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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 26 STAT. · July 14, 1890 · Chapter 710

Chapter 710. For the relief of Albert H

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CHAP. 710.— An Act For the relief of Albert H. Emery.July 14, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Albert H. Emery.Payment for testing-machine. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Albert H. Emery, of Stamford, Connecticut, in full settlement of all claims, legal or equitable, which he has in any way against the United States on account of the cost of, and the time spent by him, and use of all patents and inventions in designing and constructing the testing-machine built and erected by him for the United States, or otherwise, in any way, on account of said machine, the sum. of seventy-five thousand dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which sum is hereby appropriated and made immediately available therefor.
Said machine, together with the full right to use therein of all patents and inventions used in its design and construction, shall belong to the United States. Approved, July 14, 1890.
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