ernment Hospital for the Insane, it shall be the duty of the marshal to impanel juries in such cases from the jurors in attendance upon the criminal courts of said District, who shall perform such service in addition to and as part of their duties in said courts: Provided, That during such time as jurors are not in attendance upon said criminal courts, the marshal may in such cases impanel the jurors in attendance upon the police court, who shall perform such duties in addition to and as part of their duties in said police court.

Act July 7, 1898, c. 571, 30 Stat. 666.

This is a provision of the deficiency appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, and prior years, cited above. It is omitted from Comp. St. 1901, as having been superseded by Act Jan. 31, 1899, c. 78, Comp. St. 1901, pp. 3359, 3360, which in turn is repealed, except seetion 7, by a provision in Act March 3, 1903, c. 1006, set forth below, which also provides that proceedings for the admission of insane shall be had in conformity with the law in force in the District on January 30, 1899.

ACT JAN. 31, 1899, c. 78, §§ 1-6, 8.

[Repealed. Act March 3, 1903, c. 1006.]

This act, except section 7, is repealed by Act March 3, 1903, c. 1006, set forth below.

ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 1006.

Proceedings for admission of indigent, etc., insane; repeal.

That hereafter proceedings by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to commit indigent insane persons, and insane persons having violent or dangerous tendencies, to the Government Hospital for the Insane shall be taken in the equity court of said District, and shall be in conformity with the law in force in said District on the thirtieth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.

That sections one, two, three, four, five, six, and eight of the Act of Congress approved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled "An Act to change the proceedings for admission to the Government Hospital for the Insane in certain cases, and for other purposes," and all other Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

Act March 3, 1903, c. 1006, 32 Stat. 1043.

These are provisions of the deficiency appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, and prior years, cited above. It repeals all of Act Jan. 31, 1899, c. 78, Comp. St. 1901, pp. 3359, 3360, except section 7 thereof.

The acts in force January 30, 1899, governing the admission of insane, are omitted from Comp. St. 1901, as having been superseded by said Act Jan. 31, 1899, c. 78. They are set forth above.

See, also, notes under Rev. St. §§ 4844, 4845, 4849, 4850, Act March 3, 1877, c. 105, and Act July 7, 1898, c. 571, above.

A superintendent of Antietam battlefield is provided for by Act June 28, 1902, c. 1301, § 1, set forth below.

ACT JUNE 28, 1902, c. 1301, § 1.

Superintendent of Antietam battlefield.

* For pay of superintendent of Antietam battlefield, said superintendent to perform his duties under the direction of the Quartermaster's Department and to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of War, at his discretion, the person selected and appointed to this position to be an honorably discharged Union soldier, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Act June 28, 1902, c. 1301, § 1, 32 Stat. 464.

This is a provision of the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, cited above.

Sec. 4882.

ACT MARCH 2, 1895, c. 189.

Encroachments by railroads on rights of way to national cemeteries.

The provision in this paragraph is repeated in the sundry civil appropriation acts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904. Act June 28, 1902, c. 1301, § 1, 32 Stat. 464, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1007, § 1, 32 Stat. 1128.

TITLE LX.

PATENTS, TRADE-MARKS, AND

COPYRIGHTS.

CHAPTER ONE.

Patents.

Sec. 4883. [As amended 1888.]

[Amended. Act April 11, 1902, c. 417.]

This section is further amended by Act April 11, 1902, c. 417, set forth below.

ACT APRIL 11, 1902, c. 417.

An Act to Amend Section Forty-Eight Hundred and Eighty-Three of the Revised Statutes, Relating to the Signing of Letters Patent for Inventions. (32 Stat. 95.)

Patents, how issued, attested, and recorded.

Be it enacted, &c., That section forty-eight hundred and eightythree of the Revised Statutes be, and is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

"Sec. 4883. All patents shall be issued in the name of the United States of America, under the seal of the Patent Office, and shall be signed by the Commissioner of Patents, and they shall be recorded, together with the specifications, in the Patent Office in books to be kept for that purpose."

Act April 11, 1902, c. 417, 32 Stat. 95.

This act further amends Rev. St. § 4883, set forth, as amended by Act Feb. 18, 1888, c. 15, in Comp. St. 1901, p. 3381, to read as set forth here. Prior to this amendment the section required patents to be signed by the Secretary of the Interior or one of the assistant secretaries, and countersigned by the Commissioner of Patents.

Sec. 4887. [As amended 1897.]

[Amended. Act March 3, 1903, c. 1019.]

This section is further amended by Act March 3, 1903, c. 1019, § 1, set forth below.

ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 1019.

An Act to Effectuate the Provisions of the Additional Act of the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. (32 Stat. 1225.)

Patents for inventions previously patented abroad.

Be it enacted, &c., That section forty-eight hundred and eightyseven of the Revised Statutes is amended by changing the word "seven" to "twelve," and by inserting after the word "months" the words "in cases within the provisions of section forty-eight hundred and eighty-six of the Revised Statutes, and four months, in cases of designs," and by adding the following words: "An application for patent for an invention or discovery or for a design filed in this country by any person who has previously regularly filed an application for a patent for the same invention, discovery, or design in a foreign country which, by treaty, convention, or law, affords similar privileges. to citizens of the United States shall have the same force and effect as the same application would have if filed in this country on the date on which the application for patent for the same invention, discovery, or design was first filed in such foreign country, provided the application in this country is filed within twelve months in cases within the provisions of section forty-eight hundred and eighty-six of the Revised Statutes, and within four months in cases of designs, from the earliest date on which any such foreign application was filed. But no patent shall be granted on an application for patent for an invention or discovery or a design which had been patented or described in a printed publication in this or any foreign country more than two years before the date of the actual filing of the application in this country, or which had been in public use, or on sale in this country for more than two years prior to such filing;" so that the section so amended shall read:

"Sec. 4887. No person otherwise entitled thereto shall be debarred from receiving a patent for his invention or discovery, nor shall any patent be declared invalid by reason of its having been first patented. or caused to be patented by the inventor or his legal representatives. or assigns in a foreign country, unless the application for said foreign patent was filed more than twelve months, in cases within the provisions of section forty-eight hundred and eighty-six of the Revised Statutes, and four months in cases of designs, prior to the filing of the application in this country, in which case no patent shall be granted in this country.

"An application for patent for an invention or discovery or for a design filed in this country by any person who has previously regularly filed an application for a patent for the same invention, discovery, or design in a foreign country which, by treaty, convention, or law, affords similar privileges to citizens of the United States shall have the same force and effect as the same application would have if filed in this country on the date on which the application for patent for the same invention, discovery, or design was first filed in such foreign country, provided the application in this country is filed within twelve. months in cases within the provisions of section forty-eight hundred

and eighty-six of the Revised Statutes, and within four months in cases of designs, from the earliest date on which any such foreign application was filed. But no patent shall be granted on an application for patent for an invention or discovery or a design which had been patented or described in a printed publication in this or any foreign country more. than two years before the date of the actual filing of the application in this country, or which had been in public use or on sale in this country for more than two years prior to such filing."

Act March 3, 1903, c. 1019, § 1, 32 Stat. 1225.

This section further amends Rev. St. § 4887, set forth, as amended by Act March 3, 1897, c. 391, § 3, in Comp. St. 1901, p. 3382.

Rev. St. § 4886, mentioned in this section, is set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 3382.

Sec. 2. [Amends Rev. St. § 4892.]

Sec. 3. [Amends Rev. St. § 4896.]

Sec. 4. [Amends Rev. St. § 4902.]

Sec. 4892.

[Amended. Act March 3, 1903, c. 1019, § 2.]

This section is amended by Act March 3, 1903, c. 1019, § 2, set forth below.

ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 1019, § 2.

Oath required from applicant.

Sec. 2. That section forty-eight hundred and ninety-two of the Revised Statutes is amended by inserting after the words "notary public" the words "judge or magistrate having an official seal and authorized to administer oaths," and by adding at the end thereof the words "whose authority shall be proved by certificate of a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States;" so that the section so amended shall read:

"Sec. 4892. The applicant shall make oath that he does verily believe himself to be the original and first inventor or discoverer of. the art, machine, manufacture, composition, or improvement for which he solicits a patent; that he does not know and does not believe that the same was ever before known or used; and shall state of what country he is a citizen. Such oath may be made before any person within the United States authorized by law to administer oaths, or, when the applicant resides in a foreign country, before any minister, chargé d'affaires, consul, or commercial agent holding commission. under the Government of the United States, or before any notary public, judge, or magistrate having an official seal and authorized to administer oaths in the foreign country in which the applicant may be, whose authority shall be proved by certificate of a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States."

Act March 3, 1903, c. 1019, § 2, 32 Stat. 1226.

This section amends Rev. St. § 4892, as set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 3384, to read as set forth here.