Volume 69
Public Law 84–339
For the relief of the State of Illinois.
Approved August 11, 1955
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of the State of Illinois.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the State of Illinois shall have the exclusive right in interstate commerce to use, manufacture, and to control the right to manufacture the emblematic design heretofore published by the secretary of state of the State of Illinois consisting of a profile of the head of Abraham Lincoln superimposed upon an outline map of the State of Illinois which is surmounted by the name “Illinois” and overlaid by the caption “Land of Lincoln”.
Sec. 2.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to confer any right to recover damages for violation of this exclusive right, by any act performed before the date of enactment of this Act, or to prevent the use of any matter utilized before that date.
Approved August 11, 1955.