SIXTY~FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 22-24. 1916. 9 Sec. 2. That section four hundred and seventy-seven of the Revised Statutes be amended to read as follows: "SEc. 477. The salaries of the officers mentioned in the preceding mwdmmh section shall be as follows: R·§&1S¤¢- 477. p- 80. "The Commissioner of Patents, $5,000 a year. °m°° ` "The First Assistant Commissioner of Patents, $4,500 a year. · "The Assistant Commissioner of Patents, $3,500 a year. "Five examiners in chief. $3,500 a year each." _ Sec. 3. That so much of section four hundred and forty of the ,,,,°,L‘,,‘§,"'°'k “"d °" Revised Statutes as follows the words "Ir1 the Patent Office," and _!1{:h§1gd¤¤¤·44°» P·’•'5» refers to said office only, be amended to read as follows: Post,p;101. "One chief clerk, who shall be qualified to act as a principal examiner. "One librarian, who shall be qualified to act as an assistant examiner. "Five law examiners. "One examiner of classification. " One examiner of interferences. "One examiner of trade-marks and designs. " One first assistant examiner of trade-marks and designs. "Six assistant examiners of trade-marks aud designs. "Forty-three principal examiners. ` "Eighty-six 51st assistant examiners. "Eighty-six second assistant examiners. "Eighty-six third assktant examiners. "Eighty-six fourth assistant examiners; and such other examiners and assistant examiners in the various gradw as the Congress shall from time to time provide for." Approved, February 15, 1916. CHAP. 23.—-An Act Grantinggthe consent of Congrem to the Republic Iron and F [H. R.g§dim` Steel Company to construct a bn e across the Mahcning River, in the State of Oluo. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United , Smtes of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress {{,‘},',$§{},¢ *{;"·m,, is hereby granted to the Republic Iron and Steel Company, and its stty! Cygvmr my successors and assigns, to construct maintain, and operate a bridge o¤?’° °°°"°°°`”°’ and approaches thereto across the Mahoning River at a point suitab e to the mterests of navigation at or near the city of Youragstown, in _ the county of Mahoning, in the State of Ohio, in accor ance with vom, p_,,,_ the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regrlllacte the construe- ' tion of bridges over navigable waters," approved h twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Am°°dm°°t‘ expressly reserved. Approved, February 15, 1916.
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GQELP. 24.-An Act Providing for an increase in number of midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy. [Pubuc, No. rs.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRe esentatives of the United States ej America in Congress assembled, 'lqat hereafter there shall ii1 yi¤m- be allowed at the Unite States Naval Academy three midshipmen “”',§{”§ff‘,,‘§";’,§‘,‘é,‘°,‘{·,,,,,_ for Senator Representative, and Delegate m Congress, one for ¤¤{,¤:£*¢3·g· IIE mk Porto Rico, two for the District of Columbia, ten appointed each ear M ’ uga at large, and fifteen appointed annually from en.li’;ted men ofy the '"' ’ Navy as now authorizedxby law. I I t In N Sec. 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the pro- pam. ” visions of this Act are here y repealed. Approved, February 15, 1916.
