502 TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 158,159,160. 1832. Porter and Warrington, acting in behalf of the United States, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four; and that the amount ascertained to be due, be paid to the said John Lacy, or to his legal representatives, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro- Pyqvigm priated: Provided, however, That the said accounting officers do not allow any estimate for salvage on account of the loss of the schooner Mary and Elizabeth. Approved, July 3, 1832. Srsrurs I. —-—-· July 3, 1832. CHAP. CLVIH.—-An Act for the relief of VW11i41m Mcdzrmick. Be it enacted, rfc., That it shall and may be lawihl for William May relinquish McCormick, of the state of Indiana, to file, in the land office at Fort ¤¤¤¤‘¢¤i¤ ¤f¤¤¢ Wayne, a relinquishment, in such form as the Register. and Receiver g;l:,';;:,;';°‘;?, of the said land office shall prescribe, of all his title and interest in and ’to the east half of the south-east quarter of section ten, in township twenty-two, within the said land district, entered by him through mistake, and, upon the execution of such release, to apply the money paid on the same to the west half of the south-east quarter of section fifteen, township twenty-two, if the said quarter section remain unsold and subject toprivate entry; if not, then to apply the amount paid in by mistake to any other quarter section of land subject to private entry within said district, for which a patent shall issue. Am-novnn, July 3, 1832. Snrun I. July 3, l832. CHAP. CLIX.-An Act for the relief of Horatio Gates Spajirrd. """"""""` Be it enacted, #0., That, in issuing letters patent in the usual form Letters param to Horatio Gates Spalford, a citizen of the United States, for his alleged '?,ls”“:§9¥ his discoveries in mechanical philosophy, carried into practical operation
- ,§§:,,, ,:§:,;,,_ by appropriate machinery, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State,
nical philo- upon application to him within one year after the passage of this act, to gm}; Mmm file in the confidential archives of his department, and there preserve in ,,0,, wpbc ,,8,,, secret for the period of one year, the descriptions, specifications, and BBCIBI. drawings, illustrating the discoveries and inventions aforesaid; and the patent which shall be thus issued, shall have the same force and effect Actof'Feb. 2|, as if conformable in all respects to the provisions of the "Act to prol793» ch- U- mote the progress of useful arts, und to repeal the act heretofore made for that pur ose." Approved, July 3, 1832. Snrurx I. —--— JUIY 3. 183% CHAP. CLX. -3; Act glceclirngnllfti/e';r·sl palcrg to be issued to Thomas Knowles, "°"`""°"`" ams ng, a i liam teel, respectively. Be it enacted, rfc., That letters patent be issued, in the usual form, [,,,;;,,-5 pmm to Thomas Knowles, of Manchester, in the kingdom of Great Britain, tgblgissupd lor for a machine for spinning cotton threads, called Knowles’s improve- L,,,, m;,"d°by_` m011i; to dBm0S Lang, of Greenock, in Scotland, for an improvement Smell gligng, in the machinery for spinning rope yarn and duck twines; and to Will’68P¤¢liV¤l·Y• liam Steel, of Liverpool, in said kingdom, for an improvement on steam engines, called Steel‘s atmospheric and reacting steam engines; upon their compliance, respectively, with all the provisions of the several acts of Congress relative to the issuing of letters patent for inventions and improvements, except so far as the said acts require, on the part of aliens, a residence in the United States: Provided, That the said let- Proviso. ters patent, and all the privileges thereby granted to the patentees, respectively, shall cease and determine, and become absolutely void, without resort to any legal process to repeal, annul, or cancel the same, in case of failure, severally, on their parts, for the space of two years
