Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 467.
(Report No. 567,)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
April 28, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Henley, from the Committee on Patents, reported the
following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of Oliver C. Harris.

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13 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That letters patent granted to Oliver C. Harris,
on the fifteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and
thirty-two, for his improvement in paint mills or manner
of grinding paints, indigo, &c., &c., be, and the same
are hereby, extended for the term of seven years from
and after the passage of this act; and the Commis-
sioner of Patents is hereby directed to renew and
extend said patent by making certificate thereon, or upon a
certified copy thereof, of such extension; and the com-
missioner is hereby directed to cause the same to be en-
tered on record in the Patent Office, and the said patent

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16 so extended shall have the same effect in law as if orgi-
nally granted for the term of twenty-one years, in the form
herein provided.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That letters patent granted to Oliver C. Harris, on the fifteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, for his improvement in paint mills or manner of grinding paints, indigo, &c., &c., be, and the same are hereby, extended for the term of seven years from and after the passage of this act; and the Commis- sioner of Patents is hereby directed to renew and extend said patent by making certificate thereon, or upon a certified copy thereof, of such extension; and the com- missioner is hereby directed to cause the same to be en- tered on record in the Patent Office, and the said patent
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14 15 16	so extended shall have the same effect in law as if orgi- nally granted for the term of twenty-one years, in the form herein provided.