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 A. D. 1735. Anno o&avo Georgii II. C. 14. 185 printed or reprinted without the Confent of the Proprietor or Proprietors, (hall publifh, fell or expofe to Sale or otherwife, or in any other Manner difpofe of, or caufe to be publifhed, fold or expofed to Sale, or otherwife, or in any other Manner difpofed of, any fuch Print or Prints, without fuch Confent nrft bad and obtained as aforefaid, then fuch Offender or Offenders fhall forfeit the Plate or Plates on which fuch Print or Prints are or fhall be copied, and all and every Sheet or Sheets (being Part of, or whereon fuch Print or Prints are or fhall be fo copied or printed) to the Proprietor or Proproprietors of fuch origi- nal Print or Prints, who fhall forthwith deftroy and damalk the fame ; and further, that every fuch Of- fender or Offenders fhall forfeit five Shillings for every Print which ihall be found in his, her or their 'Cuftody, either printed or publifhed, and expofed to Sale, or otherwife difpofed of, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act ; the one Moiety thereof to the King's moft Excellent Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, and the other Moiety thereof to any Perfon or Perfons that fhall fue for the fame, to be recovered in any of his Majelty's Courts of" Record at Wejlminjler, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in which no Wager of Law, Effoin, Privilege or Protection, or more than one Impar- lance, (hall be allowed. II. Provided neverthelefs, That it (hall and may be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons, who fhall here- Not to extend after purchafe any Plate or Plates for printing from the original Proprietors thereof, to print and reprint p^from^te from the laid Plates, without incurring any ot the Penalties in this Act mentioned. original Pro- Ill. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Action or Suit fhall be com- prietors. menced or brought againft any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever for doing or caufing to be done any Thing Limitation of in purfuance of this Act, the fame (hall be brought within the Space of three Months after fo doing; Anions. and the Defendant and Defendants in fuch Action or Suit (hall or may plead the General Iffue, and General Iffue. give the Special Matter in Evidence; and if upon fuch Action or Suit a Verdict fhall be given for the Defendant or Defendants, or if the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs become nonfuited or difcontinue his, her or their Action or Actions, then the Defendant or Defendants (hall have and recover full Colls, for the Re- covery whereof he (hall have the fame Remedy as any other Defendant or Defendants in any other Cafe hath or have by Law. IV. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Action or Suit (hall be commenced or brought againft any Perfon or Perfons for any Offence committed againft this Act, the fame fhall be brought within the Space of three Months after the Difcovery of every fuch Offence, and not afterwards ; any Thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwithftanding. ' V. And whereas John Pine of London, Engraver, doth propofe to engrave and publifh a Set of ' and other Drawings relating to the SpaniJJ) Invafion, in the Year of our Lord one thoufand five ' hundred and eighty- eight ; ' Beit further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid John Pine ciaufe relating fhall be intitled to the Benefit of this Act, to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever, in the fame Manner to J. Pine, as if the faid John Pine had been the Inventor and Defigner of the faid Prints. VI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That this Act fhall be deemed, adjudged Publiek Aft. and taken to be a publick Act, and be judicially taken Notice of as fuch by all Judges, Juftices and other Perfons whatfoever, without fpecially pleading the fame. CAP. XIV. An Act: for prolonging the Time for claiming the fortunate Tickets in the Charitable Corpora- tion Lottery-, and for making Provifion for Tickets in the faid Lottery loft, burnt or other- wife deflroyed. EXP. WHEREAS by an Act made and paffed in the feventh Year of the Reign of his prefent Ma- Preamble reci- jefty, intituled, An Ait for the Application and Difpofal of the Refidue of the Money raifed by way™%l Gfi0,z - ' of Lottery, on the Credit of an Aft made in the lajl Sejfion of Parliament, for Relief of fuch Sufferers in the Charitable Corporation as are Objects of Compajfion, according to the Defcriptions therein mentioned, Mark ' Frccker, Robert Minning, William Walmejley, Claudius de Fins, Henry Harris, Charles Fenn, Francis 1 Gafiry, Richard Graham, John Burman, and Jofeph Wight, ten of the Managers and Directors of the ' faid Lottery,, were authorized and appointed! o exchange the fortunate Tickets for Certificates, and do ' all other Acts, Matters and Things, which in and by the faid former Act were directed and appointed ' to be done, executed and performed by the faid Managers and Directors, fubfequent to the drawing of ' the faid Lottery ; and tire Proprietors of the fortunate Tickets to be drawn in the faid Lottery were ' claimed within the Time limited by the faid Act, fome of which may by Cafualty or Mifchance have ' been loft, burnt or otherwife deftroyed, which (aid Tickets remaining unclaimed amount in Value Vol. VL B b C A P k
 * Prints copied from feveral Pieces of Tapeftry in the Houfe of Lords, and his Majefty's Wardrobe,
 * i required to apply to the faid ten Managers fo appointed as aforefaid, on or before the twenty-fifth Day
 * of March one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-five, for Certificates in exchange for fuch fortunate
 * Tickets as aforefaid : And whereas feveral of the fortunate Tickets of the faid Lottery have not been
 * ■ to the Sum of two thoufand feven hundred and twenty Pounds, csV.