Excerpt from List of Patents for Inventions and Designs: Issued by the United States, From 1790 to 1847, With the Patent Laws and Notes of Decisions of the Courts of the United States for the Same Period Crap. Ccclvii.-.en to prom progress the arts, air-tea re peal all acts mafia ofacts madeoffor Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives h gch United States of America in Cbngress assembled, That c shall be established and attached to the Department of State an o ce to be denominated the Patent Office, the chief oficer of which shall be called the Commissioner of Patents, Commissioner to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, whose duty it shall be, under the direc Adam I, tion of the Secretary of State, to superintend, execute and per. New form all such acts and things touching and respecting the grant ing and issuing of patents for new and useful discoveries, in: ventions, and improvements, as are herein provided for, or shall hereafter be, by law, directed to be done and performed, and shall have the charge and custody of all the books, records, 5m, models, machines, and all other things belonging to - ea And said Commissioner shall receive the same Wanda-ram by law tothe Cannnisioner ofthe' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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