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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74464	An act for reviving of a former act, entituled, an Act against unlicensed and scandalous books and pamphlets, and for better regulating of printing; with some additions and explanations. Friday the 7th of January, 1652. Ordered by the Parliament, that this Act be forthwith printed and published. Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.	England and Wales. Parliament.	1653 (1653)	Thomason E1061_87; ESTC R209380	3,055	10

AN ACT FOR REVIVING of a former Act Entituled An Act against Vnlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets and for better Regulating of Printing WITH Some Additions and Explanations Friday the 7th of January 1652. ORdered by the Parliament That this Act be forthwith Printed and Published Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti London Printed by John Field Printer to the Parliament of England 1652. AN ACT FOR REVIVING of a former ACT Entituled An Act against Vnlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets and for better Regulating of Printing With some ADDITIONS and EXPLANATIONS WHereas a late Act Entituled An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets and for better Regulating of Printing hath appeared by experience to be a good and profitable Law for the ends therein expressed and that the discontinuance thereof hath occasioned some lewd Pens and presses to reassume their former boldness in Writing Printing and Dispersing Vnwarrantable Seditious and Scandalous Papers Books and Pamphlets to the great dishonor of God and offence of the Parliament and insufferable 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 occasioned through the multiplying of Printing-houses without any Warrant or Authority and by reason of the Artifice and Subtilty of restless Spirits unwilling to be confined within the limits of orderly Government The Parliament of England taking the premises into their serious consideration sinde it requisite to revive and explain the said Law and to supply the further Remedies following Be it therefore by the Authority of this present Parliament Enacted Ordained and Declared That the said Act Entituled as aforesaid and all the Clauses therein contained Saving for so much thereof wherein alteration shall be made by this present Act be from henceforth Revived and remain in full force and vertue And be it by the Authority aforesaid Enacted and Ordained That the Councel of State for the time being be Impowred to inquire how many and which of the said Printing-houses now in being shall be continued and how such others of them as shall be by the said Councel judged meet to be suppressed shall be disposed of and what number of Apprentices and Presses every Master-printer to be allowed by the said Councel of State shall have at one time and to have full Power to take such Order therein as to them shall appear just and convenient And forasmuch as the Life and Growth of all Arts and Mysteries consisteth in a due Regulation thereof Be it therefore Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That the Government and Regulation of the said Mystery of Printing and Printers shall from henceforth be and remain in the Councel of State for the time being and that the Master Wardens and Assistants of the Company of Stationers London shall follow and observe such Rules Orders and Directions concerning the Regulating of Printing as they shall from time to time have and receive from the said Councel successively And the said Councel of State for the time being and Master Wardens and Assistants of the said Company according to such Rules and Directions as they shall receive from the said Councel are hereby Authorized and Required to use all good means with care and diligence for the preventing and punishing of Offences and Misdemeanors against this Act and the Laws Statutes and Ordinances heretofore made and now in force against Vnlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets and for the better Regulating of Printing And be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That no person or persons shall or may at any time or times hereafter Excepting such as shall be Licensed and Authorized by the Parliament or Councel of State or may claim a Priviledge thereunto by Patrimonial Right Vse or Exercise the Art Trade or Mystery of a Printer of Books unless he or they heretofore have or hereafter shall have served as an Apprentice by the space of Seven Years in the said Art Mystery and Science of Printing with some Lawful Master-Printer of this Commonwealth of England and that every such person and persons who shall be so Qualified and Enabled to be a Printer and shall take upon him the Trade or Mystery of Printing as a Master-Printer shall Vse and Exercise the same in his and their respective Dwelling Houses and not elswhere Any Law Statute Priviledge Vsage or Custom to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding under the Penalty of Forty pounds for every Moneth and so proportionably for any shorter or longer time to be Forfeited by every person offending against the Provision aforesaid And whereas by the said Recited Act it is Provided amongst other things That no Dry-fats Packs Maunds Chests Fardels of Books Imported into this Commonwealth be permitted by any Officers of the Customs or Excise to be Opened or Conveyed away before Notice given and that the same be Searched and Viewed within Forty eight Hours after such notice by the said Master and Wardens of the said Company of Stationers or such as they shall appoint It is hereby now Enacted and Declared That the Lords-Days and Days of Publique Thanksgiving and Humiliation if any such shall happen within the said Forty eight Hours next after such Notice as aforesaid be not accompted nor reckoned as part of the said Forty eight Hours And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That what Books or other things prohibited by this or the said Recited Act the said Master and Wardens or such as they shall appoint shall finde and seize upon their Search and View as aforesaid they are hereby Authorized and Réquired to bring them or cause them to be brought to Stationers-Hall London there to remain and to be disposed of as by the said Act is directed And to the end that the said Searches and Views may be made without Spoil or Damage to the Owners of the Goods so Imported Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Master and Wardens or any of them shall have Power to appoint some convenient place where the said Search shall be made and that no Merchant or Owner of any such Books Imported shall open their said Goods or permit them to be opened but in the presence of the said Master and Wardens or such as they shall appoint upon the Penalty or Forfeiture of Five pounds for every such Offence Provided that such Search and View be made within the time above limited after such Notice as aforesaid And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every the pecuniary Forfeitures and Penalties mentioned as well in this Act as in the said other Recited Act which shall be incurred by any Offender or Offenders against either of the said Acts shall and may be Sued for in any Court of Record whatsoever within the Iurisdiction whereof such Offence shall be committed by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information wherein no Essoyn Wager of Law or Protection shall be admitted or allowed to the Defendant or Defendants The one Moyety of all which Forfeitures if recovered by the Prosecution or Appointment of the said Company of Stationers after Deduction and Satisfaction of the Charges of Recovery shall be by them received and reserved shall be for the Vse of the Poor of their Company and if by the Prosecution of any other person then to the Vse of the Prosecutor and the other Moyety or one Half shall be to and for the Vse of the Commonwealth and be accompted for accordingly And it is further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That the Councel of State for the time being shall hereby have like Power as in the said former Act is contained to all Intents and Purposes for the more full and effectual Execution of the same And be it further Enacted and Declared That the Agent for the Army for the time being in stead of the Secretary of the Army formerly appointed shall have Power to License such Intelligence as may concern the Affairs of the Army onely under the like Rules and Directions as are contained in the said Act of September One thousand six hundred forty and nine Provided always and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no Clause or Clauses either in this or the said Recited Act of September One thousand six hundred forty and nine shall be Construed to extend to the Prejudice or Infringing of any of the just Rights and Priviledges of any of the Printers of either of the two Vniversities in this Commonwealth But that the same shall be full as large and effectual to all Intents and Purposes as if this and the said Recited Act of September One thousand six hundred forty and nine had not been had or made Friday the 7th of January 1652. ORdered by the Parliament That this Act be forthwith Printed and Published Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti