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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
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lution for the relief of James Anson Dunn be so construed as to
allow him bounty land for his services from the eighth day of
February, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, up to the twentyeighth
day of December of the same year, inclusive.
JOHN M. HANSFORD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID G. BURNET,
President of the Senate.
Approved, January 28, 1839.
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR.
AN ACT
Securing Patent Rights to Inventors.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That any
citizen of this Republic, or alien who may have legally declared
his intention of becoming a citizen of this Republic, may by application
to the Secretary of State, secure a patent right for any new
and useful art, machine, instrument or composition of matter, liberal
arts, sciences or literature, books, maps or charts, or any new
and useful improvement of the same which he may have invented
or discovered.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
applicant to deposit in the office of the Secretary of State, a description,
model or drawing, of the machine or instrument which
he has invented or improved, and also full written instructions as
to the most suitable materials, manner of constructing, and rendering
useful such improvement.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the applicant shall in all
cases make oath before the Secretary of State, that he believes
the art, machine, instrument or other improvement, or
invention or discovery which he claims, to have originated
with himself, and that to the best of his knowledge and belief
its use would be beneficial to the community, and that a mod(
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6726/m1/113/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .