BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, granting the privilege of Copyright in Great Britain, to the Authors of Works of Literature and the Fine Arts first published in Hesse Durmstadt.*-February 5, 1862. At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 5th day of February, 1862. THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS under or by virtue of a Convention for the reciprocal protection of copyright, concluded between Her Majesty and His Majesty, the King of Prussia, on the 13th day of May, 1846†, and a Convention, additional thereto, concluded between Her Majesty and His Majesty, the King of Prussia, on the 14th day of June, 1855, and an Act of accession to the said two Conventions of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse, dated the 19th day of November, 1861,§ due protection has been secured within the dominions of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse, for the authors of books, dramatic works, or musical compositions, and the inventors, designers, or engravers of prints and articles of sculpture, and the authors, inventors, designers, or engravers of any other works whatsoever, of literature and the fine arts, in which the laws of Great Britain, and of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, do now or may hereafter give their respective subjects the privilege of copyright, and for the lawful representatives or assigns of any such authors, inventors, designers, or engravers, with regard to any such works first published within the dominions of Her Majesty, and with regard to translations. Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of Her Privy Council, and by virtue of the authority committed to Her, by an Act passed in the session of Parliament, holden in the 7th and 8th years of her reign [cap. 12],|| intituled "An Act to amend the law relating to International Copyright," and by an Act passed in the session of Parliament, holden in the 15th and 16th years of Her Majesty's reign [cap. 12],¶ intituled "An Act to enable Her Majesty to carry into effect a Convention with France on the subject of Copyright, to explain and extend the International Copyright Acts, and to explain the Acts relating to Copyright in Engravings," doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that on and after the 1st day of April, 1862, the authors, inventors, de* "London Gazette" of February 7, 1862. + Vol. XXXIV. Page 4. Vol. XLV. Page 11. Vol. XLI. Page 675. signers, engravers, and makers of any of the following works (that is to say), books, prints, articles of sculpture, dramatic works, musical compositions, and any other works of literature and the fine arts, in which the laws of Great Britain give to British subjects the privilege of copyright; and the executors, adminitrators, and assigns of such authors, inventors, designers, engravers, and makers respectively, shall, as respects works first published within the dominions of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse, on and after the 1st day of April, 1862, have the privilege of copyright therein, for a period equal to the term of copyright which authors, inventors, designers, engravers, and makers of the like works respectively, first published in the United Kingdom, are by law entitled to, provided such books, dramatic pieces, musical compositions, prints, articles of sculpture, or other works of art, have been registered, and copies thereof have been delivered, according to the requirements of the said recited Acts, within 12 months after the first publication thereof, in any part of the dominions of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse. And it is hereby further ordered, that the authors of dramatic pieces and musical compositions which shall, on or after the said 1st day of April, 1862, be first publicly represented or performed within the dominions of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse, shall have the sole liberty of representing or performing in any part of the British dominions, such dramatic pieces or musical compositions, during a period equal to the period during which authors of dramatic pieces and musical compositions, first publicly represented or performed in the United Kingdom, are entitled by law to the sole liberty of representing or performing the same; provided such dramatic pieces or musical compositions have been registered, and copies thereof have been delivered, according to the requirements of the said recited Acts, within 12 calendar months after the time of their being first represented or performed in any part of the dominions of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse. And it is hereby further ordered, that the authors of any works published, or of any dramatic pieces first publicly represented, within the dominions of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse, on or after the 1st day of April, 1862, who may choose to reserve the right of translating such works or dramatic pieces, their executors, administrators, and assigns, shall, until the expiration of 5 years from the date of the first publication of the translations authorized by them respectively of such works, or from the time at which the translations authorized by them of such dramatic pieces are first published or publicly represented, be entitled, subject to the provisions mentioned in the said secondly recited Act, to prevent the publication in the British dominions of any translation of such works or dramatic pieces, and the representation therein, of any translation of such dramatic pieces not so respectively authorized by them. And the Right Honourable the Lords Commisioners of Her Majesty's Treasury are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. ARTHUR HELPS. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, empowering Her Majesty's Consuls in the Ottoman Dominions to exercise Power and Jurisdiction over British and Ionian Subjects, in carrying into effect the Rules, Orders, &c., of the Mixed Commission for regulating the Navigation of the Danube.*- March 21, 1862. At the Court at Windsor, the 21st day of March, 1862. PRESENT, THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS Her Majesty, by Order in Council, bearing date the 6th day of January, 1862,† after reciting (amongst other things), that by virtue of the 15th and 16th Articles of the General Treaty of Peace between Her Majesty, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, His late Majesty the King of Prussia, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, His Majesty the King of Sardinia, and His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, signed at Paris, on the 30th day of March, 1856, a Commission was, in the year 1857, established for the purposes therein mentioned, and that the said Commission under the power and authorities given to it by these said Articles or otherwise, in and by the said Treaty, had, from time to time, made and promulgated certain rules, orders, and regulations, and was authorized and empowered, from time to time, to make and promulgate further and other rules, orders, and regulations, as well concerning the navigation of the River Danube, and the conduct and government of masters, seamen, and others navigating the same, as concerning the payment of duties to be levied and taken in respect of the navigation of the said river, and the enforcing of penalties for the breach of such rules, orders, and regulations. respectively, or any of them, Her Majesty was pleased, by and with "London Gazette" of March 25, 1862. Vol. XLVI. Page 8. † Page 473. the advice of Her Privy Council, to order and declare as follows; that is so say: ART. I. All rules, orders, and regulations so made and to be made by the said Commission, as hereinbefore mentioned, shall, from and after the date of these presents, or from and after the making of such rules, orders, and regulations respectively, be binding and in force, and shall have the force and effect of law upon and against all British subjects and Ionians, and other persons subject to the jurisdiction of Her Majesty's Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Consular Agents, within the dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte. II. For all the purposes mentioned in said Articles XV and XVI of the said Treaty, and for the purpose of enforcing, so far as Her Majesty's subjects and such other persons as aforesaid are concerned, the provisions of the said Articles; and all rules, orders, and regulations made, or to be made by the said Commission, under the powers and authorities given to them by the said Articles, or either of them, or otherwise in or by the said last mentioned Treaty; and all acts, payments, matters, and things, which in and by such rules, orders, or regulations, shall have been or shall be ordered. under such powers or authorities as aforesaid to be made, done, or performed, or otherwise in relation thereto, the said Consuls, ViceConsuls, and Consular Agents of her Majesty within the dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, shall, from and after the date of these presents, have, possess, and enjoy, all and every the powers, jurisdiction, authorities, rights, privileges, and immunities which, in and by a certain Order in Council, bearing date the 27th day of August, 1860,* are or is vested in or belongs to, are or is exerciseable by, the judge of the Supreme Consular Court of Constantinople, within the dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte. And all the clauses, Articles, and provisions of the said Order in Council, so far as the same respectively are now in force and unrepealed, and so far as the same or any of them are applicable to the purposes mentioned in the said Articles XV and XVI of the said last-mentioned Treaty, or any of them, or to such rules, orders, or regulations as aforesaid, shall apply and extend to the said Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Consular Agents of Her Majesty, and to all Acts, matters, and things, whatsoever done by, to, or in respect of them the said Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Consular Agents respectively, under or by virtue of these presents. And whereas doubts have arisen whether the language of the said Order in Council is sufficient to confirm and to give the force and effect of law to all the rules, orders, and regulations, concerning the several matters therein mentioned, which have in fact been made * Vol. XLVI. Page 658. and promulgated by the said Commission, according to the view and construction of the authorities vested in the said Commission, which has been hitherto acted on by the said Commission; and whereas it is expedient to remove such doubts; now, therefore, in pursuance of the Act of Parliament, made in the session of Parliament, holden in the 6th and 7th years of Her Majesty's reign [cap. 94*], intituled "An Act to remove doubts as to the exercise of power and jurisdiction by Her Majesty, within divers countries and places out of Her Majesty's dominions, and to render the same more effectual," and in execution of the powers thereby vested in Her Majesty in Council, Her Majesty is pleased by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared as follows: 1. All rules, orders, and regulations concerning the navigation of the River Danube, or concerning the conduct and Government of masters, seamen, or others navigating the same, or concerning the imposition, levying, or payment of tolls or duties to be taken or levied in respect of the navigation of the said river, or concerning the imposition or enforcing of penalties for the breach of such rules, orders, and regulations, respectively, or any of them, which have been at any time heretofore made and promulgated by the said Commission, shall, from and after the date of this Order (except so far as the same may have been already duly confirmed by the said recited Order, so as to make the same binding from the date thereof), be binding and in full force, and shall have the force and effect of law upon and against all British subjects, and Ionians, and other persons subject to the jurisdiction of Her Majesty's Consuls, ViceConsuls, and Consular Agents, within the dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte. 2. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to have the effect of revoking or annulling the said recited Order in Council, or anything contained therein. 3. For the purpose of enforcing, so far as Her Majesty's subjects and such other persons as aforesaid are concerned, all such rules, orders, and regulations, so made as aforesaid by the said Commission, and all acts, payments matters, and things, which in and by such rules, orders, or regulations, shall have been, or shall hereafter be, by virtue thereof ordered to be made, done, or performed, or otherwise in relation thereto, Her Majesty's Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Consular Agents, exercising jurisdiction over British and Ionian subjects within the dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, shall, from and after the date of these presents, have, possess, and enjoy all and every the power, jurisdiction, authorities, rights, privileges, and immunities, which in and by the herein before * Vol. XXXI. Page 984. 2 I [1861-62. LII.] |