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<P>AN ACT FOR REVIVING of a former Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act again&s;t &V;nlicen&s;ed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets, and for better Regulating of Printing;</HI> WITH Some Additions and Explanations.</P>
<P>Friday the 7^t^h of <HI>January,</HI> 1652.</P>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Parliament, That this Act be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<P>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Field,</HI> Printer to the Parliament of <HI>England.</HI> 1652.</P>
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<HEAD>AN ACT FOR REVIVING of a former ACT, Entituled, <HI>An Act again&s;t &V;nlicen&s;ed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets, and for better Regulating of Printing;</HI> With &s;ome ADDITIONS and EXPLANATIONS.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas a late Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act again&s;t Unlicen&s;ed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets, and for better Regulating of Printing,</HI> hath ap|peared by experience to be a good and profitable Law for the ends therein expre&s;&s;ed; and that the di&s;continuance thereof hath occa&s;ioned &s;ome lewd Pens and pre&s;&s;es to rea&s;&s;ume their former boldne&s;s, in Writing, Printing and Di&s;per&s;ing Vnwar|rantable, Seditious and Scandalous Pa|pers, Books and Pamphlets, to the great di&s;|honor of God and offence of the Parliament, and in&s;ufferable contempt of all good Order and Government: And whereas many of the Evils and Exorbitances complained of in that Act, appear to have been much occa&s;ioned through the multiplying of Printing-hou&s;es, without any Warrant or Authority, and by rea&s;on of the Artifice and Subtilty of re&s;tle&s;s Spirits, unwilling to be confined within the limits of orderly Government; The Parlia|ment of <HI>England</HI> taking the premi&s;es into their
<PB N="1924" REF="4">&s;erious con&s;ideration, &s;inde it requi&s;ite to re|vive and explain the &s;aid Law, and to &s;upply the further Remedies following; Be it there|fore by the Authority of this pre&s;ent Parlia|ment Enacted, Ordained and Declared, That the &s;aid Act, Entituled as afore&s;aid, and all the Clau&s;es therein contained, Saving for &s;o much thereof wherein alteration &s;hall be made by this pre&s;ent Act, be from henceforth Revi|ved, and remain in full force and vertue.</P>
<P>And be it by the Authority afore&s;aid Enact|ed and Ordained, That the Councel of State for the time being, be Impowred to inquire how many, and which of the &s;aid Printing-hou&s;es now in being &s;hall be continued; and how &s;uch others of them, as &s;hall be by the &s;aid Councel judged meet to be &s;uppre&s;&s;ed, &s;hall be di&s;po&s;ed of; and what number of Apprentices and Pre&s;&s;es every Ma&s;ter-printer (to be allow|ed by the &s;aid Councel of State) &s;hall have at one time; and to have full Power to take &s;uch Order therein, as to them &s;hall appear ju&s;t and convenient.</P>
<P>And fora&s;much as the Life and Growth of all Arts and My&s;teries con&s;i&s;teth in a due Re|gulation thereof, Be it therefore Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Government and Regulation of the &s;aid My&s;tery of Printing and Printers, &s;hall from henceforth be and remain in the Councel of State for the time being; and that the Ma|&s;ter, Wardens and A&s;si&s;tants of the Company of Stationers <HI>London,</HI> &s;hall follow and ob|&s;erve &s;uch Rules, Orders and Directions con|cerning the Regulating of Printing, as they &s;hall from time to time have and receive from the &s;aid Councel &s;ucce&s;sively: And the &s;aid
<PB N="1925" REF="4">Councel of State for the time being, and Ma&s;ter, Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants of the &s;aid Company, according to &s;uch Rules and Di|rections as they &s;hall receive from the &s;aid Councel, are hereby Authorized and Required to u&s;e all good means with care and diligence, for the preventing and puni&s;hing of Offences and Mi&s;demeanors again&s;t this Act, and the Laws, Statutes and Ordinances heretofore made and now in force, again&s;t Vnlicen&s;ed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets, and for the better Regulating of Printing.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall or may at any time or times here|after, Excepting &s;uch as &s;hall be Licen&s;ed and Authorized by the Parliament or Councel of State, or may claim a Priviledge thereunto by Patrimonial Right, V&s;e or Exerci&s;e the Art, Trade or My&s;tery of a Printer of Books, unle&s;s he or they heretofore have, or hereafter &s;hall have &s;erved as an Apprentice by the &s;pace of Seven Years in the &s;aid Art, My&s;tery and Science of Printing, with &s;ome Lawful Ma&s;ter-Printer of this Commonwealth of <HI>England;</HI> and that every &s;uch per&s;on and per|&s;ons who &s;hall be &s;o Qualified and Enabled to be a Printer, and &s;hall take upon him the Trade or My&s;tery of Printing as a Ma&s;ter-Printer, &s;hall V&s;e and Exerci&s;e the &s;ame in his and their re&s;pective Dwelling Hou&s;es, and not el&s;where, Any Law, Statute, Priviledge, V&s;age or Cu&s;tom to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding, under the Penalty of Forty pounds for every Moneth, and &s;o proportionably for any &s;horter or longer time, to be Forfeited by every per&s;on offending a|gain&s;t
<PB N="1926" REF="5">the Provi&s;ion afore&s;aid. And whereas by the &s;aid Recited Act, it is Provided among&s;t other things, That no Dry-fats, Packs, Maunds, Che&s;ts, Fardels of Books Import|ed into this Commonwealth, be permitted by any Officers of the Cu&s;toms or Exci&s;e to be Opened or Conveyed away before Notice given; and that the &s;ame be Searched and Viewed (within Forty eight Hours after &s;uch notice) by the &s;aid Ma&s;ter and Wardens of the &s;aid Company of <HI>Stationers,</HI> or &s;uch as they &s;hall appoint; It is hereby now Enacted and De|clared, That the Lords-Days, and Days of Publique Thanksgiving and Humiliation (if any &s;uch &s;hall happen within the &s;aid Forty eight Hours next after &s;uch Notice as afore|&s;aid) be not accompted nor reckoned as part of the &s;aid Forty eight Hours.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That what Books or other things prohibited by this or the &s;aid Recited Act, the &s;aid Ma&s;ter and Wardens, or &s;uch as they &s;hall appoint, &s;hall finde and &s;eize upon their Search and View as afore&s;aid, they are here|by Authorized and R&eacute;quired to bring them, or cau&s;e them to be brought to <HI>Stationers-Hall London,</HI> there to remain and to be di&s;po&s;ed of as by the &s;aid Act is directed: And to the end that the &s;aid Searches and Views may be made without Spoil or Damage to the Owners of the Goods &s;o Imported, Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Ma&s;ter and Wardens, or any of them, &s;hall have Power to appoint &s;ome con|venient place where the &s;aid Search &s;hall be made; and that no Merchant or Owner of any &s;uch Books Imported, &s;hall open their
<PB N="1927" REF="5">&s;aid Goods, or permit them to be opened, but in the pre&s;ence of the &s;aid Ma&s;ter and War|dens, or &s;uch as they &s;hall appoint, upon the Penalty or Forfeiture of Five pounds for eve|ry &s;uch Offence; Provided that &s;uch Search and View be made within the time above li|mited after &s;uch Notice as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every the pecuniary Forfeitures and Penalties mentioned, as well in this Act as in the &s;aid other Recited Act, which &s;hall be incurred by any Offender or Offenders again&s;t either of the &s;aid Acts, &s;hall and may be Sued for in any Court of Record what&s;oever, within the Iuri&s;diction whereof &s;uch Offence &s;hall be committed, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, wherein no E&s;&s;oyn, Wager of Law, or Protection &s;hall be admitted or allowed to the Defendant or Defendants: The one Moyety of all which Forfeitures, if recovered by the Pro&s;ecution or Appointment of the &s;aid Company of <HI>Sta|tioners,</HI> after Deduction and Satisfaction of the Charges of Recovery, &s;hall be by them re|ceived and re&s;erved, &s;hall be for the V&s;e of the Poor of their Company; and if by the Pro&s;e|cution of any other per&s;on, then to the V&s;e of the Pro&s;ecutor; and the other Moyety or one Half &s;hall be to and for the V&s;e of the Com|monwealth, and be accompted for accord|ingly.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Councel of State for the time being, &s;hall hereby have like Power as in the &s;aid former Act is con|tained, to all Intents and Purpo&s;es, for the more full and effectual Execution of the &s;ame.</P>
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<P>And be it further Enacted and Declared, That the Agent for the Army for the time be|ing, in &s;tead of the Secretary of the Army for|merly appointed, &s;hall have Power to Licen&s;e &s;uch Intelligence as may concern the Affairs of the Army onely, under the like Rules and Directions as are contained in the &s;aid Act of <HI>September,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and nine.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it further Enact|ed by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Clau&s;e or Clau&s;es, either in this or the &s;aid Recited Act of <HI>September,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and nine, &s;hall be Con&s;trued to extend to the Prejudice or Infringing of any of the ju&s;t Rights and Priviledges of any of the Prin|ters of either of the two Vniver&s;ities in this Commonwealth; But that the &s;ame &s;hall be full as large and effectual to all Intents and Purpo&s;es, as if this and the &s;aid Recited Act of <HI>September,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and nine, had not been had or made.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE><HI><HI>Friday the</HI> 7th <HI>of January,</HI> 1652.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>ORdered by the Parliament, That this Act be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI><HI>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</HI></HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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