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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · April 3, 1828 · Chapter XXIV

Chapter XXIV. for the relief of William Augustus Archbald

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Chap. XXIV.— An Act for the relief of William Augustus Archbald. April 3, 1828. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to issue letters patent, in the usual form, toLetters patent for improvements in refining sugar, to be issued. William Augustus Archbald, for his improvements in refining sugar, on his paying into the treasury the usual fees, and making oath that he is the true inventor and discoverer of the said inventions and improvements, and delivering into the patent office models of the same, with specifications, as is required by the acts of Congress relative to the issuing of letters patent for inventions and improvements, and that the same has not, to the best of his knowledge or belief, been used, or known, either in this, or any foreign country: *Provided,* That the saidProviso, letters patent shall be subject to all the conditions, limitations, and restrictions, of the said acts of Congress.
Approved, April 3, 1828.
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