Chapter XVI. *for the Relief of Mistress Henry R
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Chap. XVI.— An Act *for the Relief of Mistress Henry R. Schoolcraft.* Jan. 25, 1859. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, required to cause a copyright to issue securing Copyright to be renewed to Mrs. H. R. Schoolcraft.to Mistress Henry R. Schoolcraft, to her heirs, assigns, and legal representatives, the exclusive right to republish the book entitled “History, Statistics, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States,” heretofore published under order of Congress, and to make and publish any abridgment or compilation thereof for the term of fourteen years from the passage of this act; and he is further required to transfer and deliver to said Mistress Schoolcraft all the plates, the property of the Plates to be delivered to her.United States, used in the printing and illustration of said book: 558*Pro-THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 20, 24, 25, 29. 1859Proviso—to be accepted, in full satisfaction, &c.vided,* That the same be accepted in full satisfaction of all manner of claim for compensation for work, time, or money expended in the collection of materials for said book by Henry R. Schoolcraft. Approved, January 25, 1859.