Nr 6DECREE.Concerning the enactment of the hereinstated law;(promulgated on 22 February 1844)We, Frederick Augustus, by the Grace of God King
of Saxony etc.
hereby announce and make known to all that:
After having agreed with our loyal estates about the
necessity of promulgating a law concerning the protection
of rights to literary products and to works of art,
and after having implemented this today, We are hereby
publishing this law, so as to inform in good time all
affected parties about its existence and about the
directive measures which have been taken for its
implementation, but so as to give both the authorities
and private persons enough time to proceed with the
arrangements and measures called for by this law, We
also consider it reasonable to hereby determine
the 1st of May of this year