The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-21

mob Certificate shall state the exact date ct which
me registration Was made. The charge for tho 70
gistraton Of single work. under the .tipulatiOns
OF this article shall no. exceed shilling in Eng
land, nor ono franc and twenty-five confines 10
France and the further charge for o certificate OF
such registration shall not exceed tho sum OF five
shillings in England nsr six francs and twenty fye
oentimes in France The provisions of this article
shall not extend to articles which may appear in
newspapers or periodicals. which shall be protected
from republication or translation simply by notice
from the author, as prescribed by Article 5. And
IL any article or work which has originally appear
ed In . newspaper or periodical shall afterwards be
published in separate form, it sh all thon become
subject to the stipulations Of the present article
Art y With regard TO any article other than
books, prints, maps, and musical publications, in
respectto which protection may be oaimable under
article enc OF the present convention, it is agreed
that any other mode of registration than that pre-.
scribed in the preceding article, which u.s. or may
be- applicable by law IN one of the two countries to
any work or article 6rst published in suoh oouatry
TOR the purpose OF ahording protection to copyright
IN SUCH werk or article shall be extended on equal
terms to any similar work or article first published
n the ether &C 1ntyy
Art 10. During the continuance Of this conyen.
ton, the duties now payable upon the lawful i'm
portaton into the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland OF books prints, drawings, or musical
works, published throughout the territories of the
French republic shall be reduced TO AMI fixed ut the
rates hereinafter specified; tina: is 20 say
Duties on books and musical works, viz -
Ql Works originally produced in the
United Kingdom, and repnbshsd in
(D Works not originally produced in tho
onited Kingdom, the cst. ,........ 0 Is
Prints or drawings
(d) Colored or plain, single, each. 0 O..
(bl Beund or sswed, the dozen ,t....... 0 0 Il
1t Is agreed that the rates Of duty above spool
fed shall not DO raised during the continuance OF
the present enton; and tina. il hereafter dar.
ing the continuance of this convention, any reduc-
tion Of those rates should be made in favor of
books, prints, drawings, or musical works, publish
ed IN any oae- country, such reduction shall be at
the same time extended 70 similar articles pu
IN france IL is. moreover, understood that all
works published in France. of which any part may
have been originally produced in the Y aitsd King
Dom, shall be considered as 'works originally pro-
duced in the United Kingdom and repnblehed in
FRANCE, and as such shall be subject to the duty
OF NIFTY shilings per cTt although the same may
contain also original matter not produced in the
United Kingdom; unless such original matter
snail be at least equal In bulk 70 the part of the
work originally Produced in the United Kingdom in
which case the work shall be suject only to the
duty Of fifteen shillipgs per cwt
Art H. In order to facilitate the execution Of the
present convention, the two high contracting par.
ties engage to comm unicate to each other the
Jaws ara regulations which may hereafter DO estab
snsd IN their respective territories with respect to
copy right In works or productions protected by the
stipulation Of the present convention.
Art. II. The stipulations Of the present conyen-
ton snail IN no way affect the right which each Of
the Two high contracting parties expressly reserves
TO itself ofcontrolling prohibiting by measures Of
legislation or of internal police the sale circulation
representation or exhibition Of any work or produ
tion, in regard TO which either country may deem
1t expedient to exercise that right.
Art IL. NothiBg in this convention shall be con-
stIued 10 affect the right Of either Of the two high
contracting parties to prohibit the Importation into
its own dcminiens Of such books as by its internal
law or under engagements with other States are or
may be declared 10 be piracies, nfringsments Of
copyright.
Art II. Her Britannia Majesty engages to re.
commend to Parliament to pass an act to en- sble her
to carry into execution such of the arrangements
contained in the present convention as require the
90 act snail have been passed. the convention shall
come into operation from and after day to be then
fixed upon by the two high contracting parties.
Due notice shall be given beforehand in each country
by the government Of that country, Of tho day
which may be 80 fixed upon; and the stipulations
OF the convention shall apply only to works or
articles published after that day. The convention
shall continue in force for ten years from the day on
which it may come into operation and if neither
party shall, twelve months before the pir alton Of
the said period ten years. give notice OF its intep
tion to terminate its operation, the convention shall
continue IL force for year longer, and 30 from
year to year, until the expiration Of years notice
from either party for its termination. The high
contracting parties, however reserve TO themselves
the power OF making, by common consent, in this
convention, any notifications which may not Do
inconsistent with its spirit aud principles, and
which experience Of its working may sho v to be
desirable
Art. Is. Tbs present convention shall be ratified,
and the Publications shall be exchanged at Paris rs
soon al may be within three m tbs from the date
OF signature. In witness whereof the respective
Plenpote ntaries have signed the same. and have
affixed thereto their respective seals. Done at Pa
rs, the third day Of November, in the year Of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
IL NORHANEN
PROCESS VERBAL OF THE EXCHANGE o. RATIFi.
CATIONS.
The undersigned having met together in order,
on the part Of her ajesty the Queen Of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and ireland, and of the
President of the French republic, to proceed to the
exchange OF the respective rati6cations Of the
1t Paris, the Sd Of November last for Il mutual
in the two countries, Of copyright in
works Of literature and Of art, the respective in
strrnents Of ratif alton were produced and after
having been carefully compared and found to be
in the usual fern.
l. Notwithstanding, however, that by terms OF
article it is stipulated that moro of the arrange
ments OF the convention shall GENE into operation
until after the time when such Of tho,e ar
rapgements as require to be confirmed in Great
Britain by an act of the Legislature, shall have
been 80 sanctioned; il was mutually agreed that
'uch OF those arrangements as do not relQire that
sanction, and rs the present state Of the law enables
The British crown to carry at onoe into execution,
hall on either side receive their fall and entire
effect as soon as possible.
z. II was also agreed that the s,ipulations con-
tanned in article 8, which forbid the republic alton
in either of the two countries Of articles from news
papers or periodicals published in the other, the
authors OF which shall have notified in the news
paper or periodical in which such articles have ap-
peired, thai they forbid the publication thereof
shall not be applicable to articles Of political dis
cussion.
The preceding interpretations and explanations
shall have the same force AMI validity as if they
bad been inserted in the convention itself
In witness whereof the undersigned have signed
he present process rpb2i in duplicate, at Paris, the
III day of January, in the year Of eur Lord, 1852
nS) NORMANDY.
LS TCRcoT.
LAW Intelligence.