SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C1»1.264. 1924.. 415 PATENT OFFICE. rmm omee. snmmns. S°*“'*°s· For the Commissioner of Patents and other personal services in °r§£T§.T]’Q5°dX5?r’ ml the District of Columbia in accordance with “The Classification Act of 1923," $2,370,000: Provided, That of the amount herein appro- mas, priated not to exceed $25,000 may be used for special and temporary °‘°· services of typists certified by the Civil Service Commission, who may be employed in such numbers at $4 per diem, as may, in the judgment of the Commissioner of Patents, be necessary to keep current the work of furnishing manuscript copies of records. Adftmm, to _ For temporary additional employees in the Patent Office at rates pomryeiruplnyees m of compensation in accordance with “The Classification Act of 1923," Limitations such employees to serve without annual or sick leave allowance and ` to be appointed under the provisions of the civil service laws, rules, and regulations for the pur ose of making current the work of the Patent Office; for additional, furniture, equipment, dationery, other supplies, and printing required for such work; for special services of per diem employees, who may be employed in such numbers and at such rates of compensation (not to exceed $4 per diem) as in the judgment of the Commissioner of Patents may be necessary, to redistribute copies of patents; and for filing cases for storing printed copies of patents in addition to all other appropriations available for the same purposes; in all, $180,000, to be available immediately. ormniun nxrnivsas. For purchase of law, professional, and other reference books and B°"'°“°°"°°"’· °‘° publications and scientific books, including their exchange, and expense of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent Oilice to foreign governments, and directories, $8,000. For producm copies of weekly issue of drawmgs of patents and mvt;°§£’ '““°“ °"’°°' designs; reprodgiction of copies of drawings and specifications of exhausted patents, designs, trade-marks, and other papers, such other lpapers when reproduced for sale to be sold at not less than cost p us 10 per centum; reproduction of foreign patent drawings; photo prints of pending a plication drawings; and photostat and photographic supplies and dry monmts, $190,000. Mu, The headings of the drawings for patented cases may be multi- mam. °°° graiphed in the Patent Office for the purpose of photolithography. hmm mn rm or investigating the question of pub ic use or sale of inven- ¤.»¤n¤v:¤¤¤¤i».p tions for two years or more prior to E ing applications for patents, and such other uestions arising in connection with applications for patents and the prior art as may be deemed necesary by the Commissioner of Patents; and expense attending defense of suits instituted against the Commissioner of Patents, $800. hmmm em For furniture and filing cases, $60,000. ’ BUREAU or nnonarnuuon. “°"“"°“°°”“‘“ _ The following sums are appropriated out of the special fund ,,§,_‘gH‘§”,,§'§_*°m “’°` m the Treasury of the United States created by the Act of June 17, 1902, and therein designated “the reclamation fund,” to be v°"2’°‘m‘ available immediately: For all expenditures authorized by the Act of Jime 17, 1902 (Thirty-second Statutes, page 388), and Acts amendatory thereof _ or sup lementary thereto, known as the reclamation law and all other Xcts under which expenditures from said fund are authorized, including salaries in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 45822°—·251-29
