Craven County NcArchives Court.....Davis - Printer, James 1749
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Source: Colonial Records
Written: 1749

Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1749
March 28, 1749 - April 14, 1749
Volume 23, Pages 310 - 316

CHAPTER III.

An Act for the Encouragement of James Davis, to set up, and carry on, his 
Business of a Printer, in this Province; and for other Purposes therein 
mentioned.

I. We pray it may be Enacted, And be it Enacted, by his Excellency Gabriel 
Johnston, Esq., Governor, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Majesty's 
Council, and the General Assembly of this Province, and by the Authority of 
the same, That the said James Davis shall be allowed and paid by the Public, 
the Yearly Salary of One Hundred and Sixty Pounds, Proclamation Money, for the 
Work and Services hereafter mentioned, to be done and performed by him for the 
Public; and that the said Salary shall begin and commence from such Time as 
the said James Davis shall set up his Press at New Bern, in this Province, and 
be ready to proceed on his Business of Printing; and shall continue for the 
Space of Five Years provided the said James Davis shall so long live, and 
perform the said Services.

II. And be it further Enacted, That the said James Davis, in Consideration of 
the said Salary, shall, and he is hereby required and directed, to reside in 
New Bern aforesaid, and to print, with the same Type or Letter with which his 
Petition now laid before this House, is printed on, at every Session of 
Assembly in this Province, the Speeches and Addresses at the Opening of each 
Session; also the Journals and Proceedings of the House of Burgesses; and 
deliver Copies thereto to each Member who shall attend at such Session; and 
shall also, as soon as the same can or may be done, print all such Laws as 
shall be passed at each Sessions, and shall transmit One Copy of them his 
Excellency, the Governor, and one to each Member of his Majesty's Honourable 
Council, and also one Copy to each Member of the General Assembly in the 
several Counties in this Province; one copy to each of the Clerks of the 
Houses of Assembly, for the use of the said Assembly; one Copy to the Clerk of 
the General Court, for the Use of the said Court; one Copy to the Clerk of 
each respective County Court in this Province, for the Use of such Court; and 
also one Copy for each and every Justice of the several Counties in this 
Province, not exceeding Twelve Copies to be sent to the said Justices of any 
one County; and supply such Copies of the said Journals and Laws as shall or 
may be necessary, to be transmitted from this Province to the Board of Offices 
in England, as usual; and also, shall print, and transmit to the Proper 
Places, the Public Proclamations, and all other Acts of Government.

III. And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the Clerks of 
the Council, and of the General Assembly, for the Time being, the Secretary of 
the Province for the Time being, and all other Officers within this Province, 
shall, and they are hereby required, to deliver to the said James Davis, 
examined and tested Copies of all such Speeches, Journals, Laws and 
Proclamations, and all Acts of Government, in their respective Offices, which 
are herein before directed to be printed, at such Time or Times as the same 
shall be demanded of them by the said James Davis; and that if any one of the 
said Officers shall neglect or refuse so to do, he shall forfeit and pay the 
Sum of Twenty Five Pounds, Proclamation Money, to him or them who will sue for 
the same: Which shall and may be recovered in any Court of Record in this 
Province, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no 
Protection, Injunction, or Wager of Law, shall be allowed or admitted of.

IV. And be it further Enacted, That the several Officers shall be paid by the 
Public, for all such Copies as they are hereby required to make out and 
deliver to the said James Davis, the same Fees and Allowances as by Law or 
Usage they have a Right to for such Services.

V. And for the Payment of the Salary herein before mentioned to the said James 
Davis, and the Fees and Allowances to the several Officers, for such Copies as 
they are by this Act required to make out, and deliver to the said James 
Davis, Be it Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That a Tax of Four Pence, 
Proclamation Money, be, and it is hereby laid, for the Space and Term of Five 
Years, and no longer, on each and every Taxable Person within this Province, 
and paid as the County and Parish Taxes are paid; and shall commence 
immediately after the Ratification of this Act: And shall be collected and 
Accounted for, by the several Sheriffs of the respective Counties within the 
same, in the same Manner, and under the same Penalties, as by the Laws now in 
Force they are to collect and account for the Public Tax.

VI. And be it further Enacted, That if any surplus of the Monies arising by 
Virtue of this Act, shall remain, after Payment of the said Salary to the said 
James Davis, and the Fees and Allowances to the several Officers, for the 
Copies that shall by them be delivered to the said James Davis, by Virtue of 
this Act, the same shall be applied, by the General Assembly, for and towards 
discharging the Public Debts of this Province.

VII. And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Person 
or Persons shall print, sell or offer to Sale in this Province, within the 
Time of Five Years aforesaid, any of the Journals or Laws aforesaid, other 
than such as shall be printed by the said James Davis, without the Licence of 
the said James Davis; such Person or Persons shall forfeit and pay, to the 
said James Davis, the Sum of Five Pounds, Proclamation Money, for each and 
every Journal or Law of any Sessions so printed, sold, or offered to Sale, 
contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, to be recovered, in the 
same Manner as the Penalty first above mentioned in this Act.

VIII. And be it further Enacted, That all the said Laws that shall be printed 
by the said James Davis, by Virtue of this Act, shall be allowed to be given 
in Evidence in all or any of the Courts of Judicature in this Province, and 
before any Magistrate or Magistrates, in any Matter or Controversy depending 
before them.


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