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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 24 STAT. · August 4, 1886 · Chapter 913

Chapter 913.

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CHAP. 913.— An act for the relief of Stephen N. Smith.August 4, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Stephen N. Smith.Patent validated. That the patent granted to Stephen N. Smith on the thirteenth day of June, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, for “improvements in machines for making lacing-hooks,” and which patent on the face thereof was granted for the term of seventeen years from the date of said patent, shall be, and the 874 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Chs. 913–918. 1886. same is hereby, made a valid grant for the full term of seventeen years from the date of said patent, notwithstanding the fact that a patent had been previously granted to said Stephen N. Smith in Canada for the same invention Approved, August 4, 1886. Chapter 914: granting a pension to Jane D. Mumford. Chapter 914 24 Stat. 874 1886-08-04 United States Government Publishing Office 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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