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CliaPTßk 11 LON DRAMATIC WORKS.

Art. 7. The dramatic works of living authors cannot
be performed at any theatre without the consent of the
said author.

Art. 8. After the death of the author, and in the ab-
sence of any agreement with him, or his heirs or execu-
tors, the right of performing the piece shall belong to the
theatre who shall be duly authorised, on the payment to
the heirs of the author the same sum as was received by
the author in his life-time. The right to the receipt of
this payment shall last for thirty years from the death of
the author.

Art. 9. Anonymous dramatic works cannot be repre-
sented without the authority of the parties who shall,
be legal heirs and possessors of the said piece. Theii=
right to remuneration shall last thirty years front the day cf
the first representation.
Art. 10. The printing, &c., of dramatic works, the
rights of the author, and of his heirs and executors, shell
be governed conformably to chapter 1 of the present Bill.
CHAPTER 111,. MUSICAI. WORKS.
Art. 11.—Authors of musical publications, their heti
and executors, shall enjoy for the publication nf their worlr
the exclusive right laid down in chapter 1 Of the present
Bill. For such of their works as may be eveis•uted at the
theatres or public concerts they will enjoy the rights esta-
blished by chapter 2.
CHAPTER 1 V.-01, DESIGNS, PICTURES, &C.
Art. 12. The authors of designs, pictures, geographi-
cal, topographical, and hydrographical charts and maps,
plans, and architectural designs, shall alosse have the right
of reproducing them, or of authorising their reproduction,
by means of engraving, lithography, or any other mode
whatever. This right is guaranteed to the said authors
and their executors, conformably to the rules established
in chapter 1 of the present Bill.
Art. 13. The authors of works of art mentioned in the
preceding article may cede the exclusive right to such re-
I production, without giving up their property and right in
the original work. But in the event of the sale of the
said work the exclusive right of reproduction, by means of
engraving, ke., becomes that of the purchaser, unless a
special stipulation to the contrary is made at the time or
sale.

Art. 14. The exclusive right over designs for articles of
manufacture, stated in the law of the ISth March, 1806,
can in no case extend beyond the period of five years.
CHAPTER V.—GENERAL ENACTMENTS.

Art. 15. In the event of the rights, which are the object
of the present law, forming part of any succession (cn des-
herence), a royal ordonnanoe may, if not claimed by ihe
creditors, assign them to the relatives for a period not ex-
ceeding 30 years, or order the forfeiture of the said rights
to the public domain.
Art. 16. The heirs and executors of the author, whose,
exclusive right resulting from prior laws shall not be done
away with by the promulgation of the present law, shall
enjoy the advantages which it secures, as far as concerns
the publication, reproduction, and representation of the
works.

Art. 17. The deposit of copies prescribed by article 14
of the law of the 21st of October, 1814, is fixed at live
copies, as well of printed works as of engravings, litho-
graphic drawings, charts, musical works, and other works
which are reproduced by typography, lithography, en-
graving, or any other mode. (The other parts of this ar-
ticle merely explain where the said copies ane to be de-
posited.