CHAP. 96. An Act respecting patents of the International Paper Company. [Assented to 12th April, 1907.] WHEREAS the International Paper Company, of the city of Preamble. Corinth, in the state of New York, one of the United States, has by its petition represented that it is the holder and owner of certain patents issued to one Samuel Butterfield under the seal of the Patent Office, namely, patent number fifty-three thousand six hundred and eighty-three, dated the sixth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, for improvements in bark cutters; patent number fifty-seven thousand three hundred and forty-four, dated the fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, for improvements in bark cutters; patent number sixty thousand three hundred and thirteen, dated the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, for improvements in wood sawing machine; patent number sixty-two thousand six hundred and ninety-five, dated the twentieth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, for improvements in bark cutting machines; patent number sixty-four thousand five hundred and seventy-five, dated the twenty-sixth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, for improvements in log thawing apparatus; patent number sixtyfour thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, dated the thirtieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, for improvements in boiler furnaces; patent number sixty-seven thousand two hundred and thirty-nine, dated the ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred, for improvements in machines for removing the bark from slabs of wood; patent number sixty-seven thousand seven hundred and fiftyone, dated the fifteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred, for improvements in feed attachments for pulp wood chippers; and whereas the said company has prayed that it be enacted as hereinafter set forth, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of Commissioner of Patents duration of patents. the said petition: Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. Notwithstanding anything in The Patent Act, chapter 61 may extend of the Revised Statutes, 1886, as amended by chapter 46 of the statutes of 1903, or in The Patent Act, chapter 69 of the Revised Statutes, 1906, or in the patents mentioned in the preamble, the Commissioner of Patents may receive from the holder of any of the said patents petitions for certificates of payment of further fees and the usual fees for one or more terms for the said patents, and may grant and issue to such holders certificates of payment of further fees provided for by The Patent Act and extensions of the term of duration of the said patents to the full term of eighteen years in as full and ample a manner as if the application therefor had been duly made within the first six years from the date of the issue of the patents. R.S., c. 69. Patents declared to be still in force. 2. Notwithstanding anything in The Patent Act, chapter 61 of the Revised Statutes, 1886, as amended by chapter 46 of the statutes of 1903, or in The Patent Act, chapter 69 of the Revised Statutes, 1906, or in the patents mentioned in the preamble, the said patents are declared not to have become null and void and not to have ceased and determined under paragraph (a) of section 4 of chapter 46 of the statutes of 1903, or under section 38 of the said chapter 69, and none of the said patents shall become null and void or cease and determine, if, within six months after the passing of this Act, the manufacture of the invention patented under it is commenced and after such commencement is continuously carried on in Manufacture Canada in such a manner that any person desiring to use it may obtain it or cause it to be made for him at a reasonable price at some manufactory or establishment for making or constructing it in Canada. to be commenced within six months. Commissioner of Patents may make orders respecting conditions as to 3. Notwithstanding anything in The Patent Act, chapter 61 of the Revised Statutes, 1886, as amended by chapter 46 of the statues of 1903, or in The Patent Act, chapter 69 of the Revised Statutes, 1906, or in the patents mentioned in the premanufacture. amble, the Commissioner of Patents may, within six months after the passing of this Act, receive petitions for the making of, and, if in his discretion he thinks proper, may grant orders under section 44 of the said Act, that such patents, or any of them, instead of being subject to the conditions set forth in Faragraph (a) of section 38 of the said Act shall be subject to the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of the said section 44. Existing 4. If any person (other than any licensee) has, in the period rights saved. between the expiry of two years from the date of the said patents and the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and six, commenced to manufacture, use and sell in Canada any of the patented inventions covered by the said patents respectively, such person may continue to manufacture, use and sell such invention in as full and ample a manner as if this Act had not been passed; provided that this exemption shall not extend to any person who, without the consent of the holder of such patent, has commenced the construction or manufacture of the said invention before the expiry of the patent. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty. CHAP. 97. An Act respecting the Joliette and Brandon Railway Company. [Assented to 22nd March, 1907.] WH WHEREAS the Joliette and Brandon Railway Company has Preamble. by its petition represented that it was incorporated by chapter 56 of the statutes of 1905 of Quebec, with power 1905, c. 56. to construct, acquire, maintain, own and operate, by means of steam, electricity or other motive power, a railway of the standard gauge of four feet eight and one-half inches, with single or double tracks, and statutory extensions, between a point in or near the village of St. Gabriel de Brandon, in the county of Berthier, and a point of junction with the Canadian Pacific Railway within the parish of St. Félix de Valois, in the county of Joliette, in the province of Quebec; and especially to own, maintain and operate the line of railway theretofore known as the Montreal and Lake Maskinongé Railway, the whole making a length of about fifteen miles; and whereas the said company has prayed that it be enacted as hereinafter set forth, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. The undertaking of the Joliette and Brandon Railway Declaratory. Company, hereinafter called "the Company," is declared to be a work for the general advantage of Canada. 2. The Company may issue bonds, debentures or other secu- Issue of rities to the extent of twenty thousand dollars per mile of its securities. railway constructed or under contract to be constructed, and may secure the same by a mortgage deed on the whole of the Company's property, assets, rents and revenues, present or future or both, as are described therein; but such property, assets, rents and revenues shall be subject, in the first instance, to the payment of any penalty then or thereafter imposed upon |