The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01

made immense fortGnes&or their
owners, and tile question upon which
the Commissioned denied the appli-
cation was, is not this compensation
enoush Tor the invention? Ought
the people TO be taxed any more for
them Those questions he felt
Obliged TO decide adversely to the
application. a favorable decision
would have pat q million dollars int
the pockets of tie beneficiaries, and
this was not kept secret from the
Commissioner. But the Commis-
sioner, undazzled, said the women
of the country have already paid
enoughfor that machine
More fortunate were Sylvanus
Sawyer, in his application to have
eXtended his patent on Rattan ma
chine, and Cyrenus Wheeler, Jr., in
his application for an extension of bis
patents on six improvements in his
Grain and Grass Harvester, known
by farmers as ''The Cayuga Chief"
An extension for seven years was
granted in each OF these cases.
The examination of Examiners and
Assistant Examiners OF Patents is
NEARLY concluded, and / csn now
report within hairs breadth what
will be the result There are 20
Examiners, 20 FirstAssistant Ex-
aminers, and 20 Second-Assistant
Examiners-G0 in all and an indefi-
mite number of clerks. The Exam
liners will be undisturbed. Three or
four of the Assistant Examiners will
be discharged, and others promoted
to their place; and about 20 Assis-
tants of both classes will be reduced.
The Librarian of the Patent Office
informs nne that, since these eXami
nations were determined on, the me-
chanicai and scientific hooks of the
library have been in extraordinary
demand. Ifonly for this result much
good may be affirmed of the eXami-
nations.
The receipts of the Patent Office
from Jnly l, 1867, to July l, 1868,
was sl7l less than the expenditures.
The back debts owed by the Patent
Office On the 1st OF July last were
f something more than $4,000. Since
then, out of the receipts of the
Patent Office, 1900 of them have
been paid, besides paying for the
, furnishing and fitting up of the
rooms lately occupied by the Agri-
cultural Department, TO which the
Patent Office has succeeded.
There is machine, "Tha Vote
; Recorder invented by Beardsley.
Lewis and Clancy, being built in this
city for the New York Assembly
Chamber. A working model was
before the New York Legislature last
Spring and fayorsbly acted upon by
that body, and we may expect to see
this important invention in practical
operation.
l quote from the report of the Sc
} lect Committee appointed by the
, New York Legislature to examine
this useful invention, the following
admirably condensed description OF
it.
"The device is q simple and in
genious arrangement of mechanism
for taking the vote of all the mem
bers simultaneously, counting the
total number OF votes (ayes and noes
separately and printing On strip
of paper for the use of the clerk the
r name of each member yotIng-all in
about ten seconds of time. This is
done quietly, and without the posi-
billty of mistake or deception. There
remains nothing for the clerk TO dc
except to take from the machine tne
paper on which the names OF those
voting are printed, and paste it or
his journal. There are two dials, ono
for the ayes and one for the noes, to
he placed on eithe: side of the
Speakers desk, and communicating,
by wires running along the floor
, with the desk Of each member. AS
a memher votes, the fact OF his hav-
ing voted, and the way lie has voted
are instantly shown TO the whole
. House by the immediate rising of 6
! card bearing bis number, or the at
firmative or negative dial. The ar
rangement is such, also, that after a
member has voted and before his vote
is counted, he can, If he desires,
change his vote. This machine is
nicely adapted in all it's parts, and
lperfectly provides for all the ends
desired is simple, practical, and ex-
act in all its operations; durable, and
void Of any complicated machinery
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