Chapter CXXXI. for the relief of William Gale. March 3, 1843. Be it enacted, &c., That so much of the eighteenth section of the act entitled “An act to promote the progress of useful arts, and to repealRenewal of a patent for an improvement in the manufacture of silver spoons, &c., authorized. all acts and par

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Chap. CXXXI.— An Act *for the relief of William Gale.* March 3, 1843. *Be it enacted, &c*., That so much of the eighteenth section of the act entitled “An act to promote the progress of useful arts, and to repealRenewal of a patent for an improvement in the manufacture of silver spoons, &c., authorized. all acts and parts of acts heretofore made for that purpose,” passed the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, as prohibits the extension of a patent after the expiration of the term for which it was originally issued, be, and the same is hereby, suspended, so far as shall be necessary to authorize the renewal of a patent to William Gale, of the city of New York, for his invention of what is denominated in his former letters patent “ a new and useful improvement in the manufacture of silver spoons and forks;” subject, however, to all other restrictions and conditions in said act contained.

Approved, March 3, 1843.