The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-01-21
An ACT

AN ACI
! TO ENCOURAGE LEARNING N THIS KING
DOM. BY SECURING THE COPIES OF
CHARTS, MAPS AND BOOKS TO THE AL
THORS AND PROPRIETORS OF sue
COPIES
! BE IT ENACTED, By the King and the Legisla-
tive Assembly Of the Hawaiian Islands, in
the Legislature of the Kingdom assembled
SECTION /. That from and after the date
OF the passage of this Act, the author or au-
thors Of any Map, Chart or Book, already
printed within this country or abroad, in the
Hawaiian Language, or the executors, adj
ministrators or assigns OF such author or au-
thors, shall have the sole right Of printing,
reprint ng, publishing or vending such Map.
Chart, Book or Books. for the space OF four
teen years from the date of recording the II
tie thereof in the office of the Minister of the
Interior, as hereinafter provided.
And the author or authors Of any Map,
Chart, Book or Books, made or composed
in any language other than Hawaiian, by a
person resident in this Country at the time
of Its composition or publication, shall have
the sole right and liberty of printing, re-
printing. publishing or vending said Map,
Chart, Book or Books, for and during the
space of fourteen years, from and after the
time of recording the title thereof in the of
fee of the Minister of the Interior aforesaid:
and if at the expiration of the said fourteen
years, the author or authors be living the
same exclusive right shall be continued
TO him, or them, or his or their assigns pro-
vided always, that he or they shall cause,
the title page TO be a second time recorded
and published as hereinafter provided, at
least six months before the expiration of the
first term of fourteen years.
SEC. 2. II any other person or persons.
from and after the recording of the title of
any Map, Chart, Book or Books, and pub
fishing the same as aforesaid, and within the
time limited and granted by this Act, shall
print, reprint, publish or import, or cause to
be printed, reprinted, published or imported
from any foreign Kingdom or state, any copy
or copies of such Map, Chart, Book or
Books, without the consent of the author or
proprietor thereof, first had and obtained IN
writing, signed in the presence of two or
more creditable witnesses, or knowing the
shall publish, sell or expose to sale, or cause
to be published, sold or exposed to sale, any
copy of such Map, Chart, Book or Books,
without such consent first had and obtained as
aforesaid, then such offender or offenders
shall forfeit all and every copy and copies Of
such Map, Chart, Book or Books, and all
and every sheet and sheets, being part of the
same or either of them, 10 the author or pro-
prietor of such Chart, Map, Book or Books,
who shall forthwith destroy the same; and
every such offender or offenders shall also
forfeit and pay the sum of fifty cents for
every sheet which shall be found in his or
their possession, either printed or printing,
published, imported, or exposed TO sale, con-
trary TO the true intent and meaning of this
Act, the one-half thereof to the author or
proprietor of such Map, Chart. Book or
Books, who shall sue for the same, and the
other half thereof TO and for the use of the
Royal Exchequer, to be recovered by action
of debt in any Court of Record in this King
dom. wherein the same is cognizabie Pro-
rided oiu1gyS, that such action be commenced
within one year after the cause of action
shall arise, and not afterwards.
SEC. 3. No person shall be entitled to
the benefit of this Act, unless he shall first
deposit a copy of his Map, Chart or Book,
In case the same shall have been printed
heretofore, with the Minister Of the Interior,
for preservation and in other cases, unless
he shall deposit a copy of the title of such
Map, Chart or Book, with the said Minister,
who shall cause the same to be recorded in
a book kept for that purpose, and shall give
or cause 10 be given 10 the applicant a certi-
fcate, under seal of the title of the work de-
posted, and the claim to Copy Wright
which certificate the author or proprietor
shall Immediately cause to be published in
one or more newspapers published in this
Kingdom, for the space of two months, and
the said applicant shall pay for the said GER
tiicate Five Dollars.
Sec. l.. The author or proprietor of any
such Map, Chart, Book or Books, 81 all,
within one month after the publication thereof
in this Kingdom, deliver or cause to be de-
livered TO the Minister of he Interior, a
copy of the same, to be preserved in his
Office.
Approved this 3lst day of December, 4.
ID. 1864. kAMEHAMEHA r.
AN ACT
To PROVIDE FOR THE