REPEALING CLAUSE AND SCHEDULE.

SEC. 111. And be it further enacted, That the acts and parts of acts set forth in the schedule of acts cited, hereto annexed, are hereby repealed, without reviving any acts or parts of acts repealed by any of said acts, or by any clause or provisions therein: Provided, however, That the repeal hereby enacted shall not affect, impair, or take away any right existing under any of said laws; but all actions and causes of action, both in law and in equity, which have arisen under any of said laws, may be commenced and prosecuted and if already commenced may be prosecuted, to final judgment and execution, in the same manner as though this act had not been passed, excepting that the remedial provisions of this act shall be applicable to all suits and proceedings hereafter commenced; And provided also, That all applications for patents pending at the time of the passage of this act, in cases where the duty has been paid, shall be proceeded with and acted on in the same manner as though filed after the passage thereof: And provided further, That all offences which are defined and punishable under any of said acts, and all penalties and forfeitures created thereby, and incurred before this act takes effect, may be prosecuted, sued for, and recovered, and such offences punished according to the provisions of said acts, which are continued in force for such purpose.

Schedule of statutes cited and repealed, as printed in the Statutes at Large, including such portions only of the appropriation bills referred to as are applicable to the Patent Office.

PATENTS.

Act of July 4th, 1836, chap. 357, vol. 5, p. 117.

March 3d, 1837, chap. 45, vol. 5, p. 191.
March 3d, 1839, chap. 88, vol. 5, p. 353.
August 29th, 1842, chap. 263, vol. 5, p. 543.
August 6th, 1846, chap. 90, vol. 9, p. 59.
May 27th, 1848, chap. 47, vol. 9, p. 231.
March 3d, 1849, chap. 108, vol. 9, p. 395.
March 3d, 1851, chap. 32, vol. 9, p. 617.

Act of August 30th, 1852, chap. 107, vol. 10, p. 75.
August 31st, 1852, chap. 108, vol. 10, p. 76.
March 3d, 1853, chap. 97, vol. 10, p. 209.
April 22d, 1854, chap. 52, vol. 10, p. 276.
March 3d, 1855, chap. 175, vol. 10, p. 643.
August 18th, 1856, chap. 129, vol. 11, p. 81.
March 3d, 1859, chap. 80, vol. 11, p. 410.
February 18th, 1861, chap. 37, vol. 12, p. 130.
March 2d, 1861, chap. 88, vol. 12, p. 246.
March 3d, 1863, chap. 102, vol. 12, p. 796.
June 25th, 1864, chap. 159, vol. 13, p. 194.
March 3d, 1865, chap. 112, vol. 13, p. 533.
June 27th, 1866, chap. 143, vol. 14, p. 76.
March 29th, 1867, chap. 17, vol. 15, p. 10.
July 20th, 1868, chap. 177, vol. 15, p. 119.
July 23d, 1868, chap. 227, vol. 15, p. 168.
March 3d, 1869, chap. 121, vol. 15, p. 293

COPYRIGHTS.

Act of February 15th, 1819, chap. 19, vol. 3, p. 481.
February 3d, 1831, chap. 16, vol. 4, p. 436.

June 30th, 1834, chap. 157, vol. 4, p. 728.
August 18th, 1856, chap. 169, vol. 11, p. 138.
February 5th, 1859, chap. 22, vol. 11, p. 380.
February 18th, 1861, chap. 37, vol. 12, p. 130.
March 3d, 1865, chap. 126, vol. 13, p. 540.
February 18th, 1867, chap. 43, vol. 14, p. 395.

Approved July 8th, 1870.

NOTE. The following is the text of the supplemental act relating to patents, approved March 3, 1871:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That that part of section thirty-three of an act entitled "An act to revise, consolidate, and amend the statutes relating to patents and copyrights," approved July eight, eighteen hundred and seventy, which requires that, in case of application by assignee or assignees for reissue of letters-patent, the application shall be made and the specification sworn to by the inventor or discoverer, if living, shall not be construed to apply to patents issued and assigned prior to July eight, eighteen hundred and seventy.

APPROVED, March 3, 1871.

Bond, Commissioner and chief clerk,

Caveat, who may file, .

certified copies of records to be evidence,

Circuit Courts to take cognizance of cases under patent laws,

Clerks,

Commissioner, how appointed,

duties,

to give bond,

franking privilege,

report to Congress,

to make rules and regulations,

to establish rules for taking testimony,

appeal to,

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