PATENT OFFICE PROCEDURE AND STATISTICS. Applications for United States patents must be addressed to the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C., and signed and sworn to by the inventor. The invention must not have been in public use or on sale for more than two years prior to the application. The applicant must fully describe his invention, and distinctly claim those parts which he believes to be new. The application must be illustrated with drawings, when possible. When filled, a first fee of $15 is payable, and a second fee of $20 is exacted if the application is allowed, before the patent will be issued. The patent runs 17 years from date of issue. Extensions can be obtained only by special act of Congress. A pamphlet of rules and forms is distributed free by the Commissioner of Patents. Suits to enjoin infringement of letters patent are brought by bill in equity in U. S. District or Circuit Courts. The profits realized by an infringer can also be recovered. The total number of United States Patents granted up to and including Dec. 15, 1891, was 465,433. The average issue is about 25,000 a year. The average number of applications for patents is 40,000 a year. Since 1881, the annual receipts of the Patent Office have exceeded $1,000,000. The figures for 1890 were $1,340,372 66. The expenditures for the same year were $1,099,297 74. The total balance to the credit of the Patent Fund in the United States Treasury on Jan. 1, 1891, was $3,872,745 24, The two main items of expense are salaries, about $650,000, and printing and photolithographing, about $400,000 annually. The Patent Office Library contains 60,000 volumes. The model hall has 154,000 models. The office does not require models now, except in special cases. VOTES ON GENERAL TARIFF ACTS, 1790 TO 1890. BY STATES, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ON THEIR PASSAGE. Nay.. Yea.. 6227 3 121 3811 220 113 Pennsylvania. 1 1|23| 315 22 61 91 Delaware.. 12 West Virginia. West'n and Northw't'n: 4532 77532 Iowa... Missouri... 317 South Carolina. Georgia.. Alabama.. Mississippi. Florida. 43 VOTES ON GENERAL TARIFF ACTS, 1790 TO 1890-Continued. حل 19 67 ප 121 103/99/114/95|118|72|102|43|82|48|76|29|69|36|81|26|85|43 95|49|152|35|149|61|136/99/123|114|152|116|164 142 DISTILLED SPIRITS CONSUMED IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND MEDICINE IN THE UNITED STATES DURING YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1889.* (Proof gallons in all cases.) 1881. 74,954 20,284,235 * Eleven months. 91,470 Total exports of U. S. petroleum and petroleum products during October, 1891, 60,062 166 gallons: value, $3,840,101; toral for October, 1990, 80,712,740 gallons; value, $6,018,848. Total for 10 months ending Oct. 31, 1891, 549,281,007 gallons; value, $37,967,570. 23,713,326 1890.. 78,588 30,116,065 26,653,882 1891* 31,122,247 tary of the Territory. N. R. Peckinpaug4 years June 23, 1890. June 23, 1894.... 2,500 Governor.. Office. Sec.of Ter. & Act. Gov. Auditor.. Treasurer.. Supt. Pub. Inst'n..... Office. Governor. ARIZONA-CAPITAL, PRESCOTT. Name. ARKANSAS-CAPITAL, LITTLE ROCK. Secretary of State. Name. Jas. P. Eagle... Term. Term began Term ends. Salary. 1,800 2,250 2,250 1,500 1,800 1,600 1,800 3.000 $3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 2 years Jan. 17, 1891. Jan. 17, 1893...[*$3,000 2 years Jan. 17, 1891. Jan. 17, 1893... 2 years Jan. 17, 1891.Jan. 17, 1893... 2 years Jan. 17, 1891.Jan. 17, 1893... years Jan. 17, 1891. Jan. 17, 1893. 12 years Oct. 30, 1891. Oct. 30, 1893... 2 years Oct. 30, 1891. Oct. 30, 1893.. M. F. Locke.. 2 years Oct. 30, 1891. Oct. 30. 1893. Jno. C. Branner... 2 years Jan. 17, 1891.. Jan. 17, 1893. S. R. Cockrell.... 8 years Sept., 1888.... 1896 Burrel B. Battle. 8 years Sept., 1886.... 1894 W. W. Mansfield..8 years Sept., 1890.. 1898 Simon P. Hughes. 8 years Sept., 1888.. W. E. Hemingway 4 years Sept., 1888... 1896 1892 CALIFORNIA-CAPITAL, SACRAMENTO. Lieutenant-Governor. Insurance Comm'er.. Name. 6.000 Railroad Commissioners, William Beckman, J. M. Litch field and J. W. Rea, receive $1,000 each. a When his successor is declared elected and qualified. a Also fees. |