Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-07-01
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
n THE FIRST SESSION THIRTIETH CONGRESS
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
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AN ACT TO provide additional in the Patent OF
fee, and Tor other purposes.
Be enacted by The Senate and House of REPRESENTATIVES
Of the United STATES Anerica ia Congress assembled That
there shall be appointed the provided the second
section Of the act entitled An promote the progress
useo arts and to repeal all and parts Of heretofore
made for that purpose approved July fourth eighteen hun
ded and thirty SIX, two principal examiners and two assistant
examiners, in addition the number Of examiners
poyed in the Patent Oce and that hereafter each Of the
principal examiners employed in the Patent Office shall
ceive an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars and
each OF the assistant annual salary OF fifteen
hundred dollars Prorided That the power extend pa
tents, vested in the board composed of the Secretary Of
State Commissioner OF Patents and Solicitor of the Treasu
B by the eighteenth section OF the act approved July fourth
eighteen hundred and thrtysix respecting the Patent Office
shall hereafter be vested solely in the Commissioner Pa
tents and when application made to him for the
of patent according said eighteenth section and sixty
days notice given thereof he shall refer the the pn-
cpa examiner having charge of the class OF inventions
which said belongs, who shall make full report said
Commissioner of The said and particularly whether the
invention improvement secured in the patent and
patenabc when patented and heeupon the said Commits
shall grant refuse the extension of said patent
the principles and rules that have governed said
but patent shall be extended for longer than
years
Sec q and be IL further enacted, That hereafter the
Commissioners Of Patents shall require fee of dollar for
recording any assignment grant, conveyance of the whole
any part of tire interest in letters patent power of
Iey license make the things patented when such
instrument shall exceed three hundred words the
of dollars when shall exceed three hundred and shall
exceed thousand words and the Of three dollars
when shall exceed thousand words which fees shall in
oil cases be paid in advance
Sec g. And be IL further enacted That there shall be
appointed in aforesaid clerks to be employed in
copying and recording and in other services in the Patent
Office who shall each be paid salary of thousand two
hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. A.. And be at further enacted, That the Commits
If hefeb tn by eo
postage the reports of the Patent Office in the
manner which he empowered send letters and pack
ages relating to the business Of the Patent Office.
ROBT. c. WINTHROP,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives..
G. M. DALLAS,
Vice President Of the United States, and
President EFF the Senate.
Approved May 81, ls4s. JAMES K. POLK.
(PUBLIc--No. IS.
AN ACT extending privileges to American vessels engaged
in certain mentioned trade, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House Of Representa-
Tires Of the United States Of america Congress assembled
That shall hereafter be lawful for any steamship, other
vessel being duly registered in pursuance Of the laws OF
the United States TO in trade between in the
United States and ports within the same, with
the privilege of touching at foreign ports during
the voyage and land and take in herea merchandise
gers and their baggage and letters and mails Prord That
all such vessels shall be furnished by the collectors of the ports
with certified manifests setting forth the particulars Of the
goes the marks, number Of packages by whom shipped
whom consigned, at what port be delivered Designating
such goods entitled TO drawback the privilege
being placed in warehouse and the masters of all such
sells SHALL their arrival any port Of the United States
from any foreign port atwhch such vessel may have touched
herein provided conform to the laws providing for the de-
livery of manies of cargo, aud passengers taken board
such foreign port and all other laws regulating the report
and entry of vessels from foreign ports and be subject all
the penalties therein prescribed.
Sec. q and be further enacted, That oil vessels and
their cagoes engaged in the trade referred to in this shall
become subject TO the provisions Of existing collection and
laws arrival in any port in the United States Pro-
vded That any foreign goods wares merchandise taken
in port Of the United States be conveyed in said
vessels any other port within the same, either under the
provisions of the warehousing act of sixth August eighteen
hundred and foysx under the laws regulating the
portaion coaswse Of goods entitled drawback well
any goods wares merchandise entitled to drawback,
but which the import duties chageabe by law shall have
been duly paid shall become subject any impos duty
by Of the vessel in which they may arrive having Touch
ed foreign port during the voyage in pursuance Of the pr
vlege given IN this act
Approved, May 81, ls4s