nts," approved August 29, 1884, is hereby amended by
striking out the word "ten" and inserting in its place the word
"fifteen," so that said Section as amended shall read as follows:

"SECTION 2. Every patent shall contain a short title or description of
the invention or discovery, correctly indicating its nature and design,
and a grant to the patentee, his heirs or assigns, for the term of
fifteen years, of the exclusive right to make, use and vend the
invention or discovery throughout the Hawaiian Islands, referring to the
specifications for the particulars thereof. A copy of the specifications
and drawings shall be annexed to the patent and be a part thereof:"

SECTION 2. That Section 3 of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the
issuing of Patents," approved August 29, 1884, is hereby amended by
striking out the word "ten" and inserting in its place the word
"fifteen," so that said Section as amended shall read as follows:

"SECTION 3. Any person who has invented or discovered any new and useful
art, machine, manufacture, process or composition of matter, or any new
and useful improvement thereof not known or used by others in this
country, and not patented (or described in any printed publication) in
this or any foreign country before his invention or discovery thereof,
may, upon payment of the fees required by law, and other due proceedings
had, obtain a patent therefor. Provided, however, that any person who
has invented or discovered any new and useful art, machine, manufacture,
process or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement
thereof, and has received a patent or patents therefor from any foreign
government, may also obtain a patent therefor in this country as
provided above, unless the thing patented has been introduced into
public use in the Hawaiian Islands for more than one year prior to the
application for a patent. But every patent granted for an invention
which has been previously patented in a foreign country, shall be so
limited that it shall not continue longer than the time of the
expiration of such foreign patent, or if there are several foreign
patents, it shall not continue longer than the time of the expiration of
the one with the shortest unexpired term, and in no case shall it be in
force more than fifteen years."

SECTION 3. That a new section to said Act, as amended by the Act
entitled "An Act to amend an Act to regulate the issuing of Patents,"
approved June 23rd, 1888,