Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-03-06
BY AUTHORITY.

BY AUTHORITY;
 Acts and Resolutions of the Congress of the Confederate States, passed at the Fifth Session.
 No. 362.
 AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to establish Patent Office, and to provide tor the granting and issuing of Patents for new ana use
 fu discoveries, inventions, Improvements n, anu designs approyedon the 2lst day Of May looi. SEC. I. The Congress of the Confederate States of Arneytca do enact That sectionforty -ne oI the ahovo recited act be- and the same is hereby re- pealed. r
 SFc. 9. And De tt further enacted, That every JT,i+od Steres natent that was granted and issued to any nerson now citizen of sthe Confederate States. or who shall hereafter b4come so by tae accession of new states or terribries, may De re y;ved and continued in full force and effect for the time for which they were originally issued yet un. expired: Pr0oided, Such patents are recorded ana a CODY of the drawing annexed thereto (it there be a drawing, and if not, specimen Of the compound or other subject matter, as the case may be,) ana a mudel also, if the commissioner shall deem IL necessary in the Patent Office of the Confederate States, within SIX months after the close o1 tue present war with the United Statss otherwise such patents shall remain null and vod and all persons claiming the benefit of this section shall pay to the commissioner of patents, for the use of the patent find the sum of ten dollars, and recording fee, at the rate of ten cents for every hundred words in such patent. That nothing contained in this act, or that to which it is an amendment, shall be con strued to recognze any renewal or extension of any patent granted by the United States heretofore made: Prouided, hotcerer, That the said patentee shall maintain no suit for violation of his patent, which violation occurred before the filing of ca yeat and the deposit of fees for the revival of said patent in the patent office.
 SEC. 3 And be 1t further enacted, That every instrument of writing conveying any interest whether It be the whole, part, or to specified portion of terrtory--in and to Unlted states pa tent--to any person now citizen of the Confede- rate States or who shall herea ster become so by the accession of new states territories, and which was executed in good faith, priog to the l1th day of April, 1861, shall be revived knd continued in ful force and effect for the term for which the pa tent, in which an interest is thus held by citizen of the Confederate States, was originally issued, yet unexpired; Prouided, such instrument of wri- ting shall be recorded in the Patent Office of the Confederate States, within six months after the close of the present war with the United States, and the owner thereof shall deposit in the said office, descriptive drawing of such character as the commissioner shall direct, which shall repre- sent the invention or subject matter of the patent to which such instrument Of writing relates, or II the invention be a composition of matter, then Ill that case, specimen of the collpound, with a written description ol the method of making and using it, and all persons claiming benefit of this section shall pay to the commissioner of patents, for the use of the patent fund.- the sum of ten dol lars, and recording fee at the rates of ten cents for every hundred words in such instrument of wri- ting; Prorided, hOtceper, That the ecommissioner of patents shall not admit to record any such instru ment. nor shall the same be deemed valid, which boap tod in tbaI Stafp Pafn fnpf Office, pursuant to the provisions of the eleventh section of the act of Congress o: the 4th day ot July, 1886, unless the assignee Or owner of such instrument, or his legal representative shall make oath that it was actually, and in good faith execu ted on the day of it's date. ..
 SEC 4. And be t tarther enacted, That it shall be the duty of the com missioner to endorse on each patent, and instrument of writing, assigning inter ests in the United States patents aforesaid, filed for record under the foregoing sections, the date of such fling and also cert hcate under the seal ot his office that said patent, instrument Ot writing, has been recorded, which certificate shall be eyi- dence of the fact in any court of.justice, of the Confederate States, and of the right of the owner thereof to use and enjoy the same, and such pa tents and instruments of writing, after they are recorded and certified, shall be returned to the owners thereof.
 SEC 5. And he t further enacted, That if any such patent, or deed of assignment, is herein provided for he lost or cannot be procured from the patent office of the United Sta ses, the person entitled to the same, in whole or in part his le gal representative, may file for record, with the commissioner, an affidavit made before any justice If the peace, notary public, or commissioner ot any of the courts of the Confederate States, set tin! forth description of the pateit, the date oi the issuance, as near as possible, and the subject matter of the patent and the claim, and if there be an assignment, the particulars of the same, which affidavit shall be accompanied by such mo- dels or descriptive drawings, as nlay be necessary to a proper understanding of the invention, disco very, or design secured by said patent And said affidavit, when recorded and certified aforesaid, shall have the force and effect as the record. ing of the original patent or deed of assignment as hereinbefore provided: ProUided, That the fact of the granting and issuance of such patent or deed of assignment, so aIedged to be lost, may be controverted either at law in equity by any party interested: And prorided further, That any person desirous of availing himself of the benefits of this act shall give notice of his intention by publication in the newspaper at the seat of government of the Confederacy, authorized by law to publish the laws of Congress, which notice shall be published weekly for four weeks from the day of application, and shall specify the subject matter of the patent and the purpose for which the application is to be made, z. copy of which shall be filed in the patent office; and for the recording of the affidavit provided for in this section, the commissioner shall be author ized to charge ten cents for every hundred words therein contained.
 SEQ 6. And De t further enacted, That no citi- zen of the Confederate States, nor alien unless he be citizen of the United Statts, shall be debarred from receiving patent for any invention or dis covery, provided in the act approved on the Fist day of May, 1861, to which this is additional, by reason of the same having been patented in for eign country more than six months prior to his ap- plication: Prooided, That the same shall not have been introduced into public and common use in the Confederate States prior to the application for such patent; and provided also that Ill all cases every such patent shall be limited to the tenn of fourteen years from the date or publication of such foreign patent.
 SEC. :. And De t further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
 Approved Jan. 25, 1862.
 No. 368.
 AN ACT to establish an Assay Office at New
 Orleans.
 SEC. 1. The Congress of Me Confederate States Of Amrica do enact, That the President is au- thorized to appoint an assayer at New Orleans, whose duty it stall be to assay and certify the fine ness an, value of such gold and silver as may be