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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 5 STAT. · July 4, 1836 · Chapter CCCLX

Chapter CCCLX. *for the purchase of certain rights or inventions of William H

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Chap. CCCLX.— An Act *for the purchase of certain rights or inventions of William H. Bell, of North Carolina.* July 4, 1836. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *To be paid to him for his interest in two patent rights. That the Secretary of the Treasury be hereby authorized to pay to Captain William H. Bell, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, whenever said Bell shall transfer and convey to the United States all his, said Bell’s, right, interest, and title, in and to two certain patents, viz: one called a machine for elevating heavy cannon, the other called a traverse board for pointing cannon; together with all the right to the United States to use every improvement that has been made by said Bell on the said inventions, since patenting the same; *Provided, however,* That said sum of twenty thousand dollars shall be in full for all claims against the United States for using said patents.
Approved, July 4, 1836. Chapter CCCLXI: confirming claims to land in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes. 5 Stat. 126 1836-07-04 Chapter CCCLXI 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. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-29 24 2 public
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