Chapter CLX. directing letters patent to be issued to Thomas Knowles, James Lang, and William Steel, respectively
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Chap. CLX.— An Act directing letters patent to be issued to Thomas Knowles, James Lang, and William Steel, respectively. July 3, 1832. *Be it enacted, &c., * That letters patent be issued, in the usual form, Letters patent to be issued to T. Knowles, J. Lang, and W. Steel, aliens, respectively.to Thomas Knowles, of Manchester, in the kingdom of Great Britain, for a machine for spinning cotton threads, called Knowles’s improvement; to James Lang, of Greenock, in Scotland, for an improvement in the machinery for spinning rope yarn and duck twines; and to William Steel, of Liverpool, in said kingdom, for an improvement on steam engines, called Steel’s atmospheric and re-acting steam engines; upon their compliance, respectively, with all the provisions of the several acts of Congress relative to the issuing of letters patent for inventions and improvements, except so far as the said acts require, on the part of Proviso.aliens, a residence in the United States: *Provided,* That the said letters patent, and all the privileges thereby granted to the patentees, respectively, shall cease and determine, and become absolutely void, without resort to any legal process to repeal, annul, or cancel the same, in case of failure, severally, on their parts, for the space of two years TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 167, 168, 169. 183 503 from the passing of this act, to introduce into public use in the United States, the said inventions or improvements; or in case the same, for any one period of six months after such introduction, shall not continue to be publicly used and applied in the United States; or in case proper models shall not, within the term last mentioned, be deposited in the Patent Office, corresponding with the specifications, to be filed by them, respectively.
Approved, July 3, 1832.