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 198 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 229, 230. 1870. of six hundred and seventy-eight thousand three hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-one cents, in full of said claim; and Shares; by ar; arranvement made by the said State of Massachusetts an tie tate 0 Maine, at the time of their separation, in eighteen hundred anal twenty, the said State of Maine becomes the owner og one third of this claim; and whereas both of said States have assigne their respective interests in nid claim to the European and North American Railway Company of Maine, to aid said company in constructing its line of railway, the 0 th' dt Secretar of the Treasur is hereb authorized and directed to pay one g‘;g°E€?°*é;¥;§i”° third pall of the said clllim of sing hundred and seventy-eight thousand SMS. wd M1 for of Maine, and the other two thirds part thereof to the State of Massachug:°,:;2§_gb,3f(fh° setts, by an issue to each of said States for the use and benefit of said North American European and North American Railway Company, of an amount of R”“‘"Y C°· United States certificates of indebtedness equal to its share in the whole Certificates of sumallowed and to be paid · said certificates to be of the denomination lggébzzigsggé of one thousand dollars eaeh, to be made and issued by the Secretary gw_ ’ ’ of the Treasury in such form, and signed, attested, and registered as be shall direct, and with or without interest warrants as he may prefer. Each certificate to run five years from its date, to draw interest, payable semiannually,  the ratelof four per centum per annum, and·|:o be pay- able, both principal and mterest, m lawful money of the United States, to be hereafter appropriated and provided for by Congress. All claims by Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the acceptance by the said I]:};?:2°*£E°,E;$_» States of Massachusetts and Maine and the said European and North &c_ {gba ;`;qu;L American Railway Company of the amount hereby authorized to be paid dated hereby. to each of said States for the use and benefit of said railway company shall be held and regarded as a full adjustment and payment of any and all claims For interest as aforesaid, and also a complete adjustment, liquidation, and payment of any and all other claims of the said States of Massachusetts and Maine, and of said railway company, or either of them, against the United States for and on account of any matters arising from any money expended by said State of Massachusetts on account of the war with Great Britain, in eighteen hundred and twelve to eighteen hundred and fifteen, or any interest thereon, or on account of any matters i arising out of or accruing from the treaty with Great Britain known as Vol. vm. p. 672. the treaty of Washington, or for or on account of any other matters which have been assigned by said States of Massachusetts and Maine to said railway company. Approved, July 8, 1870. july 8, 1870. CHAP. CCXXX.——An Act la revise, consolidate, and amend the Statutes relating to Patents and Lbpyrzyhts. Be it enacted the Snat a d H R ta:' th U 't d ml;:}:)':: gw5g_ Slalcs of Amerie? in Oozzgrjss nasxe:;g;'2qfTh:£)tll;l·’e shall, llc];. attiichell to ¤¢·¤¤<>f· Bf the patent officc, wherein all records, books, models, drawings, specipicptipcns, amp other papers and things pertaining to patents shall be sa e y cpt an preserved. om a S ·c. 2. A ‘ an’°.m S».ZTl°§0MfI.f”Z§ 'EZLYL?3£Lit2§`Z‘§°’§€"§‘Zt§tY2E]°ZS2sif Appgliutmgntg sistant commissioner, and three examiners-imchiet, to be appointed by b.V¤¤¤imS¤d¤¤¤; the ?l‘0Sld€f1i, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; one by the 5%,-,,. Chwl f*l°¤'k» 0¤<> ¤X¤¤¤i¤€¤‘ in charge of interferences, twenty-two principal my or um nm. examiners, twenty-two flrstmssistant examiners, twenty-two second assisti_ ¤ • • . . _. _ mi “P°¤ MQ ant examiners, one librarian, one machinist, five clerks of class four six nation of scm Ivk F I v . m,,,,,,,,,, of c en s 0 c ass three, fifty clerks`of class two, forty-tive clerks of class one, patents. and one messenger and purchasing clerk, all of whom shall be appointed
 * ,M,,,,,,,chu. three hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-one cents to the State
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