Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-01-09
LAWS OF I'VE UNITED STATES.
JOINT RESOLUTION providing for publishing
Specifications and drawings Of Patent Ollce.
[Approvcd January II, lS7l.l

De it rc,olred. by The Stnaio and Hon'e Of Repre-.
stntdtires Of The UnAcd Hdfo Of America IN
Congress assembled.
That the publication Of The Abstracts or speclllca'
tIons and OF the cngrnyings heretofore accompany
Ing the annual report Of the Co;ninlssioncr OF rat
Cnts be discontinued nitcr The publication OF That
portion Of tic report for eighteen hundred and sixty
nine, for which the plates have already been pre-
pareI and that, Ia lieu thereof. the Commissioner
be authorized TO have printed. fc' grGiuilons dlstri'
button, not 10 exceed Or0 hundred AMI tifty copies
Of the complete Specifications and drawings OF each
patent subsequently, issued. together with suitable
Indexes to 10 Issued from tine t1 time. one copy TO
be placci for free public Inspection IN each capitol OF
In the CLERKS Office %! the DlstI!Ct fUGft "f each Jul
dicIal District Of the Uniioi States. except when
such offices nrc located Ia Stat ar Territorial capi-
tolls, and one In the library Of Congress. which copies
shall be taken and received In all Courts rs eHideiice
OF all matters therein contained. and shall be certl.
lied 10 under the hand Of the Commissioner and seal
Of the Patent 0ilicc. AMI shall be taken and received
In all courts ms evidence, said copies not TO be taken
from snid repositories for any other purpose than to
he used rs EVIDENCE; aud the Commissioned Of Pat
cd such additional numbers Of copies OF spcCliica-
lions and drawings. certified as hrrcinhcfore pro.
yiIicd. at d price not TO exceed the contract price 'Or
such drawings. for sale, as may be warranted by the
actual demand for the sane; and C0mnistllc nioncr
Is also hereby authorized to furnish a complete set
of such specifications and drawings 10 any public
library which VIII pay for Binding the sninc into vol.
uIncS to correspond with those In The Patent ONCE,
AMI for the transportation Of the same. and which
shall also provide proper custody for the zane, with
convenient access for the public thereto, under such
regulations as the Commissioner shall 'le0nl rcas0ll-
able: Rnd provided also. that all contracts for max
Ing copies nt drawings shall BE- nls':c under the pro-
visions NJ cl'npicr one hundred and ~ilffy-ivc. Sec
ti0n nine. Of Act 81 Congress approved June twenty.
five, eighteen hundred and siHty.i0ur, which reads
a. follows: Sec. .. And be- II further enacted. that
all llthOgmphinG AMI tn.ravlng. where the probable
total cost of the maps or plates illIIJiratllG or ac-
complaining any work exceeds two hundred! and
iiiiy LO!llrs. shall Lc awarded To the lowest AMI best
bidder for the Interests Of the Government, due ~
gard being pGld To the execution Of the work. after
luC advertisement by tho superintendent Of Public
Printing. under the direction Of the Joint Commit
tee on Printing: provided. that the Joint Committee
on Public priniing bc authorized to cInrnwcr the
Superintendent " Public Printing Ia make immcli.
ate contracts for engraving. whenever IN their Opln.
ion the cNigcnClcS Of the public service viii not Jus.
tIfy waiting for advertisement; ami award"