Chapter CLIX. for the relief of Horatio Gates Spofford
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Chap. CLIX.— An Act for the relief of Horatio Gates Spofford. July 3, 1832. *Be it enacted, &c., * That, in issuing letters patent in the usual form Letters patent to issue for his alleged discoveries in mechanical philosophy.His specification to be kept secret.to Horatio Gates Spafford, a citizen of the United States, for his alleged discoveries in mechanical philosophy, carried into practical operation by appropriate machinery, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, upon application to him within one year after the passage of this act, to file in the confidential archives of his department, and there preserve in secret for the period of one year, the descriptions, specifications, and drawings, illustrating the discoveries and inventions aforesaid; and the patent which shall be thus issued, shall have the same force and effect Act of Feb. 21, 1793, ch. 11.as if conformable in all respects to the provisions of the “Act to promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal the act heretofore made for that purpose.
” Approved, July 3, 1832.