NEW BRUNSWICK.
Lieutenant-Governor, No. 3, January 23, 1857.
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inventor, the expense of obtaining a Patent is 81. 17s. 6d. currency; but if he is a foreigner, 13. 108. currency.
If the application is by an assignee of the patentee, there will be about 10s. additional expense.
NOVA SCOTIA.
Lieutenant-Governor, No. 85, September 3, 1856.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
C.O.
Reference :-
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NOVA SCOTIA.
The inquiries of the Secretary of State are an- swered by the subjoined extracts from the laws of this Province, relating to Patents,
CHAPTER 120.
Of Patents for Useful Inventions.
1. Whenever any person resident in the Pro- vince, and who shall have resided therein for the period of one year, shaй apply to the Governor, alleging that he has discovered any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereon not theretofore known or used, and pray that a Patent may be granted him for the same, the Governor may direct Letters-Patent to be issued, reciting therein the allegations of such petition, and giving a short description of such invention, and shall thereupon grant to the person so applying for the same, and his representatives, for a term not exceed- ing fourteen years, the exclusive right of making, using, and vending the same to others, which Letters- Patent shall be good and available to the grantee, and shall be recorded in the Secretary's office in a book for that purpose, and shall then be delivered to the patentee.
4. Persons applying for Letters-Patent, on deliver- ing in their petition, shall pay into the Secretary's office 20s., to be applied as other fees payable therein.
6. Before any person shall obtain any Letters- Patent, he shall make oath in writing that he verily believes that he is the true inventor or discoverer of
the art, machine, or composition of matter, or im-
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