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 THIR.TIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 44, 47. 1848. 231 Cru?. XLIV.—An Act to require the Holders of Military Land Warrants to c0m· May 17, 1343_ pensatc the Land Ojiccrs of the United States for Services in Relation to the -*—-:--—·-——— Location of L/msc Warrants. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the scrviccs Fee For services which may be rendered after the passage of this act by the registers llfg°;€;“"h:;iq and receivers of the several land offices of the United States in carry- gy of gumy ing out the provisions of the ninth section of the act of eleventh Febru- l¤¤d ’·"¤"¤¤*·¤· ary, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, entitled "An Act to 1847, ch. 8. raise, for a limited time, an additional military force, and for other purposes," they shall each be entitled to require from the holders of warrants issued under that act, for one hundred and sixty acres, the sum of fifty cents for each; and from the holders of warrants, issued under the same law, for forty acres, the sum of twenty-five cents for each, as full compensation for those services: Provided, That in all Pr<>vi¤¤· cases where the warrant is located by, and for the use of} the volunteer or soldier to whom such warrant may have issued, for services rendered under the act aforesaid, no compensation shall be charged, either by the register or receiver, for making such location. Approved, May 17, 1848. Cnar. XLVIIQ -— An Act to provide additional Examiners in the Patent Office, and May 27, 18*8· for other Purposes. "Q`""` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be appointed, in the manner provided in the second section of the act entitled "An Act to promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts heretofore made for that purpose," approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, two principal examiners, 1836, ¤l¤- 357 and two assistant examiners, in addition to the number of examiners 4dd***°9°l 3: now employed in the Patent Office; and that hereafter each of the gzzgirzml; ° principal examiners employed in the Patent Office shall receive an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars, and each of the assistant Salaries. examiners an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars: Provided, That the power to extend patents, now vested in the board composed of the Extension of Secretary of State, Commissioner of Patents, and Solicitor of the Treas- P’**°'“’· ury, by the eighteenth section of the act approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, respecting the Patent Office, shall hereafter be vested solely in the Commissioner of Patents ; and when an application is made to him for the extension of a patent according to said eighteenth section, and sixty days’ notice given thereof, he shall refer the case to the principal examiner having charge of the class of inventions to which said case belongs, who shall make a full report to said Commissioner of the said case, and particularly whether the invention or improvement secured in the patent was new and patentable when patented; and thereupon the said Commissioner shall grant or refuse the extension of said patent, upon the same principles and rules that have governed said board; but no patent shall be extended for a longer term than seven years. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That hereafter the Commissioner _ Fee rar recordof Patents shall require a fee of one dollar for recording any assign- $5 :;';:·"““°°' ment, grant or conveyance, of the whole or any part. of the interest in P letters patent, or power of attorney, or license to make or use the things patented, when such instrument shall not exceed three hundred words; the sum of two dollars when it shall exceed three hundred and shall not exceed one thousand words; and the sum of three dollars when it