Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-04-11


Be it enacted 6v the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States Of
AB1ertcd IN Congress assembled, Ihat the
Secretary of the Treasury be, ana he Is
hereby, authorized to appoint one agent
and three assistant agents, VINO shalI De
charged with the management OF the seal
fisheries i'm Alaska and the performance
of such other duties as may be assigned TO
them by the Secretary of the Treasury
and the said agent shall receive the sum of
ten dollars each day, one assistant agent
the sum of eight dollars each day, and two
assistant agents the sum of six dollars
each day while so employed and they
shall be allowed their necessary travelling
expenses in going to and returning from
Alaska, for which expenses vouchers
shall be presented to the proper account
ing officers of the treasury, and such eX-
Denses shall not exceed in the aggregate
six hundred dollars each in any one year
Provided, That such agents shall never
be interested, directly or indirectly, in any
lease of the right to take seals nor in any
proceeds nor profits thereof, neither as
owner, agent, partner, or otherwise.
SEC. > That the Secretary of the Treas
IIrv be. and he is hereby authorized TO
erect a dwelling house upon each of the
islands of st. Paul and st. George, for the
Use of said agents, the cost of both not to
exceed six hundred dollars.
SEC. g. That the said agents be, and
they are hereby, empowered to admins
ter oaths in all cases relating to the ser
vice of the United States, and to take tes-
timony in Alaska for the use Of the Gov
eminent in any matter concerning the
public revenues.
Approved, March ), 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-No. -.
AN ACT amending the act approved Ju-
" ftvn piU hundred
and sixty-eight, entitled IAN act relating
tOpensiOns."
Be it enacted By the Senate and House of
REPRESENTATIVES of the United States of
AHiericu in Congress assembled, That the
second section of the act of Congress APP
proved July twenty-seventh, eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight, entitled Gan
act relating to pensions, {" be amended by
Inserting after the word commission, - in
said section, the words cor was at some
naval station"
Approved, March ), 1S72.
GENERAL NATURE-No. D.
AN ACT to repeal the paragraphs of |
Schedule G. of the internal revenue acts |
imposing taxes on canned meats, fish, |
and certain other articles. El. n-
Be Il enacted 6y the Senate and House of |
Representatives. of the United States of |
dnlcFicd an Congress assembled, That from |
and after the passage of this act so much |
of Schedule G of the internal revenue
acts as imposes tax on any ''can, bottle, |
or other single package containing meats, |
fish, shell-fish, fruits, vegetables, sauces,
sirups, prepared mustard, jams or jellies,n |
be, and the same is hereby, repealed
Approved, March 5, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. 81
AN ACT to amend section thirty-five of |
an act entitled can act to reduce inter- |
nal taxes, and for other purposes"
BE 1T enacted 6g the Senate and House of !
Representatives, Of the United Suites of |
Afacyicn IN Congress assembled, That the |
privileges of the act entitled can act to
reduce internal taxes, and for other pur-
poSes,o approved July fourteen, eighteen |
hundred and seventy, be, and are hereby, |
extended to the port of Toledo, in the |
State of Ohio.
Approved, March ), 1872. @. l.
. GENERAL NATURE-NO. p.
AN ACT for the relief of George ~ |
Morse. .-....-..-s ..-.z...--s
BE 1t enacted by the ,Senete and House |
Representatives. Of the United Stats of
iDsericG IN Congress assembled, That the |
Commissioner of patents he, and he here |
by is, authorized to entertain and eXer- |
else jurisdiction over petitions of George |
NJ. Morse for the extension of two letters |
patent granted to him on the twenty |
eighth day of October, eighteen hundred |
and fifty-siX, for further term of seven
Years from the day on which such extern |
sions may be granted, and to hear the |
testimony of the applicant and determine |
upon the said petitions in the same man. |
ner and with the same effect as if the |
original term of said patents, or of any
foreign patents covering the same inYen- |
tons, had not expired, and to grant or re- |
fuse such extensions upon the same prin-
ciples, otherwise, that govern his decisions
upon such applications when made under
the law of July eighth, eighteen hundred
and seventy Provided, That 10 person
shall be held liable for the Infringement
of patents, if extended, for making use of
said inventions since the expiration of the |
original term of said patents, and prior to
the dateof their extension /: .4ARd provided
ftfther, That any person, firm, or corpora
ton now engaged in the manufacture of
firearms, and using said invention, shall
be entitled to use the machinery made or
constructed by them for manufacturing
the same since the expiration of the origi-
nal terms of said patents, without liability
during the term of said extension. r- |
Approved, March IL, 1871. r.l 81
TGENERAL NATURE-No. 90
AN ACT to create an additional land dis
trict in the State of Nevada. -
Be 1t enacted 6y the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
ABlerica HI Congress assembled, That all
that portion of the State of Nevada, en-
braced in the following described limits,
to wit, commencing ut the corner COM
mon to townships twenty-four and twenty
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