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TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 15,16. 1831.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That to the marshal of the Districtof Columbia there shall be allowed and paid, for every day’s attendanceupon the court of impeachment, during the said trial, the sum of fivedollars, the amount to be ascertained and certified by the secretary of theSenate ; which certificate shall be a sufficient voucher to entitle the saidmarshal to receive from the treasury of the United States , the amountcertified to be due, unless otherwise ordered by the Senate .
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be paid to the mar-shal of the state of Missouri , the sum of fifty dollars; and to the marshalof the territory of Arkansas , the sum of five dollars, for serving and return-ing subpoenas for witnesses, issued by order of the said court.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of thirteen thousandfive hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to defray theexpenses incurred under the provisions of this act, to be paid out of anymoney in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, February 3, 1831.
Feb. 3, 1831. Chap. XV.— An Act to authorize the construction of three schooners for the naval
service of the United States .
87,360 dollars Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unitedappropriated. States 0 f America, in Congress assembled, That the President of theUnited States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be built,equipped, and employed in the naval service of the United States , threeschooners, not exceeding twelve guns each; and that the sum of eighty-seven thousand three hundred and sixty dollars be, and the same is hereby,appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropri-ated, for the purpose of carrying the foregoing provisions into effect.
Approved, February 3, 1831.
Feb. 3, 1831.
Authors ofbooks, &c. andtheir executors,&c. to have soleright for twenty-eight years.
Renewal ofprivilege forfourteen years.
Conditions.
Chap. XVI. — An Act to amend the several acts respecting copy rights, (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the pass-ing of this act, any person or persons, being a citizen or citizens of theUnited States , or resident therein, who shall be the author or authors ofany book or books, map, chart, or musical composition, which may benow made or composed, and not printed and published, or shall hereafterbe made or composed, or who shall invent, design, etch, engrave, work,or cause to be engraved, etched, or worked from his own design, anyprint or engraving, and the executors, administrators, or legal assigns ofsuch person or persons, shall have the sole right and liberty of printing,reprinting, publishing, and vending such book or books, map, chart,musical composition, print, cut, or engraving, in whole or in part, for theterm of twenty-eight years from the time of recording the title thereof,in the manner hereinafter directed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if, at the expiration of theaforesaid term of years, such author, inventor, designer, engraver, or anyof them, where the work had been originally composed and made bymore than one person, be still living, and a citizen or citizens of theUnited States , or resident therein, or being dead, shall have left a widow,or child, or children, either or all then living, the same exclusive rightshall be continued to such author, designer, or engraver, or, if dead, thento such widow and child, or children, for the further term of fourteenyears: Provided, That the title of the work so secured shall be a second