No. CXLIX.

*An Assignment of a Policy of Insurance upon a Ship.

ASSIGNMENTS.

Policy (marine).

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME (the assignor) of, &c. SENDS GREETING. WHEREAS the said (assignor) by a certain Recital of policy. deed-poll or policy of insurance granted by the Royal Exchange in

surance company, or as the case may be (1), bearing date on or about

the

and seals of the sum of £ whereof

day of

of the directors of the said company, insured
upon the ship or vessel called the
was master, for her voyage from

to

as by relation being thereunto had will more fully appear. AND WHEREAS (the assignee) of, &c. has agreed with the said (assignor) for an assignment of the said policy for the considerations hereinafter expressed. Now THESE PRESENTS WITNESS, that he the said (assignor), in pursuance of the said agreement, and for and in consideration of the sum of £ of lawful money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to him in hand well and truly paid by the said (assignee), the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, he the said (assignor) HATH assigned, transferred and set over, and by these presents Doтн assign, transfer and set over

4 Geo. 4. c. 114.

(1) By the act 6 Geo. 1. c. 18. all policies and contracts for assurance 6 Geo. 1. c. 18. of or upon any ship or ships, goods or merchandizes at sea, or going to sea, or for taking any premium or other reward for such policies, by any corporation, body politic, or persons acting in society or co-partnership other than the Royal Exchange and London Assurances, are declared to be void. But this act is repealed by 4 Geo. 4. c. 114. provided that nothing in that act shall extend to affect the rights and privileges of the said corporations of the Royal Exchange Assurance and London Assurance, otherwise than by making it lawful for other corporations and bodies politic, and persons acting in society or partnership, to grant and make such policies of assurance [and also contracts of bottomry] as mentioned in the act of 6 Geo. 1. § 2.

ASSIGNMENTS.

Policy (marine).

To hold to assignee absolute

ly.

unto the said (assignee), his executors, administrators and assigns, ALL that the said recited deed-poll, instrument or policy of insurance, and all and every sum and sums of money therein or thereby assured, and which now is or are, or at any time hereafter shall or may be due and payable thereupon, and all the right, title, interest, claim and demand of him the said (assignor) in and to the same, To HAVE, hold and receive the same unto him the said (assignee), his executors, administrators and assigns, to and for his and their own proper use and benefit. And for the better recovery, &c. (add letter of attorney) (1). IN WITNESS, &c.

(1) See ante, p. 525.

Stamp.

*Ad valorem duty on consideration money.

No. CL.

*An Assignment of a Publication or Copyright (1) of a Book (2).
Variations where the right is in a Print or Engraving (3).
in a cast of Busts (4), &c.

Where

day of

in the

year

THIS INDENTURE made the
of the reign, &c. and in the year of our Lord 18 BETWEEN

ASSIGNMENTS.

Publication

(copyright).

(1) The subject of the above assignment, in its original state, was the learned Essays on Contingent Remainders and Executory Devises by Mr. Fearne, but they were afterwards upon his decease edited for the benefit of his destitute widow, by the late Mr. Powell-strange that the widow of one possessing such rare abilities and legal acquirements should be in poverty! But the genius of Mr. Fearne could no longer bend to the drudgery of his profession than till he had become preeminently master of it, when he suffered his thoughts (as has been said) to be seduced from the abstruse and lucrative science of the law, to the more alluring study and practical pursuits of mechanical inventions of a very inferior kind.

(2) By 54 Geo. 3. c. 156. it is enacted, that the author of any book, Books. and his assigns, shall have the sole liberty of printing and reprinting the same for the full term of twenty-eight years, to commence from the day of first publishing the same; and if the author shall be living at the end of that period, then for the residue of his natural life; and see Clementi v. Walker, 2 Barn. and Cress. 261.

(3) By 8 Geo. 2. c. 13. the property of prints is vested in the inventor Prints. for fourteen years. And by the 7 Geo. 3. c. 38. the like privileges are extended to all persons designing or etching, in mezzo-tinto or chiara obscuro, from his own design, any historical print, or the print of any portrait, conversation, landscape or architecture, map, chart or plan, or other print or prints whatsoever, and the right of printing and reprinting given by the act 8 Geo. 2. c. 13. is extended for the space of twenty-eight years from the day of publication.

(4) By 38 Geo. 3. c. 71. the sole right of making models or casts is Busts. vested in the original proprietors for fourteen years. And by 54 Geo. 3. c. 56. the sole right and property in new and original sculpture, models, copies and casts is vested in the proprietors for fourteen years; and after the expiration of the said term of fourteen years, the right shall return to the proprietor, if living, for a further term of fourteen years.

ASSIGNMENTS.

(copyright).

WITNESS.

Author assigns to publisher, copyright.

(the author or artist) of, &c. of the one part, and (publisher) of, Publication &c. of the other part. WHEREAS the said (author) hath written. and compiled a book entitled (1), &c. or the said (artist) has engraved, &c. (as the case may be). NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, that the said (author, &c.), for and in consideration of the sum of Ꮅ of lawful money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to him in hand paid by the said (publisher) (the receipt whereof, and that the same is in full for the absolute purchase of the said work, the said (author) doth hereby acknowledge) he the said (author) HATH bargained, sold and assigned, and by these presents DOTH bargain, sell and assign unto the said (publisher), his executors, administrators and assigns, ALL (2) that the said book or work entitled, &c. (or as the case may be), and hath agreed with the said (publisher) for an assignment to him thereof upon the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed and all his copyright, title, interest, property, claim and demand whatsoever, of, in and to the same, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said book or work, and copyright, and all profit, benefit and advantage which shall or may arise by and from printing, reprinting and vending the same unto him the said (publisher), his executors, administrators and assigns, for his and their own proper use and benefit. PROVIDED ALWAYS NEVERTHELESS, and these presents are upon this express condition, that the number to be printed of the first, and each and every other edition or impression of the said book shall not exceed copies, and that the said (publisher), his executors, administrators and assigns, shall and will pay unto the said (author or artist), his execu tors, administrators and assigns, the further sum of £ of lawful money aforesaid, for and upon the reprinting or making a second and each and every other future and further edition or impression of the said book or work, (or as the case may be) for and towards a further reward and satisfaction to the said (author or artist) for his writing and compiling the same, and every of them, to be made be

To hold absolutely.

Further sum to be paid for

future editions.

(1) If the assignment be of a print or engraving, say,

"HATH designed and engraved, etched, &c. a certain historical composition, representing, &c. or musical piece, called, &c. (as the ́case may be).

If a bust or cast, say,

"HATH made and executed a new and original sculpture or model, or copy, or cast (as the case may be), of, &c.

(2) If assignment be of an engraving or print, or of a cast or bust, or a musical piece, say as above, n. (1).

ASSIGNMENTS.

Publication (copyright). Covenant by

fore the publication of the said several impressions or editions, or any part thereof, by the said (publisher), his executors, administrators or assigns, or by any other person or persons, for or under him, them or any of them. AND the said (publisher), for himself, his execu- publisher to pay. tors, administrators and assigns, DoTH hereby covenant, promise and agree to and with the said (author or artist), his executors, administrators and assigns, that he the said (publisher), his executors, administrators and assigns, shall and will pay, or cause to be paid, unto the said (author or artist), his executors, administrators and assigns, the said sum of £ of lawful money aforesaid, at and upon the reprinting, and before the publication of the said second, and every other future and further edition and impression which shall or may be made of the said book or work, according to the proviso aforesaid, and the true intent and meaning of these preIN WITNESS, &c.

sents.

Ad valorem Stamp on the consideration money.

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