Originally Posted By: ellenbr
Nice find & many thanks for the effort. I wonder where they acquired it and if they have use of the intellectual property?

The Wiki-listed source too is scan of "Deutsches Reichsgesetzblatt 1892": WikiSource
Even new German laws should be open to public use: "In many countries, legislation, administrative and judicial decisions are excluded from copyright altogether, explicitly as is the case in the copyright acts of the Netherlands and for example those of Belgium, Germany, Slovenia and Italy or implicitly as in France." [Government Works by Mireille van Eechoud]

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