Chapter VIII. for the Relief of Isabella C
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CHAP. VIII.— An Act for the Relief of Isabella C. Youngs, wife of Theophilus Youngs.April 1, 1869. Whereas letters patent were on the twentieth day of May, annoPreamble. Domini eighteen hundred and fifty-six, issued to James M. Miller for an “improvement in surface condensers for steam-engines,” and whereas the supreme court of the District of Columbia, on the fourth day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-six, ordered, adjudged, and decreed that all right, title, and interest of the said James M.
Miller in and to the said invention and letters patent so granted unto him be, and the same are, by said decree, transferred to and vested in the said Isabella C. Youngs in as full, ample, and beneficial a manner, to all intents and purposes, as the same were then held or enjoyed by the said James M. Miller: Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the commissioner ofPatent of James M. Miller renewed to Isabella C Youngs. patents, upon due application made to him by the said Isabella C.605FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 8, 31, 32, 33. 1869. Youngs, her heirs or assigns, is authorized to extend and renew, in the name of the said Isabella C. Youngs, her heirs or assigns, the said patent of James M. Miller, number fourteen thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, for an “improvement in surface condensers for steam-engines,” for and during seven years from and after the twentieth day of May, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy, for the use and benefit of the said Isabella C. Youngs, her heirs and *assignes,* [assigns], upon the same principle and evidence as if the application were made by the original patentee.
Approved, April 1, 1869.