316 FOBTY-THIRD CONGRESS; Sess. II. Ch. 77. 78, 80. 4875,* of law arising upon the record, and to such rulings of the circuit com-t, excepted to at the time, as may be presented by a bill of exceptions, prepared as in actions at law. _ _ _ _ _ Jury in patent SEO. 2. That said courts, when sitting in equity for the trial of patent °¤Q°¤ hm'? iF causes, may impanel a jury of not less than dve and not more than °q“‘°Y by °“°‘“° twelve persons, subject to such general rules in the premises as may, °°Lm' from time to time, be made by the Supreme Court, submit to them such questions of fact arising in such cause as such circuit court shall deem expedient; and the verdict of such jury shall be treated and proceeded upon in the same manner and with the same effect as in the case of issues sent from chancery to a court of law and returned with such fin din s. Value of matter Sno? 3. That whenever, by the laws now'in force, it is required that iu di¤P¤¤¤» _¤°°Q¤· the matter in dispute shall exceed the sum or value of two thousand E"? f°' “‘ dollars, exclusive of costs, in order that the judgments and decrees of °Pr°m°the circuit courts of the United States may be re-examined in the Supreme Court, such judgments and decrees hereafter shall not be re-examined in the Supreme Court unless the matter in dispute shall exceed the sum or value of five thousand dollars, exclusive of costs, When acttotake Sec. 4.. That this act shall take effect on the first day of May, eighteunot. een hundred and seventy-five. Approved, February 16, 1875. Feb. 17, 1875. CHAP. 'I8.——An act to make an agparopriatzpi to the contingent fund of the House of —————-—-— presen ven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ag Representatives of the United Appropriation. States of America in Congress assembled, That there. be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of Contingent fund twenty thousand dollars; the same to be added to the contingent fund of House of Barre- of the House of Representatives. °°"t°”m°°' Approved, February 17, 1875. Feb. 18, 1875. CHAP. 80.-An act to correct errors and to su ly omissions in the Revised Statutes ——————-i-- · of the United. gm ` Be it enacted by the Senate wml House of R eaentativea of the United Amendment of State: of America in Congress assembled, Thatehir the purpose of correct- Rvviwd S¤¤¤¤*¤¤· ing errors and supplying omissions in the act entitled “An act to revise and consolidate the statutes of the United States in force on the hrst day of December, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-tbree," so as to make the same truly express such laws, the following amendments are hereby made therein: R.8-, 65, p- 13- Section sixty-five is amended by striking out the whole section and inserting the following: “The Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives shall annually advertise, once a week for at least four weeks, in one or more of the priucipalpapers published in the District of’Columbia, for sealed proposals for supplying the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, during the next session of Congress with the necessary stationery! R- S·. 67. P-13- Section sixty-seven is amended by striking out the whole section and _ inserting thefollowing: “All such proposals shall be kept sealed until the day specified in such advertisement for opening the same, when the same shall be opened in the presence of at least two persons, and the contract shall beagiven to the lowest bidder, provided he shall give satisfactory security to perform the same under a forfeiture not exceeding double the contract price in case of failure; and in case the lowest bi der shall fail to enter into such contract and give such security, within a time to be fixed in such advertisement, then the contract shall be given to the next lowest bidder, who shall enter into such contract,
