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 Ressleed bY he Spn,ste and Hoase af Re- preseatatipes of tae Jaited Stafes of .a0af3d- co ia Congress assembled, That if shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, anng- ally. in the month ofiannary, to report to Congress, and to publish in two of tbe newspapers printed in the city ofWashing ton a list of all the patents for discover ies. inventors and improvements, which shall have expired within the year mme- diatoly preceding. with tie names Of the patentees. alphabetically arranged

 Sec. 2. fad 5e U ft7fher enacted, That application to Congress 10 prolong or re- new the term of a patent, shall he made before it's expiration, and shall be notified at least once month, for three months before its expiration, in two newspapers drintea in the city of Washington, and in one of the newspapers in which the laws ol the United States shall be published in the State or Territory in which the patentee shall reside The petition shall set forth particularly the grounds Of the applica- ton. It shall be verified hy oath; the ev- idence in it's support may be taken before any judge or justice of the peace; 1t shall be accompanied " statement of the as- certained value of the discovery, inyen- tion, or improvement, and ofthe receipts and expenditures of the pateniee. SD as b exhibit the profit or loss arising there from.

 Sec. 2 2. .fad be # further enacted, That whenever any patent which has been here tofore, or shall be hereafter, granted to 