JAMES MADISON.
MARCH 9, 1816.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
I lay before Congress a statement of the militia of the United States according to the latest returns received by the Department of War.
JAMES MADISON.
APRIL 11, 1816.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
With a view to the more convenient arrangement of the important and growing business connected with the grant of exclusive rights to inventors and authors, I recommend the establishment of a distinct office within the Department of State to be charged therewith, under a director with a salary adequate to his services, and with the privilege of franking communications by mail from and to the office. I recommend also that further restraints be imposed on the issue of patents to wrongful claimants, and further guards provided against fraudulent exactions of fees by persons possessed of patents.
JAMES MADISON.
APRIL 16, 1816.