Chapter CLIV. for the Relief of Wright Duryea
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CHAP. CLIV.— An Act for the Relief of Wright Duryea. March 3, 1869. Whereas on the tenth day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundredPreamble. and fifty-five, a patent was issued to Wright Duryea, of the city, county, and State of New York, for a certain “card exhibitor,” and that owing to circumstances beyond his control he has not, up to the present time, as it is alleged, derived either profit or emolument therefrom ; and furthermore, being desirous of applying for a renewal of said patent, has been prevented by ill health from making the petition therefor within the time specified by law :
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the commissioner ofWright Duryea may apply for renewal of patent. patents is hereby authorized and empowered to receive the application for the renewal of said patent, in the same manner and with the same effect as though the time had not passed which is specified by law within which applications for the extensions of patents are required to be made : *Provided,* That no person who may make or use said “card exhibitor,”Proviso. after the expiration of said patent and before an extension thereof shall be granted by said commissioner, shall be liable to any action or damages therefor.
Approved, March 3, 1869.