The New York Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1858, Page 2

~ Dd reg mare urpose of securing greater uniformity of action in ~ dhe g refusal of letters patent, there shall Made SR 2 hy the President of the United States, @ borrd of Ciree examiners-in-chiet, to be composed otpers £ competent legal and scientific know- . ane ylity, and the term of office of the mem- “@e the doty of Chisboard to hear and determine upon 4he s Micency of the references made by the exsmioers, and the evidence presented in each cae of application for a patent, for an exten- THE NEW PATENT BILL. The Proposed Amendment: iv the Patent &qjust cxforsions. ~The Commissioner is now com- clea to Saws Letter from the Hon. Geo. Tay- Yor Schemes of the Lobby Prepo- sition (o Give the Commiesioner of Patents Absolute Power to Crant or Extend Patents, | &e., &e. Hovst or Representatives, } Wasninaton, Feb. 12, 1858. James Coxpon Bennett, Esq. Eprron or Tae New York HpRawy, rm :—Yn your paper of the Lith inst., you say :— We Baye every reason to believe that the inten- Gon of the movements made in the House of Repre- Be tative. by Messrs Chattee and Taylor for, 4. really to renew, extend, revive or cul of the old patents. 1 k-.ow not upon what reason you found your be- ic 1 J do know that you are mistaken. The wil posed by myself makes it more difficult to @roture # patent; and it expressly | rov' les for a discriminating tystem. The provision of the old lating the extension of patents, is retained ay dill, end the Comiuissioner is authorized to @oke testimony before the State officers in due form, ee more pertectly to prot ot the community from ae, large several ct upon affidavits, depositions, and other evidence, and is frequently imposed upon by es sccking extensions. 1 Opposed to the present indiscriminate system & patents—opposed to extensions in all , there is not some very good reason for the cx eption; and 1 have tried to protect the inte- @c-ts cf the community in these particulars. Under @hcse «:eunstances, I know of no * reason” for the qugust reflection in your paper of the 11th inst., and Efus Cot you will (now that you have a copy of @ie bi »ropesed by Dr. Chaffee and myself,) cor- @cct tc error into which you have heen led. Yours @espectully, GEO. TAYLOR. THE NEW BILL. A Bui 7) Promos rae Progress or THE UsErcL Ants, 70 RegvLatk THY GRANTING OF Parents Bou Wvenvions, AND TO Rergat avy Acts AND , Sali oP ACTS BERETOFORE MADE YOR THAT ChYOSe HED iks OP THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS— BALARY $4,500 { cueted by the Senate and Honse of Repre- ives of the United States of America, in Con- as-embled, That the chief officer of the Patent e,to be called the Commissioner of Patents, shall he cd by the President, by and with ve e end consent of the Senate. It shall be @ ty to wuperintend, execute and perform all ech acts end things touching and respecting the e aud issuing of patents for new and useful iacoye cs, 1oventions and improvements, as are Goren provided for, or shall hereafter be, by law, directo? to be Gone and performed, and shall have charge and custody of all the books, records, papers, » ochiaes, and all other things belonging to ; and said Commissioner shall receive as a sotion, annually, the sum of four thonsand dred dollars, and shall be entitled to send ive letters and packages, the reports of said sich other matter relating to the business ¢, by mail, free of postage. ¥D OF EXAMINERS AND THEIR DUTIES—NO AYT Es) THOM THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER OY PATEDTS, pe. 9. And be it further enacted, That for the of sid board shall be for good behavior. It shall élon, Or interference, or in any other form in which the cose may be presented by the examiners; aud to erform such other duties as may be assigned to hem by tc Commissioner; that from the deci- sions of said board appeals may be taken to the Comm ver of Patents in person; that the said © i vchief shall be goyerned in their action thr test») be prescribed -by the Commissioner of Patents. No appeal shall hereafter be allowed n the decision of the Com: of Patents, ppt in cases pending prior to the passage of this ®A AXES OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS. And be it further enacted, Thateach mem- . said Board of Examiners-iv-Chief shall re- vunpensation, , the sum of three thousand dollars, At the time of their appointment Qe Pre-ident shall one of the said board, who shall,an all cat uring the necessary absence @f the Commissioner, or when the said chief office shall become vic ont, bave the charge and custody of the secland of the records, books, papers, ma- obines, 1. dels and all other things belonging to the aid « n@ shall perform the duties of commis- glone: Aering such vacancy, | MOKE + JsoRS AND CLERKS ON FAT SALARTES— | fb ODY 70 DE INTRRESTED IN PATENTS. | Bee 4) Aud be it furtner enacted, That there may | ben oMice uoder appointments made by the | President, Cyventy-four examiners, at an annual | compecsstion of ‘twenty-five handred dollars each. That t elell be a head clerk at an an- e cnsation of two thousand dollars; a | Aisbursing Clerk, @t an annual compensation cf eigutee) hundred dollars; a draughtsman, a li- rare ood a machinist, at an annual compensation cfm steca hundred dollars each; six clerks, at an ennuat © mpensation of sixteen hundred ‘dollars euohs t ks, eo} an annual compensation of four- teen) ddollars each; one clerk, to frank let- ery, do inents end other matter, and to perform | ether dity es directed, at an annual compensation | of one t) 4 dollars; and a ine-seuzer at an an- f one thousand dol and that shall be ap- | tnissioner And said er and every other person appointed and | said office, shall be disqualified and in- 1 ec quiring or taking, execpt by inhe- ‘from conveying, , or in any posing, Coriag the pe ‘or which they | cit appointments respectively, of any | Aight coi tovest, directly or indirectly, in any inven- tent for an invention or ¢ ery | , and | tig any compensa w any med in said office than that spe: } they have been appointed. PTIES OF OFFICKRS AND CLERKS. be it further enacted, That the said | aud every other person to be appointed d office, shall, before he enters upon the | ‘ his offiee or appointment, make oath or truly and faithfully to execute the trust committed to him; end the said Commissioner, the acting commissioner of the said board, designated | 4 abovegprov ded by the President, the head clerk ent S Sursing ¢ jerk, sball also, before entering @pon Uc duties, severally give bonds with sufficient @ureties to the Treasurer of the United States, the Girst noncd in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, & affirmet Qhe Kecond named tm the sum of ten thousand dol dars, and the Ghird and fourth named each in the eum of five thousand dollars, with condition to ren der # true end faithfal account to him or his succes oor office, guarterty, of all moneys which shal hy thom respectively received for duties on pa- nits, for copies of records and drawing, and all Aber 1. cys received by virtue of said office. WR COMMIASTONER'S SKAL. Ree 6. And be it further enacted, That the said Onmm'ssioncr shall always have a seal, with such de- | vice a« fe Presifent aball approve, and copies of pny rr te, hooka, papers or drawings beloaging fo nald cfice, under the signature of said Commis or, ic his ebsence or when the offiee shall {, under the signature of the said colntnissi ner, the said designated mem. tle board of examinersin-chief, with Che «i! ceol effixed, shall be competent evi Cenee i " cases in which the original rds, Books, papers or drawings could be evidence. And en j ingapplication there for may have cert thet cy f the records, drawings and other ‘posited in paid office, on paying for the C pics the sum of twelve cents for every co \uodred words, and for copies of draw- 1» wable expense of making the same. SAL OF MODRLR OF REFECTRD INVENTIONS " Sod be it further enacted, That the Com- Ce * Petents é* euthorized to restore to the @eyc Tye epplicants, or, when not removed by Get Crwise Giapose of such of the models be- give’ 1Jecteé applications as he shall think un- @ «yt be preserved: and in the came manner aoC.ge (f motels accompanying applications for Gracie 4A TENTS TO DE RECORDED MINTTELY Rec. & And be it forther en, That all pa- from said office shall be issued in the of the United States, and under the seal of ©, ed signed by the Commissioner of «aid S ehall be recorded ether with the de specification and drawings in the said ie, ks ts be kept for that purpose. F euhy t ehall contain a short descripti 4itle fuwention or discovery, ce Gatien ¢ nature and design, 6 1. the applican his or he " exeentors or assigns, for the & : he fall ane eaciusive right ; eriiinety de shing, nsing, and vendu.g-to others t | the Commissioner in relation thereto. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1858. to be used, the said invention or discovery, sul nevertheless, to the prior of others for nif fae another's invention secured by a patent as may be used to put ae yee the invention thus patented, referring to specifications for ‘ulars thereof, a copy of which shall be annexed to the pa- tent. mecltveg what the patentee ‘claims as bis in- vention or discovery. APPLICATIONS FOR PATENT—SINGULAR PROVISO— TWO YEARS NEGLECT OF THR PATENT OFFICE PRE- VENTS THE I88UING OF & PATENT.’ Sec. 9. And be . ne enacted, fe any per- son or persons hay! discovered or invented new tnd useful art, machine, manufacture or con position of matter, or any new and useful improve- ment on any art, machine, manufacture or composi- tion of matter not known or used by others before his or their or invention , and not at the time of his application for a patent in public use or on sale, with his consent or rauce, a8 the inventor or discoverer, and who shall desire to obtain an exclusive therein, may make application in writing, to the C Talapinaser OF Patgete eopreaiing such and the Commissioner, on due proceedings had, may grant a patent therefor— Provided the ape- Cification or drawing of such fication for a pa- tent may not have been on file in the Patent Office for more than two prmsions. te ie dale i But before any inventor issuing of said sball receive a t for any such new invention or discovery, he deliver a written description of his invention or discovery, and of the manner and pro- cess of making, constructing, using and compound- ing the same, in such full, clear and exact terms, avoiding unnecessary prolixity, as to enable any per- son skilled in the arf or ssience to which it apper- tains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make, construct, compeund and use the same; and, in the case of any machine, he shall fully explain the principle and the several modes in which he has contemplated the Saptseyon of that principle or character by which it may be distinguished from other invention; and shall ‘particularly specify and point out the part, improvement or combination which he claims as his own invention or discovery. He ehall, farthermore, accompany the whole with three drawings, or three sets of drawings, and writ- ten references, where the nature of the case admits of Sarina: or with specimens of ingredients and of the composition of matter, sufficient in quantity for the purpose of experiment, where tne invention or discovery is of a composition’ of matter, which descriptions, signed by the mventor and attested by two wit- nesses, and drawings, shall be filed in the Patent Office; and he shall, morerver, when specially re- quested by the Commissioner of Patents, furnish a mode! of his invention of a convenient size to exhibit advantageously its several parts. The applicant shall make oath or affirmation that he does verily believe that he is the original and first inventor or discoverer of the art, machine, composition or im- rovement for which he solicits @ patent, and that e does not know nor believe that the same was ever before known or used, and also of what country he is a citizen, which oath or affirmation may be made before apy person authorized by law to administer oaths generally in this country, in case the applicant is a citizen of the United States, or a foreigner tem- porarily residing or otherwise being here; but in case the foreigner is in his own country, such oath shall be made before some officer thereof duly authorized to administer oaths, and attested by an official of the United States there accredited, and in case said oath be made by a citizen of the United States duly accredited to the government wherein said oath shall be made. EXAMINATION OF APPLICATIONS— GROUNDS FOR GRANTING OR REFUSING A PATENT—AITRAL TO THE COMMISSIONER FROM THE DECISION OF THE EXAMINERS. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That on the filing of any such application, specification and draw- ings, and the payment of the duty hereinafter pro- vided, the Commissioner shall cause to bemadea fair, sound and discriminating examination of the alleged new invention or discovery, such examina- tion resting upon the premises that the granting of tents for inventions is the making of a contract tween an inventor and the community, and the Pat ent Office the agent to see that both parties to the contract shall have secured to them ali their rightsand privileges—that the inventor shall have a good title to his property in the invention, and that the community shall nof part with that which clear- ly belongs to it. Ard suchapplication shall, there- fore, be referred to the exanfiner having charge of the class to which it pertains, whose duty it shall be to carefully examine such gems and to search for references as bear upon the claims made in such ap- lication, and to place the same before the Board of Examiners-in-Chief, It shall be the duty of the said Board to carefully examine such application, and com the invention therein claimed with the re- ferences produced by the examiner, and with such other references as may be within their knowledge; and if on such examination it shall not appear to the said Board that the said invention, as claimed, had been invented or discovered by any other person in this country, prior to the alleged invention or dis- covery thereof by the applicant, or that it had been patented or described in any printed publication in this or any foreign country or bad been in public use or on sale with the applicant's consent orallowance prior to the application, thus submitted to him to be sufficiently usefal and important, it shall be his duty to issue a patent there- for. pear to said Board that the applicant was not the original and first inventor or discoverer thereof, or | that any part of that which is claimed as new had before been invented, or discovered, or patented, or described in any printed publication in this or any foreign country as aforesaid, or that the description is defective and insufficient, the applicant shall be notified thereof, and, in brief, such information and references given him as in tht opinion of the Board prevent the allowance of the patent, or prevent the allowance of a part of his claims. If the applicant, after this course bas been pursued in relation to his application, shall desire further consideration, either of the claims as originally presented, or as moditied, but covering that same invention, he may so amend the specification or claims as to place the applica- tion in condition for examination of the said in- vention again; and if, upon such second examina- tion by the Board, they deny the grant of the patent, such denial shall be final on said application, and a | patent thereon shall de refused, unless the Commis sioner, on appeal taken to him, shall reverse the de- cision of the said Board and grant a patent, which shall be final. PRIORITY OF INVENTIONS TO BE SETTLED BY THE COMMISSIONER—PUBLICATION NOT TO PREVENT A PATENT—PATENTS MAY DATE SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ISSUING. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That when- ever an application shall be made tor # patent which, in the opinion of the Commissioner, would interfere with any other pending application for a patent, or with any patent, or any reissue of a patent, before the expiration of two years from the date of the original patent, it shall be the dat, of the Commissiover to give notice thereof to suc | applicants and patentees, in order that they may er evidence upon the question of priority of inven- ion, and bave a hearing before, and decision from, And it shall be the duty of the Commissioner to decide and settle the question of priority of invention, and to order a tent to be issned to the applicant to whom he be- fleves the invention is due by virtue of his being the first inventor thereof, or to deny a patent to either, if, in his judgment, neither of the parties is the ori- ginal and first inventor. Bat nothing containe: this act shall be so construed as to deprive an ori; nal and first inventor of the right to a patent for hia invention by reason of his having previously taken ont letters patent therefor in a foreign country, and same hav- ing been published at any time withi i months next preceding the —g ng his specitic and drawings. And whenever the applicant shall request it, the patent shall take date from the filing of the specifications and drawings; not, however, ex- ceeding six months prior to the actual issuing of the patent. VIFTY DOLLARS AND “PERS” TO BE PAID FOR SUCH PATENT—THE FUND THUS RATS TO PAY THE Sa LARIES OF THE PATENT OF FICE--THE COMMISSION: ER TO REPORT ANBT ALLY TO CONGRE Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, any application for a patent shall be aforesaid by the Commissioner, the applicant pay into the Treasury of the United States, or into the Patent Office, to either of the Assistant Trea- snrers, the Treasurer of either of the Mints, ot to any other constituted depository of the United States, to the credit of the Patent Office the sum of fifty dollars, and the moneys thus received into the treasury, as also all other moneys for fees for copies furnished by the Commissi rom whatever , Shall be carried to f, and constitute a patent fr y' said fond It be the same are hereby appropriated for the p the salaries of the officers and others herein provided for, and all other expenses of the Patent Office, and for such other purposes as are or may be hereafter provided for specially by law. And the Commis sioner or acting Commissioner is hereby authorized to draw apon such fund from time to time for such sume as shall be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act, governed, however, by the several limitations herein contained. And it shall be the duty of the Commissioners to lay before Congress in the month of January, annually, a detailed state ment of the expenditures and peer by him made from said fund; and it shall also be his duty to lay before Congress in the mead of January, anna- ally, a list of al! patents which shall have been craated during the preceding year, designating nnder pro’ heads the suljects of such patents, with an alpha- b | list of the patentees, with their places of re : and he hall also furnish a list of all patents which shall have become public erty daring the ama “i. together with such other information of the state and condition of the Patent OD. 4: way be useful to Congress and to the public. 85. That before i APPLICATIONS 10 BE GRANTED TO ASSIGNEES OR EX- RCUTORS Of APPLICANTS WHO RAVE DIED BRFORR Bee. 13; And be it further enacted, ‘That where ¢. 13, An r . wi | any person ha> made, or shall have made, any new invention, disc: very or iny it, on account of which a patent might, by virtue of this act, be granted, and such person die before tent shall be granted therefor, the right of applying for and obtaining such patent devolve the executor or adm nistrator of such person in trust for the heirs at law of the deceased in case he shall have died intestate; but if otherwise, then in trust for his devisees, in as full and ample manner and onder the same conditions, a6 recsrieuetit mee same was or might have been or such person in hisor her lifetime, and ye tion for a patent shall be made by such Jemal representatives, the oath or affirmation provided in the ninth section eat tne be so varied as to be applicable to em. PATENTS MAY BE ISSUED TO ASSIGNBES OR EXECUTORS —GRANTS TO BE RECORDED—MORE FEES. Sec. 14. And be it farther enacted, That any patent may be issued to the assignee, or assignee of the in- ventor or discoverer, the ass it thereof being first entered of record, and the application therefor bane duly made, and the specification duly sworn to by the inventor; and that avery pelaah invention all be assignable in law, el as to the whole interest or any undivided part thereof, by any instru- ment in writing; which assignment and alo every grant and conveyance of the exclusive right, under any patent, to make and _ use, and to grant to others tomake and use the thing patented within and Labor rion any ified part or portion of the United States, shall be recorded in the Patent Office within three months from the execution thereof, for which the assignee or grantee shall pay to the Com- missioner the sum of one dollar, when snch instru- ment shall not exceed three hundred words the sum of two dollars, when it shall exceed three hundred and shall not exceed one thousand words, and the sum of three dollars when it shall exceed one thou- sand words, which fees shall in all cases be paid in advance. INVALID PATENTS BY REASON OF ACCIDENTAL DEFEC- TIVE DE@RIPTION MAY BE AMENDED FOR THE RE- MAINDER OF THE TERM OF PATENT—AMENDED Pa- TENTS MAY BE ISSUED FOR DISTINCT PARTS OF A PATBNIED INVENTION. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That whenever any patent which has heretofore been granted, or which shall hereafter be granted, shall be inoperative or invalid by reason of a defective or insufficient description or specification, or by reason of the patentee claiming in his specification as his own in- vention more or less than he had or shall have a right to claim as new, if the error has or shall have arisen by inadvertency or mistake and without an: fraudulent or deceptive intention, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner upon the surrender to him of such patent and the payment of the further duty of twenty-five dollars, to cause a new patent to be issued to the said tentee or his assignee, for the same invention, for the residue of the period then unexpired for which the original patent was granted, in accordance with the correct- ed description and specification; and in case of his death, or any assignment by him made of the original patent, a similar right shall vest in his executors, administrators or assigns, and the patent so re-issued, together with the corrected description and specifi- cation, shall have the same effect and operation in law on the trial of all actions hereafter commenced for causes subsequently accruing, as though the same had been originally filed in such corrected form before the issuing of the original patent. And whenever a patent shall be returned for correction, and re-issued, and the patentee shall desire several patents to be issued for distinct and separate parts of the thing patented, be shall first pay in like man- ner, in addition to the sum provided by this act, the sum of fifty dollars for additional patents so to he issued. Whenever a patent shall be return- ed for correction and re-issue under the provisions of this section, the claim of such patent shall be subject to examination, revision and restriction in the same manner as original applica- tions for patents, and the Commissioner shall not grant the re-issue until the applicant shall have altered his specification and claims in accordance with the requirements of such examination. A COURT MAY RENDER JUDGMENT FOR THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF A VERDICT FOR INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That whenever in er action for damages for making, using or sell- ing the thing whereof the exclusive mght is secured by any patent heretofore granted, or by any patent which may hereafter be granted, a verdict shall be rendered for the plaintiff in such action, it shall be in the power of the Court to render judgment for any sum above the amount found by such verdict as the actual damages sustained by the plaintiff, not exceed- | ing three times the amount thereof, according to the cireumstances of the case, with costs; and such dam- ages and costa may be recovered by action on the case in any court of competent jurisdiction, to be brought in the name or names of the person or persons inte- | rested, whether as patentees, assignees or as grantees of the exclusive right within and throughout a y shall report the same to the | Commissioner, and if he shall deem tbe invention | Bat, whenever on such examination it shall ap- | +pecified part of the United States. BINTS OF JUSTIFICATION TO THOSE WHO INFRINGE PATENTS—A PATENT NOT VOID ON ACCOUNT OF PREVIOUS INVENTION, IF SUCH INVENTION BE UN- KNOWN 10 THE PATENTEE, AND NOT BEFORE PA- TENTED—PROVISION IN CASE OF PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS BEFORE PATENTED. Be, And be it further enacted, That the de- any such action shall be permitted to plead the general issue, and to give this act and any special matter in evidence, if such notice in writing | may have been given to the plaintiff or his attorney thirty days before the trial, tending to prove that the ription and specification filed by the plaintiff do contain the whole truth relative to his invention or discovery, or that they contain more than is ne- cessary to produce the described effect , which conceal- ment or addition shall fully appear to have been made for the purpose of deceiving the public, or that the patentee was not the original, and first inventor or discoverer of the thing patented, or of a substan- tial and material part thereof claimed as new, or that it hed been described in some public work an- terior to the supposed discovery thereof by the pa- tentee, or been in public nse or en sale, with the con- sent and allowance of the patentee, before lis applica tion for a patent, or that he had car pi itiously or un- justly ovtained the patent for that which was in fact invented or discovered by another, who was using rearonable diligence in adapting or periecting the same, or that the patentee, if an alien at the time the patent was granted, had failed and neglected, for the space of eighteen months trom the date of the patent, to put and continue on sale to the pub lic, on_ reasonable terms, the invention or discovery for which the patent issued; ad whenever the defendant relies in his defence on the fact of a pre- vions ention, knowledge or use e thing patented, he shall state in his notice of special matter, the names and places of residence of those whom he intends to prove to have possessed a prior knowledge of the t ing and where the same had been used, in either of which cases judgment shall be rendered for the defendant, with costs: Provided, however, that whenever it shall satisfactorily appear that the patentee at the time of making his application for the patent, believed himself to be the firet inventor or discoverer of the thing patented, the same shall not he } to be void on account of the invention or discovery, or any part thereof, having been known be fore or ussed in any foreign country, it not appear- ing that the same, or any substantial part thereof, had before been patented or described in any printed | publication. And provided also, That whenever the plaintiff shall fail to sustain his action, on the ground that in bis specifi sation or claim is embraced more than that of which he was the first inventor, if it shall appear that the defendant had used or violated any part of the invention justly and truly | specified and claimed as new, it half be in the power of the court to adjndge and award, as to costs, as may appear to be just and eqnitable, And pro- vided moreover, That whenever, by mistake accident, inadvertence, and without any wilful intent or default to mislead or defraud the public, any patentee shall have in his specification, claimed to be the original and first inventor or discoverer of any material, a substantial part of the thing patented, of which he was not the first and original inventor, and shall have nv al or jast right to claim the same, in every such case the pa- tent shall be deemed good and valid for eo mach of the invention or discovery as shal! be truly and bona fide his own, provided it shall be a material and substantial part of the thing patented, and be defi- nitely distinguished from the other part so claimed without right as aforesaid. And every such paten tee, his executors, administrators ‘and assigns, whether of a whole or of a sectional interest there- | in, shall be entitled to maintain a suit at law or in equity on such patent, for any infringement of such | part of his invention or discover hail be bona | fide his own as aforesaid, notwit nding the speci- | fication may embrace more than Hi have an; legal right to claim. But in any such ease in which | a judgment or verdict shall be rendered for the | plaintiff, he shall not be entitled to recover costs against the defendant, unless he shall have surren- dered to the Patent Office prior to the commence- ment of the suit his patent for re-issue, with such description in specification and restriction of claim, as will limit the patent when re-lssued to that of which he is bona fade the inventor in the sense of this act: and _—— bringing any snit, who shall have unreasonably ye NI or delayed to avail him- self of the re-issue, shall be entitled to the benefits of the provision contained in this section. EXTENSION OF PATENTS—APPLICATIONS TO BR AD VERTISED—OPPONENTS OF EXTENSION TO SHOW CAUSE—THE COMMISSIONER MAS FULL POWER TO EXTEND PATENTS ATENTERS TO REPORT THW PROFITS—PATENTS MAY BE EXTENDED sf YRAnS. 18. And be it-further enacted, That whenever any patentee or assignee of an invention or disco ' very shall desire au extension of his patent beyond |. the term of its limitation, he may make application therefor in writing to the Commisoner oP the Pa- tent Office, setting forth the grounds thereof; and | the Comosissioner shall. ox the licants paying the sum of one hundred dollars to the credit of the | Treasury, as in the case of an application for a patent, cause to one or more of be eee the newspapers in the city of Washington, and in wath other paper oF pentes 6 lie way deem r, published in the section of the sonst a inte- rested adversely to the extension of patent, a notice of such application and of the time and place when and where the same is to be considered, that any raph Baay Speer and wow samme why the €x- tension should Cag and, when an appt cation has been made to the Commissioner of tents for the extension, and sixty days’ notice there- of has been given, he shall refer the case to the examiner having charge of the class of inven- tions to which said case Le we gp who make a report to the Board jiners-in- pe ape 4 juestion is Rarely 62 te Oake of of patent, which, a further and fall report of said Board Ny all ques- tions therein involved, shall be made to the Commis. sioner; and thereupon the Co shall grant orrefuse the extension of said patent. No extension of a patent shall be granted after the expiration of the term for which it was originally issued, and no patent shall be extended for a longer term than seven years. Inall applications for extensions, the applicant shall furnish to the Commissioner a state- ment in writing and under oath, of the ascertained value of the invention, and of the receipts and ex- penditures, sufficiently in detail to exhibit a true and faithful account of fit and loss mm any manner accruing to him, and to all others” holding rights therein, from and by rea- son of said invention, so that the Commissioner may have before him full and reliable information enabling him to judge whether the community have not entirely paid the inventor, and others deriving title thereto from him, for the invention; and if ay8 a hearing of the matter it shall appear to the full and entire satisfaction of the Commissioner, having due regard to the public interest therein, that it is just and proper that the term of the patent should he extended, by reason of those who are now and those who have been interested therein, without neglect or fault on their part, baring failed to obtain from the use and sale of the invention a reasonable remuneration for the time, ingenuity and expense bestowed upon the same, and the introduction there- of into use, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner to.renew and extend the patent by making a certifi- cate thereon of such extension for a term not ex- ceeding seven years from and after the expiration of the first term, which certificate shall be entered on record in the Patent Office. Suid patent shall there- upon have the same effect in law as though it had been originally nted for the term of twenty-one years, and the benefit of such “renewal and extension shall go to the assignees, grantees, and all persons interested therein, to the extent of their legal and respective rights. TESTIMONY 10 BE COMPULSORY ON CASES IN THE PATENT OFFICE. Sec. 19, And be'it further enacted, That the Com- missioner of Patents may establish rules for taking affidavits and depositions required in cases pendin, in the Patent Office, and such affidavits and deposi- tions may be taken before any Justice of the Peace or other officer authorized by law to take depositions to be used in the courts of the United States, or in the State courts of any State where such officer shall reside; and in any contested case pendin tbe Patent Office it shall be lawful for any court of the United States, for any rri- tory, and he is hereby required, upon the application of any party to such contested case, or the agent or attorney of such party, to issue subpoenas for any witnesses residing or being within the said district. or territory, commanding such witnesses to appear and testify before any Justice of the peace or other officer as aforesaid, residing with- in the said district or territory at any time and place in the subpeena to be stated, and if any wit- ness, after heing duly served with such subpeena, shall refuse or neglect to appear, or after appearing shall refuse to testify (not being privileged from giving testimony), such refusal or neglect being proved to the satistaction of any Judge of the court whose clerk shall have issned such subpeena, such Judge may thereupon proceed to enforce obedience to the ess or to punish the disobedience in like s any court of the United States may do in pbedience to process of sul ad testi- ficandum issued by such conrt, and witnesses in ch cases shall be allowed the same compensation as is allowed to witnesses attending the courts of the United States: Provided that no witness shall be re- quired to attend at any place more than forty miles from the place where the subpeena shall be served upon him to give a deposition under this law; pro- vided also, that no witness shall be deemed guilty of contempt for refusing to disclose any recret invention, made or owned by, him; and provided further, that no witness shalfbe deemed guilty of contempt for disobeying any subpoena di- rected to him by virtue of this act, unless his fees for going to and returning trom, and one day's atten- dance at the place of examination shell be paid or tendered to im at the time of the service of the sub- pena. PATENTS MAY BE GRANTED FOR PATTERNS, PRINTS, VICTURES aND STATURS. Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That ony son or persons,who by his, her or their ind try, genius and efforts, may have invented or pro- duced any new and original de for manufacture, whether of metal or other material or materials, or any new and original design for the printing of woollen, cotton or other fabrics, or any new and origina ign for a bust, statue or bas relief, or composition in alto or basso relievo, or any new and original impression or ornament, to be placed on any article of manufacture, the same being formed in marble or other mategial, or any new and useful pat- tern or print, or picture to be worked into, or work- ed on, or printed, or painted, or cast or otherwise fixed on any article of manufactare,or any new and original shape or configuration of any article of ma- nutfacture not known or beng others, before his, her or their invention or production thereof, and prior to the time of his, her or their application for patent therefor, and who shall desire to obtain an exclusive property or right therein to make use and sell and vend the same or copies of the same to others, by them to be made, used and sold, may make application in writing to the Commissioner of Patents, expressing such desire; and the Com- missioner, on due proceedings had, may grant a tent therefor, as in the case of other applications ior patents, prescribed in this act: Provided, that such applicant shall pay in the raanner pointed out by this act the sum of twenty-five dollars. PROVISIONS FOR CONFLICTING PATENTS. Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That whene- ver there shall be two interfering patents, or whene- yer an application for a patent shall have been re- fused by the Commissioner of Patents, on the ground that the patent applied for would interfere with an unexpired patent previously granted, and having twelve years or less from the date of its expiration, any oe interested in any such patents, either by assignment or other- wise, in the one ease, and any such Tien in the other case, may have remedy by bill in equity; and the court having cognizance thereof, on notice to ad- verse parties, and other due proceedings had, may adjudge and declare cither of the whole or in part, er inoperative and invalid, in an particular part or portion of the United States, according to the interest which the parties to sach suit may in the patent or the inventions patented, and = also adjudge that such ow is entitled, according to the principles and provi- sions of this act, to have and receive a patent for his invention as specitied in bis claim, or for any part thereof, as the fact ot priority of right or in- vention shi ch case he made to appear; and such if it be in favor of the right of such applicant, shall authorize the Commissioner to issue such patent, on his filing a copy of the adju- dication and otherwise complying with the requisi- tions of this act: Provided, however, that no such jndgment or adjudication shall affect the rights of any person, except the parties to the action and those deriving title from or under them, subsequent to the rendition of such judgment. INJUNCTIONS MAY BE GRANTED TO RESTRAIN ALLBORD VIOLATIONS OF PATENTS. Sec. 22. And be it farther enacted, That all ac- tions, snits, controversies and cases arising under the law of the United States, granting or confirming to inventors the exclusive right to their inventions or discoveries, shall be originally cognizable as well in equity as at law, by the Cironit Courts of the United States, or any District Court having the power and jurisdiction of a Circuit Court; which courts shall have power upon a bill in equity filed by any party engraved inany'such case, to ae injunctions according to the course and principles of courts of equity, to prevent the violation of the rights of any inventor, as secured to him by any law of the United States, on such terms and conditions as said courts may deem reasonable: Prov! , however, that from all judgments and decrees from any such court, rendered in the premises, a writ of error or appeal, as the case may reqnire, shall lie tb the Su- preme Court of the United States, in the same man- ner and under the same circumstances as is now provided by law in other judgments and decrees of cirenit courts, and in all other enses in which the courts shall deem it reasonable to allow the same. YENALTIBS FOR COUNTERFEITING THE NAME OF PATENTED ARTICLES OF A PATRNTER. See, 23. And be it further enacted, That if an person or persons shall paint, or print, or mould, cast, carve, or engrave a stamp upon anything made, need or sold by bim, for the sole making or selling of which he has not or shall not have obtained letters patent, the name or Gy of the name of any other person who fa or shall have obtained fetters patent for the sole making and vending of such thing, without the conseat of such patentee, or bis assigns, or legal representatives; or if euy person, upon any sich thine not having been pur Chased from the patentee, or some person who tir { chaced it from or under auch patentee, or not having E per- ns tents void in | the license or consent of such patentee, or his as- = or ie representatives, shall write, paint, print, mould, cast, carve, engrave, stamp, or other- wise make or affix the word “patent,” or the words “letters patent,” or the word ‘pat tentee,” oF an word or words ot like kind, meaning or import, wit the view or intent of imitating or jeiting the stamp, mark or device, like import, on any unpatented article, for the purpose of deceiv- ing the public, he, she or they #0 of- fending hall be liable for such offence to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollaro with costs, to be recovered py any action, in any of the Circuit Courte of the Unit States, or any of the District Courts of the United States having the powers and of a Circuit Court, one half of which penaly o6 recovered shall be patent fund, the other half shall sue for the same. PATENTEES TO BTAMP ALL ARTICLES. Sec. 24° And be it further enacted, That all pa- tents, hereafter granted, , engrave, or cause to on each article vended or offered for sale, when it can be conveniently done, on the article ; and when it cannot be conveniently done on the single article, then on the pac! » CDs velope or label of an aggregated number thereof, the date of the patent and the word “patented ;” and if any person or persons, patentees or assignees, shall neglect to do Table ie ee penalty, Se nemes and dis- posed of in manner speci foregoing (23d) section of this act. PROVISIONS FOR PATBNTING ARTICLES PATENTED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That no per- son shall be debarred from receivii invention or discovery, by reason of the Same having been pavented in a foreign country more than six months prior to his application: “Provided, That the same shall not have been introduced into public and common use in the United States prior to the spplication for such patent: And provided, also, That in all cases every such patent shall be limited to the term of fourteen years from the date or pub- lication of such foreign letters patent. YURCHASEKS OF PATENTS TO HAVE THE SAMF RIGHTS | AS PATENTRES—PROVISIONS IN CASRS OF PRIOR USE. Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That every person or corporation that has or shal! have pur- chased or constructed any newly invented machine, manufacture or composition of matter, prior to the application by the inventor or discoverer tor a pa- tent, shall be held to possess the right to use, and vend to others to be used, the specific machine, manufacture or composition of matter so made or purchased, without liability therefor to the inventor, or any other person interested in such invention; and no patent shall be held to be invalid by reason of such purchase, sale or use, W pate the applica- tion for a patent as aforesaid, except on proof of abandonment of such invention to the public, or that snch porchase, sale or prior use has been for more aa wo years prior to such application for a patent. MONEYS PAID INTO THE-PATENT OFFICE BY MISTAKE TO BE RETURNED. Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That the Trea- surer of the United States is hereby authorized to pay back out of the patent fund any sum or sums of money to any person who shall have paid the same into the Blears or to ap assistant treasurer, or any government depository, fo Patent Office through mistake, and which are not provided to be paid by law, certificate thereo* heing made to said Treasurer by the Commissioner of | Patents. THE COMMISSIONER TO MAKE RULES FOR TAKING EVIDENCE. Sec. 28. And be it farther enacted, That the Com- missioner of Patents shall have power to make all such rules and regulations in respect to the taking of evidence to be used in contested cases hefore him, as may be just and reasonable. THE COMMISSIONER TO EMPLOY AS MANY CLERES AS HE WANTS. Sec. 29. And be it further enacted, That the Com- missioner of Patents is hereby authorized to em- ploy, from time to time, as many temporary clerks as may be necessary to execute the copying and dratting required by this act, and to examine and compare the records with the originals, who shall receive not exceeding ten cents for every page of one hundred words, and for drawings and compari- son of records with originals, such reasonable com- pensation as shall be prescribed by the Commis- sioner; and he is also hereby authorized to employ watchmen, laborers, and assistant messengers, and to pay them, respectively, such wages as in his judg- ment is consistent with the wants and circumstances of the the office, and also to have copied pny draw- ings in the files of the office that he may think it important to the office to have duplicates of, and to pay all reasonable charges for the same. c. 30. And be it further enacted, That all acts, and parts of acts, heretofore passed on this subject, be, and the same are hereby repealed: Provided, however, that all actions and processes in law or equity, sued out prior to the passage of this act,mey be prosecuted to final judgment and execution in the same manner as though this act had not been passed: And provided also, That all applications for patents, pending at the time of the passage of this act, in cases where the duty has nm paid, shall he pro- ceeded with and acted upon in the same manner as though filed after the passage thereof. Sunday in New Orleans, It is scmewhat curious to see notices like the following cecupying conepicnons places in the Sunday morning is- sves of the New Orleans newspapers :— There will be preaching this morning at 11 o'clock at the Raptist chureh, corner of Camp and Basin etroets Miss Davenport will close her engagement this evening and ‘st the Gaiety theatre, in the characters of “Ev uine” “Peg Woffington.”” Rev Mr. Bolles, the pastor of the First Coo church, corner of St. Charles and Juila streets, ¥ at the usual hours to-day. This afternoon over the Metairie course there will be a trotting mateh, mile heats, best $ in 5, in harness, for the proprietor’s purre of $100, between Alarm (formerly called ©’Blenis) and Texas Comot, and a pacing mate, mile heats, for which there are three entries, aad that will take place (before the trot) a! 2o’clock P.M. the prospect is that there will be flae sport on this cecasion. There will be preaching at the naval hour, in the morn. ing and evening, to-day, at the McGehee church, in Caron- delet street. This evening's performance at the St. Charles theatre will be for the benetit of Alexander Boulet, aceni> artist. ‘The ‘Last Days of Pompei” and ‘Beauty and ihe Beast’ | will be performed. ‘There will be divine service this forenoon at 11 o’closk and in the evening at 7 o'clock, in the new Presbywrian ehnrch on Lafayette square. Rev. Dr. Palmer, pastor of the church, will preach. OntMAN® TreaTer.—Sunday evening, Feb. 7, 1858—Three new vaudeviller, for the benefit of Madame [aCro'x There will be Preaching by tho pastor, Rev. Dr, Wood: bridge, this day, in the Second Presbyterian church, our- ner of Vrytenia an jope streets. at Il o'clock A. M. and 7P. M. Sunday school, 9 o'clock P. M. Seats free Spatprve & Rocens’ AmrnrrimaTee.—The élite and fasion at this favorite house! Great rusB this evening, While some of our thin-skinned clergymen are gotuag up meotings to concoct measures for the better observance: of the Sabbath in this city and Brooklyn, would it not be woll enongh to suggest the eatablishment of a fund for the support of missionaries in New Orleans and some other cities of the South, where the work of r: formation would bavea much larger fleld in which to devewwpe itseli ’ Attention has been repeatedly called to the manner m ‘which the Sabbath ia kept in New Orleans, and yot we bear of no movement being made to institute the work of reform. Let missionaries be sent to New Orieans, by all means. Theatrical, Musical, &c. Broanway TimaTee —The entertainments arranged for * this evening compriee various jan and vymanstic txerclcen, the exhibition of the skepnant, Hon, cers, fe, and the romantic spectacle called ‘Gulliver and the [Ili ar Girl of nd farce of are to be performed to-night. Mr. Mt¢y low play in the first, Miss Satie ‘Clair in the following . Rexron’s. The “Merry Wives of Windsor"? and am’s popular extravaganza of “Columbus’’ are annoanced for the last time to night. Messrs. Burton, Mathews, Hrongbam and Walcott, Hughes, have characters. Wanack’s—This evening we are promised two three. act comediee—The Times’ and “Rural Felicity ’—in bow of which Messrs. Blake, Lester and Johnston, Mesdamos Tloey and Vernon, Miss Gannon and other fayorites ap. pear. LAvRa Krenk's.—A “Model of a Wife, ere is pot Gold,” and “My Neighbor's Misses Keene, Thompson and Wella, Moser Burnett, Jordan, Jeflerson and others to appear in porte adapted to their abilities. Ammnican Museem —Little Cordelia Howard a rents are to represent the chief characters in th drama called the Death of Eva,” this afternoon, Tho «Pioneer Patriov’’ is to be performed in the evening. Miserrersy.—A number of new and old melodies, bur- Jesques, dances, &c., are to be given at the diferent colored opera houses to-night, besides “The Toodles,”’ at Geo. Christy & Wood’ ‘Bryant's Dream of Suovel ry,’ jeadames Davenport, | arker aud at Mechanic's Hall, amd “Eph. Horn’s Menageris,’’ at Buckley's Apropos, let it not be forgotten that the friew ls of Bishop Buckley @mntemplate giving hima aubstential token of their estimation of his comical ability morrow evening. Refi ss f soe Tasoeapeoe, fore Hon. Jud \. Fen, 15.—Deard ve. the Sh acome Headiront Com. —A few days ago the waa driving * horse, Mitactied to's wagon, dow avenue,” Wht near Twenty fourth etrect horaee broke joe from one of defendanta’ the avonuo, nud a Coat the noone tase pint, knock dhrowwg bh ariter ent of the wagon. + 81hY hatnre the Aaiticton, Wet ater Vorwet for plain! tor #169. 80, he, she or they, shall be | a patentfor any | pr fees acerning to the | rough. | BEUNICIFPAL AFFAIRS. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. ‘The Board of Aldermen met at the usual hour last evening, the President, John Clancey, Exq., in the chair, VETO FROM THE MAYOR ON THE PROPOSITION TO PAY THE MEMEKRS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL. ‘The following communication was received from his Honor the Mayor:— ‘To Tux Honoxante THe Common Counci.— Gxynixmxx—I herew th retura the resolutions passed by our honorable body, that the Counsel to the requested to prepare & memorial to the jsture te amend the charter of the city, by part of it which provides that ‘no member of the Cound shall receive any compensation for h:s services as sudm that they ‘shall each re- el the legislative duti res to the re les true that there were duties which, under ters, devolved on the Aldermen, as J the courta, and other trusts performed of their offices, for which they were dermen and Assistants, as Com! ceived a certain rate for each da; members of the Common! ty they never nance was in neice weet en ag 5 E B Sg 4 H ter sextion I diem allowance for a longer period than eigh! provision of the act, although pay of the members, did not, in m} explicit authority for the same. Each membe! meceives for his services at the rate pum, adoption of the present charter, accordance wi h the 44th section, such pay ceased on Sey ee last, the day the charter went into effect. | From the foundation of the city to the present time, there- fore, it appears that the Common Council have received compensation only for the perioi,and no longer, from ‘the reasons # hi i i 5 g i Fabs we 1850 to 1857. er may have been which prompted the islature to insert this is the charter of 1853, I am of the opinion tise wise and proper one, and I believe that the public geme- rally approve the same. In fact, your honorable bod; elected under it, impliedly assented thereto, and cepted the responsible and important trusts confided te you with the understanding that they were to be per- formed without compensation. ‘The potition of a member of the Common Council prier to the ordinance of 1850 had been sought by the citizem mainly for the distinction it conferred and the im) of the trust it imposed. To the Common under those old charters were elected men whose intelligence and disinterested zeal for the welfare of the city eminent- ly qualified them for the discharge of the responsible da- ties belonging to the office; and we therefore find, on ge- | ipg back to the annals of the Common Council in those days, that the most prominent citizens were those whe were connected with that honorable body. Whether it was the change that the given by the ordinance of 1850 introduced, by bringing forward candidates for the position who looked more to the compensation than to the greet interests to be served as legisiators of the city, 1 cannot say; but that after that pe- riod extravagance apd recklessness in the ex- penditures of the city government greatly pre- vailed is evident from the fact that while in 1860 the ex- enditures were but $5,200,000, they had increased the pst year to upwards of $8,200,000, and it therefore may | have been this startling fact, so prominent, which induced the Legislature and satisfied the public that a return te the old system of no pay was best for the public interests. It is true that in the years that the was paid many of the members of the Common Council were dis- tinguisbed for their intelligence and zeal for the true in- terests of the city, and who battled manfully against the tide of extravagance which swept along. ey saw and felt the evil, and were among the first to take measures in favor of a change. If such effects were produced when their pay was only three bundred and eighty-four dollars a year, what might we not expect hereafter in the election of future Common Councils, from the scramble aud competition for the places, by the salary, ag proposed by your resolutions, of one thonsand dollars a year? Admitting, however, that no such effort would be duced, and tbat no evil has resulted or would resul the public interests by giving a compensation or & to the mpmbers of ths Common Council, yet the increased expenditure that would be caused thereby, especially to the account cf salaries, and in view of the present burden which the tax payers now have to bear, would, my opinion, be a suilicient reason for thia Common Counci notto urge the measure. The increase in the amount paid for [salaries tince the year 1850 has been greater than many suppose. In that year, while they were but $200,000, we find them gradually increasing ev Tn 1851, to $220,000; 1862, $225,000; 1853, $2 ; 1854, 1856, $997,000, and in’ 1857, 3400 000, bused on the rate paid about the first of Roomber Sie will be $600,000. If there be added to this the which would be required for forty.one membens of Common Council and other officers coutemplated, their salaries, this amount would be swelled to the ling total of over $400,000, or three times what was paid but eight years ago. ‘And thus, instead of reducing or evem restrainig the tures of the city government, they ‘would be largely increased by a Common Council elected with @ view to a reduction of the expenses of the govers- ment, mainly to pay them themselves for what the charter prohibited on their entering into their offices: There was more reason for paying members of Com- mon Councils under the former charters than now. Various executive and other duties were then le which the present charter strips the members of. The present members are confined exclusively to their legis- lative duties, and all executive duties are | otber officers, elected or appointed, as the charter pro- | vides. These latter officers should be paid, not extrva- | apt, but just end liberal salaries, in proportion to the in- Poy required, a performed oa responsibility of the duties imposed. ey rely pri y upon their salaries fer support; and a fatteut pe nl of their duties requires their whole time and precludes them from other occupations or business. But i: ts different | with the members of the Common Council. Elected not | to enforce the observance and execute the ordinances of the city, nor to carry on the ordinary duties and affairs of the government, but to legislate and direct, the time occupied by them need not interfere with the and regular occupations or business which they mi spectively follow or carry on. Their sessisns are oftener than twice a week, and thea only for a few hours ata time, when the general business of the city tm euspended, No deubt important and sometimes arduous: duties are frequently performed, and considerable time consumed by attendance to the business of committees; but even in this respect, by punctuality and @ proper re- gulation aud system, they could be made to occupy but prrevyl pricey of the time of a member. There aremany cfices of trust and bonor in this city, and many positions of duty, of Che labor and responsibility, which every citizen {@ liable to be called upon to fill and’ perform with- ont compensation or hope of the same, and which many would gladly accept, nct only for the distinction they coa- fer, but for the interest and desire they feel to contribute their share of their talents and their time to the public or private good. 1am aware that members of Congress and of Legisla- turee are paid for their services, either by a salary or ® diem Allowance. ‘Their case is, however, dliforent from s member of «cit corporation. y leave t bomes and their business for weeks and months; and it i some compensation Fle Seeing Se canons of Ome ir ordinary business ia frequently their absence, so as often to make i @ piarily to them to perform the duties of their position. Anhough the resolutions propose only an tion to the Legislature for authority pH Bd ries, yet I have treated the eubject as if the w wore before your bonorable body. While I am of that the Legislature, unless in e: cases, not pass any mearure affecting the interests of the | government or its charter, without the Common ask for or assent thereto, yet I believe that they should, if po substantial reasons Soa to the contrary, grant such relief and pasa such laws as may be applied for om its memorial, ™m . T have therefore, for these reasons, returned the rese- Jutions to your honorable body. DANIEL F. TIEMANN. Mayon’s Orricn, New Yor, Fob. 15, 1888, Ordered to be printed. MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR SUGGRSTING TTR RRECTION OF A FIRE PROOF HUILDING IN THE PARK YOR A NEW COURT HOUSE. Tho following Communication was received from bie Ronor the Mayor: — To tHe Hoxonants THR Common Cooxet:— Gxt EwEN—I have received information which induces: } me to believe that an arrangement can be made government of the United States for the proof building at the expense of the gen on the unoccupied ground in the Park fron! bers street, between Broadway and the new one balf of which, adjacent to Broad the United States and be used fora | rooma, and the other balf, ina line with the Hall, be the property of the city, and fui ee eee ies for hy rooms and pa mnie . As this arran; ra Alt en na epee | which are called for by the wi of all classes | community, I respectfully ask authority to Degotiation aun Ee bende \, on she. | diate erection uitable building 1 spesitied. bi DANIEL F. TIEMANN. Mavon's Orrice, Feb. 15, 1958. 28 if if j z Hy &. fi i i i i E z ' : i | ized to enter into ® ral of the United States, to sole expense of the o saat oe dhe present City Hall, ancl ame to the Common Council, ‘Adopted. commamsonns oF mayne, We report committees, appointing sev: new See ip was presented ani elisited a The report was for the erection of a building, ae eral government, on the anoc- ik, on Chambers streot, in the report the result of the i ttee bill, reported that they had agreed to recommend 5 reverence to the Poard of Supervisors for their action. Tho committee say that in their opinion the charge is pro- perly = the Metropolitan district, and not against the city. Adopted. THE STRERT COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE. On the report of the Commitiee on Lamps and Gas te relation to the supply of off for the Corporation, being 4 discussion ensned Hoore aanen cot that fe had eearnn to kong Gays t would be Kaywn why Was Coe ‘ “ 4 chat within anew