PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

Regulations of the Association for the Book trade, Amsterdam (1821)

Source: Bijzondere Collecties, Universiteitsbibliotheek van Amsterdam, Bibliotheek van het Boekenvak, archief KVB, inv. nr. KVB A 175

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Regulations of the Association for the Book trade, Amsterdam (1821), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Meeting; these Accounts will be examined, confirmed, and signed by a Committee from the Members, and the Committee thus discharged from liability.

Art. 7.

Except the three Members of the Committee, there will be appointed, in the Cities Haarlem, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Utrecht, Groningen, Leeuwarden and Middelburg, and further from the Members of the provinces Overijssel, Gelderland and Noord-Brabant, one or two corresponding Members each, to be nominated by the Members of this Association residing in those cities or provinces; it is decided regarding the Members of this Association residing in other than the aforesaid cities or provinces, that the Members of this Association residing in the city of Delft are supposed to belong to the Hague, those in Schiedam to Rotterdam, those in Gorinchem to Dordrecht, and those in Winschoten to Groningen.

Art. 8.

The activities of these corresponding Members will consist of the collection of the Membership fees of fellow Members under their jurisdiction. Furthermore, to communicate back and forth that what the Members of this Association have to propose to the officers, or the Committee to the Members; as well as to settle all small differences about both copyright and other, if possible, privately, or in case the Booksellers belonging to their


    


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en verantwoording doen; zullende die Rekening door eene Commissie uit de Leden ge-examineerd, accoord bevonden, geteekend, en het bestuur alzee gedechargeerd worden.

Art. 7.

Behalve de drie Leden van het Bestuurder, zullen, in de steden Haarlem, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Utrecht, Groningen, Leeuwarden en Middelburg, en voorts uit de Leden der provincien Overijssel, Gelderland en Noord-Braband, ieder een of twee corresponderende Leden worden aangesteld, te benoemen door de Leden dezer vereeniging in die steden of provincien woonachtig; wordende omtrent de Leden dezer vereeniging, in andere dan de hiervoorgemelde steden of provincien wonende, bepaald, dat de Leden dezer vereeniging, in de stad Delft wonende, worden geacht tot 's Hage, die in Schiedam tot Rotterdam, die in Gorinchem tot Dordrecht, en die te Winschoten tot Groningen te behooren.

Art. 8.

De werkzaamheden dezer corresponderende Leden zullen bestaan, om de Contributie der onder hen ressorteerende medeleden te ontvangen. Voorts om het geene de Leden dezer vereeniging, buiten Amsterdam wonende, aan de Bestuurders hebben voortestellen, of het bestuur aan de leden, over en weder kenbaar te doen worden; als mede om alle kleine verschillen, over kopijregt als anderzints, zoo mogelijk, onder de hand aftedoen, of indien de onder hun ressort behoorende Boekhan-


    


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