Chapter XXXIV. to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction if the President of the United States, to purchase of Winslow Lewis, his patent right to the new and improved method of lighting Lighthouses, and for other purposes. March 2, 1812. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representat

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Chap. XXXIV.— An Act *to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction if the President of the United States, to purchase of Winslow Lewis, his patent right to the new and improved method of lighting Lighthouses, and for other purposes.* March 2, 1812. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Secretary of the Treasury authorized to purchase Winslow Lewis’ patent right for lighting light, houses.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, under the directions of the President of the United States, to purchase of Winslow Lewis, his patent right to the plan of lighting lighthouses, by reflecting and magnifying lanterns, if the same shall be proved to be a discovery made by him; and to contract with the said Winslow Lewis, for fitting up and keeping in repair, any or all the lighthouses in the United States or the territories thereof, upon the new and improved plan of the reflecting and magnifying lanterns; or to contract with the said Winslow Lewis, for such sum as he may think for the interest of the United States: *Provided,* the sum so to be allowed, shall not in any case annuallyThe sum to be allowed for lighting not to exceed the annual appropriation for the last seven years. exceed the appropriation made for supplying the lighthouse establishment with oil in any given year, which has passed for a term not exceeding seven years, the said Lewis covenanting, with sufficient sureties, to fit up and keep in repair all the lighthouses in the United States or territories thereof, on the new and improved plan of lighting lighthouses by reflecting and magnifying lanterns; and the same to furnish and keep in repair for a term of years not less than seven, at the sole expense of the said Winslow Lewis, and to deliver over at the expiration of the term aforesaid, all the lighthouses fitted up according to the new and improved plan, to the United States in good repair, be, the said Winslow Lewis, warranting the same to remain in good repair for seven years more, from and after the expiration of the said contract.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding sixtyAppropriation. thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry this law into effect. Approved, March 2, 1812. Chapter XXXV: supplementary to “An act providing for the accommodation of the General Post-Office and Patent Office, and for other purposes.” 2 Stat. 691 1812-03-07 Chapter XXXV Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

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*to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction if the President of the United States, to purchase of Winslow Lewis, his patent right to the new and improved method of lighting Lighthouses, and for other purposes.* March 2, 1812. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representat
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*to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction if the President of the United States, to purchase of Winslow Lewis, his patent right to the new and improved method of lighting Lighthouses, and for other purposes.* March 2, 1812. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representat

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