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provided further That all syrnp of sugar.
syrup Of sugar cane juice, melada, conceh-
trated melada. or concentrated molasses,
entered under the name of ,nolasses, shall
be forfeited to the United States.
Auproycd December -, 1870

IRESOLyrlON OF GENERAL NATUHL-No. -.
JOINT RESOLUTION providing for pub
fishing specifications and drawings of
Patent Office.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States of
America III Congress assembled, That the
publication of the abstracts of specifications
of engrayings heretofore accompanying the
annual report of the Commissioner of Pat
cnts be discontinued after the publication of
that portion Of the report for eighteen hun
tircd and sixt y-ninc for which the plates
have already been prepared; and that, in
lieu thereof. the Commissioner 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 insrec
ton in each canitOl OF every State and Ter
ritory one for the like purpose in the clerk 3
office of the district court of each judicial
district Of the United States. except when
such offices are located in State or terrific
rial capitals. and one i'll the library of Con
gress. which copies shall be taken and re
cciyei in all courts as evidence OF al 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 i'll all courts as evidence. SAID
copies not to be taken from said depusi
tories for any other purpose than to he
used as evidence; and the Commissioner of
Patents is her@hT authorized and directed
to have printed such additional numbers of
copies of specifications and drawings.
cel titled as hercinbefore provided. at :,
price not 70 exceed the contract price for
such dra wings. for sale. may be war
rantcd by the actual demand for the same:
and the Commissioner is also hereby author
lied to furnish complete set of the speciti
cations and drawings to any public library
which will pay for binding the same into
volumes t" 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
such regulations the Commissioner shall
deem reasonable and provided also.
that all contracts for making copies of
drawings shall be made under the provisions
of chapter one hundred and tifty-tve. sec
ton nine. of act of Congress- approved
June twenty-five, eighteen hundred and
sixty-four, which reads AS follows SEC. 9.
And he it further enacted, That all Iitho-
graphing and engraving. where the proba-
bic total cost OF the maps or plates illus
tratlng or accompanying any one work eX
ceeds 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. after due advertisement by the Su-
perintrndent OF Public PRINTING, under the
direction of the Joint Committee on Print
ing; provided. that the Joint Committee on
Public Printing be authorized to empower
the Superintendent of Public Printing TO
make immediate contracts for engraving.
whenever, in their opinion, the exigcncies of
the public service will not Justify waiting
for advertisement and award
Approved January IL, 1871.