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 SIXTY~FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 22-24. 1916. 9 Sec. 2. That section four hundred and seventy-seven of the Revised Statutes be amended to read as follows: "SEc. 477. The salaries of the officers mentioned in the preceding mwdmmh section shall be as follows: R·§&1S¤¢- 477. p- 80. "The Commissioner of Patents, $5,000 a year. °m°° ` "The First Assistant Commissioner of Patents, $4,500 a year. · "The Assistant Commissioner of Patents, $3,500 a year. "Five examiners in chief. $3,500 a year each." _ Sec. 3. That so much of section four hundred and forty of the ,,,,°,L‘,,‘§,"'°'k “"d °" Revised Statutes as follows the words "Ir1 the Patent Office," and _!1{:h§1gd¤¤¤·44°» P·’•'5» refers to said office only, be amended to read as follows: Post,p;101. "One chief clerk, who shall be qualified to act as a principal examiner. "One librarian, who shall be qualified to act as an assistant examiner. "Five law examiners. "One examiner of classification. " One examiner of interferences. "One examiner of trade-marks and designs. " One first assistant examiner of trade-marks and designs. "Six assistant examiners of trade-marks aud designs. "Forty-three principal examiners. ` "Eighty-six 51st assistant examiners. "Eighty-six second assistant examiners. "Eighty-six third assktant examiners. "Eighty-six fourth assistant examiners; and such other examiners and assistant examiners in the various gradw as the Congress shall from time to time provide for." Approved, February 15, 1916. CHAP. 23.—-An Act Grantinggthe consent of Congrem to the Republic Iron and F [H. R.g§dim` Steel Company to construct a bn e across the Mahcning River, in the State of Oluo. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United, Smtes of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress {{,‘},',$§{},¢ *{;"·m,, is hereby granted to the Republic Iron and Steel Company, and its stty! Cygvmr my successors and assigns, to construct maintain, and operate a bridge o¤?’° °°°"°°°`”°’ and approaches thereto across the Mahoning River at a point suitab e to the mterests of navigation at or near the city of Youragstown, in _ the county of Mahoning, in the State of Ohio, in accor ance with vom, p_,,,_ the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regrlllacte the construe- ' tion of bridges over navigable waters," approved h twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Am°°dm°°t‘ expressly reserved. Approved, February 15, 1916. GQELP. 24.-An Act Providing for an increase in number of midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy. [Pubuc, No. rs.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRe esentatives of the United States ej America in Congress assembled, 'lqat hereafter there shall ii1 yi¤m- be allowed at the Unite States Naval Academy three midshipmen “”',§{”§ff‘,,‘§";’,§‘,‘é,‘°,‘{·,,,,,_ for  Senator Representative, and Delegate m Congress, one for ¤¤{,¤:£*¢3·g· IIE mk Porto Rico, two for the District of Columbia, ten appointed each ear M ’   uga at large, and fifteen appointed annually from en.li’;ted men ofy the '"' ’ Navy as now authorizedxby law. I I t In N Sec. 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the pro- pam. ” visions of this Act are here y repealed. Approved, February 15, 1916.
 * __—— Februar; 15, 1916.