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748 TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 14, 15. 1839. Survra III. Feb. 6, 1839. CHAP. XIV. ·-An Act to amend, and carry into eject, the intention of an act err- ""—""‘""‘* titled ".dr• act to renew the patent of Thomas Blanchard, approved Jane lhirticlh, eighteen hundred and thirlyfour. Be it enacted, ¢§·c., That the rights secured to Thomas Blanchard, a Patent for n citizen of the United States, by letters patent granted on the sixth of ¥;’;;l‘,;“°.f°‘” September, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and afterwards on a corm;,,,§,;“§g; rected specification, on the twentieth day of January, anno Domini extended for 14 eighteen hundred and twenty, be granted to the said Blanchard, his Y°°”· heirs and assigns, for the further term of fourteen years from the twen- Aetofluneso, tieth of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, said invention so 183% **-213- secured being described in said last mentioned letters as an engine for turning or cutting irregular forms out of wood, iron, brass or other material which can be cut by ordinary tools: Provided, That all rights and privileges heretofore sold or granted by said pateutee, to make, proviso_ construct, use, or vend the said invention, and not forfeited by the purchasers or grantees, shall inure to and be enjoyed by such purchasers or grantees respectively, as fully and upon the same conditions, during the period hereby granted, as for the term that did exist when such sale or grant was made. Persons who Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person who had, bona

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same. was so erecting or constructing any manufacture or machine for the purpose aforesaid, between the period of the expiration of the patent heretofore granted and the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, shall have and enjoy the right of using said invention in any such manufacture or machine erected or erecting as Proviso. aforesaid, in all respects as though this act had not passed: Provided, That no person shall be entitled to the right and privilege by this section granted, who has infringed the patent right and privilege heretofore granted, by actually using or vending said machine, before the expiration of said patent, without grant or license from said patentee, or his assignees, to use and vend the same. Approved, February 6, 1839. Sryrurs III. Fcb_ 6, 1839_ CHAP. XV.—.r‘ln Jlct for the relief of John Abwlon. Be it enacted, &c., That John Newton, late a private in Egerton’s Maymmndey company of the eleventh regiment of infantry, be, and he is hereby,

  • i¤l¤¤¤ ¤¤¤’*¤i¤ authorized to surrender his title to the north-west quarter of section

Luigi, iggmnm twenty-four, of township three north, of range two west in the military bounty district, in the state of Illinois; and upon making such surrender of title to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, said John Newton is hereby authorized to enter, without payment, one quarter section of any of the public lands subject to entry 'Proviso. at private sale, in the state of Illinois: Provided, That said John Newton shall avail himself of the benefits intended to be granted by this act Proviao. within two years from the passage thereof: And provided, also, That such entry shall not be made on lands on which any settlement or improvement has been or shall be made at the time of the application to make such entry, where the settler or settlers, or person or persons, making such improvements, shall, at such time, be entitled to the right of pre-emption to such land under the existing laws of Congress. Avrnovnn, February 6, 1839. l