§ 754. (R. S. § 491.) Additional specifications and drawings. Res. Jan. 11, 1871, No. 5, 16 Stat. 590. Furnishing copies.-Copies of specifications of a patented article may be furnished to any applicant. (1812) 1 Op. Atty. Gen. 171. Patentees, their assigns, and persons sued for violation of patent rights, should, upon demand and payment of 25 cents per folio for the copy, be furnished with copies of specifications. But this privilege cannot be extended to citizens indiscriminately. (1825) 1 Op. Atty. Gen. 719. Copies of papers belonging to the Patent Office may not be made by in dividuals, but should be made by the proper officers, and fees received therefor and paid into the Treasury. (1831) 2 Op. Atty. Gen. 455. Back issues of copies of drawings.See note under § 753, ante. Effect on appropriation of transfer of work from Commissioner of Patents to Superintendent of Public Printing.See (1872) 14 Op. Atty. Gen. 58. Cited without definite application, Saunders v. Allen (1894) 60 Fed. 610, 613, 9 C. C. A. 157. § 755. (R. S. § 492.) Lithographing and engraving. The lithographing and engraving required by the two preceding sections shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidders for the interests of the Government, due regard being paid to the execution of the work, after due advertising by the Congressional Printer under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing; but the Joint Committee on Printing may empower the Congressional Printer to make immediate contracts for engraving, whenever, in their opinion, the exigencies of the public service will not justify waiting for advertisement and award; or if, in the judgment of the Joint Committee on Printing, the work can be performed under the direction of the Commissioner of Patents more advantageously than in the manner above prescribed, it shall be so done, under such limitations and conditions as the Joint Committee on Printing may from time to time prescribe. Res. Jan. 11, 1871, No. 5, 16 Stat. 590. Act March 24, 1871, c. 5, § 1, 17 Stat. 2. See notes to R. S. §§ 489, 490, ante, §§ 752, 753. Notes of Decisions Waiver of advertisement.-The Committee on Printing have no power to waive an advertisement, except in case of an exigency of the public service. Such power is not implied in their pow er to prescribe rules for the action of the Commissioner of Patents. (1876) 15 Op. Atty. Gen. 539. Back issues of copies of drawings.See note under § 753, ante. § 756. (R. S. § 493, as amended, Act May 19, 1896, c. 204.) Price of copies of specifications and drawings. The price to be paid for uncertified printed copies of specifications and drawings of patents shall be determined by the Commissioner of Patents: Provided, That the maximum cost of a copy shall be ten cents. Act March 24, 1871, c. 5, § 2, 17 Stat. 3. Act May 19, 1896, c. 204, 29 Stat. 124. The amendment of this section by Act May 19, 1896, c. 204, cited above, consisted in the insertion of the proviso fixing the maximum cost of a copy at ten cents, instead of the words at the end of the section as originally enacted, "within the limits of ten cents as the minimum and fifty cents as the maximum price." See notes to R. S. §§ 489, 490, ante, §§ 752, 753. § 757. (Act March 3, 1891, c. 541, § 1.) Certified copies of specifications and drawings, and fees therefor. * * For photolithographing or otherwise producing copies of drawings of the weekly issues of patents, for producing copies of designs, trade marks, and pending applications; and for the reproduction of exhausted copies of drawings and specifications; And certified copies of such drawings and specifications may be furnished by the Commissioner of Patents to persons applying therefor upon payment of the present rates for uncertified copies, and twenty-five cents additional for each certification. (26 Stat. 939.) This was a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1892, cited above. See notes to R. S. §§ 489, 490, ante, §§ 752, 753. The provision of this act fixing a rate for certifying printed copies of specifications and drawings of patents, was not repealed by Act Aug. 24, 1912, c. 370, by a provision of section 5 of that act, ante, § 677. § 757a. (Res. Jan. 14, 1915, No. 3.) Exchange of printed copies of patents with Dominion of Canada. That the Commissioner of Patents of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to exchange with the Dominion of Canada, under such terms of contract as may by him be deemed practicable, printed copies of patents now in the United States Patent Office and hereafter issued by the United States. (38 Stat. 1221.) This was a joint resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Patents to exchange printed copies of United States patents with the Dominion of Canada, cited above. § 758. (R. S. § 494.) Annual report of the Commissioner. The Commissioner of Patents shall lay before Congress, in the month of January, annually, a report, giving a detailed statement of all moneys received for patents, for copies of records or drawings, or from any other source whatever; a detailed statement of all expenditures for contingent and miscellaneous expenses; a list of all patents which were granted during the preceding year, designating under proper heads the subjects of such patents; an alphabetical list of all the patentees, with their places of residence; a list of all patents which have been extended during the year; and such other information of the condition of the Patent-Office as may be useful to Congress or the public. Act July 8, 1870, c. 230, § 9, 16 Stat. 199. Provisions applicable to all the Departments, relating to the time of making annual reports, and the time of furnishing copies thereof to the printer, were made by R. S. §§ 195, 196, ante, §§ 278, 279. Provisions for the printing and distribution of the report of the Commissioner were made by the Printing and Binding Act of Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 73, par. 69 (4), post, § 7093. § 759. (R. S. § 495.) Custody of collections of exploring expeditions. The collections of the Exploring Expedition, now in the PatentOffice, shall be under the care and management of the Commissioner of Patents. Act Aug. 4, 1854, c. 242, § 8, 10 Stat. 572. § 760. (R. S. § 496.) Disbursements for Patent-Office. All disbursements for the Patent-Office shall be made by the disbursing clerk of the Interior Department. Act July 8, 1870, c. 230, § 69, 16 Stat. 209. CHAPTER SEVEN The Superintendent of Public Documents (R. S. §§ 497-511. Superseded.) This chapter of the Revised Statutes included sections 497-511. It charged the Secretary of the Interior with the distribution of public documents, by various provisions therefor in $$ 497-506, 509; it provided for the appointment of a Superintendent of Public Documents and prescribed his duties, subject to the general direction of the Secretary, in §§ 507, 508; and it provided for the compilation by such Superintendent of the Biennial Register, afterwards designated the Official Register, its preparation and contents, and its distribution, in §§ 508, 510, 511. It was entirely superseded by the different provisions, relating to the same subjects, of the Printing and Binding Act of Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, §§ 61-64, post, §§ 7039-7043, which authorized the Public Printer to appoint a Superintendent of Documents, and prescribed his duties, and, on such appointment, abolished the office of Superintendent of Documents in the Department of the Interior, and also, by said section 64, expressly repealed all laws providing for the delivery to the Department of the Interior of public documents for distribution, other than such as are for the use of that Department; and further, by section 73, pars. 63-68, post, § 7092, provided for the preparation and contents of the Official Register, to be edited, indexed, and published by the chief clerk of the Interior Department, and for its printing and distribution. But the Director of the Census was required to edit, index, and publish the Official Register, and the provisions imposing that duty on the Interior Department were repealed, by a provision added to Act March 6, 1902, c. 139, § 7, 32 Stat. 52, by amendment by Act June 7, 1908, c. 3048, which is set forth post, § 912. § 761. (R. S. § 512.) Returns office. The Secretary of the Interior shall from time to time provide a proper apartment, to be called the Returns Office, in which he shall cause to be filed the returns of contracts made by the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Interior, and shall appoint a clerk of the first class to attend to the same. Act June 2, 1862, c. 93, § 4, 2 Stat. 412. Provisions for the making of returns of contracts referred to in this section were made by R. S. §§ 3744-3747, post, §§ 6895-6899. Notes of Decisions Contracts by Navy Department to be in writing and signed. The effect of sections 761-764 is to require that contracts by the navy department must be in writing and signed by the contracting parties. South Boston Iron Co. v. U. S. (1886) 6 Sup. Ct. 928, 118 U. S. 37, 30 L. Ed. 69. § 762. (R. S. § 513.) Clerk to file returns. The clerk of the Returns Office shall file all returns made to the Office, so that the same may be of easy access, keeping all returns made by the same officer in the same place, and numbering them in the order in which they are made. Act June 2, 1862, c. 93, § 4, 12 Stat. 412. Notes of Decisions Form of contracts by Navy Department.-South Boston Iron Co. v. U. S. (1886) 6 Sup. Ct. 928, 118 U. S. 37, 30 L. Ed. 69. See, also, note under § 761, ante. § 763. (R. S. § 514.) Indexes. The clerk of the Returns Office shall provide and keep an indexbook, with the names of the contracting parties, and the number of each contract opposite to the names; and shall submit the indexbook and returns to any person desiring to inspect it. Act June 2, 1862, c. 93, § 4, 12 Stat. 412. Notes of Decisions Form of contracts by Navy Department.-South Boston Iron Co. v. U. S. (1886) 6 Sup. Ct. 928, 118 U. S. 37, 30 L. Ed. 69. See note under § 761, ante. § 764. (R. S. § 515.) Copies of returns. The clerk of the Returns Office shall furnish copies of such returns to any person paying therefor at the rate of five cents for every one hundred words, to which copies certificates shall be appended in every case by the clerk making the same, attesting their correctness, and that each copy so certified is a full and complete copy of the return. Act June 2, 1862, c. 93, § 4, 12 Stat. 412. Form of contracts by Navy Department.-South Boston Iron Co. v. U. S. (1886) 6 Sup. Ct. 928, 118 U. S. 37, 30 L. Ed. 69. See note under § 761, ante. § 765. (R. S. § 516.) Office of Education. There shall be in the Department of the Interior a Bureau called the Office of Education, the purpose and duties of which shall be to collect statistics and facts showing the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and to diffuse such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school-systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school-systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country. Act March 2, 1867, c. 158, § 1, 14 Stat. 434. Act July 20, 1868, c. 176, § 1, 15 Stat. 92, 106. § 766. (R. S. § 517.) Commissioner of Education. The management of the Office of Education shall, subject to the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, be intrusted to a Commissioner of Education, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be entitled to a salary of three thousand dollars a year. Act March 2, 1867, c. 158, § 2, 14 Stat. 434. Act July 20, 1868, c. 176, § 1, 15 Stat. 92, 106. er. Subsequent appropriations provided an increased salary for the CommissionCurrent appropriations are $5,000. The provision for the fiscal year 1917 was by Act May 10, 1916, c. 117, § 1, 39 Stat. Said act further provides for a chief clerk, at $2,000, a specialist in higher education, at $3,000, an editor, at $2,000, a statistician, at $1,800, and other clerks and employés. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with rates of salaries or compensation appropriated by the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation acts are repealed, and the rates of salaries or compensation of officers or employés appropriated for in said acts are to constitute the rate of salary or compensation of such officers or employés, respectively, until otherwise fixed by an annual rate of appropriation or other law, by Act July 16, 1914, c. 141, § 6, post, § 3228a. The officers and employés of the United States whose salaries are appropriated for in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1916, Act March 4, 1915, c. 141, 38 Stat. 1049, are established and continued from year to year to the extent that they are appropriated for by Congress, by § 6 of said act, post, § 3228b. Unless otherwise specially authorized by law, no money appropriated by any act shall be available for payment to any person receiving more than one salary, when the combined amount of said salaries exceeds $2,000 per annum, with certain enumerated exceptions, by Act May 10, 1916, c. 117, § 6, as amended by Act Aug. 29, 1915, c. 417, post, § 3230a. § 767. (Act May 28, 1896, c. 252, § 1.) bulletin on educational topics. Duties of Commissioner; The Commissioner of Education is hereby authorized to prepare and publish a bulletin of the Bureau of Education as to the condition of higher education, technical and industrial education, facts as to compulsory attendance in the schools, and such other educational topics in the several States of the Union and in foreign countries as may be deemed of value to the educational interests of the States, and there shall be printed one edition of not exceeding twelve thousand five hundred copies of each issue of said bulletin for distribution by the Bureau of Education, the expense of printing and binding such bulletin to be charged to the allotment for printing and binding for the Department of the Interior. (29 Stat. 171.) This was a provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year 1897, cited above. Appropriations in the recent annual sundry civil appropriation acts for the education and support of the natives of Alaska provide that all expenditures of money appropriated therein for school purposes, for schools other than those for the education of white children under the jurisdiction of the Governor, shall be under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Education and in conformity with such conditions, rules, and regulations as to conduct and methods of instruction and expenditure of money as may from time to time be recommended by him and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. The provision for the fiscal year 1917 was by Act July 1, 1916, c. 209, § 1, 39 Stat. § 768. (R. S. § 518.) Report of Commissioner. The Commissioner of Education shall present annually to Congress a report embodying the results of his investigations and labors, together with a statement of such facts and recommendations as will, in his judgment, subserve the purpose for which the office is established. Act March 2, 1867, c. 158, § 3, 14 Stat. 434. Provisions for the printing and distribution of the report of the Commissioner were made by the Printing and Binding Act of Jan. 12, 1895, c. 23, § 73, par. 14, post, § 7066. § 769. (R. S. § 519.) Rooms for Office of Education. The Chief of Engineers shall furnish proper offices for the use of the Office of Education. Act March 2, 1867, c. 158, § 4, 14 Stat. 434. Act March 2, 1867, c. 167, § 2, 14 Stat. 466. Cited without definite application, U. S. v. Ashfield (1875) 91 U. S. 317, 23 L. Ed. 396. (423) |