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Treasury of the United States for patents and for fees for copies fur-nished by the Superintendent of the Patent Office prior to the passageof the act to which this is additional, shall be carried to the credit ofthe patent fund created by said act; and the moneys constituting saidfund shall be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the paymentof the salaries of the officers and clerks provided for by said act, andall other expenses of the Patent Office , including all the expendituresprovided for by this act; and, also, for such other purposes as are ormay be hereafter specially provided for by law. And the Commissioneris hereby authorized to draw upon said fund, from time to time, for suchsums as shall be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act,governed, however, by the several limitations herein contained. Andit shall be his duty to lay before Congress , in the month of January,annually, a detailed statement of the expenditures and payments by himmade from said fund; And it shall also be his duty to lay before Con-gress , in the month of January, annually, a list of all patents whichshall have been granted during the preceding year, designating, underproper heads, the subjects of such patents, and furnishing an alpha-betical list of the patentees, with their places of residence; and he shallalso furnish a list of all patents which shall have become public propertyduring the same period; together with such other information of thestate and condition of the Patent Office, as may be useful to Congress or to the public.
Approved, March 3, 1837.
Chap. XLVI.— Jin Act to provide for continuing the construction, and- for therepair of certain roads, and for other purposes, during the year eighteen hundredand thirty-seven.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundredand ninety thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriatedfor the purpose of continuing the Cumberland road in the state ofOhio ; That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be, and the sameis hereby appropriated, for the purpose of continuing the Cumberlandroad in the State of Indiana ; And the sum of one hundred thousanddollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose ofcontinuing the Cumberland road in the State of Illinois ; Provided,That said road within the State of Illinois , shall not be stoned or gra-velled, unless it can be done at a cost, not greater than the average cost,of stoning or gravelling said road, within the States of Ohio and Indi-ana ; which sums shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury nototherwise appropriated; Provided, That in all cases where it can bedone, it shall be the duty of the superintending officers, to cause thework on said road to be laid off in sections, and let out to the lowestsubstantial bidder, after due notice.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the second section of anact for the continuation of the Cumberland road in the States of Ohio ,Indiana and Illinois , approved the second day of July, eighteen hundredand thirty-six, shall not be applicable to expenditures hereafter to bemade on said road.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be andthe same are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in theTreasury, not otherwise appropriated, to wit: For the repairs of theCumberland road, east of the Ohio river, seven thousand one hundredand eighty-three dollars and sixty-three cents ;
For continuing the construction of the road from the northern boun-dary of the Territory of Florida, by Marianna, to Appalachicola,twenty thousand three hundred and thirteen dollars;
into the Treasu-ry for patents,&-c. prior to pas-sage of act towhich this is ad-ditional, to becarried to creditof patent fundcreated by saidact j and saidfund appropria-ted for salaries.&c.
Commissionerauthorized todraw uponsame, &.C.; andlay before Con-gress annuallya statement ofexpenditures,&c.; and, also,a list of patents,dec.
Statute II.March 3, 1837.
Proviso.
Proviso.
2d section act2d July, 1836,ch. 264, shallnot be appli-cable, &c.