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 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 213, 214, 215. 1867. 637 late a. captain of company H, eighth regiment Tennessee volunteer infantry, for his services and all allowances as captain in said regiment in the service of the United States, from the twenty-fifth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, being to the time he was mustered out of said service, deducting from the same all moneys that have been paid to him as a private in said service during said time. Approved, March 2, 1867. CHAP. CCXIV. — An Act for the Relief of Thomas D. Burrell. March 2, 1867. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the letters patent granted Extension of to Thomas D. Burrall on the sixth day of December, one thousand eight fafil g"“;’d hundred and t"orty-five, For improvements in com-shellers, and which was éiumiiim ' extended by the commissioner of patents and afterwards surrendered and reissued, which reissue hears date the tenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and which will expire on the sixth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, be, and the same is hereby, extended for the term of seven years, commencing on the said sixth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six and ending on the sixth day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, for the benefit of the said Burrell, his heirs and legal representatives, upon the conditions hereinafter set forth. And the commissioner of patents is hereby directed, upon the presentation of said patent and the payment of the fees and charges provided by law, to extend said patent by making a certificate thereon, or upon a certified copy thereof; of such extension in the name of the said Thomas D. Burrall, if in his judg— ment upon full hearing that the same should be granted. And the said commissioner is hereby further directed to cause said extension, if perfected, to be entered on the record of the patent office. And the said patent, so extended, shall have the same etiect as if originally granted for the term extending to the end of the term to which it is extended by this act. Provided, however, That said extended patent shall be open to legal inquiry and decision in the same manner as if issued under the general law relating to patents. And provided further, That all persons enjoying the lawful use of the improvements secured by said patent, and the purchaser of any machine so in use, may continue to use the same as if this act had not passed. Approved, March 2, 1867. CHAP. CCXV. — An Ac! to extend to, and for the Benefit qf§ Eliza Wells, Letters Patent March gy Iggy_ heretofore issued to Henzgr A. Wells, deceased 1** WHEREAS, Henry A. Wells, late of the city of New York, did obtain letters patent, of the United States for valuable " improvements in the Certain letters process of and machinery for making hat bodies," which letters patent €O“E£;:’§,?;g°d bore date the twenty-fifth day of April, eighteen hundred and forty-six, ` and were granted for the term of fourteen years from said date; and whereas the said Henry A. Wells departed this life on the twenty-seventh day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, leaving Eliza Wells, of the said city of New York, his widow, to whom letters of administration on the estate of said Henry A. Wells were duly granted; and whereas the said letters patent were reissued to Charles St. John and others, assignees, in two divisions, one hearing date the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and numbered three hundred and ninety-six, and the other bearing date the seventh day of October, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and numbered four hundred; and whereas the said reissued letters patent were duly extended by the commissioner