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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · Oct. 14, 1837 · Chapter VI

Chapter VI. *for the relief of D

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Chap. VI.— An Act *for the relief of D. P. Madison.* Oct. 14, 1837. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*, That the President ofAllowed to publish in foreign countries, the debates of the convention, &c. the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and requested to cause to be executed, a grant and re-conveyance to Mrs. D. P. Madison, her executors, administrators, and assigns, of the right to publish in foreign countries, for her own benefit, the manuscript debates of the Convention which formed the Constitution of this Government, as well as the nett avails of any such publication which may have been ordered by her: *Provided, however,* That she shall not be allowed to withdraw from the possession of the Government either of the copies of said debates which accompanied her conveyance.
Approved, October 14, 1837. 25 2 1837 1838 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fourth day of December,* 1837, *and ended on the ninth day of July,* 1838. Martin Van Buren, President; Richard M. Johnson, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; William R. King, President of the Senate, pro tempore, from the second day of July;
James K. Polk, Speaker of the House of Representatives. STATUTE II. Chapter VI: to authorize the Commissioner of the Patent Office to issue a patent to James Smith. 6 Stat. 702 1838-02-02 Chapter VI 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 2025-12-05 16 2 private 702
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