VOTES ON GENERAL TARIFF ACTS, 1790 TO 1890. 1864. June 30, 4121 1 1112 1222219 43 73 38 929 1082 New-England: 4 2 New 24 Vermont........ 2 122 421223 511 1122 42 391881 12 Delaware..... Maryland..... West Virginia West'n and Northw't'n: Ohio... Massachusetts. Connecticut. Middle: New-York... Pennsylvania. 2553 682 88 1 2 Iowa..... Nebraska..... Sout'n and Sou'west'n Virginia.... ·· ·· PATENT OFFICE PROCEDURE AND STATISTICS. Applications for United States patents must be addressed to the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C., and signed and sworn to by the inventor. The invention must not have been in public use or on sale for more than two years prior to the application. The applicant must fully describe his invention, and distinctly claim those parts which he believes to be new. The application must be illustrated with drawings, when possible. When filled, a first fee of $15 is payable, and a second fee of $20 is exacted if the application is allowed, before the patent will be issued. The patent runs 17 years from date of issue. Extensions can be obtained only by special act of Congress. A pamphlet of rules and forms is distributed free by the Commissioner of Patents. Suits to enjoin infringement of letters patent are brought by bill in equity in U. S. District or Circuit Courts. The profits realized by an infringer can also be recovered. 15. The total number of United States Patents granted up to and including Dee. 1891, was 465,433. The average issue is about 25,000 a year. The average nu...ber of applications for patents is 10,000 a year. Since 1881, the annual receipts of the Patent Office have exceeded $1,000,000. The figures for 1890 were $1,340,372 66. The expenditures for the same year were $1,099,297 74. The total balance to the credit of the Patent Fund in the United States Treasury on Jan. 1, 1891, was $3,872.745 24. The two main items of expense are salaries, about $650,000, and printing and photolithographing, about $400,000 annually. The Patent Office Library contains 60,000 volumes. The model hall has 154,000 models. The office does not require models now, except in special cases. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF TARIFF VOTES, 1790-1890. May Mar. May July 3. 26. 1, 1790.1791. 1792. 1797. 1804. 1812. 1816. 1824. ) 1828. July Feb. 26. 1833. States. 12713: 112 12 1 4 2 4 2 7 1 8 3 3 :21641 19518: 2 1 3 :::::::::: 5 715 1 526 1 72 121 27 6 27 2 11 19 23 3 3 14 12 4 21 1 8 7 131 11 4 3 3 3 ::::: 88 1422:::::::: 50 Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Missouri Kansas Nebraska Southern and States. Virginia North Carolina.. Louisiana Texas Arkansas Kentucky Pacific States. California Oregon Nevada Total 139 13 35 21137 20166 21/98 ..176 48 88 54/107 1021105 94/132 851119 83 VOTES ON GENERAL TARIFF ACTS, 1790 TO 1890. BY STATES, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ON THEIR PASSAGE. Massachusetts. Connecticut. Middle: New-York. New-Jersey. Delaware..... Illinois.. Wisconsin. Iowa.... Missouri North Dakota. South Dakota.. Sout'n and Sou'west'n: VOTES ON GENERAL TARIFF ACTS, 1790 TO 1890-Continued. 21 23 18387 2 18 1 10 51 31 4 5 2 61 3 31 ་་ 4 10 Total.. 103/99/114/95 118|72|102|43|82|48|76|29|69|36|81|26|85 43 95 49 152|35|149|61|136|99|123|114|152|116|164|142 DISTILLED SPIRITS CONSUMED IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND MEDICINE IN THE UNITED STATES DURING YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1889.* 1842. 1846. 1857. ད States. 42 Total exports of U. S. petroleum and petroleum products during October. 1891, 60,062 166 gallons; value, $3,840,101; total for 20,653,882 1891 |