The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-07-29
JOINT RESOLUTION providing for
publishing Specifications and Draw
ings Of Pateut-Offi

ISe At resotpef Gy fhe Seyl6fe and House of
Representatives ofthe Uaited S,dtes Of Amer
tcss ia Congress- assembled
That the publication of the abstracts
of specifications and OF the eugravings
herrtof"ie accompanying the annual
r. port OF the commissioner of patents
be discontinued after the publication
of th>t ition of thu report for eighteen
hundred and sixty nine, for which The
plates have already been prepared aud
that, IN lieu thereof, the commissioner
be su horized TO have printed. for gra.
tuitous distribution. not to exceed one
hundred and fifty topics of the complete
specifi i1stioas and drawings of each
pateat subsequently is-u d, together
With suitable indexes to be issued from
time 20 time, one copy 20 be placed for
free public inspection in each capitol
of every Stale and Territory, one for
the like purpose in the clerks office of
the district of each judicial district of
the UuGted States. except when such
offices are located in State or terri,ori-
al c.pi,ois, and one in The library of
Congress, which copies shall be taken
and received in all courts AS evidence
of All matters therein contained, and
shall be cert h-d 10 under the hand Of
of the commissioner and seal OF the
patsnt-office, and shall be taken and
received in ali courts AS evidence, said
copies not To be taken from said dep ,s-
itories tor any other purpose than to be
used as evidence and the comm ission-
er of patents is hereby authoriz-d and
directed to have printed such add,tional
numbers OF copies of specs fcaiions and
drawings, certified "a hereinbefore pro-.
pided, at n price not to exceed the con-
tract price for such drawings, for sale,
as mny be warranted by the actual d.
mand for the same; aud the commis-
saooer is also hereby author zed to
furnish completes set of sucn specifi-
cstions and drawings to any public
library which will pay for binding ,he
same iuto volumes To correspond with
those in the patent Off .e, aud for the
transportation of The same, and which
ehali also provide proper custody for
the same, with convenient access for
the public thereto, under such reguls-
tioDs as the commissioner shall deem
reasonable Ind prorided. also, That
all contracts for making copies of draw
iugs shall be made under the provis-
ions OF chapter one hundred and fittv-
i've, section nine, of act of Congress
approved June twenty-five, eighteen
huadrpd and sixty-four. which reads
as follows 's SEC 8. And be il further
enacted. That all lithographing and
engraving, where the probable total
cost of the maps or plates illustrating
OF accompanying any one work exceeds
two hundred and 6ffy dollars, shall be
awarded to the lowest and best bidder
for the interests of the government,asue
regard being paid to the execution of
the work, after due advertisement by
the superinterd dent Of public prs-sing,
under the direction of the ,int c4asmit-
tee on printiDg :: Provided, That the
joint com mittee on public printing be
authorized to empower the superip-
tsndeut of pnblic printing to make inn
mediate contracts for engraving, when
ever, in their opinion, the exigencies
OF the public service will not justify
waiting for advertisement and award -
Approved, January IL, 1871.