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(1450-1900)

Regulations and Rules for the Printing Industry in Sweden, Stockholm (1752)

Source: Kongl. Maj:ts Nådige Förordning Och REGLEMENTE För Boktryckerne i Riket. Gifwit Stockholm i Råd-Camaren then 12. Aug. 1752. SIDERHOLM, Tryckt uti Kongl. Tryckeriet, Hos Directeuren PET. MOMMA. Kungliga Biblioteket.

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Regulations and Rules for the Printing Industry in Sweden, Stockholm (1752), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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in Christianity. Following this, upon payment of a six (6) Daler Silvermynt fee to the Society, the worker is released from their obligations and is entitled to an apprentice’s wage, as agreed upon from there with the Printery Patron. However, for the future, only competent and trustworthy Apprentices who honour the craft in both work and conduct shall be provided with testimonials. This first year of being released as such shall be considered his apprenticeship probation year, and after he has conducted this with diligence and to good effect, he will be attested as such by the Printery Patron, shall be declared an apprentice by the Society and receive his certificate, without which no printing practitioner can be recognised as a true apprentice.

In addition to the aforementioned six (6) Daler Silvermynt payment due the Society, the new apprentice shall give his Comrades a further eight (8) Daler Silvermynt, and following that no further expense may be incurred, nor shall any other payments be made, under the penalty of twenty (29) Daler Silvermynt to anyone who demands or offers [such ceremonies]. Henceforth, all so called initiation ceremonies [“cornut-skaper, postulants, depositions”], welcome ceremonies and other such self-imposed and baseless customs, serving only to promote violence and debt, regardless of their names, are hereby strictly prohibited and abolished.

 



    


steg i Christendomen. Therpå blifwer han wäl af Societeten, emot Sex Daler S:mts erläggande til thess Cassa, så wida lösgifwen, at han njuter Gesälls-lön, efter som han med sin Patron öfwerenskomma kan; men på thet hädanefter, ej andre, än skickelige och pålitelige Gesäller, som uti arbete och lefwerne göra konsten tilbörlig heder, måge med bewis förses, bör en sådan på thet sättet lösgifwen Gesälls första år anses som hans prof-år, och sedan han thet med flit och godt loford tilbragt, hwarom hans Patronlemnar honom witnesbörd, warder han för Gesäll förklarad, och undfår af Societetenordenteligit lärobref, utom hwilket ingen Boktryckerie-arbetare för rätt Gesäll må anses. Wid thess undfående består han sina Cammerater Åtta Daler S:mt, utom hwilka Åtta Daler S:mt och the ofwanförmälte sex Daler dito mynt, som förut til Societetens Cassa erlagde äro, ingen widare kostnad göras må, ej eller någon tractering, wid Tjugu Daler S:mts böter för then thet fordrar eller gifwer. Således warda härmedelst alla så kallade Cornut-skaper, [cornut, 'blivande boktryckerigesäll', red.:s anm.] Postulater, Depositioner, Wälkommor [sorts pokal, red.:s anm.], Ceremonier och flere slike sielftagne och ogrundade, samt til sielfswålds och skulds åsamkande tjenande sedwanor, af hwad namn the äro, aldeles förbudne och afskaffade.

 



    


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