Chapter CCCVIII. for the Relief of Francis M
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CHAP. CCCVIII.— An Act for the Relief of Francis M. Strong and Thomas Ross.July 15, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Francis M. Strong andFrancis M. Strong and Thomas Ross may apply for extension of letters-patent. Thomas Ross have leave to make application to the commissioner of patents for the extension of the letters-patent issued to them for improvement in platform scales, for the term of fourteen years from the fifteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, said letters-patent bearing date the fifteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, in the same manner as if the petition for said extension had been filed at least ninety days before the expiration of said patent; and that the commissioner be authorized to consider and determine said application in the same manner as if it had been filed ninety days before the expiration of said patent.
Approved, July 15, 1870.