FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 227, 228. 1899. 915 CHAP. 22'I.—An Act To amend section forty-eight hundred and ninety-six of the February 28.1899- Revised Statutes. www Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section forty-eight hun- I’“"’°*'- dred and ninety-six of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended by inserting after the words " in his lifetime" the following words: “ and I¤¤=¤ai¢y¤fi¤*¤¤¤•>r when any person having made any new invention or discovery for which °°{;°ir§_iZZ`§?4`§*Q6'f”,$T§’f5 a patent might have been granted becomes insane before a patent is *¤°¤,_•*j,*l;, t granted, the right of applying for and obtaining the patent hall devolve §€iy}s».°‘ ° °" my upon his legally appointed guardian, conservator, or representative in trust for his estate, in as full manner and on the same terms and conditions as the same might have been claimed or enjoyed by him while sane;" and by inserting at the end of said section the following words: “The foregoing section, as to insane persons, is to cover all application t, Exietigzd d¤r·r1i¤¤- now on tile in the Patent Uilice or which may be hereafter made," so ’°”°"`° “ ° ‘ that the said section as amended will read as follows: “ Sec. 4896. When any person, having made any new invention or discovery for which a patent might have been granted, dies before a patent is granted, the right of applying for and obtaining the patent shall devolve on his executor or administrator, in trust for the heirs at law of the deceased, in case he shall have died intestate; or if he shall have ` left a will, disposing of the same, then in trust for his devisees in as full manner and on the same terms and conditions as the same might have been claimed or enjoyed by him in his lifetime; and when any person having made any new invention or discovery for which a patent might have been granted becomes insane before a patent is granted, the right of applying for and obtaining the patent shall devolve on his legally appointed guardian, conservator, or representative in trust for his estate, in as full manner and on the same terms and conditions as the same might have been claimed or enjoyed by him while sane- and when ` the application is made by such legal representatives, the oath or amrmation required to be made shall be so varied in form that it can be made by them. “The foregoing section, as to insane persons, is to cover all applications now on nie in the Patent Office or which may be hereafter made." Approved, February 28, 1899. CHAP. 228.-An Act Granting to the city of Boulder, in the State of Colorado, February 28, 1809. certain lands for park purposes and for the preservation of the native trees on said —**·—·v"···—· lands, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o_fAmerica in Congress assembled, That there is hereby granted g<;:l_•i;R'¤:gg>H_in to the city of Boulder, a municipal corporation, in the county of Boulder, mas rm- park pur. in the State of Colorado, for park purposes and for the use and benefit P“’P°*°¤- of said city, subject to all valid entries made prior to the passage hereof, ’ the iollowingdescribed lands, to wit: The southwest quarter of section twenty-six and the west half of the L¤¤¤· dtmm southeast quarter of section twenty-six, and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section twenty-six; also the west half of section thirty-five and the north half of the northeast quarter and the south half of the southeast quarter of section thirty-nve, in township one north, range seventy- one west of the sixth principal meridian; also the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section two, and the south half of the north half of section two, and the south half of section two; also the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter and the west half of the southwest quarter of section one; also the north half of the north half of section eleven; also the west halfof the northwest quarter of section twelve; also the southwest quarter of section twelve, in township one south, of range seventy-one west of the sixth principal merid-
