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[My AutSacraiy.] "* --'-2' ”’ ’T '" ■•■' ■■-■.•.■ . x.'J . LAWS OF TIIE ( MTHI) STATES, PARKED AT THE TW RXTY.HH II 111 COXur.l'.SS, FIKS.' SFSFIOX. [Pt i:i ie—\ 7-j.i AN AC 1 to promote the of use ful arts, ami to repeal all act- tail purls heretofore m ule lor that purpose. lit' it enacted. by f/;i' Senate an ’ 1 bitts of l{e;,r,sod.ifir.t. oft!.' I ...7, ' X, ( /As America in shall be < sitiblispe.l am! attached to the De partment oi State, :i office to be ilenomhia te<! the Patent Office; the chief officer ol tvhich shall be calm.! the < omuii;• ‘.m< r o! Patents l > be appointed by the President, by and with the ad vic.-nn I consent < f the Senate, whose duty it shall be, under the di rection of the Secretary of State, to superin tend, execute, and perform, JI Mich nets and things touching a; Jn - pectin < the graining and issuing of patents for new mid tuefui discoveries, inventions, mid improvements, is are herein provided for, or shall hereinaf ter be, by law, directed to be done and performed, ami shall h ive the charge amt custody o! all the books, tccords, papers, models, madels, inaclii'ies. and all other things belonging to sail! office. Ami said Commissioner slid! receive the saute com pensation as is allowed by 1,;.. to ti e Com missioner of tiie Indian Di; arttnent, and shall be entitled to * ad and reeeiv. letters and pitch tges by m dl, rel tint - t > (he bttsi uess ot th. l office, free of; ostnge. Sec. 2. And it farth. r t.-a led, That there shall be, in said office, and inferior officer, to be appointed by the said principal officer, with the approval of the Secreta ry ot State, to receive an . itnttal salary of seventeen hundred do lars, and to called the Chief Cleric ci’ the Pate: t Office; who, in all cases during the Decenary absence ot the Commissioner, or when die said princi pal office shall become vnea :, shall have the charge and custody of the seals, and of the records, books, papers, machines, mod els and al! other things belnnging to the of fice, and shall perform the duties of Com missioner during such vacancy. An I the said Commissioner may also, with like ap proval, appoint an examining clerk, nt an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars ; two other clerks at twelve hundred dollars each, one ot whom shall be a competent draughtsman ; one other clerk at one tlimt »ond dollars; a magistrate at twelve hun dred and filly doll irs ; and a messenger at seven hundred dollars. And said Com missioner, clerks, and every other person appointed and employed in said office, shall be disqualified and interdicted from acqui ing or taking except by inheritance during tho period for which they shail h.dd their nppointim tits, rtsp.ectiv Jy, any ri. lit or in terest, directly, or indirectly in any patent for an invention or discovery which inis been, or may hereafter be li anted. Sec 3. yl/» /be il further enacted, That the said principal officer, an every other pec an to be appointed in the said office, shall, before he enters upon the duties of Id office or appointment, make oath or afliirmi - tion, truly and faithfully to < xectite the trust committed to him. And the said Commis sioner and the chief clerk shall also, before entering upon tla.ir duties, severally give bonds with surel es I > the Treasurer of die United Stat's, the former in the sum often thousand dollars, a: -I the I liter, in the sum ol five tliousaml t' . i -s, with condition :<> rend, r a true and I Idiftil account to him er his successor office, qttarlerly,ofall moneys which shall be by tin m respectively receiv ed 1 if duties o.i patent.-, and for copies of record; and draw in.:;, ami all other moneys received by virtue of said office. Sec. 4. An tin H further enact d, That the said Commis-' ler shall cause a- id to be made and provided for the said office, with such device as the President oi’ the United States sitaii approve ; and copies i,f any records, books, papers, or drawings, belonging to t ie sffid office, under the sig nature <4’ the said Commissioner, or, vGu n the office shall be vacant, under the signa ture of the chief clerk, with the-.' aid sea! af fixed, shall Ire < cmi'i tent (••. idcnce in ait c t ses in which the original records, books pa pers, or draw togs, could be evidence* And any person making application therefore, may have certified copies of the records, drawings, and other papers deposited in said office, on paying, for the written copies, the sum often cents for every page of one hundred words; and ibr copies of drawings, the rea.mnaide expenses of leaking the same. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, 'I hat all patents issuing from sai l office shall be issued i i the name of the United States, and under the seal of sai 1 office, and be signed by the Secretary of Stale, and countersign ed by the Commissioner of -ai l oliice, and shall be recorded, together with the descrip tions, specifications, and drawings, in tlie said office, in books to be kept for that purpose. Every such patent shall contain a short description or title of the iir ention or discovery, correctly indicating its nature nnd design, and in its terms grant to the npiJicant or applicants, his or their h< irs, a'lmini-trator-, executors, or assigns, for a Uirm not exceeding fourteen years, the full and e»i hi five r : ghi and liberty of making, using, and vending to others to be used, the said invention or discovery, referring to the s[>cciri<'at.<His for the particulars thereof, a copy ui whie!, hall be aniirxed to the pal nt, upt.'iiiying whit th: patentee claims as his iitvciitio’i or dixeovurv* Sec. i>. Ant be t! I'lirllter en'ic.lcd, That any per-ori or per-ons has itig discovered or invented any new and useful art-, machine, manufacture, or e.nnpoJtion of matter, or any new mid u , ( .' u | improvement or any art, machme, manufacture, ~r composition of matter, not kmiwn or ma d |, y ol h t . r(i be fore In, or their di-eovery or invention there of, and not, at the time of hi, application for a patent, in public use or on side, with his consent or allowance, a, the inventor or discoverer; and shall de-ire to obtain an exclusive , ropmty therein, may make ap plication in w riling to the ( ommissiom r of Patent, expre-diig such desire, and the Uceimis-iofi'T, on dm: proceedings had rimy grant a patent therefor. But before '’n v ’n nor slrdl rci oive :i patent for any such new invention or discovery, he shall de liver a written description ol his invention lor discovery, and oi the manner and pro cess oi’ making, constrm ting, using, and compounding the same, in such ltd!, clear, and exact terms, avoiumg unnecessary prolixity, as to enable any person skilled 1 in the art or science to which it app.er -1 tains, or with which it is most nearly ' c.mnected, to make, con tract, compound, mid it-e the same ; and in ease ol' am machine, he shall fully < xplain the prin , ciplc and the severa; modes i.i which he has contemplated tlie application oi tiiat prin ' ciplc or characti r by v. hirh it may be dis lingiu. In d from oilier im entions ; and sliall 1 particularly specify nnd point out die part, inr'roveni. iit, or comlmi.it’.on, which lie I.dins as his own invention or discovery, ill. -liall, fiirther-nrore, accompany then hide with a iir.iwing, or drawings, nnd writ en r. icreuces, v. here the nature of the case ad ; mils of drawing,, or with specimens of ilt gredients, and of the composition ol’ matter, , stum lent in quantity fi>r the purpose ot’ex | peril.lent, where the invention or discovery ; is of i composition of matter ; which descrip tions ami drawings, signed by the inventor i and attested by two witnesses, shall be filled m the Patent Cilice ; and lie shail moreover ; Imiiisli a model ol Ins invention, in all ca ses which it.imii oi’ a representation by mo del, of a com enient size to exhibit advan tageously its several parts. The applicant shail also make oath or affirmation tiiat he does verdy believe that lie is the original and first inventor or discoverer of that ait, machine, composition, or improvement, for which he solicits a patent, and that he does not know or believe that the same was ever before known or used ; and also of w hat country he is a citizen ; which oath or atfir matioti may be made before any person au thorized by law to administer oaths. Sec. 7. And be it fitrlie r enacted, That on the filing of any such application, des cr.ption, and specification and the payment oi the duty hereinafter provided, the Com missioners shall make or cause to be made an examinatimi of the alleged new invention or iffieovery, and if, on any >uch examina t.on, it! ::ali no. appear to thecommisioners that the same hud been invented or disco vered by any other person in this country prior to the alleged invention or discovery thereof by the applicant, or that it had been patented or described in any printed publi cation in tins or any foreign country, or I.ad been in public use or on sale with the applicant's consent or allowance prior to the aiiplicaiiun, if the Commissioner shall deem it to be sufficiently useful and impor tant, it shall be his duty to issue a patent ; therefor. But whenever on such examina tion, it shall appear to the Commissioner I that the applicant was not the original and > first inventor or discoverer thereof, or tiiat any peart ol tiiat which is claimed as new I had before been invented or discovered, or patented, or described in anv printed pub j .trillion in this or any for; ign country, as 1 aforesaid, or that the diseription is defective ‘ ami insufficient, he shall notify the applicant ilicrcofi giving him bi icily, such informa tion ami rei’erinccs as may lie useful in judging of the propriety of renewing ins application, or of altering his specifica tion to embrace only that part of the inven -1 tic.n or discovery which is new. jn every such case, if the applicant shall elect to with draw ids application, relinquishing his claim to the model, lie shall be entitled to receive : hick twenty dollars, part of the duty re quired by tins ait, cn filing a notice in wri ting of such election in the Patent Office, a copy oi which, certnudby the Commissioner shall be a sufficient w .ri ant to the Treasu rer h r paying back to the said applicant the said sum ot’tv. only dollars. But if the ap plicant in such si.ail per-ii-t in liisciaim for i patent, with, or v. itliotn any alteration of h.s spccilication, he shaii be required to ■ make oath or affirmation, anew in manner as aforesaid. Ami if the specification and claim sliall not It ve been so modified as in ! the opinion of the Commissioner, shall enti tle the applicant to a patent, lie may, on appeal, and upon request in writing, have l!;e decision cl a board of examiners, to be comp sed of tnree tlisinten sted persons, who si.all be appointi d for that purpose by the Secretary of State, one of whom at least one selected it pi ticticable and conv ienent, f>r liis kno vledge an I skill in the parli. u . lar art, manufacture, or branch of science to which the alleged invention appertains ; who shall be under oath or affirmation for ' the fiithl’ul and impartial performance ofthe duty imposed upon them by said appoint ment. Said board shall be furnished with a cert'fficati! in writing, of the opinion and de | cision of the Commis.-ioner, stating the par ticular ground; of his objection, and the I part or parts of the invention w hich he con siders as not entitled to be patented. And I the ;aid board shaii give reasonable notice to the iipp'.j 'ant,as weli as to the Commis sioner o! the time and place of their meeting that they may have an opportunity offer . nishing them with such facts and evidence as they may deem necessary to ajustdecis ' ion ; and it shall be the duty of the Cbrnmis ! sion to fnrniJi to the board of’ examiners ’ such information as he may possess relative i to the matter under th< 1 • consideration.— I An.l on an examination ami consideration of the matter by such board, it shall he in their power, or of'a majority of them, to re verse the decision of th" Commis:,inner, ei -1 ther in whole or in part, and their opinion I being certified to the Commissioner, he shall b • govereiied thereby in the further procee dings to be had on such appli atmii : Pro j tided, houcrir, Tlrat before n board shall j>e instituted in any such c, sc (he applicant I -hail pay to the credit ofthe Tnauiry, as ! provided in the ninth section ofthis ac’, the ! sum of twenty five dollars, and each ofsaid i persons so appointed shall be entitled to re -1 reive for his services in each case, a sum nut exceeding ten dollars to be determined and paid by the Comm? sioner out ofany moneys in his hands, which shail be in fail compensation to the persons who may be so appointed for their examination and certi ficate as aforesaid. Sec. 8. yi/zzZ be it further enacted, That whenever any application shall be inad<- for a patent in which in the opinion of the Commissioner, would interfere with any other patent which an application may be pi iniinif, or w ith any unexpired patent which ‘■hall have been granted, it shall be the duty ofthe Commit loner to give notice thereof to such applicants or patentees, as the case may be ; and if cither shall be dis satisfied with the decision ol the Commis- sioner on the question of priority oi right or invention, on a hearing thereof, lie may ap peal from such decision, on the like terms and conditions as are provided in the pro ceeding section of this act and the like proceedings shall be bad, to determine which or whether either ofthe applicants is entitled to receive a patent as prayed for.— But nothing in this act contained shall be construed to deprive an original and true inventor ofthe right to a patent for his in vention, by reason of his having previous ly taken out letters patent therefor in a for eign country, ami the same having been published at any time within six months next proceeding the tiling of his specification ami drawing. And whenever the applicant shall request jit, r the patent shail take late from the time ofthe filing of the specific;! lion and drawings, not however exceeding six months prior to the actual issuing of the p tmt ; and on like request, and the pay ment ofthe duty herein required, by any applicanthis specification and drawings shall be filed in the secret achieves of' the of? lice tint’:! he shall furnish the model and the patent be issued, not exceeding the term of’ one year the applicant being entitled to no tice t>f interfering applications. Sec. 9. be it further enacted, That before any application for a patent shall be considered by the Commissione; as afore said, the applicant shall pay into the Trea iitryof the L'tiiteil States, or into the Patent Office, or into any of thedeposite banks to the credit of the Treasury, if lie be a citi zen of the United States, or an alien and shall have been resident in the United States lor one year next preceding, nnd shall have made oath of his intention to become a citi zen thereof, the sum of thirty dollars ; if a subject of the King of Great Britain, the stun of five hundred dollars ; and all other persons the sum of three hundred dollars ; tor which payment duplicate receipts shall betaken, one of which to be filed in the office ot the Treasurer. And the moneys received into the Treasury under this act, shail constitute a fund for the payment of the salaries of the officers and clerks herein provided for, and ail other expenses of the Patent Office, and to be called the patent fund. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That where any person hath made, or shall have made, any new invention, discovery, or im provement, on account of which a patent might by virtue of this act be granted, and such person shall die before any patent shall be granted therefor, the right of applying for a id obtaining such patent shall devolve on the executor or administrator of such person, in trust for the heirs at law ofthe deceased, in case he shall have died intes tate ; but if otherwise, then in trust for his dev isecs, in as full and ample manner, and under the same conditions, limitations, ami restrictions, as the same was held, or might have been claimed or enjoyed by such per son in his or her lifetime ; and when appli cation fora patent shall be made by such legal representatives, the oath oraffirmation provided in the sixth section of this act, shall be so varied as to be applicable to them. Sec. 11. Aiul be it further enacted. That every patent shall be assignable in law, ei ther as to the whole interest, or any undivi ded part thereof, by any instrument in wri ting ; which assignment, and also every g ant and conveyance ofthe exclusive tight under any patent, to m?ke and use, and to grant to others to make and use, the thing patented within and throughout any speci fied part or portion of the United States, shall be recorded in the Patent Office with in three months from the execution thereof’, for which the assignee or grantee shall pay to the Commissioner the sum of three dol lars. Sec. 12. And bei' further enacted, That any citizen ol' the United Slates, or alien who shall have been resident in the United Statesone year next preceding, mid shall have made oath oi’ his intention to become a citizen thereof, who shall have invented any new an, machine, or improvement thereof, and shall desire further time to ma ture the same, may on paying to the credit of the Treasury, in manner as provided in the ninth section of this act, the sum of twenty dollars, file in the PalentOffiec a ca veat, setting forth the design and purpose thereof, and its principal ami distinguishing characteristics, and praying protection of Ids right, till he shall have matured liis in vention ; which sum of twenty dollars, in case the person filingsuch caveat shall af terwards take out a patent for the invention therein mentioned, shall be considered a part ofthe sum herein required for the same. And such caveat shall be tiled in the confi dential archives of the office, and preserved in secrecy. And if application shall be made by any Giber person within one year from the time of filing such caveat, for a pa tent of any invention with w hich it may in any respect interfere, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner to deposite the descrip tion, specifications, drawings, and model in the confidential archives of the office, and to give notice, by mail, to the person filing the caveat, ol’ such application who shall, within three months after receiving the no tice, if he would avail himself ofthe ben efit of his caveat, file his description, speci fications, draw ings, and model: and if, in the opinion of the Commissioner, the spe cifications of claim interfere with each oth er, like proceedings may be bad in all res pects as are tn this act provided in the case of interfering applications: : Provided, how ever, That no opinion or decision of an’, boardof examiners, under the provisions of this act, shall preclude any person interested in favor of or against the validity of any patent which lias been or may hereafter be granted, from the right to contest the same in any judicial court in any action in which its validity may come in question. Sec. 13. And. licit further enacted, That whenever any patent which bus heretofore been granted, or which shall hereafter be granted, shall be inoperative or invalid, by reason of a defective or insufficient descrip tion or specification, or by reason of the patentee claiming in his specification as his own invention, more than he bad or shall have a right to claim as new ; if the error has, or shall have arisen by inadvertency, accident, or mistake, and without any frau dulent or deceptive intention, it shail tie law ful for the Commissioner, itport the surren der to him of such patent, and the payment of the further duty of fifteen dollars, to cause a new patent to be issued to the said inventor, for the same invention, fur the res- THE STANDARD OF UNION. idtieol the period then unexpired for which the original pan nt was granted, in accord ance with the patentee’s corrected descrip tion and specification. And in case of his death, or any assignment by him made of the original patent, a similar right shall vest in his executors, administrators, or assignees. And the pat. nt, so re-issued, together with the corrected descripth n and specification, shall have the same cflect mid operation in law, on the trial ol all actions liei ealter com menced lor cutises subsequently accruing, as though the same hud been originally filed m such corrected form, before the issuing ol the original patent. And whenex erthe ori.-imd patentee shall lie desirous of ad ding the description and specification oi ti ny new improvement of the original inven tion or discovery which shall have been in vented or discovered by him siibsetjmmt to the date of his patent, he ma\, like proc; ed ings being had in all respects us in the cas. ol original applications, and on the pa, . • of fifteen dollars, as lie rein before pro . i i. d, have the same annexed io the original > i.s cription mid specification ; and the Com missioner shall certify, on the margin of such annexed description mid specification, the time ofits being annexed and recorded ; and the same shall thereafter have the same effect in law, to ail intents ami purposes as though it find been embraced in the original description and specification. Sec. 1 -1. Aiml be it furtki r enacted, Tiiat whenever, in any action for damages for making, using, or selling » ie thing whereof the exclusive right is secured by any patent heretofore granted, or by any patent which I may hereafter be granted, a verdict shall be rendered for the plaintifi in such action, it shall he in the pow er oi the court to ren der judgment ioraiiy sum above me amount found by such verdict as the actual damages sustained by the plaintifi’, not exceeding three times the amount thereof, according to the circumstances of the case, with costs ; and such damages may be recovered by tui tion on the < ase, in any court of competent jurisdiction, to be brought in the name or names of the person or persons interested, whether as patentee, assignees, or as gran tees of the exclusive right within and throughout a specified part oi the United Stales. Sec. 15. And be it further era. ted, That the defendent in any such action shall be permitted to plead the general issue, and to give this act ami any special matter in evi dence, ol which notice in writing may have been given to the plaintifi or his attor ney, thirty days before trial, tending to prove that the description and specification filed by the plaintiff docs not contain the whole truth relative to ins invention e.r dis covery, or that it contains more than is ne cessary to produce the described effect; which concealment or addition shall fully appear to have been made for the purpose of deceiving the public, or that the patentee was not the original and first inventor and discoverer of the thing patented, or of’a sub i stantial and material part thercofclaimed as new, or that it had been described in some public work anterior to the supposed discov ery thereof by the patentee, or had been in public use, or on s.de w ith the consent and allowance ofthe patentee before liis applica tion for a patent, or tiiat lie Lad surrepti tiously or unjustly obtained the patent for that w hich was in fact invented or discover ed by another, who was using reasonable dilligence in adapting and perfecting the same; orthat the patentee, ifan alien at the time the patent w;:.; granted, had failed and neglected tor the space of eiuhteeii months f rom the date oi the patent, to put and con tinue on sale to the public, on reasonable terms, the invention or discovery lor which the patent issued ; and whatever the defend ant relies in his defence on the f act of a pre vious invention, knowledge, or use of the ' tiling patenled, he shail state, in his notice of special matter, the names and places of resilience oi'those whom he intends to prove ! to have possessed a prior knowledge ofthe ; thing, ata! where the same had been used: in cither of which eases judgment shall be rendered for the defendant, w ith costs: Pro vided, howei r, That whenever it shall sat -1 isfacturily appear that the patentee, at the time of making his application for the patent, believed himself to be the first inventor or :■ discoverer ol the thing patented, t'cj same J shail not be held to be void on a. unt >. i the invention ordiscovery or any p u t tliere i of having been before known or used in any I foreign country, it not appearing that the same or any substatitial part thereof had be fore been patented or described in any prin ted publication. And provided, atvo, That whenever the plaintifi shall fail tq sustain nis action on the ground that in his spectli cation ot claim is embraced more than tiiat i of which he was the first inventor, if it shall appear that the defendant had used or vio luted any part oi the invention justly and truly specified and claimed as m w, it shall ■ be in the pow er of the court to adjudge am! award as to costs as mey appear to be just i and equitable. i Sec. Pi* And be it further enacted, That whenever there shall lie two interfering pat- I cuts, or whenever a patent on application smdl have been refused on an adverse de < ision id a board of examiners, oti the ground that the patent applied for would interfere with an unexpired patent previously grant ed, any person interested it; any such pat ent, ei.lier by assignment or otherwise, in ta:j one case, anti any such applicant in the othei case, may have remedy by bill in equi ty ; and ti:e court having cognizance there o., on notice to adverse part! and ether due proceedings had, may ; • judge and de clare cither the patent.', void in the whole or in part, or inoperative ami invalid in any particular part or portion of the United States, according to the interest which the parties to such stut may pos.-ess hi the pateut or the inventions patented, aiul may also ad judge that such applicaiit is cmitled, accor ding to the principles am! |;rov ishms of this act to have mid receive a patent lor liis in ueinioii, as specified in his claim, or for any part thereof, as tlie fact of priority' of right or invention shall in anv such case L.- made to appear. And stich adjudication, if it be in favor ol the right of’such applicant, shall authorize the Commissioner to issue such patent, on his filing a copy of tlie ad judication, and otherwise complying with the requisitions of’ this act. Provided, how ever, That no such judgment or adjudiea-l lion shall affect the rights ofany person ex-) cept the parties to the action and those de-! riving title from or under them subsequent ! Io (he rendition of such judgment. He. 17. And be it further enacted,, That all actions, suits, controversies, and cases arising under any law ofthe United States, granting or confirming to inventors the ex clusive right to their invehtions or discove ries, shall be originally cognizable, as well in equity as at law, by the circuit courts of the United States, or any district court hav ing the powers and jurisdiction of a circuit court; which courts shall have power upon bill in equity filed by any party aggrieved, in any such case, to grant injunctions, ac cording to the course and principles of courts of equity, to prevent the violation of the rights ofany inventor as secured to him by any law of the United States, on such terms and conditions as said courts may deem reasonable : Provided, however, That from all judgments and decrees, from any ; such court rendered in the premises, a writ :of error or appeal, as the case may require, ball lie to the Supreme Court of the Unit ed States, in the same maimer and under the . circumstances as is now provided by law in other judgments and decrees of cir cuit courts, and in all other cases in which the court shall deem it reasonable to allow the same. Sec. IS. And be it further enacted, That whenever any patentee of an invention or discovery shall desire an extension of his patent beyond the term ofits limitation, he may make appli. ation therefor, in writing, to the Commissioner of the Patent Office setting forth the grounds thereof, and the Commissioner shall, on the applicant’s pav ing the sum of forty dollars to the credit of the Treasury, as in the case of an original application for a patent, cause to be publish ed, in one or more of the principal newspa pers in the city of Washington, and in such other paper or papers as lie may deem prop er, published in the section of country most interested adversely to the extension'of the j patent, a notice of such application and of the tine and place when and w here the same will be considered, that any person may ap j pear and show cause why the extension should not be granted. And the Secretary i of Stste, the Commissioner of the Patent i Office, and the Solicitor of the Treasury ; shall constitute a board to hear and decide i upon the evidence produced before them I both for and against the extension, and shall >it for that purpose at the time and place designated in the published notice thereof. The patentee shall furnish to said board a statement, in writing, under oath, of the as certained value ofthe invention, and of his receipts nnd expenaitures, sufficiently in de talto exhibit a true anil faithful account of kiss and profit in any manner accruing to him from and by reason of said invention. And if, upon a hearing of the matter, it shall appear to the full and entire satisfaction of said board, having due regard to the pub licinterest therein, that it is just and proper that the term of the patent should be extend ed, by reason ofthe patentee, without neg lect or fault on his part, having failed to ob tain, from the use and sale of his invention, a reasonable remuneration for the time, in geni’ity, ami expense bestowed upon the same, and the introduction thereof into use, it shall be the duty ofthe Commissioner to renew and extend the patent, by making a certificate thereon of such extension, for the term of seven years from and after the expi ration of the first term; which certificate, with a certificate of said board of their judg ment and opinion as aforesaid, shall be en tered on record in the Patent Office ; and thereupon tlie said patent shall have the same effect in law as though it had been original ly granted for tlie term of twenty-one years. And the benefit of such renewal shall ex tend to assignees and grantees of the right to use the thing patented, to the extent of their respective interest therein : Provided, however, That no extension of a patent shall be granted after the expiration of the term for which it was originally issued. Sec. 19. An I be it further enacted, That there shall be provided for the use of said office, a library of scientific worksand peri odical publications, both foreign and Amer ican, calculated to facilitate the discharge | of tlie duties hereby required of the chief i officers therein, to be purchased under the .direction of’the Committee of the Library lof Congress. And the sum of fifteen hun ' dred dollars is hereby appropriated for that ' purpose, to be paid out ol the patent fund. Sec. 20. Pmd be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner to cause to be classified and arranged, in such rooms or galleries as may be provided for j that-purpose, in suitable cases, when neces sary for their preservation, and :n sttehman ' ner as shail be conducive to a beneficial and favorable display thereof, the models and specimens oi compositions and fabrics nnd other manufactures and works of art, patented or unpatented, which have been, or shall hereafter be deposited in said office. And said rooms or galleries shall be kept : open during suitable hours ter public in spection. Sec. 21. tl.v'/ be It further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts heretofore passed on this subject, be, and the same are here by repealed: Provided, however, That all actions and processes in law or equity sued , out prior to the passage ofthis act, may be prosecuted to final judgment and execution, in the same manner as though this act had not been passed, excepting and saving the application to any such action, of the pro visions of the fourteenth and fifteenth sec tions ofthis act, so far as they may be ap- I lieable th reto. A' cd , edso, That al! applications or petitions for patents, pen ding at the time of the passage of this act, in cases where the duty lias been paid, shall he proceeded with ami acted on in the same im’imvi* as though filed alter the pas sage thereof. JAMES K. POLK, Speaker of the. Jfinise of Representatives W.R. Kl.'sG, President ofthe Senate pro tempore Approved, the 4th of July, 1838. ANDREW JACKSON, A<£E i iindcrsi'.mcd will atiend to the Renew l{. al of notes in the Central Bank at tlio umi- I al tec ot’ono dollar for each renewal. 'l'iiey will also pass through the several oi'iees and torward (.'rants at one dollar for a single Grant, and filti ce its each, where more than one is requested. (.'onnnuuieations addressed to them jointly oi separately, post, paid, will be punctually at! ndc« 1( , ’ JOHN G. PARK, PETE it FAIR. Milledgeville, April 26 13 ts MILLEDGEVILLE. Dec. 2G, 1835. T 111'1 Subscriber returns I.is sincere thimksto those who have favored him witii the transaction of business in the Central Bank ; be ing now about to remove to Columbus, he lias transferred liisbooks to his son Benjamin T. Be thune, and I iamilton B. Gaither, who are autho rized to settle all balances due to or from liiin on said books; and they will attend to the renewal ol notesin die Central Bank, at the usual fee of one dollar for each renewal. He solicits the pat ronage of his former friends and others in their behalf; he feels confident that, all business entrus ted to their care, will be faithfullv and promptly attended to. J OIIN BET JILNE. January 4,so—ts. I I' Vi :.i> from the stable of the subscriber in id? the village of Sparta, some time in May last, a Bay Horse about live feet high, 7 or 8 years old, walks, trots ami paces under the saddle,’no parti cular marks recollected. He was raised in Ken lucky, and will probably make oil’ in that direc tion. Any information respecting said horse will i lie thankfully received and reasonably rewarded. WILLIAM SHIVERS, Jun. •Inly 5 25—ts. lExccitlsve EScpan-lmcnL ? Milledgeville, '.Wlh June, IS.ih. ij Treasurer having, this day, reported to this Department the amount received at the Treasury since the 24th June, 1835, on account of the limd set apart for the support of Academies and Free Schools, and the same being found sulll cient to ju tify another Distribution, ORDERED, That an Apportionment of said funds be made among the several Counties in this Mate, in the manner provided bylaw; and that notice thereofbe given by publication of this Or der, twice, in the Federal Union, Standard of Un ion, Southern Recorder and Georgia Journal. order of the Governor, WM. j. W. WELLBOPvN, Secretary. July 5 25 2t. Ti’®y Mil 2. THE undersigned informs his friends and those of the late firm of Cutter S,- Cornwell, that he intends resuming the Warehouse and Commis-1 sion business at the store next above the one re cently occupied by T. J. Cliace, on the margin of East M aeon, known as the town of Troy. He fur ther informs the public that he lias bought bis Goods, &c., and having now on the way, from New York and other places, Dry Goods and Groceries, together making his stock complete, which will be sold low for ready pay. he will be ready to receive Cotton early in the fall, and be prepared to make advances. He would particularly notice to his frieudsthe great advantages his Warehouses have over those in the dense part.of the city' with regard to fire, they being detached from other building aud at a distance from any street or lane and well en close. JI.S. CUTTER. The Macon Messenger and Telegraph, Mil ledgeville Journal and Standard of Union, will publish the above until further notice.— Georgian. Arc!; st. 26—9 m. npilE SUBSCRIBER respcctful -Si. iy informs his friends and the public, that he has opened a house o entertainment in the Town of Law renceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia, where he flatters himself those who may favor him with a call will find every thing provided which can con tribute to them comfort aud convenience. JOHN F. MARTIN. Lawrenceville Dee. 9, 1835. m tm6—49. THE Subscriber very respectfully informs his friends and the publick generally' that he has located himself at the Marrietta Hotel, Cobb C. 1!.. where he offers his services to search out and test the value of Gold aud Land lots, and to make a true return to applicants in the comities of Cobb, Paulding, Floyd, Cass, Cherokee and For syth; at the low rate of five dollars per lot; at the above stated place, reference may be had to the State and Check maps, the quality Book, aud nu merical list. Patronage in the above business will be thankfully received by ' DANIEL MAY. March 11. 1835. Cl ts. SEhci’iST Sale. WILL be sold, at the Court house door in the town of Hartford, Pulaski county', on the first Tuesday in August next, within the legal hours of sale, the following property to wit: One negro woman by' the name of Kate, levied on as property of the estate of Wm. Hodges to sa tisfy several mall ft fas in favor of Turner Coley evy made and returned by a constable. WILEY HOLDER, Sheriff. June 7. 22—tds. Wto’e Szieretr’s Seilc. the first Tuesday in August next, will be XJS* sold before the Court House door in the Town of Waresboro, Ware County', within the usual hours of sale, the following properly, to wit: One Red Ox, also, 20 head of other cattle, 18 of which are marked, with a crop and , slit in one ear, and a swallow fork and upper bit in the other, the remaining two, marked with a crop ami slit and under bit in one car, and swallow fork and upper bit in the other, all branded M. Levied on as the property of Dempsey Daugherty, to satisfy afi fa from Tatnall Inferior Court, in favor of Charles Partine. GILES J. GUEST. June 14, tds.—22. Pulaski Sheriff’s SaSe. WlLl.be sold, in the town of Hartford, Pu laski county, on the first Tuesday in Au- j gust next, tlie following property to wit: One lot of land, no 232, lying in the 19th dis trict originally M ilkinson, but now Pulaski coun ty, levied on as the property of WensleyHobby, to satisfy two small fi ias in favor of William C. Micon. Levy made and returned to me by a constable this 27th May, 1836. JAS. DYKES, Jr. D. Sli’ff- June 7. 22—tds. OUR months after date, application will lie KI ’ made to the honorable the Inferior Court of Pulaski county, while sitting tor ordinary purposes, for letters of dismission on the estatU’of Charles Mills, deceased, by Daniel B. Rhodes, administra tor : This is therefore to cite and admonish all and singndar the kindred mid creditors of said 'deceas ed to be.and appear at my office withm the time prescribed by iaw, to shew cause (if any) why' said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand this 18lh day of April, 1836. JOSEPH CARUTHERS, c. o. c. May 3, 1836 "HjplOl ■’ ?• >NTHS after date, application will Ji? be made to the honorable inferior court of Gwinnett county, when setting for ordinary pur poses, for leave to sell Lot of Land, number one hundred & fourteen, in the sixteenth dist. former ly Lee couiitv, but now Sumpter comity, drawn by Mary F. Colyer and lor her benefit. JNO. P. HUTCHINS, Guat jitm. June 7.22—4 m GF.ORGI A, Fayette County. IN MONTHS after date, application wiil be made to the honorable the Inferior Court, of said county', when sitting for ordinary purposes, for letters disinissory from the estate of John Crittenden dec. This is therefore to admonish all a::d and sin ttUutr, the kindred ami creditors of said decease I, if thev have any objections, why said letters should not bo granted, to silo their objections in terms of the law. JOi EPIIII. CRITTENDEN, Ex’r. June 19. 25—Gm, ■■ ■• NEATLY EXECUTED tilie PresadeMt ofthe UEiited States. IN PURSUANCE of the provisions of a trea ty between tlie United States and the Chick asaw Indians, made and concluded on Pontitoc Creek, on the hcintietii day of October, 1832. and of the supplementary and explanatory articles thereto, made and concluded on the twenty-sec ond dcy of the. same month, and also of the Treaty between the United States and the Chickasaw Indi ins. made and concluded at the City of Washington, on the twenty-fourth dayof May, 1834, I /nidrew Jackson, President of the United States, do hereby declare and make known, that public sales for the disposal of such of the lands ceded to the United States by the said Indians, as are het einafter described, shall beheld at the land Office at Po?titoc, in Mississippi, at the under mentioned periods, viz : On l\wfirst Monday in September next, for the sale of the lands in the following townships, viz : Townships 1, of ranges 1,2, 3,4, and 5 east. 'Town .hips 3,4, 5, and G, of range 4 cast. Townships 2, :t, 4,5, and G, of range 5 east. Townships 2,3, 4,5, 6,7, and 8, of ranges 7,8, and 9 cast. Townships 2,3, 4,5, 9 and 7, of range 10 east On l\,efourth Monday in September next, for the sale of the lands in the following townships, and fractional townships, viz : EAST OF THE CHICKASAW MERIDIAN LINE Townships 14 and 15, of langcs3, and 4. Townships 14. 15 and 16, of range 5. Townships 9, 10, 11, 12.13,14, 15, aud 16, fractional township 17, of range 6. Townships*), 10 aiid’tl, and fractious! township 15, 16 and 17, of range 7. Townships 9, 10 and 11, of ranges 8 and 9. Also, at the same.time, for the sale of the uu der mentioned townships and fractional town ships, west ofthe meridian, ofthe Huntsville dis trict, being that portion of the Chickasaw ces sion, situate in the State of Alabama, viz : Fractional township 4, of range 12- Fractional townships 2,3, 4,5, 6,7, and 8, of range 13. Fractional township 2 ; townships 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7; fractional townships 8, 9 and 10. of range 14. Fractional townships 2,3, 4,5, 6, 7 and 8, township 9. and fractional townships 10 aud 11, of range 15. Fractional townships 8,9, 10 and 11, of range 16. On the third Monday in October next, for tho sale of the under mentioned townships, viz : WEST OF TIIE CHICKASAW MERIDIAN LINE. Township 1, ofrange 1. Townships 1 and 6, of range 2, 3 and 4. Townships 1,4, 5 aud 6, of range 5. Townships 1.2, 3,4, 5 and 6, of range G. Townships 1,2, 3,4, 5 and 6, of ranges 7 &8. Townships 1, 2. 3 and 5, of range 9. On the first Monday in November next, for the sale of tlie undermentioned townships viz, : WEST OF TIIE CIIIKASAW MERIDIAN LINE. Townships 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, ofrange 1. Township 7,8, 9, 10 and 11, of ranges 2,3, 4 and 5. Townships 7, 8 and 9, of ranges 6,7 and 8. Township 7, of range 9. The lands reserved bylaw forthe use ofschools, or for other purposes, as well as the lands selec ted as reservations, under the provisions of tho said treaties, are to be excluded from the sales. Each sale is to continue open for two weeks, and no longer. The lands will be offered in quar ter sections, and fractional quarter sections where such exist. Given under my hand, at the City of Washing ton, this twentieth dav of May, A. D. 1836, ANDREW JACKSON, By the President: ETHAN A. BROWN, Commissioner of the General Land Office. of scrip issued from tlio Treasury Department, in satisfaction of bouyty land warrants, granted by the State of Virginia, and the United States, for services in the revolu tionary army; as well as certificates of land stock, issued at the district land offices, for tho amount of moneys forfeited by individuals, under the credit system of land sales, are not receivable for lauds within the Chickasaw cession. General Land Office, May. 20, 1836, June 14. 22—1st Nov. A free romn ©l’ Color, By the name of PHILIP BOMAN, by his guardian Nelson Dickinson, applies to he pub lished and registered in terms ofthe law, he is sft. 11 inches high, straight built, thin visage— which colored man says he was horn on the 28th of Au gust, which will be t wenty nine years ago, on tho 28th of .August 1836, —Farmer by trade; rather a light dark color, not a jet blackmail ; went from Halifax county, Va. to Alabama, and thence to Lumpkin county Ga., in Oct. 1831, aud had his name registered there, as he was informed accor ding tolaw, with, as he believed a full set of pa pers establishing his freedom—thence he removed in the year 1838 to Murray county Ga., and from thence lie came in April 1836 to the county of Cherokee, June 23. 24—6 t. J. A. MADDOX, Dep. Cl’k. i. c, TEae Warning!! undersignod respectfully asks all those .ba. indebted to him, to make payment withotß delay. Between this time and the first of Ocfefipr next, he feels assured, that all who desirp to do so, can make arrangements to meet their re spective dees; and lie appeals particularly to those who are in arrears for two, three, four, and five years, to come forward and settle up their old scores at once. This call is forced upon him by the imperi ous necessity of meeting his own engagements; which he is unable to do, without punctuality on the part of those who owe him. Therefore they are hereby notified, tiiat even one who shall fail to make payment by the first day of October next, will find their notes and accounts jn the bands of collecting officers, without dis (.rimination. This will be a painful step, but it cannot be avoided; and those who fail to pav within tho time above slated, ought not, and he trusts, will net complain. JOHN M. SHARP. Sparta G'. June 14 1836. 22—ts. rpJHE subscriber oilers for sale, six hundred _S. and seven acres, first rate Cornsud Coston Land, with one hundred and twenty acres fine laud, under good fences, all fresh; which will produce from twelve to fifteen hundred pounds < ’otton to the acre, and from thirty to forty bushels Corn, there is on the premises, a double log cab bin shinglo rough, and other out houses, and two excellent Wells of water, which never fails; the, above lands all lie in the fifteenth and twenty eighth district Lee, now Sumter county, nil join ms:: which will be sold on a credit oi’ one, two and three years; persons wishing to purchase, would do well to view the premises, and call on the subscriber in Milledgovilo during the present session, or at my residence in Twiggs county* yf tcr the cession. BENJ. B. SMITH. December, 7, 1935. <7—.-tfr KNOB SALE, nt the BOAT LANI)ING< at Jtl 75 cents per bushel, eash, ip quantities to suit purchasers, from five bushels ami upwards. NICHOLS & DEMING. Milledgeville, March 13 ' 9s(