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North Carolina Printing Privilege to Commissioners, (1746)

Source:
University of North Carolina Katherine R. Everett Law Library KFN7430 1751 .A22: A Collection of all the Public Acts of Assembly, of the province of North-Carolina, now in force and Use 242-245 (Newbern: James Davis, 1751).

Citation:
North Carolina Printing Privilege to Commissioners (1746), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title
An Act, for appointing Commissioners to Revise and Print the Laws of this Province

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Abstract
An Enactment by the colonial legislature of North Carolina ordering the printing of the colony's laws. The statute appointed four persons to be Commissioners in charge of the project and bestowed upon them monetary compensation as well as exclusive printing and vending rights. The statute is illustrative of the sporadic support granted by some colonial legislatures to printing projects deemed to be of of public interest.

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1746

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English

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University of North Carolina Katherine R. Everett Law Library KFN7430 1751 .A22: A Collection of all the Public Acts of Assembly, of the province of North-Carolina, now in force and Use 242-245 (Newbern: James Davis, 1751).

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Barker, Col. Thomas (1713-c.1786)
George II (1683-1760)
Hall, Enoch (d.c.1756)
Johnston, Gabriel (1699-1752)
Moseley, Edward (c.1682-1749)
Swann, Samuel (d.1787)

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New Bern (North Carolina)
North Carolina

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law books
privileges, printing

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Oren Bracha




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Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ, UK