Volume 6
Private Law 20–LXIV
for the relief of William Bell.
Approved May 19, 1828
Statutory text
An Act
for the relief of William Bell.
Be it enacted, &c.,
That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby,
Letters patent to issue for his improvement in the construction of the carriage for cannon for vessels of war, &c.
authorized and required to issue letters patent, in the usual form, to William Bell, for his improvement in the construction of the carriage for cannon, to be used on board of vessels of war, and letters patent for his invention to ascertain the depth of water in the hold of a vessel; upon his complying with all the provisions of the several acts of Congress relative to the issuing of letters patent for inventions and improvements, except so far as the said acts require, on the part of aliens, a residence of two years in the United States.
Approved, .