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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · March 2, 1831 · Chapter LXXIV

Chapter LXXIV. to extend the patent of John Adamson for a further period of fourteen years

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Chap. LXXIV.— An Act to extend the patent of John Adamson for a further period of fourteen years. March 2, 1831. *Be it enacted, &c., * That there be, and hereby is, granted unto John Patent right extended for fourteen years.Adamson, a citizen of the United States, his heirs, administrators, and assigns, for the term of fourteen years from the twelfth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, the full and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using, and vending to others to be used, his improvement, called a “Floating Dry Dock,” a description of which is given in a schedule annexed to letters patent granted to the said John Adamson for the same on the thirteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.
Approved, March 2, 1831.
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