F IFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 1018, 1019. 1903. 1225 CHAP. 1018.-An Act Toauthorise the court of county commissioners of Geneva N¤¤’°l1 3. 1903-
Ehama, to construct a bridge acrom the Choctawhatchee River, ID Geneva [Public, N0_ 16S_]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepreseutatoIves 0 f the United States of America in Oongreee assembled, That the court of county com- m¤h¤¢=my¤¤¢¢¤¤¤ missioners of Geneva County, in the State of Alabama, be, and is dgiievacounty hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across ’g,{}f"""" "‘ ““"·"* gis C octawhlatchee Riyeg, a navigable} gzream, at or near the Martin . erry, in said county o eneva in said tate. . Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be located and built under and subject w¤:°¤*¤‘g ,::8 gg to such regulations for the security of navigation as the Secretary of PPM P ’ War may prescribe; and to secure that object the said court of county commissioners shall submit for his examination desi and drawings of the bridge and maps of the location, and until thgssaid plans and location are agmroved by him the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and sho d any chan§ be made in said bridge, before or after ctgmglitioa: suc? pvhanges s l be likewise subject to the approval of e re o ar. Sm. 3. Tlhyat the said bridge shall be so kept and managed as to offer guohuucm umreasonable and dproper means for the passage of vessels and other craft '° °°' through or un er the same; and for the safe? of vessels passing at night there shall be displayed on said bridge rom sunset to sunrise, at the expense of the owners thereof, such lights or other signals as Hahn. em the Light-House Board may rescribe. And any changes in said °h°°'°` bridge which the Secretary of %Var may at any time deem necessary, aad orger ip the interests of navigation, shall be made by the owners t ereo at t cir own e use. Sec. 4. That this Adgghall be null and void if actual construction of Timo ci w¤¤¤¤•> the gn mit conmenced in one year and completed in three °°"' ears m the te ereo . y Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby A¤¤~>¤d¤¤¤¤¢~ expressly reserved. ‘ Approved, March 3, 1903. CHAP. 1019.-An Act To effectuate the provisions of the additional not of the umn s, 100s. international convention for the protection of industrial property. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 f Representatives oft/se United States of Amerzka in Oemgresa assembled That section forty-eight hun- m{;:¤¤ kw ·¤¤¤¤<¤- , dred and eighty-seven of the Revised Statutes is amended by chang- mens for mm.- ing the word "seven" to “twelve ” and by inserting after the word ‘*‘},”g§‘f,‘§,§f°§,.[';,'f’;‘,,‘l; "months" the words "in cases within the provisions of section forty- ¤¤;,¢¤y1;i- m eight hundred and eighty- ix of the Revised Statutes, and four months, °' '°‘ in cases of des1gns," an _ by adding the following words: "An application for patent for an invention or discovery or for a design nled in this country by any person who has previously regularly filed an application for a patent or the same invention, discovery, or design in a forei n country which, by treaty, convention, or law. affords similar priviheges to citizens of e 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 rst filed in such foreign country, provided the application in this country is filed within twelve months in cases within the rovisions 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 ranted on an application for patent for an invention or discovery or a design which had been patented or described in a
