New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-01

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An ACT % enIarxe tho Jurisdiction Of the
ploba&e couf3p II IdAho Territory
Be Il snactsd BY tke Senate and Houae Of
Representative q The United States Of
Amefica II Consrn eseembled. That TIE
their respcetive esunttes, n addition - their
obass = :nd nd t a.;yy s5s hs.s 3;
civil Oauses wherein the damage or debt
claimed does not exceed the sum Of i've
hundred dollars, exclusive Of interest. and
such criminal cases arising under the laws
Of the Territory - do not require the. inter
vention Of grand jury: Provided, That
they shah mot have Jurisdiction in any mat
ter In controversy, whom tho title, boundary
or right to the peaceable possession Of land
cases: And provided further, That in all
cases An appeal may be taken from amy
order, Judgment or decree Of said probate
courts to the district court.
SEC. g And be il further enacted. That
all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with
this act are hereby repealed provided, this
act shall not affect any suit pending in the
district courts Of said Territory at the time
j. G. BLAINE,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Vice-P President Of the United States and ~
p President Of the Senate.
Approved December Is, 1870.
U. 8. GRANT.
RESOLUTION OF GENERAL NATrRE-No. 81
JOINT RESOLUTION providing for pub:
fishing specifications and drawings OF
BE it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
publication of the abstractsO of specifications
\ Of engravings heretofore accompanying the
/ annual report Of the Commissioner of Pat
ents be discontinued after the publication of
that portion of the report for eighteen hum
bred and sixty-nine for which the plates
have already been prepared; and that, in
lien thereof, the Commissioned be authorized
to have printed, for gratuitous distribution,
not to exceed one hundred and fifty copies
of the complete specifications and
drawings of each patent subsequently
issued, together with suitable in
dexes to be issued from time to time,
one copy to be placed for free public inspec-
ritory, one for the like purpose in the clerks
Office of the district court of each judicial
district Of the United States, except when
such Offices are located in State or terrific
rial ca pitfalls, and one in the library Of Con-
gress. which copies shall be taken and re-
ceived in all courts - evidence of all mat
tiers therein contained, and shall be certified
to under the hand Of the Commissioner and
seal of the Patent Office, and shall be taken
and received in all courts a. evidence, said
copies not to be taken from said deposi-
tories for any other purpose than to be
used a. evidence; and the Commissioner of
Patents ia hereby authorized and directed
to have printed such additional numbers of
copies Of specifications and drawings.
certified as hereinbefore provided, at .
price not to exceed the contract price fer
such drawings, for sale, ~ may be war
ranted by the actual demand for the same;
and the Commissioner is also hereby author
lied to furnish complete set of the specifi-
cations and drawings to any public library
which will pay for binding the same into
volumes to correspond with those in the
Patent Office, and for the transportation of
the same, and which shall also provide
proper custody for the same, with con-
venient access for the public thereto, under
deem reasonable; and provided also,
that all contracts for making copies of
drawings shall be made under the provisions
of chapter one hundred and ffty-fve, sec
ton nine, of act Of Congress, approved
June twenty-five, eighteen hundred and
sixty-four, which reads as follows "SEC. 9.
And be it further enacted, That all lithO-
graphing and engraving, where the proba-
BILE total cost of the maps or plates illus
trating or accompanying any one work ex-
ceetis two hundred and fifty dollars, shall
be awarded to the lowest and best bidder
for the interests Of the government, due re-
gard being paid to the execution Of the
work, sitter due advertisement by the Su-
perintendent OF Public Printing, under the
direction of the Joint Committee on Print
ing; provided, that the Joint Committee ON
pvvhItp priOfin0 1,n ovpth0rizod IN ovuuOv,or
the Superin endent of Public Printing to
make immediate contracts for engraving,
whenever, in their opinion, the exigencies Of
the public service will not justify waiting
for advertisement and award"
Approved January II, 1871.
(GExrRAL NAruRE-No. 49,