the Chancellor or Keeper of the Seal
shall appoint as general director of
booksellers; and in order to stimulate
commercial speculation, those who request
such a permit shall also be made aware of
all similar permits, obtained by others,
concerning the same work, and of the
number of copies they have been allowed
to print off.
VIII. Since he does not
wish to allow these permits to be
obtained in an illusory manner, nor
that they be obtained by those
whose do not intend to use them,
His Majesty orders that permits
shall only be granted upon payment
of the relevant fee, according to
a tariff to be fixed by the Keeper
of the Seal.
IX. The total of these fees
shall be received by the Syndics &
Deputies of the Chamber of Syndicates
of Paris, or by the person appointed
by them for the purpose;