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 FORT}-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 464., 465, 466. 1873. 791 not expired: Provided, That 110 person shall be held liable for the infringement. of said patent, if extended, for making use of said invention I since the expiration of the original term of said patent, and prior to the date of its extension APPBOvm>, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CDLXIV. -An Ac: permizcing Lwmmam Theodore B. LL Mason of the Navy, mmh 3, gm, to accpt a Dccorationjicm the Emperor of Brazil. ‘i";_‘ Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Lieutenant Theodore B. Lieutenant M. Mason, of the navy of the United States, may accept a. decoration of Thwdvrc B- M· me order of the Rose, tendered to him by the Emperor of Brazil as agwdmamn testimonial of the courage and humanity displayed by the said Lieutenant P ` Mason in saving the lives of two of his shipmates in the harbor of Rio de Jamerio in February, eighteen humdred a.nd'sixty-nine. APPROVED, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CDLXV. — An Act for the q/' Grace B. Peck March 3, 1878. Bc it enacted ky the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from the fourteenth day Allowmmm of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-five to the nineteenth day of G¥¤¤¤B·P°°k· February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, Grace B. Peck, widow of Captain Elisha Peck, `bhall be allowed the difference between the pay her late husband received as commander and the pay of a captain on the retired list of the United States navy, at that time. Approved, March 3, 1873. CHAP. CDLXVI. -— An Actfvr the Relief of Josiah George Jcnmngs. March 3, 1873. Whereas Josiah George Jennings made application for a patent for an Preamble. improvement in water-dosets, which application was after due examination, allowed by the commissioner of patents, on the fourteenth day of September, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy, but became forfeited on the fourteenth day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy- one, by reason of the non-payment of the final fee of twenty dollars, and whereas it appears that the said fee was placed in the hands of his agents in due season, but byneglect or mistake was not. paid into the Patent- Oiiice within the time required by law: Now, therefore, Be it enacted dy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slales of America in Congress assembled, That Josiah George Jennings Joqiahcwrge have leave to make payment of the iinal fee of twenty dollars in the mat- Jinnéngi ESL ter of his application for a patent for an improvement in water-closets, gpgucguon {0, which application was allowed by the commissioner of patents ou the pawn. fourteenth day of September, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy; and than the commissioner of patents be authorized, upon the payment of such fee of twenty dollars, to issue the said patent in the same manner as if the said fee had been paid on or before the fourteenth day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-one: Provided, That any Pr<>vi¤¤· person who has commenced the manufacture or use of said improvement since the expiration of said time for payment of the Hual fee shall be authorized to continue such manufacture and use without liability for infringement, as if this act, had not. been passed. And no person shall be liable for an infringement of said patent prior to the issue thereof herein authorized. Apmovmn, March 3, 1873.