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Board the state of the case, and their opinion there- on, under the hand of the Chairman of the Select Committee, and whether the consent of all parties concerned in the consequences of such Bill is given thereto, or whether the consent of any, and which, of such parties is, for any and what reason, not given thereto.
34. That in future no petition will be received by this Board unless it be forwarded through the Clerk of the Board, with a fee of sixteen shillings thereon, save and except upon public subjects, whether by private individuals or by public or parochial bodies, or from public meetings duly con- vened, upon which petitions no fee shall be payable; and that the usual rate of fees hitherto payable to the officers of the Board on the second reading of Bills of a private nature, be payable in like manner on such Bills in future.
JAMAICA,
Lieutenant-Governor, No. 36. September 26, 1856.
Fees payable on certain petitions
and on private Bills.
HONDURAS.
HONDURAS.
Her Majesty's Superintendent.-There is no local law of the Settlement relating to Patents; and I cannot learn that any Patent has ever been applied for, or attempted to be exclusively exercised or restrained in this Settlement.
Governor of Jamaica, No. 11, August 25, 1856.
BARBADOS.
Governor, No. 44, October 31, 1856.
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requirements on the subject; but I apprehend that in the case of an inventor (not being a British patentee) it would be necessary that a full and particular statement of the invention, its nature and object (amounting, in fact, to a specification), should be sent by the inventor to some party in the Colony who should be authorised to have a petition pre- pared, framed from such statement, and presented to the two branches of the Legislature, and this might be done either by some member, or through the medium of the Executive, who would, probably, if petitioned, do so by message. In the case of a British patentee, the only difference would be that, instead of a mere statement, it would be advisable that a certified copy of the Patent and specification should be sent, upon which a petition to the Legis- lature, as in the former case, should be based.
I am not aware that the mere application for a Patent right would involve the payment of any official fees; but should the application be successful, a private Act would be passed, and the following expenses at the Secretary's office would result: a charge of 8d. per folio of ninety words for recording the Patent and specification, and another of 37. 6s. 8d. upon the passing of the Act.
And I may add, that if the Act, being a private one, is prepared by the Clerk of the House of Assembly, the charge of that officer is 31. 6s, 8d.
WINDWARD ISLANDS.-BARBADOS.
Attorney-General. The only local law having reference to Patents in this island is that of the 26th August, 1852, page 525 of the new edition of our laws, which declares that no Letters-Patent, relating to the manufacture of sugar, shall be valid here unless granted by Local Act.
With respect to documents required from an inventor or British patentee to enable him to make application for a patent right in this Colony, it will be seen that our local law contains no particular
BARBADOS.
Governor, No. 44, October 31, 1856
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GRENADA.
Governor, No. 54, October 31, 1856.
GRENADA.
Officer administering Government. Since the right of granting a Patent has been ceded to, or been supposed to vest in, the Legislature of this Colony, no application has been made for a Patent, and no rules, consequently, have been laid down with regard to the documents to be required from an inventor to enable him to seek Patent rights; and no statement of fees or expenses to be paid in such cases is in existence.
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