Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

1 BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 THATthere shall be appointed, in the man=

4 ner provided in the second section of the

5 act entitled “An act to promote the

6 progress of useful arts, and to repeal

7 all act and parts of acts heretofore

8 made for that purpose,” approved July

9 fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty six,

10 two principal examiners and two assis=

12 tant examiners, in addition to the num=

13 ber of examiners now employed in the

14 Patent Office; and that hereafter each

15 of the principal examiners employed

16 in the Patent Office shall receive

17 an annual salary of twenty-five

18 hundred dollars, and each of the

19 assistant examiners an annual sal=

20 ary of fifteen hundred dollars. ^Provided^

1 Sec. 2 And be it further enacted,

2 That hereafter the Commissioner of

3 Patents shall require a fee of one

4 dollar for recording any assignment,

5 grant, or conveyance, of the whole or

6 any part of the interest in letters

7 patent, or power of attorney, or license

8 to make or use the things patented,

9 when such instrument shall not

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10 exceed three hundred words; the sum

11 of two dollars when it shall exceed

12 three hundred and shall not

13 exceed one thousand words; and the

14 sum of three dollars when it shall

15 exceed one thousand words; which

16 fees shall in all cases be paid in

17 advance; ^[“ând he shall also require

18 to be paid a fee of five cents per

19 volume for examining the records

20 of the Patent Office.^”]^

1 Sec. 3 And be it further enacted,

2 ^[“That there &c^That the Commission of Patents is

3 hereby authorized to appoint^”]^ two clerks,

4 to be employed in copying and recording,

5 and in other services in the Patent

6 Office, who shall each be paid a

7 salary of one thousand two hundred

8 dollars per annum.

Sec. 4 And be it further enacted,

That the Commissioner of Patents is

hereby authorized to send my mail, free

of postage, the annual reports of the

Patent Office, in the same manner in

which he is empowered to send letters

and packages relating to the business

of the Patent Office.

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02/01/1848
Passed the Senate
February 1. 1848
Attest
Asbury Dickins
Secretary

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Patent

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S_39
An act to9 provide additional examiners in the Patent Office and for other purposes

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03/02/1848
In the House of Representatives.
March 2^d 1848.
Resolved That this Bill do pass with the following amendments.
Attest.
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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May 18 Senate concu

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Monday MArch 20.
Conf^d & pp^d until to-morrow

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19 [?]

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Hoyle [?] disagreed

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Ho. insist & ask conf^c

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Fanully }

M^cClellan Confirm or passage &c

Barringer

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M^cLewis Senate Com.

Phelps

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19 May 1848 ex^d W^m Upham S
Robinson H. R.

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ThirtiethCongress.
FirstSession.
Congress of the United States
In the House of Representatives.

Resolved That the Bill from the Senate (No. 39) entitled “An Act to provide additional examiners in the Patent Office and for other purposesdo pass with the following

Amendment.

In the 17^th Line ^‘Recede^ Strike out “Twenty five hundred”, and insert “Two Thousand.”

Sec. 2. 17^th Line to the Strike out the worlds “and he shall also require to be paid a fee of five cents per volume for examining the records of the Patent Office”

20^th"Âgreed^

Sec 3. 2^nd Line to the Strike out the words “That the Commissioner of Patents is hereby authorized to appoint” and insert “That these shall be appointed in manner aforesaid”

3^dÂgreed^

Attest,Tho. J Campbell, Clerk.
In Senate of the United States.
April 10, 1848.
resolved, That the Senate disagree to the aforegoing amendments of the House of Representatives to the Bill “to provide additional Examiners in the Patent Office, and for other purposes.”
AttestAsbury Dickins

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In the House of Representatives
May 4^th 1848.
Resolved, That the House adhere însist^ to their amendments to Senate Bill (Nô 39) “to provide additional Examiners in the Patent Office, and for other purposes”, and ask a Committee of Conference thereon.

Ordered, That Mr. Farrelly, Mr. M^cClelland and Mr Barringer be the Committee of Conference on the part of the House.
Attest.Tho. J Campbell
ClerkIn Senate of the United States.
May 5^th, 1848.
Resolved, That the Senate agree to the Conference asked by the House of Representatives on the amendments to the Bill (S. 39.) “to provide additional examiners in the Patent Office, and for other purposes”; and,

Ordered, That Mr. Wescott, Mr. Lewis and Mr. Phelps, be the Committee of Conference on part of the Senate.
AttestAsbury Dickins
Secretary.In the House of Representatives May 17th 1848.
Resolved that the House agree to the report of the Committee of Conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses upon the amendments to the bill of the Senate (No 39) entitled an act to provide additional examiners in the Patent Office and for other purposes.
AttestTho J Campbell

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Proceedings of the two Houses on the Patent Office bill—

1	BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representa-
2	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3	THATthere shall be appointed, in the man=
4	ner provided in the second section of the
5	act entitled “An act to promote the
6	progress of useful arts, and to repeal
7	all act and parts of acts heretofore
8	made for that purpose,” approved July
9	fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty six,
10	two principal examiners and two assis=
12	tant examiners, in addition to the num=
13	ber of examiners now employed in the
14	Patent Office; and that hereafter each
15	of the principal examiners employed
16	in the Patent Office shall receive
17	an annual salary of twenty-five
18	hundred dollars, and each of the
19	assistant examiners an annual sal=
20	ary of fifteen hundred dollars. ^Provided^

1	Sec. 2 And be it further enacted,
2	That hereafter the Commissioner of
3	Patents shall require a fee of one
4	dollar for recording any assignment,
5	grant, or conveyance, of the whole or
6	any part of the interest in letters
7	patent, or power of attorney, or license
8	to make or use the things patented,
9	when such instrument shall not

10	exceed three hundred words; the sum
11	of two dollars when it shall exceed
12	three hundred and shall not
13	exceed one thousand words; and the
14	sum of three dollars when it shall
15	exceed one thousand words; which
16	fees shall in all cases be paid in
17	advance; ^[“^and he shall also require
18	to be paid a fee of five cents per
19	volume for examining the records
20	of the Patent Office.^”]^

1	Sec. 3 And be it further enacted,
2	^[“That there &c^That the Commission of Patents is
3	hereby authorized to appoint^”]^ two clerks,
4	to be employed in copying and recording,
5	and in other services in the Patent
6	Office, who shall each be paid a
7	salary of one thousand two hundred
8	dollars per annum.

	Sec. 4 And be it further enacted,
	That the Commissioner of Patents is
	hereby authorized to send my mail, free
	of postage, the annual reports of the
	Patent Office, in the same manner in
	which he is empowered to send letters
	and packages relating to the business
	of the Patent Office.

	In the 17^th Line ^‘Recede^	Strike out “Twenty five hundred”, and insert “Two Thousand.”
Sec. 2.	17^th Line to the	Strike out the worlds “and he shall also require to be paid a fee of five cents per volume for examining the records of the Patent Office”
	20^th"^Agreed^
Sec 3.	2^nd Line to the	Strike out the words “That the Commissioner of Patents is hereby authorized to appoint” and insert “That these shall be appointed in manner aforesaid”
	3^d^Agreed^