Private Law 14–XXXVIII

That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to issue letters patent to Andrew Kurtz, for his invention of a new method of manufacturing the charcoal of wood, and purifying the pyroligneous acid, obtained by the distillation of wood,

Act of Feb. 21, 1793, ch. 11.

upon his complying with the requisites of the act entitled “An act to promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal the act heretofore

Act of April 17, 1800, ch. 25.

made for that purpose; ” and an act entitled “An act to extend the privilege of obtaining patents for useful discoveries and inventions to certain persons therein mentioned, and to enlarge and define the penalties for violating the rights of patentees,” except so far as the said acts, or any part or parts of them, require a residence of two years within the United States, in like manner, in all respects, as if the said Andrew Kurtz had resided two years within the United States.