The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-02-03
The Patent Bill.

Ihe Patent Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 90 The House com
mittee on the REVISION of the laws to-day in
structed Representative Thomson to report
favorably to the House his bill which pro-
vides that hereafter any suit brought to any
court having jurisdiction in patent cases Tor
alleged use or infringement on any patented
article, device, process or discovery, when it
shall appear that the defendant in such suit
| purchased the same in good faith for his own
personal use from the manufacturer thereof
or from a person or firm engaged in open sale
or practical application thereof, and apply the
same to his use and not for sale, f the plain
tiff shall recover a judgment for five dollars
or less as damages, the court shall adjudge
that he pay all costs of the suit. and if the
plaintiff shall not recover suit of twenty dol
lars or Over, the court shall adjudge him to
pay all his own costs, unless it shall also APP
pear that the defendant at the time of such
purchase or practical application had known
the existence or had actual notice Of the eXis-
tence of such patent. Provided that nothing
contained herein shall apply to articles manu-
featured outside Of the United States.
Census Supervisors.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-Thc Senate com
mittcc on census met to-day and received
reports from several ub-cOmmittees ON NOM
nations Of census supervisors. The appoint
ments We're reported back favorably from the
subcommittee from all IT," Western States
except three from Illinois, one from Iowa and
one from Tennessee, which are held by
the subcommittee Tor further inquiry. 1t
was agreed by common consent that all the
nominations reported from the . commit
tees to-day, in regard to none of which there
is any question OF the personal fitness of the
nominee, shall he Immediately reported back
to the Senate with n recommendation for cor
firlnatiOu. but at the same time several Demo-
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ground that one half of the census Supervis-
ors throughout The whole Country ought to be
selected from the Democratic party, and they
therefore reserved the right to disregard to-
DAYS action OF the committee when the nom
nations come up for consideration in the
Senate. The indications are that il strong
movement will be made in the Senate to
throw up ali the census nominations for the
present with a view of forcing an equal di-
vision Of Tie appointments hetwrrn the two
great political parties.
Washington News.
W~A>HINGTON, Jan. O.-inlcspunse to the
resolution recently adopted by the House of
Representatives the Secretary of HE Navy to-
day sent 10 that body Il mass of Statistical in
formation giving the facts and figures show
ing the extent To which the channel leading
to the Mare Island navy yard has h"en filed
il dispoSits OF mining debris.
Representative Page in his argument before
the mi of uosluiiice officials yesterday
concerning Wells, Fargo II CO.'S carriage Of
letters, took the ground that the people walt
cl more and better mail facilities. and that
until ii could Uc shown that the tranSpurta-
ton of stamped envelopes 10y express is il
public injury instead of being. is he claimed.
Il i,ublic benaiit, the department would Eot be-
justified in enforcing against he express
companies any regulation tlIat is not appli-
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