about selling any other goods than those before mentioned to any applicant who files in his office a certificate signed by the Mayor of a city or by a majority of the Selectmen of a town, stating that the applicant therein named resides in such city or town, is a citizen of the United States, and of good repute for morals and integrity. Every license so granted shall bear date the day issued, and shall continue in force one year from such date. Every person so licensed may sell any goods, not prohibited, in any city or town mentioned in his license, upon first paying to the Secretary one dollar for each city or town so in serted, and to the Treasurer of such city or town, who shall eortify on the face of the license the sum so received, the following sums: for every town containing not more than 1000 inhabitants, according to the United States census next preceding the date of the license, three dollars; for every town containing more than 1000, but not more than 2000 inhabitants, six lollars; for every town containing more than 2000 and not more than 3000 inhabitants, eight dollars; for every town containing more than 3000 and not more than 4000 inhabitants, ten dollars; and for every city and town containing more than 4000 inhabitants, ten dollars, and one dollar for every 1000 inhabitants over 4000 con tained therein; but the sum so to be paid to a Treasurer shall in no case exceed twenty-five dollars. The Secretary may also grant special state licenses, upon payment by the applicant of fifty dollars for each license. He may also grant, upon payment by the applicant of one dollar for each county mentioned therein, special county licenses. The person so licensed has to pay to the Treasurer of each county mentioned in said license, respectively, the sums following: for Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex and Worcester, each four dollars; for Norfolk, Berkshire, Hampden, Bristol and Plymouth, each three dollars; for Franklin, Hampshire and Barnstable, each two dollars; for Nantucket, one dollar; for Dukes county, one dollar. Every person licensed to peddle as herein before provided shall nost his name, residence, and the number of his license in a conspicuous manner upon his parcels or vehicle, and when such license is demanded of him by any officer, shall forthwith exhibit it, and if he neglects of refuses to do so, shall be subject to the same penalty as if he had no license. Whoever goes from place to place selling goods, exsept us herein provided, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars for each offence. Disabled soldiers are exempt from paying state licenses. MISSOURI.-No person shall peddle without a license; no two or more persons shall peddle under the same license, either at partners, agents, or otherwise; and no pedler shal! sell wines of spirituous liquors Any person may obtain a pedler's license from the collector of the county in which he intends to peddle, on paying as follows:-for a license to peddle on foot. $3 for every period of six months; if on one or more horses, $10; if in a vehicle, 820; if in a boat or other river vessel, at the rate of one dollar per day for any period not less than five days, and such license may be renewed at the expiration of the first license, for any period not longer than six months, on payment of fifty cents a day, the number of days to be specified in the license. Every person who shall be found peddling contrary to law, or the terms of his license, shall forfeit, if a foot pedler, the sum of ten dollars; on one or more beasts of burden, twenty-five dollars; in a vehicle, fifty dollars; in a boat or other vessel, one hundred dollars. Persons may peddle books, maps, charts and stationery, without a license. Any pedler refusing or neglecting to show his license to any police officer or citizen on demand, shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars. License for peddling clocks shall be fifty dollars for the term of six months; and every clock pedler selling without a license shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more than four hundred dollars, and be imprisoned till the fine and costs arc paid. MAINE.-County commissioners in their counties may grant icenses as pedler to any one proving to their satisfaction good moral character, that he has been five years a citizen of the United States and a year prior to his application a resident of the State. License expires at end of one year, and is not transferable or assignable, except with the consent of the board granting it, nor is it valid in any other county than the one in which it is granted. If the pedler carries on his business in a boat he pays $10 license fee; if in a one-horse cart, $15; if in a two-horse cart, $20. At the time of his application he must present with his petition a certificate of good moral character from the municipal officers of the town where he resides, which must be attached to his license. MISSISSIPPI. For the privilege of peddling good in any one coun ty of this State, the applicant must first pay to the Clerk of the Probate Court as follows:-for license to oarry merchandise on foot $10; on horse or other beast of burden. $20; in a two wheeled vehicle, $30; in a four-wheeled vehicle, with one horse, $10; in a four-wheeled vehicle with two horses, 350. Any person peddling without a license, shall forfeit the sum of 8160-one fourth to be paid to the prosecutor, and the balance to the State. In addition to the foregoing, the pedler must pay an ad valorem duty of two and a half per cent. OL all merchandise sold by him during the term of his license. LOUISIANA-For a license to peddle on the roads and watercourses of this State, which may be obtained of the Collector of Licenses, the applicant must pay as follows:--For trading in goods carried in packs, on horseback or on foot, five dollars; with a vehicle drawn by one or more horses or other animals, twenty dol. lars; with a boat or other water-craft, seventy-five dollars. Any person peddling without a license, shall pay a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars. TENNESSEE. For peddling in any county in this State, the li cense fee is twenty-five dollars. Any person peddling without a license shall forfeit the sum of one hundred dollars. The license may be obtained of the Clerk of the County Court. SOUTH CAROLINA.-For the privilege of peddling in any district in this State, the applicant must obtain a license from the Clerk of the Court of the district, the cost of which is one thousand dollars. If the pedler has more than one vehicle, he must take out a separate license for each. The license extends only to the district for which it is taken out. The pedler must, in addition, give bonds in the sum of one thousand dollars for himself and five hundred for each of two sureties that he will conduct himself according to law during the term of his license. Any constable or other public officer may at any time demand to see his license; should he refuse to promptly exhibit the same, the officer making the demand may seize and detain his wagon and wares till they are released by a magistrate, and the pedler himself committed to jail. Any person peddling without a license, shall pay a fine of five hundred dollars. CALIFORNIA. A non-resident pedler must have a license to sell gold and silver articles manufactured out of the State. License is good for six months. And to obtain one $500 for use of State and $5 for use of the county must be paid to county treasurer. Penalty for selling without license, $500 and from thirty days to six months imprisonment. MICHIGAN. Before peddling goods from place to place in this State, the pedler must pay to the Secretary of State as follows:To peddle on foot, ten dollars; with a vehicle and one horso, twenty-five dollars; a vehicle with more than one horse, fifty dollars. Any pedlar refusing to show his license when called upon by any officer or citizen so to do, shall pay a fine of two dollars Any person peddling without a license, shall forfeit twenty-five dollars for each offence. TEXAS.-A license must be taken out by pedlers, for each county that they may sell in. The license may be obtained of the Clerk of the County Court: the cost of the same is fifty dollars. Any one peddling goods without a license, shall be fined in the sum of ive hundred dollars for each offence. NEBRASKA. A tax of $3) for State purposes, shall be levied upon each peddler of watches, clocks, jewelry or patent medicines, and all other wares and merchandise not manufactured within the limits of this State, for license to peddle throughout the State for one year. NEVADA. Every travelling merchant, hawker or peddler, who shall carry a pack, and vend wares, goods or merchandise of any kind shall pay, for each license, $20 per month; and every such travelling merchant. hawker or peddler, who shall use a wagon or one or more animals for the purpose of vending any wares or merchandise of any kind, or wines, fermented liquors, or spirituous liquors, shall pay for each license $30 per month; provided that nothing in this section shall be so construed as to apply to the agricultural productions of this territory, or to any fruit from any place. Any one peddling goods without a license shall be fined in any sum not less than $50 nor more than $100. COLORADO.-For the privilege of peddling watches, jewelry and clocks, or either of them, throughout this territory for one year, a license fee of $25 must be paid. Such license may be obtained from the clerk of any county. Any person so peddling without a license, is guilty of a misdemeanor; and the person actually peddling is liable, whether he be the owner or not. THE LAW OF COPYRIGHT. FROM THE REVISED STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1. All records and other things relating to copyrights and te quired by law to be preserved, shall be under the control of the Librarian of Congress, and kept and preserved in the Library of Congress; and the Librarian of Congress shall have the immediate care and supervision thereof, and, under the supervision of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, shall perform all acts and duties required by law touching copyrights 2. The seal provided for the office of the Librarian of Congress shall be the seal thereof, and by it all records and papers issued from the office, and to be used in evidence, shall be authenticated 3. The Librarian of Congress shall give a bond, with sureties, to the Treasurer of the United States. in the sum of five thou sand dollars, with the condition that he will ren er to the proper officers of the Treasury a true account of all moneys received by virtue of his office. 4. The Librarian of Congress shall make an annual report to Congress of the number and description of copyright publications for which entries have been ma je during the year. 5. Any citizen of the United States, or resident therein, who shall be the author, inventor, designer, or proprietor of any book, map, or chart, dramatic or musical composition, engraving, cut, print, photograph or negative thereof, or of a painting. drawing, chromo, statute, statuary, and of models or designs intended to be perfected as works of the fine arts, and the executors, administrators, or assigns of any such persons, shall, upon complying with the provisions of this chapter, have the sole liberty of printing, reprinting, publishing, completing, copying, executing, finishing, vending the same; and, in the case of a dramatic composition, of publicly performing or representing it, or causing it to be performed or represented by others. And authors may reserve the right to dramatize or translate their own works. 6. Copyrights shall be granted for the term of twenty-eight years from the time of recording the title thereof, in the manner hereinafter directed. 7. The author, inventor, or designer, if he be still living and a citizen of the United States or resident therein, or his widow, or children if he be dead, shall have the saxe exclusive right continued for the further term of fourteen years, upon recording the title of the work or description of the article so secured a second time, and complying with all other regulations in regard to original copyright, within six months before the expiration of the first term. And such person shall, within two months from the date of said renewal, cause a copy of the record thereof to be published in one or more newspapers, printed in the United States, for the space of four weeks. 8. Copyrights shall be assignable in law by any instrument of writing, and such assignment sha'l be recorded in the office of the Librarian of Congress within sixty days after its execution; in default of which it shall be void as against any subsequent purchaser or mortgagee for a valuable consideration, without notice. 9. No person shall be entitled to a copyright unless he shall, before publication, deliver at the office of the Librarian of Congress, or deposit in the mail addressed to the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, District of Columbia, a printed copy of the title of the book or other article, or a description of the painting, drawing, chromo, statue, statuary, or model or desigr for a work of the fine arts, for which he desires a copyright, nor unless he shall also, within ten days from the publicat on |