies of each and every edition published during the term secured on the title page, or the page immediately following, if it be a book, or, if a map, chart, musical composition, print, cut, or engraving, by causing to be impressed on the face thereof, or, if a volume of maps, charts, music, or engravings, upon the title or frontispiece thereof, the following words, viz: "Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year by A. B., in the Clerk's of fice of the district court of " (as the case may be.) Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That, if any other persons, from and after the recording tho 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 enti tied to the copy-right thereof, first had and obtained in writing, signed in presence ot two or more credible witnesses, or shall, knowing the same to be so printed orimported, publish, 6ell,Jor 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 book 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 Jurther 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 caused to be engraved, etched, worked, or sold, or copied, either on 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 j 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 map, 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 ol such map, chart, musical composition, print, cut, or engraving, 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 Slates, 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 thereof. Sec 9. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons, who ahall priutl

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 occasioned 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 hereby 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 auy 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. 1 1 . And be it further enacted, That, if any person or persons, fiom and after the passing of this act, shall print or publish any book, map, chart, musical composition, print, cut, or engrating, not having legally acquired the copyright 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 moiety 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. 1 3. 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 cause 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 Euch copies during the time 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. 1 5. And be it Jurther 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 construed to extend to the benefit of the legal proprietor or proprietors of each and every copy-right heretofore obtained, according to law, during the j term thereof, in the same manner as if such copy-right had been entered and secured according to the directions of this act. Sec 1 C. And be it further enacted, That whenever a copy-right has been heretofore obtained by an author or authois, inventor, designor, or engraver, of any j book, map, chart, print, cut, or engra-i ving, 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 copy right at the expiration thereof, as is above provided in relation to copy-rights originally secured under this act. 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 executive enjoyment of said copy-right with the benefit of each and all the provisions of this act for the security thereof, for the pe

riod 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 copy-rights originally secured under this act: Provided, That this act shall not extend to any copy-right heretofore secured, the term of which has already expired. Andrew Stevenson, Speaker of the House of lJeretintativei. John C. Calhoun, President of the Se?iate. A proved, February 3, 1831. ANDREW JACKSON.

Public No. 18. AN ACT to amend the act for taking the fifth census. j Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it1 shall and may be lawful for such of the assistants to the Marshals in the respective States and Territories, who have uot, before the passage of this act, made their respective returnY to such Marshals, under the act hereby amended, to complete their enumerations and make their returns under the said act, at any time before the first day of June, and for the Marshals of such States and Territories to make their returns to the Secretary of State at any time before the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be deemed to release such Marshals and assistants from the penalties contained in the act aforesaid, unless their returns shall be made within the time prescribed in this act: And provided, further, That no persons be included in the returns made under the present act, unless such persons shall have been inhabitants of the Distiicts for which such returns shall be made, on the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty. Sec c2. And be it further enacted, That the copies of the returns and aggregate amounts directed to be filed by the Marshals with the Clerks of the several District Courts, and Supreme Courts of the Territories of the United States, 6hall be preserved by said Clerks, and remain in their offices respectively ; and so much of the Act to which this is an amendment as requires that they shall be transmitted by said Clerks to the Department of State, is hereby repealed. Sec. cJ.And he it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to note all the clerical arrors in the returns of the Marshals and Assistants, whether in the addition?, classification of inhabitants, or otherwise, and cause said notes to be printed with the aggregate returns of the Marshal?, for the use of Congress. AprftovED , February 3, 1 Col. The following remarks from the Ohio State Bulletin, in favor of the distribution of the surplus revenue, are worthy of particular consideration. On the plan of distribution recommended by the President, the annual proportion of Kentucky will be about half a million of dollars. We shall, if the system be adopted, be euie to obtain our proportion of the national surplus revenue, to apply to purposes of Internal Improvementand will not have cause to complain of the expenditure of all the national resources on the sea board. It is high time for the people of the interior States to look to their own interest. Louisville Adv. Surplus Revenue. It is not too much in praise of our worthy President to say, that none of his predecessors ever recommended a measure so just to the community of states, and of such all engrossing interest to the people of the west, and especially Ohio, as his project for the distribution of the surplus revenue. We fear that hitherto a considerable portion of the republicans of Ohio have not become acquainted with, or have not realized the practical effects, that the consummation of this plan would have upon their interests. By this remark we would not wish to be understood as underrating the intelligence of our citizens: give them but an opportunity of understanding the merits of a cause by spreading before them correct information and they will act promptly and judiciously, as they did iu the election of President in 1828. During a short period before that election some pains was taken to spread wholesome political paper? among our sparse population, and its effects were benign. Let the same course be pursued in future, and; Andrew Jackson will receive a vote for

president in 1832 in Ohio, that will put the opposition to the blush. But to the practical effects of the distribution of the surplus revenue. Upon the supposition that the revenue continues as at present, Ohio will be entitled to receive from the treasury of the U. States more than half a million of dollars annually which will enable her gradually to diminish hercana debt, after setting apart a moiety to be expended on other improvements in various parts of the states, which will bring home to every man's door the blessing which the profligate system heretofore acted upon, has granted only to the fortunate Jezo who have had the best managers in the hall of ConJgress. Let the citizens of the west look to it that this boon, or rather j their legitimate treasure, be no longer ! withheld from them by the boasted ! friends of internal Improvements." j Post Office Affair. In the senate, n the 2d inst. "Mr. Grundy submitted the following resolution, observing that a serious difference of opinion existed in the committee on the subject embraced in it, and that he should assign his reasons in its favor to-morrow. "Hesclved, That the Select Committee, appointed on the 15th day of December last, to inquire into the condition of the Post Office department, are not authorized to call before them the persons who have been dismissed from office, for the purpose of tscertaining tho reasons or causes of their removal." It would nppear by this resolution that the object of a portion of the committee, in applying for authority to send for persons and papers, was to congregate all the dismissed Post Masters at Washington, to give them an opportunity of disgorging their venom against the present administration. On the same principle, should a similar inquiry be instituted into the condition of the Navy Department, it would be alike proper and expedient to apply to Congress for authority to take Toby Watkins out of jail to give evidence against the administration. lb. The National Intelligencer says: it is understood that the Senate have ratified the Convention with the Ottoman Porte, with the exception of the reputed secret article, granting to the Turkish Government certain privileges as to the building ships of war. From the Norwich Kepublican. Surjrfus He venue We a:k the candid attention of out readers, to the suggestion of the President, in relation to the distribution of the surplus revenue. It is a subject of the gravest importance: and the interest of our country, and of every man in it, demands that it should be decided free from party pre judice. Do we flatter ourselves with an illusive hope, when we expect that it will be so decided? The suggestions to which we allude are well and universally known. They are known to be in direct opposition to the system, or rather want ol system, which now prevails in appropriations of the funds of the people. Their object is to introduce impartiality for partiality, justice for injustice, and to set at rest a quesliou of Constitutional construction. They arise out of the flourishing condition of our national revenue. The ordinary expenses of our government are from eleven to twelve millions! Our revenue, however, is about double that amount, and hence, after the payment of the national debt, a surplus remains of from eleven to twelve milliong. Such is the surplus on the supposition that our revenue remains the same. If, however, we suppose that from modifications of the tariff, by the reduction of duties on articles we do not manufacture or raise, the surplus revenue is reduced one half, we have yet remaining six millions annually after all expenses are paid. Now the question is, what shall be done with this surplus! Shall it be appropriated by Congress in the old way, or shall it be distributed among the States upon some equitable principle? We do not for an instant hesitate in our decision. We neither want nor ask for more than cur own: we wish to be treated no better nor worse than our sister States, and we are therelore in favor of a diatiibution of the revenue, upon some impartial and equitable principle. The evils of the old custom (it is not a system) are almost too glaring to need pointing out. In the first place, it is partial and unjust. Let us try if this assertion is not supported by indisputable facts. At every session of Congress