Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 28.
(No Report.)
IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES.
January 4, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Farrelly, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill.
A BILL
For the relief of Calvin Emmons.

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12 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the letters patent granted to Calvin Em-
mons, a citizen of the United States, on the twenty-seventh
day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
twenty-nine, for his improvement, in the threshing machine,
be, and the same are hereby, renewed and extended for
the term of fourteen years from and after the passage of
this act; and the Commissioner of Patents is hereby di-
rected, on the surrender to him of the said letters patent,
to grant to the said Calvin Emmons a new patent, with an
amended specification, for the same invention, and also for

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on said machine subsequent to the date of his said original
patent: Provided, That such renewal and extension shall
enure to the use and benefit of the said Calvin Emmons,
his executors and administrators, and to no other persons
whomsoever, except that a bona fide assignee of the in-
vention patented, or a bona fide assignee of the patent
right, by virtue of any assignment from the patentee here-
tofore made, as also, all persons, their heirs, executors or
administrators, who shall, after the expiration and before
the renewal of said patent, have, bona fide, put in use the
invention secured by said patent, shall have the benefit of
this act, upon just, reasonable, and equitable terms, accord-
ing to his or their interest therein ; and if said Calvin Em-
mons, his executors or administrators, cannot agree with
such assignee or other persons herein designated, the terms
shall be ascertained and determined by the circuit court of
the United States for the district in which such assignee or
other persons resides, to be decreed upon a bill to be filed
by such assignee or other person for that purpose: And
provided further, That no assignee or other person shall
have the benefit of this act unless he or they shall, within
ninety days from the date of its passage, agree with the said
Calvin Emmons, his executors or administrators, as to the
consideration upon which he or they are to have it, or file

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41 a bill in the circuit court aforesaid, in order that the amount
to be paid therefor, and the terms of such payment, may
be decreed, in conformity with the intent and meaning of
this act.

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For the relief of Calvin Emmons.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the letters patent granted to Calvin Em- mons, a citizen of the United States, on the twenty-seventh day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, for his improvement, in the threshing machine, be, and the same are hereby, renewed and extended for the term of fourteen years from and after the passage of this act; and the Commissioner of Patents is hereby di- rected, on the surrender to him of the said letters patent, to grant to the said Calvin Emmons a new patent, with an amended specification, for the same invention, and also for
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13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37	such improvements as the said Emmons may have made on said machine subsequent to the date of his said original patent: Provided, That such renewal and extension shall enure to the use and benefit of the said Calvin Emmons, his executors and administrators, and to no other persons whomsoever, except that a bona fide assignee of the in- vention patented, or a bona fide assignee of the patent right, by virtue of any assignment from the patentee here- tofore made, as also, all persons, their heirs, executors or administrators, who shall, after the expiration and before the renewal of said patent, have, bona fide, put in use the invention secured by said patent, shall have the benefit of this act, upon just, reasonable, and equitable terms, accord- ing to his or their interest therein ; and if said Calvin Em- mons, his executors or administrators, cannot agree with such assignee or other persons herein designated, the terms shall be ascertained and determined by the circuit court of the United States for the district in which such assignee or other persons resides, to be decreed upon a bill to be filed by such assignee or other person for that purpose: And provided further, That no assignee or other person shall have the benefit of this act unless he or they shall, within ninety days from the date of its passage, agree with the said Calvin Emmons, his executors or administrators, as to the consideration upon which he or they are to have it, or file
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38 39 40 41	a bill in the circuit court aforesaid, in order that the amount to be paid therefor, and the terms of such payment, may be decreed, in conformity with the intent and meaning of this act.