Practical Pointers for Patentees
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Title: Practical Pointers for Patentees

Author: Franklin Allison Cresee

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A GOOD PATENT, PROPERLY HANDLED,
IS A STEPPING STONE
TO SUCCESS AND FORTUNE.

PRACTICAL

POINTERS for PATENTEES

CONTAINING VALUABLE INFORMATION
AND ADVICE ON THE SALE
OF PATENTS

AN ELUCIDATION OF THE BEST METHODS
EMPLOYED BY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
INVENTORS IN HANDLING THEIR INVENTIONS

By

F. A. CRESEE, M.E.

Revised and Corrected, with New Forms and Tables of Population
of the United States in Accordance with the 1910 Census

MUNN & CO., Inc.

Scientific American Office

361 Broadway
new york

1912

Copyright, 1901, by the
POTOMAC PUBLISHING COMPANY

Copyright, 1902, by
MUNN & COMPANY

Copyright, 1906, by
MUNN & COMPANY

Copyright, 1912, by
MUNN & CO., Inc.

New York
Macgowan & Slipper
30 Beekman Street

PREFACE

The original conception and working out of an invention is usually a labor of love on the part of the inventor: having perfected his invention in every detail, he finds able and skilled counsel waiting to prepare and prosecute his application for patent before the Patent Office Examiner. When the patent is allowed or issued, the patentee's real work begins—that of turning the patent into money. This is the business end of the inventor's work, which is generally to his interest financially to undertake himself, or to have under his immediate supervision.

The object of this little work, based upon the experience and observation of the author and other successful inventors, is to give the patentee such information and advice as will enable him to proceed more intelligently, on the most successful and economical basis, to realize from his invention.

The American Government issues annually over thirty-five thousand patents, a large number of which are offered for sale by their respective patentees, who in many cases have no definite p. 4lines to pursue in negotiating their patents; many realizing little or nothing from their inventions through careless or bad management, while others, through incompetency, drift into the hands of unscrupulous patent-selling agents only to be swindled.

The numerous inquiries from patentees seeking practical, reliable, and up-to-date information as to the best and most successful methods of realizing from the product of their ingenuity, has led the author, after due deliberation, to prepare and present this work to the American inventor, with a view of supplying a long-felt want, with the hope that it will save them many expensive experiments in handling their patents, and advance them on the road to success.

It has been the endeavor of the writer to cover briefly every subject that is usually encountered by patentees in disposing of their patents, not only in the matter of selling, but also in the equally important and perplexing questions of arriving at the value of patents, legal forms, statistics, etc., etc.

Realizing that the work may be deficient in many respects, the hope that it will prove instructive, and the belief that it contains many practical pointers for patentees is still entertained by

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS
p. 5

CHAPTER I.
DEMAND FOR INVENTIONS OF MERIT.

Monopoly in Patents—Industrial Progress Based upon the Patent System

9-12

CHAPTER II.
INCOME FROM INVENTIONS.

Independence through Successful Invention—Unprofitable Patents—Money in Patents—Business Capacity of the Inventor—Inventions as a Poor Man's Opportunity to Advance

13-19

CHAPTER III.
SECURING CAPITAL.

Danger in an Undivided Interest—A Better Plan—Form of Agreement—Perfecting Inventions—Exhibit of Inventions—To Avoid Being "Squeezed"—Value of Record of Invention—Newspaper Notoriety

20-29

CHAPTER IV.
HOW TO ARRIVE AT THE VALUE OF A PATENT.

Pecuniary Value—Commercial Value—Basis for Estimation—General Rules for Valuation—How Rating for Royalty Is Figured—Stock in Stock Companies—Prices for Territorial Rights—Valuation Tables

30-40

p. 6
CHAPTER V.
HOW TO CONDUCT THE SALE OF PATENTS.

Patent-selling Agencies—The Best Selling Agent—In Case the Patentee Cannot Undertake the Selling—Methods of Selling Patents—About Advertising—How to Write an Advertisement—Correspondence as a Means of Bringing Patents before Interested Parties—How to Correspond with Manufacturers—Circulars—Illustrations—About Getting up Circulars—Copies of Patents, How to Secure—Uses of Printed Copies—First Impressions All—important—Value of Models—Working Drawings

41-54

CHAPTER VI.
HOW TO CONDUCT THE SALE OF PATENTS.—Continued

Value of Personal Influence—Personal Solicitation Advisable—Selling Outright—Assigning an Undivided Interest—Dividing a Patent into Different Classes of Rights—Granting Licenses—Placing upon Royalty—Manufacturing and Forming Companies—To Organize Stock Companies—Trading as a Last Resort

55-72

CHAPTER VII.
CANADIAN PATENTS.

About Canadian Patents—Selling Canadian Patents— Population of Canadian Cities

73-78

p. 7
CHAPTER VIII.
DECISIONS AND NOTES.

Assignments—Territorial Grants—Licenses—Patent Title—Rules of Practice—Assignments—Assignees— Grantees—Mortgages—Licensees—Must be Recorded— Conditional Assignments—State Laws on Selling Patents

79-91

CHAPTER IX.
THE TRANSFER OF PATENT RIGHTS.

Assignee, Grantee, and Licensee Defined—The Language of Law—Assignment of Entire Interest in Letters Patent—Assignment of an Undivided Interest—Grant of a Territorial Interest—License; Shop Right—License; Non-exclusive, with Royalty—License; Exclusive, with Royalty

92-105

CHAPTER X.
TABLES AND STATISTICS.

Map of the United States—Official Census of the United States by Counties for 1910—Population of Cities of the United States—Number, Acreage and Value of Farms, by States—Table of Occupations

106-141

Index

142-146

p. 8

p. 9

PRACTICAL

POINTERS for PATENTEES

CHAPTER I

DEMAND FOR INVENTIONS OF MERIT

That there is a demand for inventions of merit which can be readily disposed of at a reasonable profit to the inventor, there can be no doubt. There perhaps never was a time in the history of our country when the demand for meritorious inventions was so great as the present. The conveniences of mankind, in all his varied vocations and callings, require continual changes and improvements in the apparatuses and implements used in order to save time, labor, and expense, and to keep pace with the never-ceasing progress of civilization.

At no time in the past has there been so deep an interest manifested by the public generally in the inventions of our bright-minded men and women, and at no time has capital been more readily interested and ready to invest in anyp. 10 practical improvement which can offer a fair chance of monopoly under the patent laws.

Business men, capitalists, and manufacturers are ever on the alert for new and desirable inventions, which will supersede in utility those which are already on the market. By purchasing such inventions, they secure novelties which will not only enable them to avoid the keen competition and to a great extent monopolize the trade in their own respective lines of business, but also to make sales more easily, and thus make their business more profitable.

Monopoly in Patents.

Every well-informed person knows that a monopoly is the desideratum of business men. The monopoly or protection of an industry afforded by the patent laws is, perhaps, the one monopoly that directly benefits the world. Were it not for the protection and monopoly offered inventors by governments, for a certain number of years, to disclose their inventions, inventors would simply keep them secret, or if used at all, would do so only in such a manner as would prevent the world at large from learning of or utilizing them, thus debarring the public as a whole from their benefits. This monopoly in patents has had much to do with the material progress of the world during the century just ended.

Anyone having a monopoly of a good trade article is assured of a fortune. If capitalists andp. 11 manufacturers can secure the control of any new invention of merit for their sole use and purposes, which can be manufactured and sold more cheaply than those now on the market, and which will perform its work in a quicker and better manner than the devices now in use, they will be only too willing to pay patentees handsomely for patents covering such inventions.

There are numerous staple articles of commerce whose manufacture is open to all, and which every mercantile house in the country is handling at a profit, notwithstanding the great number engaged in their manufacture and sale in every section of the country. Now, if there can be supplied some better or cheaper article in any line of industry, the firm or person who secures the monopoly of its manufacture and sale, simply controls the market, and human endurance and energy are the only limits to the degree of profits such a firm or person can secure from the manufacture and sale of such an article, if adequately protected by a valid patent.

Industrial Progress Based on the Patent System.

In an official report the Commissioner of Patents clearly sets forth that from six to seven eighths of the entire manufacturing capital of the United States is either directly or indirectly based upon patents. This vast amount of money, upward of six thousand millions of dollars, conp. 12tinually employing great armies of people, in industries based upon patents of every class, supplies the country with improved articles of every description. It has been well said that, "Patents and trade go hand in hand."

The largest and most opulent manufacturers in the country will be found to be the heaviest owners of patents, developers of inventions, and patrons of the Patent Office. While all inventions are not telegraphs, telephones, sewing-machines, or electric lights; nor can all business houses be Westinghouses, Hoes, McCormicks, Bells, or Edisons, yet all over this country, and others as well, there are springing up a great number of moderately large growing firms who, ever on the alert for success, devise or secure control of some valuable patent, by which they can successfully invade and control to a certain extent particular lines of industry.

Nearly every leading factory in the world owes its commencement and success to the prestige and protection afforded by the possession of a good and valid patent.

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CHAPTER II

INCOME FROM INVENTIONS

It has been aptly said that the products of all the gold, silver, and diamond mines in the world would not equal in value the annual income of American inventors. It has been carefully estimated that there are at least fifty patents in the United States which yield over $1,000,000 annually, some 300 that yield over one-half million, from 500 to 800 which bring from $250,000 to $500,000, and between 15,000 and 20,000 that bring over $100,000 annuities. Besides these, there are thousands upon thousands of patents which yield yearly more profit to their fortunate possessors than could be accumulated in a lifetime by a wage-earner.

Independence through Successful Invention.

There are thousands of patents sold outright every year by the patentees of the United States for thousands of dollars; and, to the already long list of successful inventors, each year adds many more, who have become independent through the proper handling of the product of their ingenuity. Indeed there can hardly be conceived a quicker way for the average person to attain independence andp. 14 wealth than by inventing something of real worth and merit that can be quickly turned into money. The inventive field is large, and each invention opens up a new field for improvements, and it is the "improver," without question, that reaps the greatest benefit from any invention. Owing to the ever forward progress of civilization, there is no limit to the possible improvements in the sciences, arts, and manufactures.

Unprofitable Patents.

It must, however, be borne in mind that all patents are not remunerative, neither are all gold mines productive of fortunes, and one may lose money in patents as well as in any other business. There are thousands of patents, many having merit no doubt, which have never been sufficiently brought before the public to test their merits, effect their sale, or manufacture; this in many instances is owing to incompetency, or bad management on the part of the patentee or his agents. There are thousands of other patents that do not prove remunerative because they do not supply a real want, while still others are such slight improvements upon existing inventions that they necessitate such narrow claims, which render the patent of little or no value. One has only to look over the weekly issue of patents to see many of the last class.

As before stated, while there are many thousands of patents that do not pay—and many nop. 15 doubt cause their owners disaster, as is the case in any other business or investment; on the other hand, the far greater proportion of patents granted are productive of handsome profits, if properly managed.

Money in Patents.

That the majority of patents taken out prove lucrative is evident from the fact that upward of seventy thousand applications for patents and designs are filed each year in the United States Patent Office, and approximately eight hundred are granted and issued each week. Probably about one-fifth of these patentees obtain their patents with a definite view of manufacturing their inventions, and the remainder obtain theirs with a view of realizing from the sale of the rights to manufacture.

It may be said, as a general thing, there is more money in small inventions than in larger ones, from the fact that they can be easily manufactured anywhere with but little outlay of capital; they usually fill a general need, and the profit derived from their manufacture is large, besides the patent is more readily disposed of; while with larger inventions it requires more money and ability in handling the patent, and the invention must be unusually promising to justify the erection of a plant costing thousands of dollars for its manufacture. However, when large and complicated inventions do pay, they usually pay well.p. 16

Business Capacity of the Inventor.

It must be remembered that the actual cash value of a patent is not in the patent itself, but in the sale or use of the monopoly it affords, and the amount realized from any invention frequently depends upon the business capacity of the inventor or his agents. Owing to his business ability, one person may make a fortune out of an unpromising improvement, while another, through bad or careless management, will realize little or nothing from a brilliant invention.

Speaking along this line in an official report the chief examiner of the Patent Office says: "A patent, if it is worth anything, when properly managed, is worth and can easily be sold for from $1,000 to $50,000. These remarks only apply to patents of ordinary or minor value. They do not include such as the telegraph, the planing machine, and the rubber patents, which are worth millions each. A few cases of the first kind will better illustrate my meaning:

"A man obtained a patent for a slight improvement in straw cutters, took a model of his invention through the Western States, and after a tour of eight months returned with $40,000 in cash or its equivalent.

"Another inventor in about fifteen months made sales that brought him $60,000, his invention being a machine to thrash and clean grain.p. 17 A third obtained a patent for a printing ink, and refused $50,000, and finally sold it for about $60,000.

"These are ordinary cases of minor inventions embracing no very considerable inventive powers and of which hundreds go out from the Patent Office every year. Experience shows that the most profitable patents are those which contain very little real invention, and are to a superficial observer of little value."

Under the writer's personal observation has come many instances where inventors have secured patents on improvements which to a casual observer would appear insignificant, yet through shrewd management they have been made to yield princely incomes. Among these one case worthy of note is that of a young man in Pennsylvania who secured a patent on a toy game which any person could have thought of, but few would have considered worth protecting by letters patent. He was offered $1,000 for the patent by one manufacturer at the outset which he refused, and afterward he placed it on royalty with quite a number of large manufacturers throughout the country. He receives but one cent on each one manufactured, yet his income averages over $12,000 a year. Another borrowed part of the money with which to obtain a patent on a railway tie plate, which was bought by ap. 18 corporation for $25,000, after having manufactured it for two years on royalty. And many others, who have realized from one to five thousand dollars on such slight improvements on which few would have thought worth applying for a patent.

Patentees who would realize any considerable amount from their patents must not sit down and expect the other fellow to make money out of their inventions for them.

Inventions as a Poor Man's Opportunity to Advance.

Invention is sometimes called the "genius of the poor," and it is a singular fact that there are a greater number of inventions made by men and women of limited means than by those whose wealth, education, and other advantages would seem to have especially fitted them for success in a field dominated so completely by "brains." This may be explained in a measure by the fact that people of moderate means are brought into closer contact with the arts and manufactures, and are thus the first to discover and improve their defects.

A self-made millionaire, recently speaking to the writer about patents, said: "I know of no business or vocation requiring so small amount of capital, and yielding such immense profits as that of invention. Certainly no person of inventive genius can employ his time and ingenuity to betterp. 19 or more profitable advantage than to invent something that is really needed. Many poor men, through the art of invention, have risen from poverty to reputation, fame, and honor, and taken high places among noted men of all times.

Our moneyed kings may have enriched themselves by stock jobbing, but this precarious procedure requires large capital, and the few enormous fortunes accumulated are merely the monuments marking the graves of thousands of foolhardy unfortunates caught in the vortex of speculation."

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CHAPTER III

SECURING CAPITAL

It is a curious but well demonstrated fact that people who have inventive genius often lack the means to carry out their ideas. An inventor who has ample means can secure his patent and proceed to turn it into money without the necessity of being compelled to solicit financial aid from anyone. This, unfortunately, is not generally the case with inventors; indeed, many are often barely able to stand the expense incident to taking out the patent. Patentees laboring under this disadvantage are frequently tempted to part with a small interest in their patents for the sake of securing sufficient funds to carry on the promotion of their inventions and sale of the patent; and in doing this the inexperienced patentee is apt to make the fatal mistake of assigning to another an undivided interest in his invention.

Danger in an Undivided Interest.

Such an assignment may appear well enough on the face of it, and many patentees have been misled, supposing that under the assignment the proceeds from the patent should be divided pro rata, according to the several interests. This, however, is notp. 21 the case in such assignments, and joint-ownership of a patent, or interest therein, does not of itself, without an express agreement to that effect, make the parties partners. They are merely tenants in common, each having the right to separately make, use, or sell the invention so assigned without liability to account to their co-owners for any part of the profits derived from the invention through their own efforts.

In an assignment of an undivided interest, the assignee is afforded an opportunity of manufacturing, using, and selling to others to be used the article covered by the patent; also, to grant territorial grants, such rights being unlimited by the terms of the assignment, and it is actually of little consequence how small an interest is thus conveyed, the assignee can proceed with the patent in much the same way as if he were the sole owner; therefore, whenever it is intended that the relation of co-partnership shall exist between the patentee and the assignee of an undivided interest, and that the profits arising from the invention shall be equitable, for their joint benefit, there must be an express agreement between them to that effect, otherwise the assignee will have a decided advantage over the inventor, if he is inclined to be dishonorable, and there are numerous cases on record where patentees have virtually lost their patents by such assignments. Patentees shouldp. 22 especially guard against strangers who offer to purchase an undivided interest in their patents.

A Better Plan.

A better procedure to secure means necessary for the development, introduction, and sale of an invention is to borrow the money from a friend contingent on the sale of the patent, sell a State or county right, or enter into a contract with a party willing to furnish the means for a certain proportion of the proceeds derived from the invention. Generally speaking, it will not be hard to find a party willing to advance sufficient means to promote an invention which is protected by a patent for a certain percentage of the net receipts arising from its manufacture, sale, or territorial grants, and the patentee will probably find a person among his own acquaintances who will not only be glad to furnish the means necessary, but also be of value to the patentee in realizing from his invention. In any case, whatever is agreed upon should be put in the form of a contract, or an agreement, couched in such terms as will leave no doubt as to the understanding between the parties. The following form secures both parties, and will be suggestive of others:

Form of Agreement.

Whereas I, Richard Doe, of Philadelphia, County of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements inp. 23 Telegraph Keys, for which I have obtained Letters Patent of the United States, bearing date January 1, 1901, and number 000,000, and whereas John Roe, of Camden, County of Camden, and State of New Jersey, is desirous of obtaining an interest in the net profits arising from the sale or working of the said invention covered by the said Letters Patent.

Now, therefore, this indenture witnesseth, that for and in consideration of one dollar by each of the parties hereto paid to the other, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, it is stipulated and agreed as follows:

First, That the said John Roe shall pay all moneys necessary to the construction of a suitable model to represent the said invention; that he shall pay all necessary expense in advertising and bringing said invention before interested parties (and such other clauses as may be deemed necessary and agreed upon, such as the expense of constructing a working model, or carrying out a process, etc.); that he shall make diligent effort to promote the said invention, its manufacture, and sale.

Second, That the said Richard Doe, sole owner of said invention and Letters Patent, in consideration of the payment of the moneys above mentioned, agrees to pay the said John Roe twenty-five per cent. (or other amount agreed upon) ofp. 24 all the net receipts in any manner arising from the sale or working of the said Letters Patent, during the term for which said patent is granted.

Witness our hands and seals this tenth day of January, A.D. 1901.

Richard Doe,
John Roe.

In the presence of:

John Smith,

Thos. Jones.

Perfecting Inventions.

Should an inventor defer the filing of his application until his invention is fully developed as regards the detail construction and arrangement of the parts? The best opinion seems to be in favor of the prompt filing of the application. The final form of the details can best be determined by the manufacturer and expert machinists and designers, who appreciate the matter of economical manufacture, which is quite as essential as the efficiency of the device or machine. Clearly, therefore, the inventor cannot decide as to all the details; why then should he delay his application?

The safest course for an inventor is to file his application for a patent as soon as his invention is complete in its principal features, so as to conform to the requirement of the Patent Law that an invention be sufficiently complete to be theoretically operative. The mechanical details are rarely of great importance as far as the patentable feap. 25tures of the invention are concerned. Still, it is well to give the attorney full particulars of whatever details the inventor has in mind.

Exhibit of the Invention.

Under the security thus afforded for the main features involved in his idea, the inventor can proceed more deliberately in perfecting and improving his invention, and can then file an additional application if necessary, to secure special protection on particular improvements or the improved invention as a whole. The early filing of an application may turn out to be important in securing to the inventor his right of priority. When the inventor comes to exhibit his invention, with the idea of bringing it to the attention of the public in general, there is no question that he should then have his invention in the best form he can, and in as attractive shape as possible.

To Avoid being "Squeezed."

The patentee who proposes to realize from his invention should never let it be known that he is in want; of course, in some cases he cannot help himself, but he should endeavor to obtain the necessary assistance from his acquaintances, and under no circumstances let those with whom he is trying to deal get an insight into his financial condition, as capitalists and others will very often take the advantage of an inventor when known to be in straitened circumstances, and the patentee probably wouldp. 26 not realize as much from his patent as he otherwise could. Therefore, it is advisable in all cases for the patentee to manifest no impatience, remain silent as to his financial condition, and strive to impress those with whom he is dealing that he is in no condition to be "squeezed."

Value of Record of Invention.

Inventors, while working on a complicated machine, should not overlook the value and importance of keeping a record of the progress of the development, illustrating it with sketches, signing and dating them with each new addition, and, when practical, having it witnessed by one or more persons. This plan is preferred by many inventors to filing a caveat. Such a record will be found very valuable in case of an infringement, as it enables the inventor to ascertain the various steps of his invention, and is a sort of evidence that cannot be impeached. Such a record of a complicated invention, when the inventor has put much time and study upon the subject in perfecting it, will also be found valuable in effecting sales, and in fixing the price of the patent.

Prejudice against Patents.

It cannot be denied that at the present time there seems to be in many sections of the country a strong prejudice against patents, which sometimes makes it difficult to get people sufficiently interested to take hold of any patent; especially is this truep. 27 when the patentee endeavors to sell his patent piecemeal; that is, by county, township, shop, or farm rights. No matter how important or valuable the invention may be, there seems to be a disposition on the part of the public to look upon such rights as a fraud, and to be very cautious how they invest in them.

The public is not wholly to blame for this, as in recent years there has been a class of men who have canvassed the country with patent rights, not caring what representations they made so long as they were able to effect a sale; consequently, many people have been lured into purchasing patent rights for a small territory which in many instances were worthless or not as represented, causing them to be more or less skeptical of all patents, as well as to bring this manner of selling patents generally into ill repute. With manufacturers and capitalists, this prejudice does not exist to any great extent, as with them the patent rests solely upon its own merits.

Newspaper Notoriety.

Many inventors overlook the importance of interesting newspaper men in their inventions. This is a matter of great consequence to the inventor in exploiting his invention, and should be given some attention. Newspapers desire items of interest of every description, and readers are usually interested in brief accounts of any new invention possessingp. 28 novelty or merit; so that when the inventor once gets his invention into the newspapers it is generally copied by other papers, with the result that the invention gets a large amount of free advertising and publicity. These items frequently attract the attention of capitalists, manufacturers, and others, and at once put the invention in a favorable position before the public as could be done possibly in no other way—certainly in no cheaper way.

Many of the trade journals and other periodicals are also open to receive technical descriptions of inventions of merit concerning industrial improvements. Such articles should be written in good form, containing not over five hundred or a thousand words, and if admitted to this class of publications will be of the utmost value and importance in creating favorable public opinion, and in advancing the inventor's interests.

With hardly an exception, if an invention strikes editors favorably and is adjudged to be of sufficient interest to form an article of news in newspapers, or of sufficient merit to warrant a description in the trade papers, it is pretty certain to prove a success and bring the inventor large returns.

If the invention is of such a character as to strike newspaper men unfavorably, the inventor can resort to the advertisement columns; usingp. 29 the large daily papers, or such publications which in some way relate to the industry to which the patent appertains, and such as have the largest circulation among the class of people it is desired to reach. See about advertising on page 46.

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CHAPTER IV

HOW TO ARRIVE AT THE VALUE OF A PATENT

Most inventors are not concerned so much about the fame or honor their inventions will bring them, or how much their inventions will advance civilization, or build up a nation, or administer to the conveniences and pleasures of mankind generally, as they are about how much it will net them in dollars and cents; but the patentee should not lose sight of the fact that the profits are in the exact proportion to the actual usefulness of the invention, and its general adaptability. It is immaterial whether the inventor himself intends to deal with the public, or to deal with a man or set of men who are afterward to deal with the public, the conditions are the same, and the profits must ultimately come from the sale of the manufactured article.

Pecuniary Value.

It may seem superfluous to say that mere Letters Patent aside from an invention is of no value, though many inventors are under the erroneous impression that if an invention possesses patentability, it must also necessarily have pecuniary value. To be of any pecuniaryp. 31 value whatever, the invention must cover something for which there is a demand, or for which there can be a demand created, for it cannot be disputed, that if an invention will not bring in money by manufacturing it, it is, in a financial sense, worthless; and the patent thereon is therefore worth some seventy or eighty dollars less than nothing.

Commercial Value.

An invention, to have commercial value, as previously stated, must cover something for which there is a demand, or for which there can be a demand created. It may be an entirely new device, or it may be an improvement upon an existing invention, but in any event it must contain a certain degree of utility. In rare cases inventors are able to hit upon an invention in an entirely new field; for these a demand has to be created. For improvements, however, as a general thing, the demand already exists; then the important question arises in determining the commercial value of the patent. "Does the invention in question possess sufficient merit to successfully compete with existing devices of the same class?" In order to do this, it must be of a simpler or cheaper construction, so that it can be manufactured and put on the market at a lower figure; or, it must yield better results, work quicker and at less expense, or economize power, labor, or time. A patented improvep. 32ment upon an article that can be sold more cheaply, or one which will yield better results than those now selling well on the market, has a decided commercial value and can easily be disposed of at a good price. If the inventor be fortunate enough to combine both of these features in his invention, the value is doubled and success certain.

Basis for Estimation.

Perhaps one of the hardest questions that confronts the patentee is how to arrive at a just valuation of his patent, and to know just exactly what he should receive for it. This is a very important question, and one which should be looked into before undertaking negotiations. Patentees should not, of course, undervalue their patents, or accept the first small offer made for fear of not receiving another; at the same time, they should not fall into the common error of asking a price that cannot be obtained, which too frequently precludes all chances of a sale. Many business men would rather lose the patent than waste their time constantly dickering about an unreasonable price.

Inventors should be reasonable in their demands, and consider that the purchaser must have a fair share of the profits. He cannot expect to realize all there is in the patent himself. Indeed, patentees usually find that men willing to establish a business on the basis of their untried patents willp. 33 require the greater bulk of the profits to be derived from it.

General Rules for Valuation.

It is evident that only the most general rules for valuation can be given, as each invention must be studied and valued strictly upon its own merits. Undoubtedly, the best and most practical method of ascertaining the value of any invention which is susceptible of being manufactured on a small scale is to have a limited quantity of the articles manufactured—say five hundred or a thousand—and try the experiment of introducing them in a small territory; that is, in a certain county, city, or town, taking great precaution in selecting a person who is capable of carrying forward the business in a business-like manner. This method demonstrates conclusively whether or not the invention will meet with success, and with these figures at hand the patentee will be prepared to prove, to the satisfaction of interested parties, just what the patent is really worth.

This method of procedure not only enables the patentee to get a just valuation of his patent, but also puts it in a more favorable position to be sold; since the commercial value is known and established, it no longer remains an experiment. Interested parties can take their calculations from these figures, and the patentee can exact a price in proportion to the success of the trial experiment.p. 34

In order to thus demonstrate the value of a patent, the patentee must possess and advance the necessary means to carry it forward, though, if the experiment prove at all successful, the profits derived from the articles sold will in nearly all cases more than offset the expense incurred. This is a very popular course with inventors, especially in handling small inventions, known as novelty or specialty patents.

If the patentee have not the means to successfully demonstrate the value of his patent by actual trial, as above outlined, then the next best course would be to inquire among reliable manufacturers and ascertain the lowest price for which the invention can be manufactured in large quantities, and the highest price at which it will retail; and then, by carefully studying the market, the patentee should be able to estimate the amount of competition, cost of selling, probable number of sales, interest on the investment, etc., and on these figures base the price he should receive for the patent, being careful to allow the purchaser a liberally fair profit.

While there are at present about ninety-five million inhabitants in the United States, it is scarcely probable that any invention has yet or ever will be made that will reach half this number of people. With an article of the most general adaptability, including both sexes, the inventorp. 35 can hardly hope to reach more than a fourth of the entire population, though, of course, the invention may be subject to regular consumption, so that the people reached would naturally purchase the article again a number of times during the course of a year.

The statistics in the last chapter are given with the view of assisting patentees in determining what proportion of the population will likely want their inventions, and to enable them to estimate prices. In estimating the price to ask for a patent, patentees should not conceive and hang their hopes upon fabulous prices and immediate wealth, which too often dooms ambitious inventors to bitter disappointment; they should rather endeavor to look at their inventions from the purchaser's stand-point, and try to see it in the light in which others view it. It may be well to remember that the million mark of patents issued in the United States, including re-issues and designs, was passed in 1911, and it is quite probable that any one inventor may not have the only good thing in the line of patents.

How Rating for Royalty Is Figured.

Many patents are more profitable by being placed upon royalty than by any other means, and quite often the patent can be placed this way when it is not possible to sell outright at a satisfactory price. In determining what royalty the patentee should receive,p. 36 he should carefully estimate, in connection with the probable number of sales, what profit the manufacturer can probably make on each, or a number of the articles containing the patented improvements, and should require about twenty-five per cent. of the profits as royalty. Another method used by some inventors is to ascertain the price at which the article can be retailed, and figure the royalty at between one-twentieth and one-tenth of the retail price. Either of the above should give the approximate figure to ask for exclusive royalty contracts. For non-exclusive rights the patentee should ask about one-half of that for exclusive rights.

Stock in Stock Companies.

There is another class of patents that can be best realized from by organizing the proper kind of joint stock companies, and manufacturing the invention, the inventor taking a certain amount of the stock and assigning the patent to the company. The patentee should receive between one-fourth and one-half of the capital stock in consideration of his assigning his patent and rights to the company.

The inventor should see that a good portion of the stock is subscribed for and the amount actually paid into the treasury of the company before making the assignment. As a rule, inventors' stock is full paid and non-assessable.p. 37

Prices for Territorial Rights.

In calculating the prices for territorial rights, the application of the invention to that section must be taken into consideration, as well as the advancement in manufacturing, etc. If the invention belongs to that class of inventions which may be generally adapted in all States alike, such as domestic articles and articles of wearing apparel, then the population will form a very satisfactory basis for valuation.

There are other inventions, however, that apply almost wholly to a certain section of the country, while still others apply more to one section than to another; thus, for instance, mechanical contrivances of the higher order, such as writing machines, mathematical instruments, etc., the North and East are the most valuable; for mining and agricultural implements, etc., the West; while such as the cotton-gin, seeders, and presses apply almost wholly to the South. States and counties having large cities and large towns are also usually more valuable than other States and counties of same population.

Valuation Tables.

The following tables are given as a general estimate of the relative value of the different States and divisions in the majority of cases; however, these tables are only arbitrary at best, and cannot be applied to all classes of inventions satisfactorily, though theyp. 38 may serve to materially aid the patentee in determining what price to put upon each State in his own case. Having determined the value of the patent as a whole, the aggregate of the State prices should be about two-thirds more, as there are always some States that cannot be sold separately, while others may have to be sold at a discount.

TABLES FOR ESTIMATING PRICES OF STATE RIGHTS

States and
Territories.

Price as a Whole.

$1,000 | $5,000 | $10,000 | $15,000 | $20,000
Maine | 35 | 175 | 350 | 500 | 700
New Hampshire | 30 | 150 | 300 | 450 | 600
Vermont | 30 | 150 | 300 | 450 | 600
Massachusetts | 50 | 225 | 500 | 750 | 1,000
Rhode Island | 20 | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400
Connecticut | 35 | 175 | 350 | 500 | 700
New York | 65 | 300 | 650 | 950 | 1,200
Pennsylvania | 65 | 300 | 650 | 950 | 1,200
New Jersey | 40 | 200 | 400 | 600 | 800
N. Atlantic Division. | $370 | $1,775 | $3,700 | $5,450 | $7,200

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TABLES FOR ESTIMATING PRICES OF STATE RIGHTS—Continued

States and
Territories.

Price as a Whole.

$1,000 | $5,000 | $10,000 | $15,000 | $20,000
Delaware | 20 | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400
Maryland | 40 | 200 | 400 | 600 | 800
District of Columbia | 15 | 75 | 150 | 200 | 300
Virginia | 35 | 200 | 400 | 600 | 800
West Virginia | 35 | 175 | 300 | 500 | 700
North Carolina | 35 | 150 | 300 | 450 | 600
South Carolina | 35 | 150 | 350 | 500 | 700
Georgia | 40 | 200 | 400 | 600 | 800
Florida | 15 | 75 | 150 | 200 | 300
S. Atlantic Division. | $270 | $1,325 | $2,700 | $3,950 | $5,400
Ohio | 60 | 300 | 600 | 900 | 1,100
Indiana | 55 | 275 | 550 | 800 | 1,000
Illinois | 65 | 300 | 650 | 950 | 1,200
Michigan | 45 | 200 | 350 | 600 | 800
Wisconsin | 40 | 150 | 275 | 400 | 500
Minnesota | 45 | 200 | 350 | 600 | 800
Iowa | 40 | 175 | 350 | 500 | 700
Missouri | 45 | 225 | 450 | 650 | 900
North Dakota | 25 | 75 | 150 | 200 | 300
South Dakota | 30 | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400
Nebraska | 30 | 150 | 300 | 450 | 600
Kansas | 40 | 175 | 300 | 500 | 700
N. Central Division. | $485 | $2,325 | $4,525 | $6,850 | $9,000

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TABLES FOR ESTIMATING PRICES OF STATE RIGHTS—Continued

States and
Territories.

Price as a Whole.

$1,000 | $5,000 | $10,000 | $15,000 | $20,000
Kentucky | 40 | 200 | 375 | 600 | 700
Tennessee | 30 | 175 | 350 | 500 | 700
Alabama | 30 | 150 | 300 | 450 | 600
Mississippi | 30 | 150 | 300 | 450 | 600
Louisiana | 35 | 175 | 300 | 500 | 700
Texas | 35 | 175 | 300 | 500 | 700
Oklahoma | 20 | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400
Arkansas | 20 | 75 | 150 | 200 | 300
S. Central Division. | $230 | $1,200 | $2,275 | $3,500 | $4,700
Montana | 15 | 100 | 175 | 250 | 300
Colorado | 40 | 175 | 350 | 350 | 700
New Mexico | 15 | 50 | 100 | 150 | 200
Arizona | 15 | 50 | 100 | 150 | 200
Utah | 15 | 50 | 100 | 150 | 200
Idaho | 10 | 50 | 75 | 100 | 200
Washington | 15 | 50 | 100 | 150 | 200
Oregon | 20 | 75 | 125 | 200 | 300
California | 50 | 250 | 450 | 700 | 900
Western Division. | $235 | $975 | $1,800 | $2,750 | $3,700
Grand Total. | $1,600 | $7,600 | $15,000 | $22,500 | $30,000

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CHAPTER V

HOW TO CONDUCT THE SALE OF PATENTS

While the inventor may put much hard study upon his invention and make many costly experiments, this part of his work is usually a pleasure; and in securing the patent he invariably has able counsel in his attorney with no anxiety on his part; but with the commercial proceeding of selling his patent, which involves the greatest prudence and care in managing, it is different, and here is where the inventor's real work begins if he expects to reap the benefit of his invention.

Patent-selling Agencies.

For the benefit of unexperienced patentees it is deemed expedient to give a word of warning here regarding the host of so-called patent-selling agencies, which under various imposing titles, coupled with an apparently honest and straightforward method of business, tempt each patentee, upon the issue of his patent, to place the same in their hands and authorize them to negotiate the sale thereof. Their propositions are very attractive and temptingly prepared; their offers appear to be "gilt edge"; their circulars are high-sounding andp. 42 rose-colored; their contracts are formal looking, and drawn up in an impressive way, highly advantageous to the patentee; but it will be noted in all cases that they will require the patentee to pay down a certain sum under some pretence,—such as to cover the cost of advertising the patent, to have circulars printed, to secure copies of the patent for distribution, to have a cut made illustrating the invention, or for membership fee, and so on, it matters not what, so long as it is an advance fee. Many will also agree to sell both the United States and Canadian patents, if the patentee will file the Canadian application through them; it is evident, however, that this is only a scheme to get the patentee to take out the Canadian patent through them—they having no facilities for disposing of either of the patents.

The writer is not prepared to say that there are no honestly conducted patent-selling agencies, but from long experience and observation, has never known where a patentee was ever materially benefited by placing his interests in the hands of these concerns, and has yet to learn of them ever making a sale solely through their own efforts. Very few of these concerns have any facilities whatever for selling patents; all of their time being taken up in mailing their weekly circulars to inventors immediately upon the publication of the Official Gazette, and working inventors up to thep. 43 remitting point which usually ends the matter so far as they are concerned, unless they believe they can get another fee out of the patentee.

There may be exceptions, but patentees should fully satisfy themselves as to the integrity of these firms before placing business in their hands, as the Assistant Commissioner of Patents in his report in the Webberburn case, 81 O. G., 191 K, clearly pointed out that the methods of these concerns were such as to sell the patentees rather than their patents.

The Patentee the Best Selling Agent.

That the patentee himself is the best selling agent there can be no doubt, for he is familiar with the construction and operation of his invention in every detail, and knows its merits and superior points far better than anyone else, besides manufacturers and others wishing to purchase patents invariably desire to deal with the patentee himself. Business men, it may be said as a rule, do not think very much of an invention which the inventor has abandoned to others to negotiate, moreover the personal push of the inventor is, in nearly all cases, essential to the successful termination of a sale.

Subtract the personal energy and presence of the inventor from the successful inventions of the past and of to-day, and the chances are that they would not have succeeded as they did. It is notp. 44 only a question of material interest, but also of enthusiasm and confidence, and each patentee, having but one patent or a set of patents to push, can lend thereto that individual attention which insures good work and success.

In Case the Patentee Cannot Undertake the Selling.

However, if from any reason the patentee is unable to handle his own invention and must engage the services of an agent or salesman, he should select one from among his own acquaintances, in whom he has confidence. He should if possible get a person who has had experience in the line of the invention, as such a person would likely understand it and the trade better than others. It is not really necessary that he should have had experience in selling patents; if he is a good talker, knows how to approach business men, and thoroughly understands the invention, he will probably make money for the inventor and himself. The patentee should have him submit all offers of value for his consideration, and should not give the agent power to sign or collect. The patentee should name a reasonable price for the patent, allowing the agent a liberal commission upon the price, and encouraging the agent by allowing him a certain percentage of all he may be able to get over and above the price named. This will encourage the agent to work for the highest price obtainable. The inventor should make every effortp. 45 to be able to personally attend to the details of selling, and keep the business under his personal supervision.

Methods of Selling Patents.

There are a number of plausible methods to which the patentee may resort in disposing of his patent without the aid of questionable selling agents, and it is the purpose of the following pages and succeeding chapter to set forth such methods as have in the past proved beneficial to patentees; those along which success have been achieved, and such as are employed by the most successful inventors of the present time in handling their patents.

It is true that no definite method or system can be given that will apply to all patents alike, as the method in each case will depend more or less upon the character of the invention, and to the particular art to which it belongs; however, from the following pages the patentee should be able to judge what particular methods will best apply to his individual case, and proceed along these lines.

There are many patents issued which the patentees thereof can as successfully dispose of from the smallest hamlet in the United States as from New York, Chicago, or any of our larger cities, while, of course, there are others which only those directly connected with the largest and wealthiest corporations can hope to dispose of successfully. The main thing is not to become discourp. 46aged or give up until one succeeds in making a sale.

About Advertising.

To make the merits and importance of an invention publicly known is, in many cases, one of the best ways of bringing about the introduction and sale of a patent. If the inventor has a patent on an invention that manufacturers or others want, and can make its merits and superior qualities known to them, negotiations will soon follow. There is no way for patentees to place themselves in communication with prospective investors quite equal to an advertisement in the proper medium. Here it may be well to state that patentees who decide to advertise their patents for sale or otherwise should place their advertisements in publications of known standing, such as the leading daily newspapers. A brief, well-worded advertisement in the "Business Opportunities" column of these papers bring quick and good results, though, perhaps a better class of inquiries may be obtained by advertising in the trade journals of the class to which the invention relates, and while the trade journals may not bring about as many inquiries as the dailies, those that answer will be more apt to be interested and talk business. Either of the above are good mediums, but in advertising patents for sale patentees should carefully avoid those publications that are published at uncertainp. 47 intervals, and usually for the express purpose of circulating among inventors for various purposes. They do not reach the class of people that invest in patents. Inventors should know the class of people that would be likely to become interested in their inventions, and advertise in such mediums as have the largest circulation among that class.

How to Write an Advertisement.

In the construction of an advertisement there is often too much waste by using too much verbiage, too many unnecessary words or sentences, sometimes too much display. Prudence in the arrangement, and care in editing an advertisement, will save much expense. The size of an advertisement of this class has really little to do with its pulling qualities.

The statements should be assuming, and at the same time truthful, as any deception in an advertisement is sure to work an injury. There should not be more claimed in the advertisement than sounds reasonable, even though it be stating facts; if an advertisement sounds unreasonable it will not have the desired result. Inventors sometimes become so enthusiastic over their inventions that they exaggerate unintentionally. A good rule is for the inventor to read over the advertisement, and ask himself, "If this statement was read by me, would I believe it; would it convince me?" etc.p. 48

Putting one's self in the purchaser's place is always one of the best factors in writing good advertisements. The inventor should put himself in the place of the purchaser of the patent, and reason what would induce him to investigate its merits; what would likely cause him to take it up, and so on; he should think and write fully along these general lines, incorporate these reasons into an advertisement; then boil it down by cutting out the unnecessary words and sentences; prune, remodel, and rewrite until he has a brief advertisement, clear, concise, and to the point.

Correspondence as a Means of Bringing Patents before Interested Parties.

While to advertise, as suggested in the foregoing pages, would require a very moderate outlay, and be, perhaps, the better course to pursue: however, in connection with it, or if the patentee does not feel that he can afford the expense of advertising, a very good plan is for him to secure copies of a number of the trade journals of the class to which his invention relates, and carefully look over the advertisements therein, and select a list of such manufacturers as would seem likely to be induced to purchase the patent in question, or manufacture the article on royalty. In this manner the patentee will probably get the best up-to-date list obtainable, and it may be set down as a fact, with very few exceptions, that if manufacturersp. 49 and dealers who make and handle just such articles as the patent calls for cannot be interested, it is very hard to interest others not engaged in such line, except when the invention is large, and requires a great deal of capital to work the same.

How to Correspond with Manufacturers.

To each of the parties of the list thus selected, or to a number of them, the inventor should write a well-composed and convincing letter setting forth the invention in its best light, and stating just why it would be to the interest of the parties solicited to investigate the same. Some time should be spent on this letter before attempting to write it, and the writer should weigh well in his own mind what would be best to say, and the proper way of expressing it. He should be as brief as possible, consistent with legibility. The statements should be assuming, yet in every respect true. He should state in brief terms just what the invention is, what it will do, the points and advantages it has, and at the same time endeavoring to get the parties interested so that they will inquire into the invention, rather than attempt to come to terms in the first letter.

The letter should be brief and pointed, and plainly written upon business-size paper; and if the inventor has a typewriter, or access to one, he should use it. If he has printed circulars he should send one with his first letter, which willp. 50 enable him to make the letter briefer and more business-like.

In correspondence it is well not to name a price until the parties are interested, and first endeavor to get them to make an offer. The patentee should be patient and should not expect to jump right into a bargain at once. If the invention is a meritorious one there will be more than one of the manufacturers to whom the patentee may write, who will become interested, and when such a state exists, the patentee can begin to be more exacting as to his demands since competition has been created between the manufacturers.

Circulars.

A few dollars invested in circulars will frequently be found of great value to the patentee if he intends to negotiate the sale of his patent mainly by advertising and correspondence, as they will save a great deal of writing and explaining as well as appear more business-like and attractive, and may be the means of more readily effecting a sale.

Illustrations.

If the patentee can afford the additional expense of an illustration, it will greatly increase the appearance of the circular, and make it more readily understood and interesting. The cut should be neat and set forth the invention in its best light. It would be better to entrust the procuring of the cut to the printer, for he will know just what is wanted and can sep. 51cure the same at a better price. A sufficient number of well printed circulars, with illustration, can be obtained of any printer for a few dollars.

About Getting up Circulars.

The circulars should be attractive, convincing, and logical; nicely arranged, and neatly printed upon good paper. A mistake is often made in sending out trashy-looking circulars, poorly printed upon cheap paper; they repel rather than attract, and do not have the desired effect.

The circular should have good head-lines so as to attract the attention of its recipient at a glance, and his interest should be held by having the uses and advantages of the invention well written.

Many of the pointers suggested in advertising and letter-writing will equally apply to the writing and getting up of the circulars, and need not be treated further here, except that the patentee should dwell especially upon the merits of the invention, its uses, and advantages over like articles. This should be done in the most interesting manner possible, describing it so that its value will be fully understood.

Uses of Printed Copies.

It will be well for the patentee to order some printed copies of his patent, as manufacturers and others usually ask for them if interested, in order that they may examine the patent, or have an expert to examine it, to ascertain its validity, novelty, andp. 52 what protection is really afforded by the patent. It cannot be denied that in either case the invention will suffer a cold-blooded rigid examination, and must stand or fall solely upon its merits. If, however, the invention is adjudged to have real merit and properly protected by the Letters Patent, business negotiations will likely begin, and the patentee will perhaps speedily make a satisfactory deal.

First Impressions All-Important.

Some inventors use printed copies of their patents instead of circulars, but, while they fully set forth the invention in a technical way, it cannot be said that in all cases it is advisable to send copies of the patent until called for. Many parties who become interested in patents are not familiar with mechanical drawings and technical specifications, and very often do not get a very favorable impression from a copy of the patent; and it is very important that the first impressions should be favorably created, for upon this much will depend. If parties become sufficiently interested to fully investigate an invention, they are very apt to form a favorable opinion of it.

Value of Models.

There is no way of so easily creating a favorable impression and gaining the interest in an invention as by a neat and perfect working model of the invention. Man never loses the child-love for toys, andp. 53 a perfect miniature machine of any description will attract more attention than one of full size. With a model the inventor has the full and immediate attention of his prospective purchasers at once. If the patentee, or his agent, intends visiting manufacturers, or to sell the patent by territorial rights, he will find a model of his invention almost indispensable.

Inventors should be very careful about sending models to unknown parties, and should mark the number of the patent and their name and address upon the model. It should invariably be understood in advance who is to pay the transportation charges, before sending a model with any charges to collect.

While models are very helpful in setting forth an invention and making sales, high prices exclude many inventors from their use. Model-makers usually charge fifty cents per hour for each man working upon the model, and market price for the material used; from these figures the inventor may make a rough estimate of what a model of his invention will cost.

Working Drawings.

Working drawings are different from those forming a part of the patent in that they are more detailed, giving the size of each piece and the material of which it is constructed. While working drawings are not quite as expensive as models, they do not show the invention top. 54 the advantage that models do, and are of little value to those who do not understand them. On the other hand, working drawings have the advantage of being easily sent through the mails, and can be duplicated at small cost. Manufacturers prefer working drawings to models in quoting prices on manufacturing the invention in quantities.

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CHAPTER VI

HOW TO CONDUCT THE SALE OF PATENTS—Continued

In conducting the sale of patents, the greatest difficulty is most frequently experienced in getting manufacturers or others sufficiently interested to look into the merits and possibilities of the invention. If the inventor can get the parties to actually consent in their own minds to the proposition of taking up the invention, the question of terms and conditions can soon be arranged. Until the parties solicited can see beyond a doubt that there is large profits in it for them, the price of the patent is out of the question; therefore, the first step is to demonstrate its merits and commercial value, and get the parties thoroughly interested.

Patentees should not labor under the impression that because a patent is offered at a very low price that it will be quickly snapped up as a bargain; as before stated, if a patent will not bring in money by manufacturing and selling the article, it is worthless; and its real value is in exact proportion to the amount of profits that can be made from its manufacture.p. 56

Should the patentee find that his patent has no commercial value, it is almost useless to spend more time and money in trying to realize anything from it; he had better start again, and endeavor to invent something that has value and can be sold.

Value of Personal Influence.

Inventors should use the full extent of their personal influence to spread particulars of their inventions as far as possible, for this indirect work is often a leading factor in creating a favorable impression that frequently results in the adaption of an invention.

However unacquainted he may be in a business way, every patentee can, more or less, in his immediate neighborhood, consult with merchants, friends, and others in the line of his invention, who can post him upon the right parties to submit the patent to, and the best way to see them about it, and perhaps go with him to visit such as might be interested in the invention.

Personal Solicitation Advisable.

In nearly every case it is more satisfactory for the patentee to call on the manufacturers or interested parties personally whenever it is possible for him to do so. This brings about a more satisfactory understanding between them. Many inventors, however, prefer opening up communication by correspondence, and after the parties manifest a willingness or desire to look into the inventionp. 57 more closely, then arrange to visit them personally.

Having determined upon a visit, the patentee should endeavor to get a friend known by the parties to go with him to make their acquaintance. If the friend cannot go with the patentee, he will probably give him a note of introduction. It may happen that his friend does not know the parties whom the patentee wishes to see, in that event he may know of someone who does, to whom he can introduce the patentee and who in turn may either go with him or arrange to make him known to the parties solicited. An introduction, of course, is not absolutely necessary, but it invariably has a good effect and is generally worth the effort.

The patentee should be prepared to make a straightforward, business-like presentation of his invention by means of a suitable model or drawings; carefully explaining its merits and advantages, showing as clearly as possible just what the value of the invention is and what can be made out of it, and giving tangible reasons why it would be to the interest of the parties solicited to invest in the patent. If the patentee is dealing with a manufacturer it is well to point out not only the possible advantage he may have by securing the control of the patent, but also the possible loss that his business may suffer by allowing one of his competitors to obtain its control. Many busip. 58nesses have been hopelessly crippled by an enterprising firm securing control of a good patent and introducing a like article that can be sold cheaper, or one that will do its work in a better and more satisfactory manner.

Selling Outright.

Many inventors prefer to sell their patents outright; that is, in consideration of a specified sum of money the patentee assigns his entire interest in the patent, in the same manner that a person would sell a piece of real estate. This is a very good method and one of the quickest ways for the patentee to turn his invention into money, though it must be remembered that to sell a patent outright is usually for a very much smaller sum than could be realized if handled by other methods.

The day for obtaining enormous sums or fortunes from the sale of a patent outright is past; at present to realize any considerable amount, the patentee generally has to share in the risks as well as the profits, unless the invention is very highly developed, and even then he cannot expect to get as much out of an outright assignment as he could by sharing in the success of the invention commercially. If, however, the patentee is content to take the utmost cash his patent will bring him outright, he is assured of a principal or lump sum, free from any chances of the article not selling well when placed upon the market.p. 59

Before signing and delivering the assignment, the patentee will, of course, see that he has the consideration, or its equivalent, for which the assignment is made. If the transaction is made through correspondence he should send the assignment duly executed to the purchaser through the bank or express C. O. D. for the amount.

Assigning an Undivided Interest.

In a preceding chapter, the dangers and disadvantages of an undivided interest are set forth, and it cannot be considered a wise course under any consideration to part with any undivided interest in the proprietorship of the patent, unless unusually well paid, or there exists an agreement of copartnership between the patentee and the assignee. By such an assignment, no matter how small, the patentee loses control of his patent.

Dividing a Patent into Different Classes of Rights.

Many patents, from the nature of the invention, can be subdivided into different classes of rights, and each class sold or granted separately as the patentee may choose. Thus, the patentee of a tire, or other appliances for a bicycle, could license one party to make the same for bicycles and another for automobiles. In like manner a car-coupler could be divided between those who build railway equipments and those who build street-cars, and so on.

Goodyear, the inventor of the process of vulp. 60canizing rubber, divided his patent up into many different rights, licensing one company for manufacturing rubber combs, licensing another for hose pipes, another for shoes, another for clothing, and a number of other different rights, for which each company or partner paid a tariff. Lyall, inventor of the continuous loom, also divided his patent into many different rights; one company weaving carpets, another corsets, another bags, another sheeting, etc.

In every case where the invention covers articles not in the same line of manufacture, the patentee should not fail to divide the rights into different classes, granting each party only such rights as they may be interested in. In this way the patentee can quite often double or treble the receipts from his invention.

The patentee may, if he desires, have his machines built and require the purchasers to pay him a regular annual rental on each machine, or a tariff upon the goods produced, in addition to the price of the machine. Companies are sometimes organized to manufacture an invention, and employ travelling men to place the article on annual rental instead of selling.

Selling by Territorial Rights.

Another method is to sell State and county rights. This consists of a license whereby the patentee, in consideration of a certain sum of money paid him, grants unto another person orp. 61 persons the exclusive right to make and sell the invention, and to authorize others to make and sell the same, within a specified territory, during the life of the patent. This plan of disposing of a patent has often been highly profitable, but it must be said that these territorial sales have been conducted in such a manner in the past, as to bring the whole system of selling patent rights into disrepute, and in recent years patentees have found some difficulty in making sales in this way, unless the device is of unusual great novelty and attraction to householders or the general public.

Occasionally, however, there are patents issued for meritorious inventions that are susceptible of this mode of procedure, and which can be disposed of to the greatest advantage by territorial grants. Such inventions as household novelties possessing great merit and utility have been most successfully placed upon this plan, but it must be remembered that the value of the system rests upon its capabilities of effecting sales of the manufactured article to a vast proportion of the people.

In selling territorial rights it is a mistake to begin with the small places with the idea of working the business up and effecting larger sales on the basis of the smaller ones; it is better to shove the sales, as much as possible in the start, and afterp. 62 the more valuable portion of the territory is disposed of, proceed with the balance until it ceases to be profitable.

Experience teaches that it is usually advisable to accept any reasonable offer made for a small right, even if it does not come up to the patentee's estimate of its value, as he has plenty of other territory left, and may lose much time and money in finding another in the same territory willing to pay more; besides, the purchaser of such a right may, by his energy and good judgment, advertise the invention in such a way as to greatly benefit the patentee in making further sales.

Some patentees employ good and reliable special agents to travel and dispose of the patent rights; others advertise for and appoint State agents to sell their respective county rights. In either case these agents expect to make money by the operation, and require a liberal proportion of the proceeds for their remuneration; generally speaking, they will require about one-third the selling price, unless the patentee can show that the rights will sell readily, in which case the rating can be made lower.

Granting Licenses.

The patentee may also sell licenses under his patent; that is, in consideration of a certain sum, the patentee licenses a manufacturer to make the invention at his own place of business; it being a personal privilegep. 63 and is not transferable unless its terms so state.

Unless there are a great many manufacturers in the line of industry to which the patent relates, and unless the invention has real merit so that it will be readily adapted by the manufacturers, the patentee cannot hope to realize any considerable amount from selling shop-rights alone. As a general thing, patents for mechanical inventions can be disposed of to better advantage by other means, or by selling shop-rights in connection with other methods; for example, if the patentee was selling his patent by territorial grants, he might grant shop-rights in such territory as he has not sold; or if he is placing the patent upon non-exclusive royalty contracts, he could grant shop-rights in such portions of the territory as he does not contemplate using otherwise.

Some inventions, such as methods or processes, as a general rule, have to ultimately be sold by licenses. Such patents can be employed most profitably by selling licenses, county and State rights; thus, in the case of a method of constructing fences, the patentee could sell State and county rights to parties, who in turn could grant farm rights, etc.

Placing upon Royalty.

The license and royalty plan is perhaps the best and most popular method with inventors for realizing from their inventions. This, in effect, inp. 64volves a contract between the patentee and the manufacturer, by which the latter in consideration of a license to manufacture the article covered by the patent, agrees to pay the patentee a certain specified sum as royalty for each article manufactured or sold bearing the patented improvement.

Placing a patent on royalty is ordinarily taking chances, but if the patentee has full confidence in his article selling well, he should by all means take royalty in preference to selling the patent in its entirety. Many valuable patents are sold by their owners for from $1,000 to $10,000, which yield the purchasers, when the article is on the market and selling well, as much as $25,000 annually in profits. This calls to the author's mind a patent for which at the outset was doubtfully offered $3,000, but before the negotiations terminated, the patentee succeeded in placing it upon an exclusive royalty basis. The royalties paid to the patentee during the first four years amounted to over $50,000, and the manufacturers subsequently made an offer of $100,000, for the patent.

In making royalty contracts with parties, the patentee should investigate the standing, rating, and capabilities of the manufacturer, and, above all, should be certain that the parties have the right motive in view, and that the contract is so drawn that it will fully protect his own interests.p. 65 Many patentees have been caught by manufacturers offering large royalties for the sole purpose of gaining possession of the patent, that they might pigeon-hole it, in order to keep the article out of the market, so that the sale of some similar article in which they are interested would not be interfered with by the introduction of a similar or better article, such as the patent anticipates.

There are others who propose and make royalty contracts with patentees with no other object than that of making the special tools, patterns, dies, etc., for which they charge the patentee an extortionate price.

The best and safest way for the patentee to guard against having his patent tied up is to bind the parties to do certain things in the way of pushing the sales, making the necessary tools at their own expense, and commencing its manufacture within a reasonable time, paying an advance royalty, or annexing some such condition to the agreement by which they will be the loser should they fail to push the inventor's interests.

Unless it cannot be otherwise arranged, the patentee should not transfer his rights merely in consideration of receiving a certain sum on each article sold, as however sterling the character of the manufacturer, there would be no certainty of the sales being pushed. The patentee should endeavor to get the manufacturer to guarantee thatp. 66 the royalties shall amount to at least a certain pre-stipulated sum each year, or within a period of time, and that such sum shall absolutely be paid to him by the manufacturer, irrespective of sales. This insures that the manufacturer will be obliged to push the sales of the article, and do it justice, since if he neglects his duty purposely, or from lack of energy, he is out of pocket, and the patentee is sure of a certain income, with the addition of a possible fortune that unprecedented sales may yield him. However, manufacturers are not always willing to agree to this condition, unless the guaranteed amount is exceedingly reasonable; they will usually simply agree to do their best, and if the sales do not reach a certain figure each year, the patentee shall have the option of cancelling the agreement, and receiving back the patent free and clear.

Royalty licenses can either be exclusive or non-exclusive; that is, with an exclusive contract the manufacturer has the exclusive right to manufacture the article, excluding all others; non-exclusive is simply a shop-right, in consideration of which the manufacturer agrees to pay the patentee or owner of the patent a stipulated price or percentage upon each article made or sold. The license can also be exclusive in a certain section, county, State, or a number of States, as may be agreed upon.p. 67

Any number of conditions that may be agreed upon may be annexed to and form a part of the contract, and such an agreement should be drawn up in compliance with the terms and conditions agreed upon by a competent attorney, or one skilled in matters of this kind.

Manufacturing and Forming Companies.

If the patentee has a really good invention, often he cannot do better than to retain the patent and work it himself, in case he has the ability to do so. If he cannot conduct the manufacturing alone, he may be able to secure a partner with just sufficient funds, and equal common sense and business acumen, to add the necessary elements to the firm to achieve success.

In some cases, if the patentee does not wish to retain the whole patent for his own use, an excellent plan is to commence the manufacture of the invention in a suitable locality, and after the business is so far under way as to show progress and profit, then sell out the business with license under the patent. To illustrate: a gentleman in Illinois, having obtained a patent on a farming implement, succeeded in interesting a party in his own neighborhood to join with him in its manufacture, which soon proved successful and remunerative, and in a short time he was able to sell out his interest in the business to his partner, with license under the patent, after which the patenteep. 68 started its manufacture in a number of places elsewhere, and, at the same time, granting licenses and selling territory in still other sections, where he was unable to work the invention. In this way he made a fair fortune from his invention, realizing about as much from each business established as he could have probably obtained for the entire patent if sold outright at first.

In this manner the patentee, with a valuable patent on an article of general usefulness, could go on and establish its manufacture in any number of places, and sell out with license under the patent. If the first experiment is successful, it is an easy matter to carry the method out in other places, and the business can be readily disposed of anywhere, if it can be shown to be on a paying basis.

To Organize Stock Companies

In recent years many inventors have been quite successful in organizing stock companies on the basis of their patents. This is considered one of the best ways for handling patents for large and promising inventions, and it is a method that any patentee, with ordinary business ability, should be able to carry out successfully, providing his invention is of sufficient merit and importance to form a suitable basis for a successful stock company.

Many stock companies are incorporated underp. 69 the laws of New Jersey, but it is believed the State of West Virginia is also very favorable to corporations. The entire expense for incorporating a company under the laws of the latter State should not exceed $150. The company can be incorporated for any amount; large or small, one hundred dollars or five millions, cost and fees being the same. The incorporators need not be residents of the State. No annual statements required. The meetings of the directors can be held at any place, and need not be held in the State where the charter is granted.

Before applying for a charter for a corporation or stock company, the patentee should mention his plan to some of his friends and get five persons who will promise to subscribe for one or more shares of the stock and act as incorporators of the company.

Next he should secure the services of a reliable attorney, familiar with corporation laws, to prepare the necessary articles of incorporation and legal papers. The attorney will advise the patentee how to proceed properly in organizing his company, and as to the securing of the stock certificates, subscription blanks, seal, etc. These, including the attorney's fee, should not cost the patentee more than $50.

It is well to have some stationery printed with the proposed name of the company and businessp. 70 displayed thereon; and also a prospectus published, setting forth the invention and the plans of the company for introducing it, etc.

Quite often the patentee can find enough idle capital in his immediate neighborhood to float a good portion of the stock. Capital is more easily secured by the formation of a stock company than by any other means, as people can subscribe for small or large amounts, and they often prove good investments.

In soliciting subscriptions for stock, it is desirable to get as many prominent and influential men to buy one or more shares at first to head the list—their names will be a great aid in making further sales. Ordinarily the promoter only collects ten per cent, of the amount subscribed, the balance being subject to the call of the board of directors.

After it is ascertained that the shares or stock are being rapidly subscribed for and selling fully up to expectation, the patentee can have the incorporators sign the charter application and have the attorney file it with the proper State authorities. This will cost the patentee about $100 more, for State tax, attorney fees, etc.

When sufficient stock has been subscribed for, a meeting of the stockholders should be called to elect directors, and to transact such other business as may be deemed necessary in regard top. 71 locating and building the plant and getting the company in shape.

The patentee should receive about one-half the capital stock in consideration of his transferring his rights and franchises to the corporation, the remainder of the stock is sold for the benefit of the company to create a working capital. The patentee may sell a portion of his stock, if he desires, but should also retain a good portion of it to show his own confidence in the business.

After the meeting of the stockholders, the direction of the business will probably be taken out of the hands of the inventor, and the control will lie in the board of directors of the company. As a rule it is better that the inventor does not take an active part in the management of the company's affairs, unless he is specially fitted for the position.

If the company is provided with ample capital, and if the business manager is a competent man, there is little chance of failure if the invention has real merit.

Trading as a Last Resort.

Patentees are sometimes offered securities or other property in trade for a patent. It is not deemed a wise course by most inventors to consider any proposition for a trade, especially in the early life of a patent. Only as a last resort, after failing to realize from a patent by any other means, is itp. 72 advisable to trade a patent; and, before finally agreeing upon a trade, the patentee should have a reputable attorney to look fully into the value and title of the property offered. He should also insist upon receiving an abstract of title, or a title guarantee from a reliable title insurance company.

Unless known to himself, the patentee should never engage the services of an attorney or broker recommended by the parties offering the trade to look into the value and title of the property. Inventors should be on the lookout for a set of sharpers who make a business of offering worthless securities and property in exchange for patents.

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CHAPTER VII

ABOUT CANADIAN PATENTS

The geographical nearness of Canada to the United States, and the intimate commercial relations existing between the two countries, render Canada, in one sense, a part of the industrial market of America; and owing to its liberal patent laws, which are based closely upon our own, inventors generally find it advantageous to protect their interests in this country, which can be done from time to time by a very small outlay, and thus giving the inventor the advantage of disposing of his patent or dropping it if not found remunerative, before expending the total cost of the patent.

The commercial and manufacturing interests of Canada are extensive, increasing yearly, and are closely knit with our own. If the invention is not protected in Canada, it is sometimes manufactured there and sent here without paying royalty to the inventor.

Copies of the "Rules and Forms of the Canadian Patent Office" and "The Patent Act" can be obtained upon application to the Hon. Commissioner of Patents, Ottawa, Canada. Section 8 of the Patent Act, revised May, 1898, provides:

"Any inventor who elects to obtain a patent for his invention in a foreign country before obtaining a patent for the same invention in Canada, mayp. 74 obtain a patent in Canada, if the same be applied for within one year from the date of the issue of the first foreign patent for such invention; and,

"If within three months after the date of the issue of a foreign patent, the inventor give notice to the Commissioner of his intention to apply for a patent in Canada for such invention, then no other person having commenced to manufacture the same device in Canada during such period of one year, shall be entitled to continue the manufacture of the same after the inventor has obtained a patent therefor in Canada, without the consent or allowance of the inventor."

The Patent Act as amended does not now require a Canadian patent to expire at the earliest date at which a foreign patent for the same invention expires.

Under the section just cited the patentee has three months, after the issue of his patent, within which to protect his interests in Canada. If within these three months he has not sufficiently demonstrated the commercial value of his home patent, and the advisability of taking out a Canadian patent, he is advised to give notice to the Commissioner of Patents, Ottawa, of his intention of doing so, which will fully protect his interests for one year, as under the above provision; and if the patentee fail to give this formal notice, he cannot obtain redress from any person who hasp. 75 commenced to manufacture his invention in Canada during the year.

There is also an advantage sometimes in giving this formal notice within three months and delaying the grant of the patent for one year, as the patentee is allowed to import the patented article into Canada during one year only, after the grant of the Canadian patent.

The construction or manufacturing of the invention in Canada must be commenced within two years from the date of the patent, and continuously carried on from that time, though the extension of this time may be secured upon timely application to the Commissioner, giving any good and proper reason. The time for importation is also sometimes extended upon proper application.

Canadian patents are granted originally for a term of eighteen years, the Government fee being $60 for the eighteen years, but at the election of the patentee this fee may be divided into three payments of $20 each, as follows: $20 at the time of the grant, $20 at the expiration of the sixth year, if the owner desires to keep the patent alive, if not he can allow the patent to become forfeited; and at the end of the twelfth year, if it is still desired to maintain the patent, the remaining fee of $20 may be paid. If the patentee in the meantime assigns his patent, the assignee will pay the required government fees at the end of the sixthp. 76 and twelfth years, if it is desired to maintain its validity.

The Canadian patent covers and affords full protection in the following provinces:

Provinces.

Area
Sq. Miles.

Population
1911

Alberta | 253,000 | 372,919
British Columbia | 390,000 | 362,768
Manitoba | 72,870 | 454,691
New Brunswick | 28,000 | 351,815
Nova Scotia | 20,600 | 461,847
Ontario | 222,000 | 2,519,902
Prince Edward Island | 2,000 | 93,722
Quebec | 347,000 | 2,000,697
Saskatchewan | 250,000 | 453,508
Northwest Territories | 1,922,750 | 10,000
Yukon | 200,000 | ———
Total | 3,708,220 | 7,081,869

Selling Canadian Patents.

In selling Canadian patents, the patentee will proceed in much the same way as in the United States, though he cannot expect, nor should he ask, more than about one-third as much for the Canadian patent as he receives, or expects, from the United States patent. Patents are not as readily sold in Canada as here, but if the inventor has a useful invention of merit, which is being manufactured profitably in the United States, he will have no trouble in disposing of his Canadian patent at a satisfactory price.p. 77

It is in nearly all cases advisable for the inventor to first put his invention upon the market in the United States before trying to realize from his Canadian interests, as it will be found difficult to interest Canadian capital in a patent that has not been first put into practice here; and if the patentee be able to dispose of his Canadian patent at all, it is usually for a very insignificant sum; whereas, on the other hand, if the patentee fully protects his interests there, and proceeds to put the invention upon the home market, he will not only be able to present his Canadian patent in a more favorable and forcible way by proving its commercial value, but he will undoubtedly get better offers, and realize full value for his Canadian interests, in exact proportion to the success of his invention in the United States.

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POPULATION OF

CANADIAN CITIES

(Compiled from the Census of 1911)

Montreal | 406,197 | New Westminster | 13,394
Toronto | 376,240 | Stratford | 12,929
Winnipeg | 135,440 | Owen Sound | 12,555
Vancouver | 100,333 | St. Catharines | 12,460
Ottawa | 86,340 | Saskatoon | 12,002
Hamilton | 81,897 | Verdun | 11,622
Quebec | 78,067 | Moncton | 11,319
London | 46,177 | Port Arthur | 11,216
Halifax | 46,081 | Lachine | 10,778
Calgary | 43,736 | Chatham | 10,760
St. John | 42,363 | Galt | 10,299
Victoria | 31,620 | Sault Ste. Marie | 10,179
Regina | 30,210 | Sarnia | 9,936
Edmonton | 24,882 | Belleville | 9,850
Brantford | 23,046 | St. Hyacinthe | 9,797
Kingston | 18,815 | Valleyfield | 9,447
Maissonneuve | 18,674 | Brockville | 9,372
Peterboro | 18,312 | Woodstock | 9,321
Windsor | 17,819 | Niagara Falls | 9,245
Sydney Town | 17,617 | Sorel | 8,419
Hull | 17,585 | Nanaimo | 8,305
Glace Bay | 16,561 | Lethbridge | 8,048
Fort William | 16,498 | Vancouver, North | 7,781
Sherbrooke | 16,495 | North Bay | 7,718
Vancouver, South | 16,021 | St. Boniface | 7,717
Berlin | 15,192 | Sydney Mines | 7,464
Guelph | 15,148 | Levis | 7,448
St. Thomas | 14,050 | Oshawa | 7,433
Brandon | 13,837 | Collingwood | 7,077
Moose Jaw | 13,824 | Fredericton | 7,028

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CHAPTER VIII

DECISIONS AND NOTES

The following digest will be found to contain much useful information for the patentee, it being a carefully selected list of decisions affecting assignments, territorial grants, licenses, State laws, etc.; including those rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States, the Circuit Court of Appeals, State Courts, and of various Commissioners of Patents, all of which decisions enunciate well-settled and controlling principles of Patent Law.

Assignments.

Assignments of patents are not required to be under seal. The statutes simply provide that "every patent, or any interest therein shall be assignable in law by an instrument in writing." (Gottfried vs. Miller, U. S. S. C. Decided Jan. 23, 1882.)

A contract assigning a patent and all future improvements thereon is enforceable against assignees of such improvements who take notice of the contract. (Westinghouse Air Brake Co. vs. Chicago Brake and Mfg. Co., 85 F. R., 786.)

Each co-owner of a patent may use his rightp. 80 without the concurrence of the others and license at will. (Washburn & Moen Co. vs. Chicago Wire Fence Co., 109 Ill., 71.)

Owners of a patent are tenants in common, and each, as an incident of his ownership, has the right to use the patent or manufacture under it. But neither can be compelled by his co-owner to join in such use or work, or be liable for the losses which may occur, or to account for the profits which may arise from such use. (De Witt vs. Elmira Nobles Mfg. Co., 12 N. Y. Spur., 301.)

Joint owners of a patent, right are not copartners, and in the absence of any express contract each is at liberty to use his moiety as he may think fit, without any liability to or accounting to the other for profits or losses. (Vose vs. Singer, 4 Allen (Mass.), 226; vide Pitt vs. Hall, 3 Blatch., 201.)

Although an assignment of patent is not recorded within three months, it is binding on the assignor, and he cannot sell the patent again. (Ex parte Waters, Com. Dec., 1899, p. 42.)

A verbal license or interest in an invention has no effect as against a subsequent assignee without notice of such verbal license or interest. (U. S. S. C., Gates Iron Works vs. Fraser et al., 1894, C. D., 304.)

An assignment to assign future patents, in consideration of the assignee's paying the expense ofp. 81 taking them out, is broken by his refusal to pay for and take out a particular patent when requested, and a subsequent assignment to another conveys a perfect title. (Buck vs. Timony, 78 Fed. Rep., 487.)

Any assignment which does not convey to the assignee the entire and unqualified monopoly which the patentee holds in the territory specified, or an undivided interest in the entire monopoly, is a mere license. (Sanford vs. Messer, 2 O. G., 470.)

When a party does license, grant, and convey any invention which he may hereafter make, this gives only an equitable right to have an assignment made, and this right may be defeated by assignment of the patent to a purchaser for value without notice of this equity. (Regan Vapor Engine Co. vs. Pacific Gas Engine Co. (Nineth Cir.), 7 U. S., App., 73.)

Territorial Grants.

A territorial grantee cannot be restrained from advertising and selling within his territory, even though the purchasers may take the patented article outside the vendor's territory. (Hatch vs. Hall, 22 Fed. Rep., 483.)

One who buys patented articles of manufacture from an assignee for a specified territory becomes possessed of an absolute property in such articles, unrestricted in time or place. (U. S. S. C., Keller et al. vs. Standard Folding Bed Co., 71 O. G., 451.)p. 82

The sale of a patented machine by one authorized to sell, conveys the whole ownership to the purchaser, who may sell it again to another. (Morgan Envelope Co. vs. Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Co., 152 U. S. 425.)

Licenses.

Every person who pays the patentee for a license to use his process becomes the owner of the product, and may sell it to whom he pleases, or apply it to any purpose, unless he binds himself by covenants to restrict his rights of making and vending certain articles that may interfere with the special business of some other licensee. (Met. Washing Machine Co. vs. Earl, 2 Fish., 203; 2 Wall., Jr., 230.)

A license is not forfeitable for non-payment of royalties in the absence of express provisions to that effect. (Wagner Typewriter Co. vs. Watkins, 84 Fed. Rep., 57; 1898.)

A shop right is a personal license and is not assignable. (Gibbs vs. Hoefner, 19 Fed. Rep., 323; 22 Blatch., 36.)

A license to a person to use an invention only "at his own establishment" does not authorize a use at an establishment owned by him and others. (Rubber Co. vs. Goodyear, 9 Wallace, 788.)

A license is not transferable unless its terms so state. (Olmer vs. Rumford Chemical Co., 109 U. S., 75.)

A license merely to make and not to sell doesp. 83 not impair the patent owner's right to sue for infringement outside of the license; and the purchaser of the licensee's tools and materials would not carry the right to sell the product made thereon. (American Graphophone Co. vs. Walcut, 87 Fed. Rep., 556; 1898.)

A license to use a machine carries with it the right to repair the machine, and replace worn parts until the essential original parts of the machine have disappeared. (Robinson on Patents, Sec. 827.)

A lawful sale of a patented article by a patentee or grantee, within his own territory, carries with it the right to use such article throughout the whole United States. (Adams vs. Burke, 5 O.G., 118; Hobbie vs. Smith. 27 Fed. Rep., 636.)

When an applicant in certain instruments assigned his right, title, and interest in an invention, retaining for himself the exclusive right to employ the invention in the manufacture of a certain class of machines, Held, that such instruments do not convey the entire interest in the invention or any undivided part thereof, and they are construed to be nothing more than licenses. (Ex parte Rosback, 89 O. G., 705. Decided Oct. 5, 1899.)

An implied license to use a patented improvement without payment of any royalties during the continuance of employment of the inventor, andp. 84 thereafter, on the same terms and royalties fixed for other parties, is shown where the inventor applies the patent to his employer's work without any agreement for compensation for its use further than a notice that he would require pay after his employment terminated. (Keys vs. Eureka Consol. Min. Co., U. S. S. C., 158 U. S., 150.)

A breach of a covenant in a license does not work a forfeiture of the license unless it is so expressly agreed. (Consol. Middlings Purifier Co. vs. Wolf, 37 O. G., 567.)

Patent Title.

A patent right, like any other personal property, is understood by Congress to vest in the executors and administrators of the patentee, if he dies without having assigned it. (Shaw Relief Valve Co. vs. City of New Bedford, 19th Fed. Rep., 758.)

A patent to a dead man at the time of its grant is not void for the want of a grantee, but vests in his heirs or assigns. (U. S. S. C, De La Vergne Ref. Machine Co. vs. Featherstone, 1893, C. D., 181.)

A court of equity may direct a sale of an inventor's interest in his patent to satisfy a judgment against him, and will require the patentee to assign as provided in Rev. Stat., Sec. 4898, and if he refuses, will appoint a trustee to make the assignment. (Murray vs. Ager, 20 O. G., 1311.)

A patent right cannot be seized and sold on execution. (Carver vs. Peck, 131 Mass., 291.)p. 85

A receiver cannot, under his general powers, convey the legal title to a patent (Adams vs. Howard, 23 Blatch., 27), but a court may compel an insolvent to assign his patent to a trustee or receiver. (Pacific Bank vs. Robinson, 20 O. G., 1314; Murray vs. Ager, 20 O. G., 1311.)

A patentee who assigns his patent cannot, when sued for infringement, contest the validity thereof. (Griffith vs. Shaw, 89 Fed. Rep., 313.)

RULES OF PRACTICE

The following from the "Rules of Practice in the United States Patent Office" may be perused with interest to the patentee; a copy of which, together with a copy of the "Patent Laws," will be mailed free to any person upon addressing the Hon. Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C., requesting the same; these being the only books or pamphlets published by the Office for gratuitous distribution.

Assignments.

Every patent or any interest therein shall be assignable in law by an instrument in writing; and the patentee or his assigns or legal representatives may, in like manner, grant and convey an exclusive right under the patent to the whole or any specified part of the United States. Interests in patents may be vested in assignees, in grantees of exclusive sectional rights, in mortgagees, and in licensees.p. 86

Assignees.

An assignee is a transferee of the whole interest of the original patent or of an undivided part of such whole interest, extending to every portion of the United States. The assignment must be written or printed and duly signed.

Grantees.

A grantee acquires by the grant the exclusive right under the patent to make and use and to grant to others the right to make and use, the thing patented within and throughout some specified part of the United States, excluding the patentee therefrom. The grant must be written or printed and be duly signed.

Mortgages.

A mortgage must be written or printed and duly signed.

Licensees.

A licensee takes an interest less than or different from either of the others. A license may be oral, written, or printed, and if written or printed, must be duly signed.

Must be Recorded.

An assignment, grant, or conveyance of a patent will be void as against any subsequent purchaser or mortgagee for a valuable consideration without notice unless recorded in the Patent Office within three months from the date thereof. If any such assignment, grant, or conveyance of any patent shall be acknowledged before any notary public of the several States or territories, or the District of Columbia,p. 87 or any commissioner of the United States Circuit Court, or before any secretary of legation, or consular officer authorized to administer oaths or perform notarial acts under Section 1750 of the Revised Statutes, the certificate of such acknowledgment, under the hand and official seal of such notary or other officer, shall be prima facie evidence of the execution of such assignment, grant, or conveyance.

No instrument will be recorded which does not, in the judgment of the Commissioner, amount to an assignment, grant, mortgage, lien, encumbrance, or license, or which does not affect the title of the patent or invention to which it relates. Such instruments should identify the patent by date and number; or, if the invention is unpatented, the name of the inventor, the serial number, and date of the application should be stated.

Conditional Assignments.

Assignments which are made conditional on the performance of certain stipulations, as the conditional payment of money, if recorded in the office are regarded as absolute assignments until cancelled with the written consent of both parties, or by the decree of a competent court. The office has no means for determining whether such conditions have been filled. (Rev. Stat., Sec. 4898.)p. 88

STATE LAWS ON SELLING PATENTS

In some States, laws have been passed by which attempts have been made to regulate or prevent the sale of patent rights within their borders, by imposing upon patentees or their agents certain State restrictions, such as requiring the filing of copies of patents, making and filing proofs, taking out licenses, procuring certificates, complying with forms, or prescribing the terms of a note to be given for a patent.

While it has never been squarely brought before the United States Supreme Court, with the result that much conflicting legislation has been enacted by the different States, it may be said, as a general proposition, that a State or municipality, through the medium of its Legislature or officials, has no constitutional right to make or enforce laws which in any way affect or control the transfer, sale, or other disposition of United States Letters Patent; or to interfere in any manner with the patentee going into the open market anywhere to sell his rights conferred by the patent.

It is a well-established principle of law that Congress has exclusive right and power to legislate on the subjects specially assigned to it by the Constitution, while power is delegated to the several States to legislate on those subjects notp. 89 thus expressly placed within the control of Congress. It would seem clear that there can be no State interference with the rights which are incident to the grant of Letters Patent and expressly conferred thereby.

Ohio was the first State attempting to place restrictions upon the handling of patent rights, which, in 1868, passed an act requiring any person, before offering for sale a patent right in any county, to submit the patent to the Probate Judge of the county, and make affidavit before said judge that the patent was in force, and that the applicant had the right to sell, and also requiring that any written obligation taken on the sale of such right should bear on its face the words, "Given for a Patent Right."

The portion of the Ohio statute relating to the making and filing proofs was subsequently made the law in Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana, Nebraska, and Kansas, while the requirement that written obligations given for a patent right should bear such statement written upon its face was made the law in Vermont, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New York, Connecticut, and Arkansas.

In view of the decisions rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States in the cases of ex parte Robinson, 2 Bissel, 309, and Webber vs. Virginia, 103 U. S., 347; 20 O. G., 136, some of the States repealed their statutes relating to thep. 90 filing of proofs, while others did not—notably Indiana and Kansas, where the statute still remains in force.

While the Supreme Court in the above cases did not decide the constitutionality of the State statutes, it was clearly indicated that property in inventions existed by virtue of the laws of Congress, and that no State had any right to interfere with its enjoyment, or to annex conditions to the grant, and that the patentee had a right to go into the open market anywhere in the United States and sell his property. It also established the proposition that a State may require the taking out of a license for the sale of the manufactured article covered by the patent; and the patentee should keep in mind the distinction between selling patents, or patent privileges, and the selling of goods or manufactured articles, as all who sell goods, whether patented or not, must conform with the local and State laws relating to same.

The statute requiring the insertion in written obligations of the words, "Given for a Patent Right," has been declared unconstitutional by the higher State Courts in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Nebraska, and by the Circuit Courts in the southern district of Ohio, and in the district of Indiana; while its validity has been sustained by the courts of last resort in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Kansas. Therefore, thep. 91 validity of the State statutes on the point referred to may be regarded as finally established in the last-named States until brought before the Supreme Court of the United States.

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CHAPTER IX

THE TRANSFER OF PATENT RIGHTS

It frequently occurs to the patentee that a knowledge of the legal requirements of the transfer of patent rights would save him much time and trouble. Patentees should carefully scrutinize all papers offered by the parties in whose favor they are drawn, and, if possible, he should have his attorney to examine them.

There are three classes of persons in whom the patentee can vest an interest of some kind. They are an assignee, a grantee of an exclusive sectional right, and a licensee.

Assignee, Grantee, and Licensee Defined.

"An assignee is one who has transferred to him in writing the whole interest in the original patent, or any undivided part of such whole interest in every portion of the United States. And no one, unless he has such an interest transferred to him, is an assignee.

"A grantee is one who has transferred in writing the exclusive right under the patent, to make and use, and to grant to others to make and use, the thing patented, within and throughout somep. 93 specified part or portion of the United States. Such right must be an exclusive sectional right, excluding the patentee therefrom.

"A licensee is one who has transferred to him in writing, or orally, a less or different interest than either the interest in the whole patent, or an undivided part of such whole interest, or an exclusive sectional interest." (Potter vs. Holland, 1 Fish, 327.)

The Language of Law.

If a man were to give another an orange he would simply say, "I give you this orange"; but if the transaction be intrusted to a lawyer to draw up according to the requirements of law, says the Observer, he would most probably put it in the following language: "I hereby give, grant, and convey to you all my interest, right, title, and advantage of and in said orange, together with its rind, skin, juice, pulp, and pits, and all right and advantage therein with full power to bite, suck, cut, or otherwise eat the same or to give the same away, as fully and effectually as I, the said A. B., am now entitled to cut, bite, or otherwise eat the same, or give away the same with or without the rind, skin, juice, pulp, or pits; anything hereinbefore or hereafter or in any other deed or deeds, instruments of nature or kind whatsoever to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding."

It is always better and more satisfactory top. 94 have assignments, royalty contracts, agreements, etc., drawn up specially to accord with the facts, details, and covenants of each particular case; and there is no one probably better able to do this than the attorney who secured the patent. However, if in the case the parties to the transaction cannot well delay proceedings to have the papers prepared by an attorney, by adhering to the following forms in any such transactions, both the purchaser and seller may rest assured that their rights are protected.

ASSIGNMENT OF ENTIRE INTEREST IN
LETTERS PATENT

Whereas, I, Richard Doe, of Columbus, County of Franklin, State of Ohio, did obtain Letters Patent of the United States for an improvement in Typewriting Machines, which Letters Patent are numbered 000,000, and bear date January 1, 1901; and whereas I am now sole owner of said patent, and of all rights under the same; and whereas the Ohio Typewriter Company, a corporation, of Cincinnati, County of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, is desirous of acquiring an interest in the same:

Now, therefore, to all whom it may concern, be it known, that for and in consideration of the sum of five thousand dollars to me in hand paid by the aforesaid corporation, the receipt of whichp. 95 is hereby acknowledged, I, the said Richard Doe have sold, assigned, and transferred, and by these presents do sell, assign, and transfer unto the said Ohio Typewriter Company, its successors and assigns, the entire right, title and interest in and to said Letters Patent and the invention therein patented; the same to be held and enjoyed by the said corporation for its own use and behoof, and for the use and behoof of its successors and assigns, to the full end of the term for which said Letters Patent are or may be granted, as fully and entirely as the same would have been held and enjoyed by me had this assignment and sale not been made.

In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal, at Columbus, County and State aforesaid, this tenth day of January, A.D. 1901.

Richard Doe. (Seal.)

In the presence of

John Smith,

Thos. Jones.

State of Ohio, | } | ss.:
County of Franklin

Subscribed and acknowledged before me this tenth day of January, a.d. 1901.

Seal.

John Rice,
Notary Public.

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If it is the intention of the assignor to convey to the assignee the right to recover for past infringement of the patent, a clause like the following should be added:

And for the same consideration, I do hereby sell, assign and transfer unto the aforesaid corporation, all claims and demands, both at law and in equity, which may have accrued to me by reason of the infringement of the aforesaid Letters Patent with the right to sue and recover therefor in its own name and for its own use and behoof.

ASSIGNMENT OF AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST

Whereas, I, Richard Doe, of Philadelphia, County of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, did obtain Letters Patent of the United States for improvements in Locomotive Headlights, which Letters Patent are numbered 000,000, and bear the date of June 26, 1900; and whereas, John Roe, of Philadelphia, County of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, is desirous of acquiring an interest in the same: Now, therefore, this indenture witnesseth, that for and in consideration of the sum of one thousand dollars to me in hand paid by said John Roe, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, I do hereby sell, assign, and transfer unto the said John Roe, his heirs and assigns, one undivided one-half interest in and top. 97 the aforesaid Letters Patent and the invention therein patented; the same to be held and enjoyed by the said John Roe, his heirs and assigns to the full end of the term for which said Letters Patent are or may be granted as fully and entirely as the same would have been held and enjoyed by me if this assignment and sale had not been made.

And I do hereby declare that I have not conveyed to any other party the rights and interest herein transferred to the said John Roe.

Witness my hand and seal this tenth day of January, a.d. 1901,

Richard Doe.

In the presence of

John Smith,

Thos. Jones.

State of Penna., | } | ss.:
County of Philadelphia

Subscribed and sworn before me this tenth day of January, a.d. 1901.

Seal.

John Rice,
Notary Public.

GRANT OF A TERRITORIAL INTEREST

Whereas, I, Richard Doe, of Dayton, County of Montgomery, State of Ohio, did obtain Letters Patent of the United States for improvep. 98ments in Corn-Cultivators, which Letters Patent are numbered 000,000, and bear date the first day of January, 1901, and whereas, I am now the sole owner of said patent, and of all rights under the same in the below-recited territory; and whereas, John Roe, of Indianapolis, County of Marion, State of Indiana, is desirous of acquiring an interest in the same;

Now, therefore, to all whom it may concern, be it known, that for and in consideration of the sum of one thousand dollars to me in hand paid, by the said John Roe, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledge, I, the said Richard Doe, have sold, assigned, and transferred, and by these presents do sell, assign and transfer unto the said John Roe, his heirs and assigns, the entire right, title and interest in and to said Letters Patent, and in and to the invention therein patented for the States of Indiana and Illinois, and in no other place or places; the same to be held and enjoyed by the said John Roe, his heirs and assigns, within and throughout the above specified territory, but not elsewhere, to the full end of the term for which said Letters Patent are or may be granted, as fully and entirely as the same would have been held and enjoyed by me had this assignment and sale not been made.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this tenth day of Janup. 99ary, a.d. 1901, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

Richard Doe.

In the presence of

John Smith,

Thos. Jones.

State of Indiana, | } | ss.:
County of Marion

On this tenth day of January, a.d. 1901, personally appeared before me Richard Doe, to me known and known to me to be the individual who executed the foregoing instrument, and who acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purpose therein expressed.

Seal.

John Rice,
Notary Public.

LICENSE:—SHOP-RIGHT

In consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars to me paid by The John Roe Company, a corporation of Pennsylvania, located in the city of Pittsburg, I do hereby license and empower said company to make and use at its foundry and machine shop in said Pittsburg, and in no other place or places, in connection with its own business only, or that of its successors and assigns, the improvements in Lathes, for which Letters Patent of the United States No. 000,000, were granted to me January 1, 1901, to the full end of thep. 100 term for which said Letters Patent are granted.

Signed and delivered at Pittsburg, in the County of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania, this tenth day of January, A. D. 1901.

Richard Doe.

To John Roe Company,

Pittsburg, Pa.

LICENSE:—NON-EXCLUSIVE—WITH ROYALTY

This agreement, made this tenth day of January, 1901, between Richard Doe, of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware, party of the first part, and the Metallic Railway Tie Company, of Chicago, in the County of Cook, and State of Illinois, party of the second part,

Witnesseth, that whereas Letters Patent of the United States, No. 000,000, for an improvement in Metallic Railroad-Ties, were granted to the party of the first part January 1, 1901; and whereas the party of the second part is desirous of manufacturing Metallic Railroad-Ties containing the said patented improvements:

Now, therefore, the parties hereto have agreed as follows:

I. The party of the first part hereby licenses and empowers the party of the second part to manufacture, subject to the conditions herein named, at their plant in Chicago, and in no other place or places, to the end of the term for whichp. 101 said Letters Patent were granted, Metallic Railroad-Ties containing the patented improvements, and to sell the same within the United States.

II. The party of the second part agrees to make full and true returns to the party of the first part, under oath, upon the first days of January and July in each year, of all Metallic Railroad-Ties containing said patented improvements manufactured by them.

III. The party of the second part agrees to pay the party of the first part five dollars as a license fee upon each and every thousand Metallic Railroad-Ties manufactured by the party of the second part containing the patented improvements: provided, that if the said fee be paid upon the days provided herein for semi-annual returns, or within ten days thereafter, a discount of fifty per cent, shall be made from said fee for prompt payment.

IV. The party of the second part agrees to put forth their best efforts and use due diligence in the manufacture and sale of the Metallic Railroad-Ties containing the said patented improvements, and if the royalties do not amount to five hundred dollars semi-annually, the party of the first part may terminate this license by serving a written notice upon the party of the second part.

V. Upon the failure of the party of the secondp. 102 part to make returns or to make payment of license fees, as herein provided, for thirty days after the days herein named, the party of the first part may terminate this license by serving a written notice upon the party of the second part; but the party of the second part shall not thereby be discharged from any liability to the party of the first part for any license fees due at the time of the service of such notice.

In witness whereof, the parties above named have hereto set their hands the day and year first above written, at Chicago, County of Cook, and State of Illinois.

Richard Doe,

Metallic Railroad Tie Company,

Per John Roe, President.

LICENSE:—EXCLUSIVE—WITH ROYALTY

This agreement, made this tenth day of January, 1901, between Richard Doe, of Boston, State of Massachusetts, party of the first part, and the Roe Vending Machine Company, a corporate body under the laws of the State of New Jersey, located and doing business at the city of New York, in the State of New York, party of the second part,

Witnesseth, that whereas, Letters Patent of the United States, No. 000,000, were, on the first day of January, 1901, granted to the said partyp. 103 of the first part, for improvements in Coin-Controlled Machines, and whereas said party of the second part is desirous of manufacturing and selling said patented article: Now, therefore, the parties hereto have agreed as follows:

I. The party of the first part gives to the party of the second part the exclusive right to manufacture and sell the said patented improvements, to the end of the term of said patent, subject to the conditions hereinafter named.

II. The party of the second part agrees to make full and true returns, on the first days of January and July in each year, of all machines manufactured and sold by them containing the said patented improvements in the six calendar months next preceding the date of any such notice; and if the party of the first part shall not be satisfied in any respect with any such return, then shall the party of the first part have the right, either by himself or by his attorney, to examine any and all books of account of said party of the second part concerning any items, charges, memoranda, or information relating to the manufacture or sale of said patented Coin-Controlled Machines; and upon request made, said party of the second part shall produce all such books for said examination.

III. The party of the second part agrees to pay the party of the first part five dollars as ap. 104 license fee upon every one of the said patented Coin-Controlled Machines manufactured by them, the whole of said license fee for each term of six months to be due and payable on the days hereinabove provided for semi-annual returns; provided, that if said fee be paid upon the days herein provided, or within fifteen days thereafter, a discount of fifty per cent, shall be made from said fee for prompt payment.

IV. The party of the second part agrees to pay the party of the first part at least two thousand dollars, less discount, as said license fee upon each of the semi-annual terms, even though they should not make enough of said patented machines to amount to that sum at the regular royalty of five dollars each.

V. The party of the second part shall cast, or otherwise permanently place, upon every such machine made under this license the word "Doe," and in close relation thereto the word "Patented," and the number and date of said patent.

VI. The party of the second part shall not, during the life of this license, make or sell any article which can compete in the market with said Coin-Controlled Machines.

VII. Upon the failure of the party of the second part to keep each and all of the conditions of this license and agreement, the party of the first part may, at his option, terminate thisp. 105 license, and such termination shall not release said party of the second part from any liability due at such time to the party of the first part.

In witness whereof, the above-named parties (the said Roe Vending Machine Company, by its president) have hereto set their hands the day and year first above written,

Richard Doe,

Roe Vending Machine Company,

By John Roe, President.

No general legal forms should be relied upon too implicitly as suiting particular cases, and an inventor, in order to fully protect his interests, should consult a reliable patent attorney, and have the forms properly prepared to suit his individual case.

Map of Continental USA

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CHAPTER X

TABLES AND STATISTICS

official census

OF THE
united states, by counties, for 1910

(From the Bulletin of the Director of the Census)

ALABAMA.—Area, 51,998 square miles.

Autauga | 20,038 | Dallas | 53,401 | Marengo | 39,923
Baldwin | 18,178 | Dekalb | 28,261 | Marion | 17,495
Barbour | 32,728 | | | Marshall | 28,553
Bibb | 22,791 | Elmore | 28,245 | Mobile | 80,854
Blount | 21,456 | Escambia | 18,889 | Monroe | 27,155
| | Etowah | 39,109 | |
Bullock | 30,196 | Fayette | 16,248 | Montgomery | 82,178
Butler | 29,030 | Franklin | 19,369 | Morgan | 33,781
Calhoun | 39,115 | | | Perry | 31,222
Chambers | 36,056 | Geneva | 26,230 | Pickens | 25,055
Cherokee | 20,226 | Greene | 22,717 | Pike | 30,815
| | Hale | 27,883 | |
Chilton | 23,187 | Henry | 20,943 | Randolph | 24,659
Choctaw | 18,483 | Houston | 32,414 | Russell | 25,937
Clarke | 30,987 | | | St. Clair | 20,715
Clay | 21,006 | Jackson | 32,918 | Shelby | 26,949
Cleburne | 13,385 | Jefferson | 226,476 | Sumter | 28,699
| | Lamar | 17,487 | |
Coffee | 26,119 | Lauderdale | 30,936 | Talladega | 37,921
Colbert | 24,802 | Lawrence | 21,984 | Tallapoosa | 31,034
Conecuh | 21,433 | | | Tuscaloosa | 47,559
Coosa | 16,634 | Lee | 32,867 | Walker | 37,013
Covington | 32,124 | Limestone | 26,880 | Washington | 14,454
| | Lowndes | 31,894 | |
Crenshaw | 23,313 | Macon | 26,049 | Wilcox | 33,810
Cullman | 28,321 | Madison | 47,041 | Winston | 12,855
Dale | 21,873 | | | |
TOTAL | 2,138,093

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ARIZONA.—Area, 113,956 square miles.

Apache | 9,196 | Maricopa | 34,488 | Santa Cruz | 6,766
Cochise | 34,591 | Mohave | 3,773 | Yavapai | 15,996
Coconino | 8,130 | Navajo | 11,491 | Yuma | 7,733
Gila | 16,780 | Pima | 22,818 | |
Graham | 23,547 | Pinal | 9,045 | |
TOTAL | 204,354

ARKANSAS.—Area, 53,335 square miles.

Arkansas | 16,103 | Garland | 27,271 | Newton | 10,612
Ashley | 25,268 | Grant | 9,425 | Ouachita | 21,774
Baxter | 10,389 | Greene | 23,852 | Perry | 9,402
Benton | 33,389 | Hempstead | 28,285 | Phillips | 33,535
Boone | 14,318 | Hot Spring | 15,022 | Pike | 12,565
Bradley | 14,518 | Howard | 16,898 | Poinsett | 12,791
Calhoun | 9,894 | Independence | 24,776 | Polk | 17,216
Carroll | 16,829 | Izard | 14,561 | Pope | 24,527
Chicot | 21,987 | Jackson | 23,501 | Prairie | 13,853
Clark | 23,686 | Jefferson | 52,734 | Pulaski | 86,751
Clay | 23,690 | Johnson | 19,698 | Randolph | 18,987
Cleburne | 11,903 | Lafayette | 13,741 | St. Francis | 22,548
Cleveland | 13,481 | Lawrence | 20,001 | Saline | 16,057
Columbia | 23,820 | Lee | 24,252 | Scott | 14,302
Conway | 22,729 | Lincoln | 15,118 | Searcy | 14,825
Craighead | 27,627 | Little River | 13,597 | Sebastian | 52,278
Crawford | 23,942 | Logan | 26,350 | Sevier | 16,616
Crittenden | 22,447 | Lonoke | 27,983 | Sharp | 11,688
Cross | 14,042 | Madison | 16,056 | Stone | 8,946
Dallas | 12,621 | Marion | 10,203 | Union | 30,723
Desha | 15,274 | Miller | 19,555 | Van Buren | 13,509
Drew | 21,960 | Mississippi | 30,468 | Washington | 33,889
Faulkner | 23,708 | Monroe | 19,907 | White | 28,574
Franklin | 20,638 | Montgomery | 12,455 | Woodruff | 20,049
Fulton | 12,193 | Nevada | 19,344 | Yell | 26,323
TOTAL | 1,574,449

CALIFORNIA.—Area, 158,297 square miles.

Alameda | 246,131 | Glenn | 7,172 | Marin | 25,114
Alpine | 309 | Humboldt | 33,857 | Mariposa | 3,956
Amador | 9,086 | Imperial | 13,591 | Mendocino | 23,929
Butte | 27,301 | Inyo | 6,974 | Merced | 15,148
Calaveras | 9,171 | Kern | 37,715 | Modoc | 6,191
Colusa | 7,732 | Kings | 16,230 | Mono | 2,042
Contra Costa | 31,674 | Lake | 5,526 | Monterey | 24,146
Del Norte | 2,417 | Lassen | 4,802 | Napa | 19,800
Eldorado | 7,492 | Los Angeles | 504,131 | Nevada | 14,955
Fresno | 75,657 | Madera | 8,368 | Orange | 34,436
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Placer | 18,237 | San Mateo | 26,585 | Sutter | 6,328
Plumas | 5,259 | Santa Barbara | 27,738 | Tehama | 11,401
Riverside | 34,696 | Santa Clara | 83,539 | Trinity | 3,301
Sacramento | 67,806 | Santa Cruz | 26,140 | Tulare | 35,440
San Benito | 8,041 | Shasta | 18,920 | Tuolumne | 9,979
San Bernadino | 56,706 | Sierra | 4,098 | Ventura | 18,347
San Diego | 61,665 | Siskiyou | 18,801 | Yolo | 13,926
San Francisco | 416,912 | Solano | 27,539 | Yuba | 10,042
San Joaquin | 50,731 | Sonoma | 48,394 | |
San Luis Obispo | 19,383 | Stanislaus | 22,522 | |
TOTAL | 2,377,549

COLORADO.—Area, 103,948 square miles.

Adams | 8,892 | Garfield | 10,144 | Morgan | 9,577
Arapahoe | 10,263 | Gilpin | 4,131 | Otero | 20,201
Archuleta | 3,302 | Grand | 1,862 | Ouray | 3,514
Baca | 2,516 | Gunnison | 5,897 | Park | 2,492
Bent | 5,043 | Hinsdale | 646 | Phillips | 3,179
Boulder | 30,330 | Huerfano | 13,320 | Pitkin | 4,566
Chaffee | 7,622 | Jackson | 1,013 | Prowers | 9,520
Cheyenne | 3,687 | Jefferson | 14,231 | Pueblo | 52,223
Clear Creek | 5,001 | Kiowa | 2,899 | Rio Blanco | 2,332
Conejos | 11,285 | Kit Carson | 7,483 | Rio Grande | 6,563
Costilla | 5,498 | La Plate | 10,812 | Routt | 7,561
Custer | 1,947 | Lake | 10,600 | Saguache | 4,160
Delta | 13,688 | Larimer | 25,270 | San Juan | 3,063
Denver | 213,381 | Las Animas | 33,643 | San Miguel | 4,700
Dolores | 642 | Lincoln | 5,917 | Sedgwick | 3,061
Douglas | 3,192 | Logan | 9,549 | Summit | 2,003
Eagle | 2,985 | Mesa | 22,197 | Teller | 14,351
El Paso | 43,321 | Mineral | 1,239 | Washington | 6,002
Elbert | 5,331 | Montezuma | 5,029 | Weld | 39,177
Fremont | 18,181 | Montrose | 10,291 | Yuma | 8,499
TOTAL | 799,024

CONNECTICUT.—Area, 4,965 square miles.

rfield | 245,322 | Middlesex | 45,637 | New London | 91,253
Hartford | 250,182 | | | Tolland | 26,459
Litchfield | 70,260 | New Haven | 337,282 | Windham | 48,361
TOTAL | 1,114,756

DELAWARE.—Area, 2,370 square miles.

Kent | 32,721 | Newcastle | 123,188 | Sussex | 46,413
TOTAL | 202,322

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—Area, 70 square miles.

The District | 331,069

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FLORIDA.—Area, 58,666 square miles.

Alachua | 34,305 | Hillsboro | 78,374 | Osceola | 5,507
Baker | 4,805 | Holmes | 11,557 | Palm Beach | 5,577
Bradford | 14,090 | Jackson | 29,821 | Pasco | 7,502
Brevard | 4,717 | Jefferson | 17,210 | |
Calhoun | 7,465 | | | Polk | 24,148
| | Lafayette | 6,710 | Putnam | 13,096
Citrus | 6,731 | Lake | 9,509 | St. John | 13,208
Clay | 6,116 | Lee | 6,294 | St. Lucie | 4,075
Columbia | 17,689 | Leon | 19,427 | Santa Rosa | 14,897
Dade | 11,933 | Levy | 10,361 | |
De Soto | 14,200 | | | Sumter | 6,696
| | Liberty | 4,700 | Suwanee | 18,603
Duval | 75,163 | Madison | 16,919 | Taylor | 7,103
Escambia | 36,549 | Manatee | 9,550 | Volusia | 16,510
Franklin | 5,201 | Marion | 26,941 | Wakulla | 4,802
Gadsden | 22,198 | Monroe | 21,563 | |
Hamilton | 11,825 | | | Walton | 16,460
| | Nassau | 10,525 | Washington | 16,403
Hernando | 4,997 | Orange | 19,107 | |
TOTAL | 752,619

GEORGIA.—Area, 59,265 square miles.

Appling | 12,318 | Clayton | 10,453 | Forsyth | 11,940
Baker | 7,973 | Clinch | 8,424 | Franklin | 17,894
Baldwin | 18,354 | Cobb | 28,397 | Fulton | 177,733
Banks | 11,244 | Coffee | 21,953 | Gilmer | 9,237
Bartow | 25,388 | Colquitt | 19,789 | Glascock | 4,669
Ben Hill | 11,863 | Columbia | 12,328 | Glynn | 15,720
Berrien | 22,772 | Coweta | 28,800 | Gordon | 15,861
Bibb | 56,646 | Crawford | 8,310 | Grady | 18,457
Brooks | 23,832 | Crisp | 16,423 | Greene | 18,512
Bryan | 6,702 | Dade | 4,139 | Gwinnett | 28,824
Bulloch | 26,464 | Dawson | 4,686 | Habersham | 10,134
Burke | 27,268 | Decatur | 29,045 | Hall | 25,730
Butts | 13,624 | Dekalb | 27,881 | Hancock | 19,189
Calhoun | 11,334 | Dodge | 20,127 | Haralson | 13,514
Camden | 7,690 | Dooly | 20,554 | Harris | 17,886
Campbell | 10,874 | Dougherty | 16,035 | Hart | 16,216
Carroll | 30,855 | Douglas | 8,953 | Heard | 11,189
Catoosa | 7,184 | Early | 18,122 | Henry | 19,927
Charlton | 4,722 | Echols | 3,309 | Houston | 23,609
Chatham | 79,690 | Effingham | 9,971 | Irwin | 10,461
Chattahoochee | 5,586 | Elbert | 24,125 | Jackson | 30,169
Chattooga | 13,608 | Emanuel | 25,140 | Jasper | 16,552
Cherokee | 16,661 | Fannin | 12,574 | Jeff Davis | 6,050
Clarke | 23,273 | Fayette | 10,966 | Jefferson | 21,379
Clay | 8,960 | Floyd | 36,736 | Jenkins | 11,520
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Johnson | 12,897 | Paulding | 14,124 | Tift | 11,487
Jones | 13,103 | Pickens | 9,041 | Toombs | 11,206
Laurens | 35,501 | Pierce | 10,749 | Towns | 3,932
Lee | 11,679 | Pike | 19,495 | Troup | 26,228
Liberty | 12,924 | Polk | 20,203 | Turner | 10,075
Lincoln | 8,714 | Pulaski | 22,835 | Twiggs | 10,736
Lowndes | 24,436 | Putnam | 13,876 | Union | 6,918
Lumpkin | 5,444 | Quitman | 4,594 | Upson | 12,757
McDuffie | 10,325 | Rabun | 5,562 | Walker | 18,692
McIntosh | 6,442 | Randolph | 18,841 | Walton | 25,393
Macon | 15,016 | Richmond | 58,886 | Ware | 22,957
Madison | 16,851 | Rockdale | 8,916 | Warren | 11,860
Marion | 9,147 | Schley | 5,213 | Washington | 28,174
Meriwether | 25,180 | Screven | 20,202 | Wayne | 13,069
Miller | 7,986 | Spalding | 19,741 | Webster | 6,151
Milton | 7,239 | Stephens | 9,728 | White | 5,110
Mitchell | 22,114 | Stewart | 13,437 | Whitfield | 15,934
Monroe | 20,450 | Sumter | 29,092 | Wilcox | 13,486
Montgomery | 19,638 | Talbot | 11,696 | Wilkes | 23,441
Morgan | 19,717 | Taliaferro | 8,766 | Wilkinson | 10,078
Murray | 9,763 | Tattnall | 18,569 | Worth | 19,147
Muscogee | 36,227 | Taylor | 10,839 | |
Newton | 18,449 | Telfair | 13,288 | |
Oconee | 11,104 | Terrell | 22,003 | |
Oglethorpe | 18,680 | Thomas | 29,071 | |
TOTAL | 2,609,121

IDAHO.—Area, 84,313 square miles.

Ada | 29,088 | Cassia | 7,197 | Lemhi | 4,786
Bannock | 19,242 | Custer | 3,001 | Lincoln | 12,676
Bear Lake | 7,729 | | | Nez Perce | 24,860
Bingham | 23,306 | Elmore | 4,785 | Oneida | 15,170
Blaine | 8,387 | Fremont | 24,606 | Owyhee | 4,044
| | Idaho | 12,384 | |
Boise | 5,250 | Kootenai | 22,747 | Shoshone | 13,963
Bonner | 13,588 | Latah | 18,818 | Twin Falls | 13,543
Canyon | 25,323 | | | Washington | 11,101
TOTAL | 325,594

ILLINOIS.—Area, 56,665 square miles.

Adams | 64,588 | Christian | 34,594 | Douglas | 19,591
Alexander | 22,741 | Clark | 23,517 | Dupage | 33,432
Bond | 17,075 | Clay | 18,661 | Edgar | 27,336
Boone | 15,481 | Clinton | 22,832 | Edwards | 10,049
Brown | 10,397 | Coles | 34,517 | Effingham | 20,055
Bureau | 43,975 | Cook | 2,405,233 | Fayette | 28,075
Calhoun | 8,610 | Crawford | 26,281 | Ford | 17,096
Carroll | 18,035 | Cumberland | 14,281 | Franklin | 25,943
Cass | 17,372 | Dekalb | 33,457 | Fulton | 49,549
Champaign | 51,829 | Dewitt | 18,906 | Gallatin | 14,628
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Greene | 22,363 | McHenry | 32,509 | Rock Island | 70,404
Grundy | 24,162 | McLean | 68,008 | St. Clair | 119,870
Hamilton | 18,227 | Macon | 54,186 | Saline | 30,204
Hancock | 30,638 | Macoupin | 50,685 | Sangamon | 91,024
Hardin | 7,015 | Madison [*] | 89,847 | Schuyler | 14,852
Henderson | 9,724 | Marion | 35,094 | Scott | 10,067
Henry | 41,736 | Marshall | 15,679 | Shelby | 31,693
Iroquois | 35,543 | Mason | 17,377 | Stark | 10,098
Jackson | 35,143 | Massac | 14,200 | Stephenson | 36,821
Jasper | 18,157 | Menard | 12,796 | Tazewell | 34,027
Jefferson | 29,111 | Mercer | 19,723 | Union | 21,856
Jersey | 13,954 | Monroe | 13,508 | Vermilion | 77,996
Jo Daviess | 22,657 | Montgomery | 35,311 | Wabash | 14,913
Johnson | 14,331 | Morgan | 34,420 | Warren | 23,313
Kane | 91,862 | Moultrie | 14,630 | Washington | 18,759
Kankakee | 40,752 | Ogle | 27,864 | Wayne | 25,697
Kendall | 10,777 | Peoria | 100,255 | White | 23,052
Knox | 46,159 | Perry | 22,088 | Whiteside | 34,507
Lake | 55,058 | Platt | 16,376 | Will | 84,371
Lasalle | 90,132 | Pike | 28,622 | Williamson | 45,098
Lawrence | 22,661 | Pope | 11,215 | Winnebago | 63,153
Lee | 27,750 | Pulaski | 15,650 | Woodford | 20,506
Livingston | 40,465 | Putnam | 7,561 | |
Logan | 30,216 | Randolph | 29,120 | |
McDonough | 26,887 | Richland | 15,970 | |
TOTAL | 5,638,591

INDIANA.—Area, 36,354 square miles.

Adams | 21,840 | Fayette | 14,415 | Johnson | 20,394
Allen | 93,386 | Floyd | 30,293 | Knox | 39,183
Bartholomew | 24,813 | Fountain | 20,439 | Kosciusko | 27,936
Benton | 12,688 | Franklin | 15,335 | Lagrange | 15,148
Blackford | 15,820 | Fulton | 16,879 | Lake | 82,864
Boone | 24,673 | Gibson | 30,137 | Laporte | 45,797
Brown | 7,975 | Grant | 51,426 | Lawrence | 30,625
Carroll | 17,970 | Greene | 36,873 | Madison | 65,224
Cass | 36,368 | Hamilton | 27,026 | Marion | 263,661
Clark | 30,260 | Hancock | 19,030 | Marshall | 24,175
Clay | 32,535 | Harrison | 20,232 | Martin | 12,950
Clinton | 26,674 | Hendricks | 20,840 | Miami | 29,350
Crawford | 12,057 | Henry | 29,758 | Monroe | 23,426
Daviess | 27,747 | Howard | 33,177 | Montgomery | 29,296
Dearborn | 21,396 | Huntington | 28,982 | Morgan | 21,182
Decatur | 18,793 | Jackson | 24,727 | Newton | 10,504
Dekalb | 25,054 | Jasper | 13,044 | Noble | 24,009
Delaware | 51,414 | Jay | 24,961 | Ohio | 4,329
Dubois | 19,843 | Jefferson | 20,483 | Orange | 17,192
Elkhart | 49,008 | Jennings | 14,203 | Owen | 14,053
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Parke | 22,214 | Scott | 8,323 | Vermilion | 18,865
Perry | 18,078 | Shelby | 26,802 | Vigo | 87,930
Pike | 19,684 | Spencer | 20,676 | Wabash | 26,926
Porter | 20,540 | Starke | 10,567 | |
Posey | 21,670 | | | Warren | 10,899
| | Steuben | 14,274 | Warrick | 21,911
Pulaski | 13,312 | Sullivan | 32,439 | Washington | 17,445
Putnam | 20,520 | Switzerland | 9,914 | Wayne | 43,757
Randolph | 29,013 | Tippecanoe | 40,063 | Wells | 22,418
Ripley | 19,452 | Tipton | 17,459 | |
Rush | 19,349 | | | White | 17,602
| | Union | 6,260 | Whitley | 16,892
St. Joseph | 84,312 | Vanderburg | 77,438 | |
TOTAL | 2,700,876

IOWA.—Area, 56,147 square miles.

Adair | 14,420 | Franklin | 14,780 | Monroe | 25,429
Adams | 10,998 | | | Montgomery | 16,604
Allamakee | 17,328 | Fremont | 15,623 | Muscatine | 29,505
Appanoose | 28,701 | Greene | 16,023 | |
Audubon | 12,671 | Grundy | 13,574 | O'Brien | 17,262
| | Guthrie | 17,374 | Osceola | 8,956
Benton | 23,156 | Hamilton | 19,242 | Page | 24,002
Blackhawk | 44,865 | | | Palo Alto | 13,845
Boone | 27,626 | Hancock | 12,731 | Plymouth | 23,129
Bremer | 15,843 | Hardin | 20,921 | |
Buchanan | 19,748 | Harrison | 23,162 | Pocahontas | 14,808
| | Henry | 18,640 | Polk | 110,438
Buena Vista | 15,981 | Howard | 12,920 | Pottawattamie | 55,832
Butler | 17,119 | | | Poweshiek | 19,589
Calhoun | 17,090 | Humboldt | 12,182 | Ringgold | 12,904
Carroll | 20,117 | Ida | 11,296 | |
Cass | 19,047 | Iowa | 18,409 | Sac | 16,555
| | Jackson | 21,258 | Scott | 60,000
Cedar | 17,765 | Jasper | 27,034 | Shelby | 16,552
Cerro Gordo | 25,011 | | | Sioux | 25,248
Cherokee | 16,741 | Jefferson | 15,951 | Story | 24,083
Chickasaw | 15,375 | Johnson | 25,914 | |
Clarke | 10,736 | Jones | 19,050 | Tama | 22,156
| | Keokuk | 21,160 | Taylor | 16,312
Clay | 12,766 | Kossuth | 21,971 | Union | 16,616
Clayton | 25,576 | | | Van Buren | 15,020
Clinton | 45,394 | Lee | 36,702 | Wapello | 37,743
Crawford | 20,041 | Linn | 60,720 | |
Dallas | 23,628 | Louisa | 12,855 | Warren | 18,194
| | Lucas | 13,462 | Washington | 19,925
Davis | 13,315 | Lyon | 14,624 | Wayne | 16,184
Decatur | 16,347 | | | Webster | 34,629
Delaware | 17,688 | Madison | 15,621 | Winnebago | 11,914
Des Moines | 36,145 | Mahaska | 29,860 | |
Dickinson | 8,137 | Marion | 22,995 | Winneshiek | 21,729
| | Marshall | 30,279 | Woodbury | 67,616
Dubuque | 57,450 | Mills | 15,811 | Worth | 9,950
Emmet | 9,816 | | | Wright | 17,951
Fayette | 27,919 | Mitchell | 13,435 | |
Floyd | 17,119 | Monona | 16,633 | |
TOTAL | 2,224,771

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KANSAS.—Area, 82,158 square miles.

Allen | 27,640 | Greeley | 1,335 | Osborne | 12,827
Anderson | 13,829 | Greenwood | 16,060 | Ottawa | 11,811
Atchison | 28,107 | Hamilton | 3,360 | Pawnee | 8,859
Barber | 9,916 | Harper | 14,748 | Phillips | 14,150
Barton | 17,876 | Harvey | 19,200 | Pottawatomie | 17,522
Bourbon | 24,007 | Haskell | 993 | Pratt | 11,156
Brown | 21,314 | Hodgeman | 2,930 | Rawlins | 6,380
Butler | 23,059 | Jackson | 16,861 | Reno | 37,853
Chase | 7,527 | Jefferson | 15,826 | Republic | 17,447
Chautauqua | 11,429 | Jewell | 18,148 | Rice | 15,106
Cherokee | 38,162 | Johnson | 18,288 | Riley | 15,783
Cheyenne | 4,248 | Kearny | 3,206 | Rooks | 11,282
Clark | 4,093 | Kingman | 13,386 | Rush | 7,826
Clay | 15,251 | Kiowa | 6,174 | Russell | 10,800
Cloud | 18,388 | Labette | 31,423 | Saline | 20,338
Coffey | 15,205 | Lane | 2,603 | Scott | 3,047
Comanche | 3,281 | Leavenworth | 41,207 | Sedgwick | 73,095
Cowley | 31,790 | Lincoln | 10,142 | Seward | 4,091
Crawford | 51,178 | Linn | 14,735 | Shawnee | 61,874
Decatur | 8,976 | Logan | 4,240 | Sheridan | 5,651
Dickinson | 24,361 | Lyon | 24,927 | Sherman | 4,549
Doniphan | 14,422 | McPherson | 21,521 | Smith | 15,365
Douglas | 24,724 | Marion | 22,415 | Stafford | 12,510
Edwards | 7,033 | Marshall | 23,880 | Stanton | 1,034
Elk | 10,128 | Meade | 5,055 | Stevens | 2,453
Ellis | 12,170 | Miami | 20,030 | Sumner | 30,654
Ellsworth | 10,444 | Mitchell | 14,089 | Thomas | 5,455
Finney | 6,908 | Montgomery | 49,474 | Trego | 5,398
Ford | 11,393 | Morris | 12,397 | Wabaunsee | 12,721
Franklin | 20,884 | Morton | 1,333 | Wallace | 2,759
Geary | 12,681 | Nemaha | 19,072 | Washington | 20,229
Gove | 6,044 | Neosho | 23,754 | Wichita | 2,006
Graham | 8,700 | Ness | 5,883 | Wilson | 19,810
Grant | 1,087 | Norton | 11,614 | Woodson | 9,450
Gray | 3,121 | Osage | 19,905 | Wyandotte | 100,068
TOTAL | 1,690,949

KENTUCKY.—Area, 49,598 square miles.

Adair | 16,503 | Boyle | 14,668 | Carroll | 8,110
Allen | 14,882 | Bracken | 10,308 | Carter | 21,966
Anderson | 10,146 | Breathitt | 17,540 | Casey | 15,479
Ballard | 12,690 | Breckinridge | 21,034 | Christian | 38,845
Barren | 25,293 | Bullitt | 9,487 | Clark | 17,987
Bath | 13,988 | Butler | 15,805 | Clay | 17,789
Bell | 28,447 | Caldwell | 14,063 | Clinton | 8,153
Boone | 9,420 | Calloway | 19,867 | Crittenden | 13,296
Bourbon | 17,462 | Campbell | 59,369 | Cumberland | 9,846
Boyd | 23,444 | Carlisle | 9,048 | Daviess | 41,020
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Edmonson | 10,469 | Knox | 22,116 | Ohio | 27,642
Elliott | 9,814 | Larue | 10,701 | Oldham | 7,248
Estill | 12,273 | Laurel | 19,872 | Owen | 14,248
Fayette | 47,715 | Lawrence | 20,067 | Owsley | 7,979
Fleming | 16,066 | Lee | 9,531 | Pendleton | 11,985
Floyd | 18,623 | Leslie | 8,976 | Perry | 11,255
Franklin | 21,135 | Letcher | 10,623 | Pike | 31,679
Fulton | 14,114 | Lewis | 16,887 | Powell | 6,268
Gallatin | 4,697 | Lincoln | 17,897 | Pulaski | 35,986
Garrard | 11,894 | Livingston | 10,627 | Robertson | 4,121
Grant | 10,581 | Logan | 24,977 | Rockcastle | 14,473
Graves | 33,539 | Lyon | 9,423 | Rowan | 9,438
Grayson | 19,958 | McCracken | 35,064 | Russell | 10,861
Green | 11,871 | McLean | 13,241 | Scott | 16,956
Greenup | 18,475 | Madison | 26,951 | Shelby | 18,041
Hancock | 8,512 | Magoffin | 13,654 | Simpson | 11,460
Hardin | 22,696 | Marion | 16,330 | Spencer | 7,567
Harlan | 10,566 | Marshall | 15,771 | Taylor | 11,961
Harrison | 16,873 | Martin | 7,291 | Todd | 16,488
Hart | 18,173 | Mason | 18,611 | Trigg | 14,539
Henderson | 29,352 | Meade | 9,783 | Trimble | 6,512
Henry | 13,716 | Menifee | 6,153 | Union | 19,886
Hickman | 11,750 | Mercer | 14,063 | Warren | 30,579
Hopkins | 34,291 | Metcalfe | 10,453 | Washington | 13,940
Jackson | 10,734 | Monroe | 13,663 | Wayne | 17,518
Jefferson | 262,920 | Montgomery | 12,868 | Webster | 20,974
Jessamine | 12,613 | Morgan | 16,259 | Whitley | 31,982
Johnson | 17,482 | Muhlenberg | 28,589 | Wolfe | 9,864
Kenton | 70,355 | Nelson | 16,830 | Woodford | 12,571
Knott | 10,791 | Nicholas | 10,601 | |
TOTAL | 2,289,905

LOUISIANA.—Area, 48,506 square miles.

Acadia | 31,847 | East Carroll | 11,637 | Natchitoches | 36,455
Ascension | 23,887 | East Feliciana | 20,055 | Orleans | 339,075
Assumption | 24,128 | Franklin | 11,989 | Ouachita | 25,830
Avoyelles | 34,102 | Grant | 15,958 | Plaquemines | 12,524
Bienville | 21,776 | Iberia | 31,262 | Pointe Coupee | 25,289
Bossier | 21,738 | Iberville | 30,954 | Rapides | 44,545
Caddo | 58,200 | Jackson | 13,818 | Red River | 11,402
Calcasieu | 62,767 | Jefferson | 18,247 | Richland | 15,769
Caldwell | 8,593 | La Salle | 9,402 | Sabine | 19,874
Cameron | 4,288 | Lafayette | 28,733 | St. Bernard | 5,277
Catahoula | 10,415 | Lafourche | 33,111 | St. Charles | 11,207
Claiborne | 25,050 | Lincoln | 18,485 | St. Helena | 9,172
Concordia | 14,278 | Livingston | 10,627 | St. James | 23,009
De Soto | 27,689 | Madison | 10,676 | St. John the Baptist | 14,338
East Baton Rouge | 34,580 | Morehouse | 18,786 | St. Landry | 66,661
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St. Martin | 23,070 | Terrebonne | 28,320 | Webster | 19,186
St. Mary | 39,368 | Union | 20,451 | West Baton Rouge | 12,636
St. Tammany | 18,917 | Vermilion | 26,390 | West Carroll | 6,249
Tangipahoa | 29,160 | Vernon | 17,384 | West Feliciana | 13,449
Tensas | 17,060 | Washington | 18,886 | Winn | 18,357
TOTAL | 1,656,388

MAINE.—Area, 33,040 square miles.

Androscoggin | 59,822 | Kennebec | 62,863 | Piscataquis | 19,887
Aroostook | 74,664 | Knox | 28,981 | Sagadahoc | 18,574
Cumberland | 112,014 | Lincoln | 18,216 | Somerset | 36,301
Franklin | 19,119 | Oxford | 36,256 | Waldo | 23,383
Hancock | 35,575 | Penobscot | 85,285 | Washington | 42,905
| | | | York | 68,526
TOTAL | 742,371

MARYLAND.—Area, 12,327 square miles.

Allegany | 62,411 | Charles | 16,386 | Prince Georges | 36,147
Anne Arundel | 39,553 | Dorchester | 28,669 | Queen Annes | 16,839
Baltimore | 122,399 | | | St. Marys | 17,030
Baltimore City | 558,485 | Frederick | 52,673 | Somerset | 26,455
Calvert | 10,325 | Garrett | 20,105 | |
| | Hartford | 27,965 | Talbot | 19,620
Caroline | 19,216 | Howard | 16,106 | Washington | 48,671
Carroll | 33,934 | Kent | 16,957 | Wicomico | 26,815
Cecil | 23,759 | | | Worcester | 21,841
TOTAL | 1,294,450

MASSACHUSETTS.—Area, 8,266 square miles.

Barnstable | 27,542 | Franklin | 43,600 | Norfolk | 187,506
Berkshire | 105,259 | Hampden | 231,369 | Plymouth | 144,337
Bristol | 318,573 | Hampshire | 63,327 | Suffolk | 731,388
Dukes | 4,504 | Middlesex | 669,915 | Worcester | 399,657
Essex | 436,477 | Nantucket | 2,962 | |
TOTAL | 3,366,416

MICHIGAN.—Area, 57,980 square miles.

Alcona | 5,703 | Berrien | 53,622 | Delta | 30,108
Alger | 7,675 | Branch | 25,605 | Dickinson | 20,524
Allegan | 39,819 | Calhoun | 56,638 | Eaton | 30,499
Alpena | 19,965 | Cass | 20,624 | Emmet | 18,561
Antrim | 15,692 | Charlevoix | 19,157 | Genesee | 64,555
Arenac | 9,640 | Cheboygan | 17,872 | Gladwin | 8,413
Baraga | 6,127 | Chippewa | 24,472 | Gogebic | 23,333
Barry | 22,633 | Clare | 9,240 | Grand Traverse | 23,784
Bay | 68,238 | Clinton | 23,129 | Gratiot | 28,820
Benzie | 10,638 | Crawford | 3,934 | Hillsdale | 29,673
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Houghton | 88,098 | Mackinac | 9,249 | Ontonagon | 8,650
Huron | 34,758 | Macomb | 32,606 | Osceola | 17,889
Ingham | 53,310 | | | Oscoda | 2,027
Ionia | 33,550 | Manistee | 26,688 | Otsego | 6,552
Iosco | 9,753 | Marquette | 46,739 | Ottawa | 45,301
| | Mason | 21,832 | |
Iron | 15,164 | Mecosta | 19,466 | Presque Isle | 11,249
Isabella | 23,029 | Menominee | 25,648 | Roscommon | 2,274
Jackson | 53,426 | | | Saginaw | 89,290
Kalamazoo | 60,427 | Midland | 14,005 | St. Clair | 52,341
Kalkaska | 8,097 | Missaukee | 10,606 | St. Joseph | 25,499
| | Monroe | 32,917 | |
Kent | 159,145 | Montcalm | 32,069 | Sanilac | 33,930
Keweenaw | 7,156 | Montmorency | 3,755 | Schoolcraft | 8,681
Lake | 4,939 | | | Shiawassee | 33,246
Lapeer | 26,033 | Muskegon | 40,577 | Tuscola | 34,913
Leelanau | 10,608 | Newaygo | 19,220 | Van Buren | 33,185
| | Oakland | 49,576 | |
Lenawee | 47,907 | Oceana | 18,379 | Washtenaw | 44,714
Livingston | 17,736 | Ogemaw | 8,907 | Wayne | 531,590
Luce | 4,004 | | | Wexford | 20,769
TOTAL | 2,810,173

MINNESOTA.—Area, 84,628 square miles.

Aitkin | 10,371 | Isanti | 12,615 | Polk | 36,001
Anoka | 12,493 | | | Pope | 12,746
Becker | 18,840 | Itasca | 17,208 | Ramsey | 223,675
Beltrami | 19,337 | Jackson | 14,491 | |
Benton | 11,615 | Kanabec | 6,461 | Red Lake | 15,940
| | Kandiyohi | 18,969 | Redwood | 18,425
Bigstone | 9,367 | Kittson | 9,669 | Renville | 23,123
Blue Earth | 29,337 | | | Rice | 25,911
Brown | 20,134 | Koochiching | 6,431 | Rock | 10,222
Carlton | 17,559 | Lac qui Parle | 15,435 | |
Carver | 17,455 | Lake | 8,011 | Roseau | 11,338
| | Le Sueur | 18,609 | St. Louis | 163,274
Cass | 11,620 | Lincoln | 9,874 | Scott | 14,888
Chippewa | 13,458 | | | Sheburne | 8,136
Chisago | 13,537 | Lyon | 15,722 | Sibley | 15,540
Clay | 19,640 | McLeod | 18,691 | |
Clearwater | 6,870 | Mahnomen | 3,249 | Stearns | 47,733
| | Marshall | 16,338 | Steele | 16,146
Cook | 1,336 | Martin | 17,518 | Stevens | 8,293
Cottonwood | 12,651 | | | Swift | 12,949
Crow Wing | 16,861 | Meeker | 17,022 | Todd | 23,407
Dakota | 25,171 | Mille Lacs | 10,705 | |
Dodge | 12,094 | Morrison | 24,053 | Traverse | 8,049
| | Mower | 22,640 | Wabasha | 18,554
Douglas | 17,669 | Murray | 11,755 | Wadena | 8,652
Faribault | 19,949 | | | Waseca | 13,466
Fillmore | 25,680 | Nicollet | 14,125 | Washington | 26,013
Freeborn | 22,282 | Nobles | 15,210 | |
Goodhue | 31,637 | Norman | 13,446 | Watonwan | 11,382
| | Olmsted | 22,497 | Wilkin | 9,063
Grant | 9,114 | Otter Tail | 46,036 | Winona | 33,398
Hennepin | 333,480 | | | Wright | 28,082
Houston | 14,297 | Pine | 15,878 | Yellow Medicine | 15,406
Hubbard | 9,831 | Pipestone | 9,553 | |
TOTAL | 2,075,708

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MISSISSIPPI.—Area, 46,865 square miles.

Adams | 25,265 | Itawamba | 14,526 | Pearl River | 10,593
Alcorn | 18,159 | Jackson | 15,451 | Perry | 7,685
Amite | 22,954 | Jasper | 18,498 | |
Attala | 28,851 | | | Pike | 37,272
Benton | 10,245 | Jefferson | 18,221 | Pontotoc | 19,688
| | Jefferson Davis | 12,860 | Prentiss | 16,931
Bolivar | 48,905 | Jones | 29,885 | Quitman | 11,593
Calhoun | 17,726 | Kemper | 20,348 | Rankin | 23,944
Carroll | 23,139 | Lafayette | 21,883 | |
Chickasaw | 22,846 | | | Scott | 16,723
Choctaw | 14,357 | Lamar | 11,741 | Sharkey | 15,694
| | Lauderdale | 46,919 | Simpson | 17,201
Claiborne | 17,403 | Lawrence | 13,080 | Smith | 16,603
Clarke | 21,630 | Leake | 18,298 | Sunflower | 28,787
Clay | 20,203 | Lee | 28,894 | |
Coahoma | 34,217 | | | Tallahatchie | 29,078
Copiah | 35,914 | Leflore | 36,290 | Tate | 19,714
| | Lincoln | 28,597 | Tippah | 14,631
Covington | 16,909 | Lowndes | 30,703 | Tishomingo | 13,067
De Soto | 23,130 | Madison | 33,505 | Tunica | 18,646
Forrest | 20,722 | Marion | 15,599 | |
Franklin | 15,193 | | | Union | 18,997
George | 6,599 | Marshall | 26,796 | Warren | 37,488
| | Monroe | 35,178 | Washington | 48,933
Greene | 6,050 | Montgomery | 17,706 | Wayne | 14,709
Grenada | 15,727 | Neshoba | 17,980 | Webster | 14,853
Hancock | 11,207 | Newton | 23,085 | |
Harrison | 34,658 | | | Wilkinson | 18,075
Hinds | 63,726 | Noxubee | 28,503 | Winston | 17,139
| | Oktibbeha | 19,676 | Yalobusha | 21,519
Holmes | 39,088 | Panola | 31,274 | Yazoo | 46,672
Issaquena | 10,560 | | | |
TOTAL | 1,797,114

MISSOURI.—Area, 69,420 square miles.

Adair | 22,700 | Cape Girardeau | 27,621 | Daviess | 17,605
Andrew | 15,282 | Carroll | 23,098 | Dekalb | 12,531
Atchison | 13,604 | Carter | 5,504 | Dent | 13,245
Audrain | 21,687 | Cass | 22,973 | Douglas | 16,664
Barry | 23,869 | Cedar | 16,080 | Dunklin | 30,328
Barton | 16,747 | Chariton | 23,503 | Franklin | 29,830
Bates | 25,869 | Christian | 15,832 | Gasconade | 12,847
Benton | 14,881 | Clark | 12,811 | Gentry | 16,820
Bollinger | 14,576 | Clay | 20,302 | Greene | 63,831
Boone | 30,533 | Clinton | 15,297 | Grundy | 16,744
Buchanan | 93,020 | Cole | 21,957 | Harrison | 20,466
Butler | 20,624 | Cooper | 20,311 | Henry | 27,242
Caldwell | 14,605 | Crawford | 13,576 | Hickory | 8,741
Callaway | 24,400 | Dade | 15,613 | Holt | 14,539
Camden | 11,582 | Dallas | 13,181 | Howard | 15,653
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Howell | 21,065 | Montgomery | 15,604 | St. Clair | 16,412
Iron | 8,563 | | | St. Francois | 35,738
Jackson | 263,522 | Morgan | 12,863 | St. Louis | 82,417
Jasper | 89,673 | New Madrid | 19,488 | |
Jefferson | 27,878 | Newton | 27,136 | St. Louis City | 587,029
| | Nodaway | 28,833 | Ste. Genevieve | 10,607
Johnson | 26,297 | Oregon | 14,681 | Saline | 29,448
Knox | 12,403 | | | Schuyler | 9,062
Laclede | 17,363 | Osage | 14,283 | Scotland | 11,869
Lafayette | 30,154 | Ozark | 11,926 | |
Lawrence | 26,583 | Pemiscot | 19,559 | Scott | 22,372
| | Perry | 14,898 | Shannon | 11,443
Lewis | 15,514 | Pettis | 33,913 | Shelby | 14,864
Lincoln | 17,033 | | | Stoddard | 27,807
Linn | 25,253 | Phelps | 15,796 | Stone | 11,559
Livingston | 19,453 | Pike | 22,556 | |
McDonald | 13,539 | Platte | 14,429 | Sullivan | 18,598
| | Polk | 21,561 | Taney | 9,134
Macon | 30,358 | Pulaski | 11,436 | Texas | 21,458
Madison | 11,273 | | | Vernon | 28,827
Maries | 10,088 | Putnam | 14,308 | Warren | 9,123
Marion | 30,572 | Ralls | 12,913 | |
Mercer | 13,355 | Randolph | 26,182 | Washington | 13,378
| | Ray | 21,451 | Wayne | 15,181
Miller | 16,717 | Reynolds | 9,592 | Webster | 17,377
Mississippi | 14,557 | | | Worth | 8,007
Moniteau | 14,375 | Ripley | 13,099 | Wright | 18,315
Monroe | 18,304 | St. Charles | 24,695 | |
TOTAL | 3,293,338

MONTANA.—Area, 146,572 square miles.

Beaverhead | 6,446 | Gallatin | 14,079 | Powell | 5,904
Broadwater | 3,491 | Granite | 2,942 | Ravalli | 11,666
Carbon | 13,962 | Jefferson | 5,601 | Rosebud | 7,985
Cascade | 28,833 | Lewis and Clark | 21,853 | Sanders | 3,713
Chouteau | 17,191 | Lincoln | 3,638 | Silver Bow | 56,848
| | | | Sweet Grass | 4,029
Custer | 14,123 | Madison | 7,229 | |
Dawson | 12,725 | Meagher | 4,190 | Teton | 9,546
Deer Lodge | 12,988 | Missoula | 23,596 | Valley | 13,630
Fergus | 17,385 | Park | 10,731 | Yellowstone | 22,944
Flathead | 18,785 | | | |
TOTAL | 376,053

NEBRASKA.—Area, 77,520 square miles.

Adams | 20,900 | Butler | 15,403 | Dakota | 6,564
Antelope | 14,003 | Cass | 19,786 | Dawes | 8,254
Banner | 1,444 | Cedar | 15,191 | Dawson | 15,961
Blaine | 1,672 | Chase | 3,613 | Deuel | 1,786
Boone | 13,145 | Cherry | 10,414 | Dixon | 11,477
Boxbutte | 6,131 | Cheyenne | 4,551 | Dodge | 22,145
Boyd | 8,826 | Clay | 15,729 | Douglas | 168,546
Brown | 6,083 | Colfax | 11,610 | Dundy | 4,098
Buffalo | 21,907 | Cuming | 13,782 | Fillmore | 14,674
Burt | 12,726 | Custer | 25,668 | Franklin | 10,303
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Frontier | 8,572 | Kimball | 1,942 | Richardson | 17,448
Furnas | 12,083 | Knox | 18,358 | Rock | 3,627
Gage | 30,325 | Lancaster | 73,793 | Saline | 17,866
Garden | 3,538 | Lincoln | 15,684 | |
Garfield | 3,417 | | | Sarpy | 9,274
| | Logan | 1,521 | Saunders | 21,179
Gosper | 4,933 | Loup | 2,188 | Scotts Bluff | 8,355
Grant | 1,097 | McPherson | 2,470 | Seward | 15,895
Greeley | 8,047 | Madison | 19,101 | Sheridan | 7,328
Hall | 20,361 | Merrick | 10,379 | |
Hamilton | 13,459 | | | Sherman | 8,278
| | Morrill | 4,584 | Sioux | 5,599
Harlan | 9,578 | Nance | 8,926 | Stanton | 7,542
Hayes | 3,011 | Nemaha | 13,095 | Thayer | 14,775
Hitchcock | 5,415 | Nuckolls | 13,019 | Thomas | 1,191
Holt | 15,545 | Otoe | 19,323 | |
Hooker | 981 | | | Thurston | 8,704
| | Pawnee | 10,582 | Valley | 9,480
Howard | 10,783 | Perkins | 2,570 | Washington | 12,738
Jefferson | 16,852 | Phelps | 10,451 | Wayne | 10,397
Johnson | 10,187 | Pierce | 10,122 | Webster | 12,008
Kearney | 9,106 | Platte | 19,006 | |
Keith | 3,692 | | | Wheeler | 2,292
| | Polk | 10,521 | York | 18,721
Keyapaha | 3,452 | Redwillow | 11,056 | |
TOTAL | 1,192,214

NEVADA.—Area, 110,690 square miles.

Churchill | 2,811 | Eureka | 1,830 | Nye | 7,513
Clark | 3,321 | Humboldt | 6,825 | Ormsby | 3,089
Douglas | 1,895 | Lander | 1,786 | Storey | 3,045
Elko | 8,133 | Lincoln | 3,489 | Washoe | 17,434
Esmeralda | 9,695 | Lyon | 3,568 | White Pine | 7,441
TOTAL | 81,875

NEW HAMPSHIRE.—Area, 9,341 square miles.

Belknap | 21,309 | Grafton | 41,652 | Rockingham | 52,188
Carroll | 16,316 | | | Strafford | 38,951
Cheshire | 30,659 | Hillsboro | 126,072 | Sullivan | 19,337
Coos | 30,753 | Merrimack | 53,335 | |
TOTAL | 430,572

NEW JERSEY.—Area, 8,224 square miles.

Atlantic | 71,894 | Hudson | 537,231 | Passaic | 215,902
Bergen | 138,002 | Hunterdon | 33,569 | Salem | 26,999
Burlington | 66,565 | | | Somerset | 38,820
Camden | 142,029 | Mercer | 125,657 | Sussex | 26,781
Cape May | 19,745 | Middlesex | 114,426 | Union | 140,197
| | Monmouth | 94,734 | |
Cumberland | 55,153 | Morris | 74,704 | Warren | 43,187
Essex | 512,886 | Ocean | 21,318 | |
Gloucester | 37,368 | | | |
TOTAL | 2,537,167

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NEW MEXICO.—Area, 122,634 square miles.

Bernalillo | 23,606 | Luna | 3,913 | Sandoval | 8,579
Chaves | 16,850 | | | Santa Fe | 14,770
Colfax | 16,460 | McKinley | 12,963 | |
Curry | 11,443 | Mora | 12,611 | Sierra | 3,536
Dona Ana | 12,893 | Otero | 7,069 | Socorro | 14,761
| | Quay | 14,912 | Taos | 12,008
Eddy | 12,400 | Rio Arriba | 16,719 | Torrance | 10,119
Grant | 14,813 | | | Union | 11,404
Guadalupe | 10,927 | Roosevelt | 12,064 | |
Lincoln | 7,822 | San Juan | 8,504 | Valencia | 13,320
| | San Miguel | 22,930 | |
TOTAL | 327,396

NEW YORK.—Area, 49,204 square miles.

Albany | 173,666 | Herkimer | 56,356 | Rensselaer | 122,276
Allegany | 41,412 | Jefferson | 80,382 | Richmond | 85,969
Broome | 78,809 | Kings | 1,634,351 | Rockland | 46,873
Cattaraugus | 65,919 | Lewis | 24,849 | St. Lawrence | 89,005
Cayuga | 67,106 | Livingston | 38,037 | Saratoga | 61,917
Chautauqua | 105,126 | Madison | 39,289 | Schenectady | 88,235
Chemung | 54,662 | Monroe | 283,212 | Schoharie | 23,355
Chenango | 35,575 | Montgomery | 57,567 | Schuyler | 14,004
Clinton | 48,230 | Nassau | 83,930 | Seneca | 26,972
Columbia | 43,658 | New York | 2,762,522 | Steuben | 83,362
Cortland | 29,249 | Niagara | 92,036 | Suffolk | 96,138
Delaware | 45,575 | Oneida | 154,157 | Sullivan | 33,808
Dutchess | 87,661 | Onondaga | 200,298 | Tioga | 25,624
Erie | 528,985 | Ontario | 52,286 | Tompkins | 33,647
Essex | 33,458 | Orange | 116,001 | Ulster | 91,769
Franklin | 45,717 | Orleans | 32,000 | Warren | 32,223
Fulton | 44,534 | Oswego | 71,664 | Washington | 47,778
Genesee | 37,615 | Otsego | 47,216 | Wayne | 50,179
Greene | 30,214 | Putnam | 14,665 | Westchester | 283,055
Hamilton | 4,373 | Queens | 284,041 | Wyoming | 31,880
| | | | Yates | 18,642
TOTAL | 9,113,614

NORTH CAROLINA.—Area, 52,426 square miles.

Alamance | 28,712 | Burke | 21,408 | Clay | 3,909
Alexander | 11,592 | Cabarrus | 26,240 | Cleveland | 29,494
Alleghany | 7,745 | Caldwell | 20,579 | Columbus | 28,020
Anson | 25,465 | Camden | 5,640 | Craven | 25,594
Ashe | 19,074 | Carteret | 13,776 | Cumberland | 35,284
Beaufort | 30,877 | Caswell | 14,858 | Currituck | 7,693
Bertie | 23,039 | Catawba | 27,918 | Dare | 4,841
Bladen | 18,006 | Chatham | 22,635 | Davidson | 29,404
Brunswick | 14,432 | Cherokee | 14,136 | Davie | 13,394
Buncombe | 49,798 | Chowan | 11,303 | Duplin | 25,442
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Durham | 35,276 | Lincoln | 17,132 | Robeson | 51,945
Edgecombe | 32,010 | McDowell | 13,538 | Rockingham | 36,442
Forsyth | 47,311 | Macon | 12,191 | Rowan | 37,521
Franklin | 24,692 | | | Rutherford | 28,385
Gaston | 37,063 | Madison | 20,132 | Sampson | 29,982
| | Martin | 17,797 | |
Gates | 10,455 | Mecklenburg | 67,031 | Scotland | 15,363
Graham | 4,749 | Mitchell | 17,245 | Stanly | 19,909
Granville | 25,102 | Montgomery | 14,967 | Stokes | 20,151
Greene | 13,083 | | | Surry | 29,705
Guilford | 60,497 | Moore | 17,010 | Swain | 10,403
| | Nash | 33,727 | |
Halifax | 37,646 | New Hanover | 32,037 | Transylvania | 7,191
Harnett | 22,174 | Northampton | 22,323 | Tyrrell | 5,219
Haywood | 21,020 | Onslow | 14,125 | Union | 33,277
Henderson | 16,262 | | | Vance | 19,425
Hertford | 15,436 | Orange | 15,064 | Wake | 63,229
| | Pamlico | 9,966 | |
Hyde | 8,840 | Pasquotank | 16,693 | Warren | 20,266
Iredell | 34,315 | Pender | 15,471 | Washington | 11,062
Jackson | 12,998 | Perquimans | 11,054 | Watauga | 13,556
Johnston | 41,401 | | | Wayne | 35,698
Jones | 8,721 | Person | 17,356 | Wilkes | 30,282
| | Pitt | 36,340 | |
Lee | 11,376 | Polk | 7,640 | Wilson | 28,269
Lenoir | 22,769 | Randolph | 29,491 | Yadkin | 15,428
| | Richmond | 19,673 | Yancey | 12,072
TOTAL | 2,206,287

NORTH DAKOTA.—Area, 70,837 square miles.

Adams | 5,407 | Griggs | 6,274 | Pierce | 9,740
Barnes | 18,066 | Hettinger | 6,557 | Ramsey | 15,199
Benson | 12,681 | Kidder | 5,962 | Ransom | 10,345
Billings | 10,186 | Lamoure | 10,724 | Richland | 19,659
Bottineau | 17,295 | Logan | 6,168 | Rolette | 9,558
Bowman | 4,668 | McHenry | 17,627 | Sargent | 9,202
Burleigh | 13,087 | McIntosh | 7,251 | Sheridan | 8,103
Cass | 33,935 | McKenzie | 5,720 | Stark | 12,504
Cavalier | 15,659 | McLean | 14,578 | Steele | 7,616
Dickey | 9,839 | Mercer | 4,665 | Stutsman | 18,189
Dunn | 5,302 | Mountrail | 8,491 | Towner | 8,963
Eddy | 4,800 | Morton | 25,289 | Traill | 12,545
Emmons | 9,796 | Nelson | 10,140 | Walsh | 19,491
Foster | 5,313 | Oliver | 3,577 | Ward | 42,185
Grand Forks | 27,888 | Pembina | 14,749 | Wells | 11,814
| | | | Williams | 20,249
TOTAL | 577,056

OHIO.—Area, 41,040 square miles.

Adams | 24,755 | Auglaize | 31,246 | Champaign | 26,351
Allen | 56,580 | Belmont | 76,856 | Clark | 66,435
Ashland | 22,975 | Brown | 24,832 | Clermont | 29,551
Ashtabula | 59,547 | Butler | 70,271 | Clinton | 23,680
Athens | 47,798 | Carroll | 15,761 | Columbiana | 76,619
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Coshocton | 30,121 | Jefferson | 65,423 | Pike | 15,723
Crawford | 34,036 | Knox | 30,181 | Portage | 30,307
Cuyahoga | 637,425 | Lake | 22,927 | Preble | 23,834
Darke | 42,933 | Lawrence | 39,488 | Putnam | 29,972
Defiance | 24,498 | Licking | 55,590 | Richland | 47,667
Delaware | 27,182 | Logan | 30,084 | Ross | 40,069
Erie | 38,327 | Lorain | 76,037 | Sandusky | 35,171
Fairfield | 39,201 | Lucas | 192,728 | Scioto | 48,463
Fayette | 21,744 | Madison | 19,902 | Seneca | 42,421
Franklin | 221,567 | Mahoning | 116,151 | Shelby | 24,663
Fulton | 23,914 | Marion | 33,971 | Stark | 122,987
Gallia | 25,745 | Medina | 23,598 | Summit | 108,253
Geauga | 14,670 | Meigs | 25,594 | Trumbull | 52,766
Greene | 29,733 | Mercer | 27,536 | Tuscarawas | 57,035
Guernsey | 42,716 | Miami | 45,047 | Union | 21,871
Hamilton | 460,732 | Monroe | 24,244 | Van Wert | 29,119
Hancock | 37,860 | Montgomery | 163,763 | Vinton | 13,096
Hardin | 30,407 | Morgan | 16,097 | Warren | 24,497
Harrison | 19,076 | Morrow | 16,815 | Washington | 45,422
Henry | 25,119 | Muskingum | 57,488 | Wayne | 38,058
Highland | 28,711 | Noble | 18,601 | Williams | 25,198
Hocking | 23,650 | Ottawa | 22,360 | Wood | 46,330
Holmes | 17,909 | Paulding | 22,730 | Wyandot | 20,760
Huron | 34,206 | Perry | 35,396 | |
Jackson | 30,791 | Pickaway | 26,158 | |
TOTAL | 4,767,121

OKLAHOMA.—Area, 70,057 square miles.

Adair | 10,535 | Dewey | 14,132 | Logan | 31,740
Alfalfa | 18,138 | Ellis | 15,375 | Love | 10,236
Atoka | 13,808 | Garfield | 33,050 | McClain | 15,659
Beaver | 13,631 | Garvin | 26,545 | McCurtain | 20,681
Beckham | 19,699 | Grady | 30,309 | McIntosh | 20,961
Blaine | 17,960 | Grant | 18,760 | Major | 15,248
Bryan | 29,854 | Greer | 16,449 | Marshall | 11,619
Caddo | 35,685 | Harmon | 11,328 | Mayes | 13,596
Canadian | 23,501 | Harper | 8,189 | Murray | 12,744
Carter | 25,358 | Haskell | 18,875 | Muskogee | 52,743
Cherokee | 16,778 | Hughes | 24,040 | Noble | 14,945
Choctaw | 21,862 | Jackson | 23,737 | Nowata | 14,223
Cimarron | 4,553 | Jefferson | 17,430 | Okfuskee | 19,995
Cleveland | 18,843 | Johnston | 16,734 | Oklahoma | 85,232
Coal | 15,817 | Kay | 26,999 | Okmulgee | 21,115
Comanche | 41,489 | Kingfisher | 18,825 | Osage | 20,101
Craig | 17,404 | Kiowa | 27,526 | Ottawa | 15,713
Creek | 26,223 | Latimer | 11,321 | Pawnee | 17,332
Custer | 23,231 | Le Flore | 29,127 | Payne | 23,735
Delaware | 11,469 | Lincoln | 34,779 | Pittsburg | 47,650
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Pontotoc | 24,331 | Seminole | 19,964 | Tulsa | 34,995
Pottawatomie | 43,595 | Sequoyah | 25,005 | Wagoner | 22,086
Pushmataha | 10,118 | Stephens | 22,252 | Washington | 17,484
Roger Mills | 12,861 | Texas | 14,249 | Washita | 25,034
Rogers | 17,736 | Tillman | 18,650 | Woods | 17,567
| | | | Woodward | 16,592
TOTAL | 1,657,155

OREGON.—Area, 96,699 square miles.

Baker | 18,076 | Hood River | 8,016 | Multnomah | 226,261
Benton | 10,663 | Jackson | 25,756 | Polk | 13,469
Clackamas | 29,931 | Josephine | 9,567 | |
Clatsop | 16,106 | | | Sherman | 4,242
Columbia | 10,580 | Klamath | 8,554 | Tillamook | 6,266
| | Lake | 4,658 | Umatilla | 20,309
Coos | 17,959 | Lane | 33,783 | Union | 16,191
Crook | 9,315 | Lincoln | 5,587 | Wallowa | 8,364
Curry | 2,044 | Linn | 22,662 | |
Douglas | 19,674 | | | Wasco | 16,336
Gilliam | 3,701 | Malheur | 8,601 | Washington | 21,522
| | Marion | 39,780 | Wheeler | 2,484
Grant | 5,607 | Morrow | 4,357 | Yamhill | 18,285
Harney | 4,059 | | | |
TOTAL | 672,765

PENNSYLVANIA.—Area, 45,126 square miles.

Adams | 34,319 | Erie | 115,517 | Northampton | 127,667
Allegheny | 1,018,463 | | | Northumberland | 111,420
Armstrong | 67,880 | Fayette | 167,449 | Perry | 24,136
Beaver | 78,353 | Forest | 9,435 | |
Bedford | 38,879 | Franklin | 59,775 | Philadelphia | 1,549,008
| | Fulton | 9,703 | Pike | 8,033
Berks | 183,222 | Greene | 28,882 | Potter | 29,729
Blair | 108,858 | | | Schuylkill | 207,894
Bradford | 54,526 | Huntingdon | 38,304 | Snyder | 16,800
Bucks | 76,530 | Indiana | 66,210 | |
Butler | 72,689 | Jefferson | 63,090 | Somerset | 67,717
| | Juniata | 15,013 | Sullivan | 11,293
Cambria | 166,131 | Lackawanna | 259,570 | Susquehanna | 37,746
Cameron | 7,644 | | | Tioga | 42,829
Carbon | 52,846 | Lancaster | 167,029 | Union | 16,249
Center | 43,424 | Lawrence | 70,032 | |
Chester | 109,213 | Lebanon | 59,565 | Venango | 56,359
| | Lehigh | 118,832 | Warren | 39,573
Clarion | 36,638 | Luzerne | 343,186 | Washington | 143,680
Clearfield | 93,768 | | | Wayne | 29,236
Clinton | 31,545 | Lycoming | 80,813 | Westmoreland | 231,304
Columbia | 48,467 | McKean | 47,868 | |
Crawford | 61,565 | Mercer | 77,699 | Wyoming | 15,509
| | Mifflin | 27,785 | York | 136,405
Cumberland | 54,479 | Monroe | 22,941 | |
Dauphin | 136,152 | | | |
Delaware | 117,906 | Montgomery | 169,590 | |
Elk | 35,871 | Montour | 14,868 | |
TOTAL | 7,665,111

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RHODE ISLAND.—Area, 1,248 square miles.

Bristol | 17,602 | Newport | 39,335 | Washington | 24,942
Kent | 36,378 | Providence | 424,417 | |
TOTAL | 542,674

SOUTH CAROLINA.—Area, 30,989 square miles.

Abbeville | 34,804 | Dillon | 22,615 | Marion | 20,596
Aiken | 41,849 | Dorchester | 17,891 | Marlboro | 31,189
Anderson | 69,568 | Edgefield | 28,281 | Newberry | 34,586
Bamberg | 18,544 | Fairfield | 29,442 | Oconee | 27,337
Barnwell | 34,209 | Florence | 35,671 | Orangeburg | 55,893
Beaufort | 30,355 | Georgetown | 22,270 | Pickens | 25,422
Berkeley | 23,487 | Greenville | 68,377 | Richland | 55,143
Calhoun | 16,634 | Greenwood | 34,225 | Saluda | 20,943
Charleston | 88,594 | Hampton | 25,126 | Spartanburg | 83,465
Cherokee | 26,179 | Horry | 26,995 | Sumter | 38,472
Chester | 29,425 | Kershaw | 27,094 | Union | 29,911
Chesterfield | 26,301 | Lancaster | 26,650 | Williamsburg | 37,626
Clarendon | 32,188 | Laurens | 41,550 | York | 47,718
Colleton | 35,390 | Lee | 25,318 | |
Darlington | 36,027 | Lexington | 32,040 | |
TOTAL | 1,515,400

SOUTH DAKOTA.—Area, 77,615 square miles.

Armstrong | 647 | Fall River | 7,763 | Minnehaha | 29,631
Aurora | 6,143 | Faulk | 6,716 | |
Beadle | 15,776 | Grant | 10,303 | Moody | 8,695
Bonhomme | 11,061 | | | Pennington | 12,453
Brookings | 14,178 | Gregory | 13,061 | Perkins | 11,348
| | Hamlin | 7,475 | Potter | 4,466
Brown | 25,867 | Hand | 7,870 | Roberts | 14,897
Brule | 6,451 | Hanson | 6,237 | |
Buffalo | 1,589 | Harding | 4,228 | Sanborn | 6,607
Butte | 4,993 | | | Schnasse | 292
Campbell | 5,244 | Hughes | 6,271 | Spink | 15,981
| | Hutchinson | 12,319 | Stanley | 14,975
Charles Mix | 14,899 | Hyde | 3,307 | Sterling | 252
Clark | 10,901 | Jerauld | 5,120 | |
Clay | 8,711 | Kingsbury | 12,560 | Sully | 2,462
Codington | 14,092 | | | Tripp | 8,323
Corson | 2,929 | Lake | 10,711 | Turner | 13,840
| | Lawrence | 19,694 | Union | 10,676
Custer | 4,458 | Lincoln | 12,712 | Walworth | 6,488
Davison | 11,625 | Lyman | 10,848 | |
Day | 14,372 | McCook | 9,589 | Yankton | 13,135

Deuel

7,768

Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation

6,607

Dewey | 1,145 | McPherson | 6,791

Marshall

8,021

Rosebud Indian
Reservation

3,960

Douglas | 6,400 | Meade | 12,640
Edmunds | 7,654 | Miner | 7,661 | |
TOTAL | 583,888

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TENNESSEE.—Area, 42,022 square miles.

Anderson | 17,717 | Hancock | 10,778 | Morgan | 11,458
Bedford | 22,667 | Hardeman | 23,011 | Obion | 29,946
Benton | 12,452 | | | Overton | 15,854
Bledsoe | 6,329 | Hardin | 17,521 | Perry | 8,815
Blount | 20,809 | Hawkins | 23,587 | Pickett | 5,087
| | Haywood | 25,910 | |
Bradley | 16,336 | Henderson | 17,030 | Polk | 14,116
Campbell | 27,387 | Henry | 25,434 | Putnam | 20,023
Cannon | 10,825 | | | Rhea | 15,410
Carroll | 23,971 | Hickman | 16,527 | Roane | 22,860
Carter | 19,838 | Houston | 6,224 | Robertson | 25,466
| | Humphreys | 13,908 | |
Cheatham | 10,540 | Jackson | 15,036 | Rutherford | 33,199
Chester | 9,090 | James | 5,210 | Scott | 12,947
Claiborne | 23,504 | | | Sequatchie | 4,202
Clay | 9,009 | Jefferson | 17,755 | Sevier | 22,296
Cocke | 19,399 | Johnson | 13,191 | Shelby | 191,439
| | Knox | 94,187 | |
Coffee | 15,625 | Lake | 8,704 | Smith | 18,548
Crockett | 16,076 | Lauderdale | 21,105 | Stewart | 14,860
Cumberland | 9,327 | | | Sullivan | 28,120
Davidson | 149,478 | Lawrence | 17,569 | Sumner | 25,621
Decatur | 10,093 | Lewis | 6,033 | Tipton | 29,459
| | Lincoln | 25,908 | |
Dekalb | 15,434 | Loudon | 13,612 | Trousdale | 5,874
Dickson | 19,955 | McMinn | 21,046 | Unicoi | 7,201
Dyer | 27,721 | | | Union | 11,414
Fayette | 30,257 | McNairy | 16,356 | Van Buren | 2,784
Fentress | 7,446 | Macon | 14,559 | Warren | 16,534
| | Madison | 39,357 | |
Franklin | 20,491 | Marion | 18,820 | Washington | 28,968
Gibson | 41,630 | Marshall | 16,872 | Wayne | 12,062
Giles | 32,629 | | | Weakley | 31,929
Grainger | 13,888 | Maury | 40,456 | White | 5,420
Greene | 31,083 | Meigs | 6,131 | Williamson | 24,213
| | Monroe | 20,716 | |
Grundy | 8,322 | Montgomery | 33,672 | Wilson | 25,394
Hamblen | 13,650 | Moore | 4,800 | |
Hamilton | 89,267 | | | |
TOTAL | 2,184,739

TEXAS.—Area, 265,896 square miles.

Anderson | 29,650 | Bastrop | 25,344 | Brazos | 18,919
Andrews | 975 | Baylor | 8,411 | Brewster | 5,220
Angelina | 17,705 | Bee | 12,090 | Briscoe | 2,162
Aransas | 2,106 | Bell | 49,186 | Brown | 22,935
Archer | 6,525 | Bexar | 119,676 | Burleson | 18,687
Armstrong | 2,682 | Blanco | 4,311 | Burnet | 10,755
Atascosa | 10,004 | Borden | 1,386 | Caldwell | 24,237
Austin | 17,699 | Bosque | 19,013 | Calhoun | 3,635
Bailey | 312 | Bowie | 4,827 | Callahan | 12,973
Bandera | 4,921 | Brazoria | 13,299 | Cameron | 27,158
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Camp | 9,551 | Gaines | 1,255 | Knox | 9,625
Carson | 2,127 | Galveston | 44,479 | La Salle | 4,747
Cass | 27,587 | Garza | 1,995 | Lamar | 46,544
Castro | 1,850 | Gillespie | 9,447 | Lamb | 540
Chambers | 4,234 | Glasscock | 1,143 | Lampasas | 9,532
Cherokee | 29,038 | Goliad | 9,909 | Lavaca | 26,418
Childress | 9,538 | Gonzales | 28,055 | Lee | 13,132
Clay | 17,043 | Gray | 3,405 | Leon | 16,583
Cochran | 65 | Grayson | 65,996 | Liberty | 10,686
Coke | 6,412 | Gregg | 14,140 | Limestone | 34,621
Coleman | 22,618 | Grimes | 21,205 | Lipscomb | 2,634
Collin | 49,021 | Guadalupe | 24,913 | Live Oak | 3,442
Collingsworth | 5,224 | Hale | 7,566 | Llano | 6,520
Colorado | 18,897 | Hall | 8,279 | Loving | 249
Comal | 8,434 | Hamilton | 15,315 | Lubbock | 3,624
Comanche | 27,186 | Hansford | 935 | Lynn | 1,713
Concho | 6,654 | Hardeman | 11,213 | McCulloch | 13,405
Cooke | 26,603 | Hardin | 12,947 | McLennan | 73,250
Coryell | 21,703 | Harris | 115,693 | McMullen | 1,091
Cottle | 4,396 | Harrison | 37,243 | Madison | 10,318
Crane | 331 | Hartley | 1,298 | Marion | 10,472
Crockett | 1,296 | Haskell | 16,249 | Martin | 1,549
Crosby | 1,765 | Hays | 15,518 | Mason | 5,683
Dallam | 4,001 | Hemphill | 3,170 | Matagorda | 13,594
Dallas | 135,748 | Henderson | 20,131 | Maverick | 5,151
Dawson | 2,320 | Hidalgo | 13,728 | Medina | 13,415
De Witt | 23,501 | Hill | 46,760 | Menard | 2,707
Deaf Smith | 3,942 | Hockley | 137 | Midland | 3,464
Delta | 14,566 | Hood | 10,008 | Milam | 36,780
Denton | 31,258 | Hopkins | 31,038 | Mills | 9,694
Dickens | 3,092 | Houston | 29,564 | Mitchell | 8,956
Dimmit | 3,460 | Howard | 8,881 | Montague | 25,123
Donley | 5,284 | Hunt | 48,116 | Montgomery | 15,679
Duval | 8,964 | Hutchinson | 892 | Moore | 561
Eastland | 23,421 | Irion | 1,283 | Morris | 10,439
Ector | 1,178 | Jack | 11,817 | Motley | 2,396
Edwards | 3,768 | Jackson | 6,471 | Nacogdoches | 27,406
El Paso | 52,599 | Jasper | 14,000 | Navarro | 47,070
Ellis | 53,629 | Jeff Davis | 1,678 | Newton | 10,850
Erath | 32,095 | Jefferson | 38,182 | Nolan | 11,999
Falls | 35,649 | Johnson | 34,460 | Nueces | 21,955
Fannin | 44,801 | Jones | 24,299 | Ochiltree | 1,602
Fayette | 29,796 | Karnes | 14,942 | Oldham | 812
Fisher | 12,596 | Kaufman | 35,323 | Orange | 9,528
Floyd | 4,638 | Kendall | 4,517 | Palo Pinto | 19,506
Foard | 5,726 | Kent | 2,655 | Panola | 20,424
Fort Bend | 18,168 | Kerr | 5,505 | Parker | 26,331
Franklin | 9,331 | Kimble | 3,261 | Parmer | 1,555
Freestone | 20,557 | King | 810 | Pecos | 2,071
Frio | 8,895 | Kinney | 3,401 | Polk | 17,459
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Potter | 12,424 | Sherman | 1,376 | Val Verde | 8,613
Presidio | 5,218 | Smith | 41,746 | |
Rains | 6,787 | Somervell | 3,931 | Van Zandt | 25,651
Randall | 3,312 | | | Victoria | 14,990
Reagan | 392 | Starr | 13,151 | Walker | 16,061
| | Stephens | 7,980 | Waller | 12,138
Red River | 28,564 | Sterling | 1,493 | Ward | 2,389
Reeves | 4,392 | Stonewall | 5,320 | |
Refugio | 2,814 | Sutton | 1,569 | Washington | 25,561
Roberts | 950 | | | Webb | 22,503
Robertson | 27,454 | Swisher | 4,012 | Wharton | 21,123
| | Tarrant | 108,572 | Wheeler | 5,258
Rockwall | 8,072 | Taylor | 26,293 | Wichita | 16,094
Runnels | 20,858 | Terrell | 1,430 | |
Rusk | 26,946 | Terry | 1,474 | Wilbarger | 12,000
Sabine | 8,582 | | | Williamson | 42,228
San Augustine | 11,264 | Throckmorton | 4,563 | Wilson | 17,066
| | Titus | 16,422 | Winkler | 442
San Jacinto | 9,542 | Tom Green | 17,882 | Wise | 26,450
San Patricio | 7,307 | Travis | 55,620 | |
San Saba | 11,245 | Trinity | 12,768 | Wood | 23,417
Schleicher | 1,893 | | | Yoakum | 602
Scurry | 10,924 | Tyler | 10,250 | Young | 13,657
| | Upshur | 19,960 | Zapata | 3,809
Shackelford | 4,201 | Upton | 501 | Zavalla | 1,889
Shelby | 26,423 | Uvalde | 11,233 | |
TOTAL | 3,896,542

UTAH.—Area, 84,990 square miles.

Beaver | 4,717 | Kane | 1,652 | Tooele | 7,924
Boxelder | 13,894 | Millard | 6,118 | Uinta | 7,050
Cache | 23,062 | Morgan | 2,467 | Utah | 37,942
Carbon | 8,624 | Piute | 1,734 | Wasatch | 8,920
Davis | 10,191 | Rich | 1,883 | Washington | 5,123
Emery | 6,750 | Salt Lake | 131,426 | Wayne | 1,749
Garfield | 3,660 | San Juan | 2,377 | Weber | 35,179
Grand | 1,595 | Sanpete | 16,704 | |
Iron | 3,933 | Sevier | 9,775 | |
Juab | 10,702 | Summit | 8,200 | |
TOTAL | 373,351

VERMONT.—Area, 9,564 square miles.

Addison | 20,010 | Franklin | 29,866 | Rutland | 48,139
Bennington | 21,378 | Grand Isle | 3,761 | Washington | 41,702
Caledonia | 26,031 | Lamoille | 12,585 | Windham | 26,932
Chittenden | 42,447 | Orange | 18,703 | Windsor | 33,681
Essex | 7,384 | Orleans | 23,337 | |
TOTAL | 355,956

VIRGINIA.—Area, 42,627 square miles.

Accomac | 36,650 | Amherst | 18,932 | Bland | 5,154
Albemarle | 29,871 | Appomattox | 8,904 | Botetourt | 17,727
Alexandria | 10,231 | Augusta | 32,445 | Brunswick | 19,244
Alleghany | 14,173 | Bath | 6,538 | Buchanan | 12,334
Amelia | 8,720 | Bedford | 29,549 | Buckingham | 15,204
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Campbell | 23,043 | Highland | 5,317 | Prince Edward | 14,266
Caroline | 16,596 | Isle of Wight | 14,929 | Prince George | 7,848
Carroll | 21,116 | James City | 3,624 | |
Charles City | 5,253 | King and Queen | 9,576 | Prince William | 12,026
Charlotte | 15,785 | King George | 6,378 | Princess Anne | 11,526
| | | | Pulaski | 17,246
Chesterfield | 21,299 | King William | 8,547 | Rappahannock | 8,044
Clarke | 7,468 | Lancaster | 9,752 | Richmond | 7,415
Craig | 4,711 | Lee | 23,840 | |
Culpeper | 13,472 | Loudoun | 21,167 | Roanoke | 19,623
Cumberland | 9,195 | Louisa | 16,578 | Rockbridge | 21,171
| | | | Rockingham | 34,903
Dickenson | 9,199 | Lunenburg | 12,780 | Russell | 23,474
Dinwiddie | 15,442 | Madison | 10,055 | Scott | 23,814
Elizabeth City | 21,225 | Mathews | 8,922 | |
Essex | 9,105 | Mecklenburg | 28,956 | Shenandoah | 20,942
Fairfax | 20,536 | Middlesex | 8,852 | Smyth | 20,326
| | | | Southampton | 26,302
Fauquier | 22,526 | Montgomery | 17,268 | Spotsylvania | 9,935
Floyd | 14,092 | Nansemond | 26,886 | Stafford | 8,070
Fluvanna | 8,323 | Nelson | 16,821 | |
Franklin | 26,480 | New Kent | 4,682 | Surry | 9,715
Frederick | 12,787 | Norfolk | 52,744 | Sussex | 13,664
| | | | Tazewell | 24,946
Giles | 11,623 | Northampton | 16,672 | Warren | 8,589
Gloucester | 12,477 | Northumberland | 10,777 | Warwick | 6,041
Goochland | 9,237 | Nottoway | 13,462 | |
Grayson | 19,856 | Orange | 13,486 | Washington | 32,830
Greene | 6,937 | Page | 14,147 | Westmoreland | 9,313
| | | | Wise | 34,162
Greenesville | 11,890 | Patrick | 17,195 | Wythe | 20,372
Halifax | 40,044 | Pittsylvania | 50,709 | York | 7,757
Hanover | 17,200 | Powhatan | 6,099 | |
Henrico | 23,437 | | | |
Henry | 18,459 | | | |
TOTAL | 2,061,612

WASHINGTON.—Area, 69,127 square miles.

Adams | 10,920 | Grant | 8,698 | Pierce | 120,812
Asotin | 5,831 | Island | 4,704 | San Juan | 3,603
Benton | 7,937 | | | Skagit | 29,241
Chehalis | 35,590 | Jefferson | 8,337 | Skamania | 2,887
Chelan | 15,104 | King | 284,638 | Snohomish | 59,209
| | Kitsap | 17,647 | |
Clallam | 6,755 | Kittitas | 18,561 | Spokane | 139,404
Clarke | 26,115 | Klickitat | 10,180 | Stevens | 25,297
Columbia | 7,042 | | | Thurston | 17,581
Cowlitz | 12,561 | Lewis | 32,127 | Wahkiakum | 3,285
Douglas | 9,227 | Lincoln | 17,539 | Walla Walla | 31,931
| | Mason | 5,156 | |
Ferry | 4,800 | Okanogan | 12,887 | Whatcom | 49,511
Franklin | 5,153 | Pacific | 12,532 | Whitman | 33,280
Garfield | 4,199 | | | Yakima | 41,709
TOTAL | 1,141,990

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WEST VIRGINIA.—Area, 24,170 square miles.

Barbour | 15,858 | Kanawha | 81,457 | Pocahontas | 14,740
Berkeley | 21,999 | | | Preston | 26,341
Boone | 10,331 | Lewis | 18,281 | Putnam | 18,587
Braxton | 23,023 | Lincoln | 20,491 | |
Brooke | 11,098 | Logan | 14,476 | Raleigh | 25,633
| | McDowell | 47,856 | Randolph | 26,028
Cabell | 46,685 | Marion | 42,794 | Ritchie | 17,875
Calhoun | 11,258 | | | Roane | 21,543
Clay | 10,233 | Marshall | 32,388 | Summers | 18,420
Doddridge | 12,672 | Mason | 23,019 | |
Fayette | 51,903 | Mercer | 38,371 | Taylor | 16,554
| | Mineral | 16,674 | Tucker | 18,675
Gilmer | 11,379 | Mingo | 19,431 | Tyler | 16,211
Grant | 7,838 | | | Upshur | 16,629
Greenbrier | 24,833 | Monongalia | 24,334 | Wayne | 24,081
Hampshire | 11,694 | Monroe | 13,055 | |
Hancock | 10,465 | Morgan | 7,848 | Webster | 9,680
| | Nicholas | 17,699 | Wetzel | 23,855
Hardy | 9,163 | Ohio | 57,572 | Wirt | 9,047
Harrison | 48,381 | | | Wood | 38,001
Jackson | 20,956 | Pendleton | 9,349 | Wyoming | 10,392
Jefferson | 15,889 | Pleasants | 8,074 | |
TOTAL | 1,221,119

WISCONSIN.—Area, 56,066 square miles.

Adams | 8,604 | Iowa | 22,497 | Polk | 21,367
Ashland | 21,965 | | | Portage | 30,945
Barron | 29,114 | Iron | 8,306 | Price | 13,795
Bayfield | 15,987 | Jackson | 17,075 | |
Brown | 54,098 | Jefferson | 34,306 | Racine | 57,424
| | Juneau | 19,569 | Richland | 18,809
Buffalo | 16,006 | Kenosha | 32,929 | Rock | 55,538
Burnett | 9,026 | | | Rusk | 11,160
Calumet | 16,701 | Kewaunee | 16,784 | St. Croix | 25,910
Chippewa | 32,103 | La Crosse | 43,996 | |
Clark | 30,074 | Lafayette | 20,075 | Sauk | 32,869
| | Langlade | 17,062 | Sawyer | 6,227
Columbia | 31,129 | Lincoln | 19,064 | Shawano | 31,884
Crawford | 16,288 | | | Sheboygan | 54,888
Dane | 77,435 | Manitowoc | 44,978 | Taylor | 13,641
Dodge | 47,436 | Marathon | 55,054 | |
Door | 18,711 | Marinette | 33,812 | Trempealeau | 22,928
| | Marquette | 10,741 | Vernon | 28,116
Douglas | 47,422 | Milwaukee | 433,187 | Vilas | 6,019
Dunn | 25,260 | | | Walworth | 29,614
Eau Claire | 32,721 | Monroe | 28,881 | Washburn | 8,196
Florence | 3,381 | Oconto | 25,657 | |
Fond du Lac | 51,610 | Oneida | 11,433 | Washington | 23,784
| | Outagamie | 49,102 | Waukesha | 37,100
Forest | 6,782 | Ozaukee | 17,123 | Waupaca | 32,782
Grant | 39,007 | | | Waushara | 18,886
Green | 21,641 | Pepin | 7,577 | Winnebago | 62,116
Green Lake | 15,491 | Pierce | 22,079 | |
| | | | Wood | 30,583
TOTAL | 2,333,860

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WYOMING.—Area, 97,914 square miles.

Albany | 11,574 | Fremont | 11,822 | Sheridan | 16,324
Bighorn | 8,886 | Johnson | 3,453 | Sweetwater | 11,575
Carbon | 11,282 | Laramie | 26,127 | Uinta | 16,982
Converse | 6,294 | Natrona | 4,766 | Weston | 4,960

Crook

6,492

Park

4,909

National Park
Reservation

519

TOTAL | 145,935

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POPULATION OF CITIES

OF THE

UNITED STATES

Census of 1910

Cities of over 100,000 population

Albany, N. Y. | 100,253 | Minneapolis, Minn. | 301,408
Atlanta, Ga. | 154,839 | Nashville, Tenn. | 110,364
Baltimore, Md. | 558,485 | Newark, N. J. | 347,469
Birmingham, Ala. | 132,685 | New Haven, Conn. | 133,605
Boston, Mass. | 670,585 | New Orleans, La. | 339,075
Bridgeport, Conn. | 102,054 | New York, N. Y. | 4,766,883
Buffalo, N. Y. | 423,715 | Oakland, Cal. | 150,174
Cambridge, Mass. | 104,839 | Omaha, Neb. | 124,096
Chicago, Ill. | 2,185,283 | Paterson, N. J. | 125,600
Cincinnati, Ohio | 364,463 | Philadelphia, Pa. | 1,549,008
Cleveland, Ohio | 560,663 | Pittsburgh, Pa. | 533,905
Columbus, Ohio | 181,548 | Portland, Ore. | 207,214
Dayton, Ohio | 116,577 | Providence, R. I. | 224,326
Denver, Colo. | 213,381 | Richmond, Va. | 127,628
Detroit, Mich. | 465,766 | Rochester, N. Y. | 218,149
Fall River, Mass. | 119,295 | St. Louis, Mo. | 687,029
Grand Rapids, Mich. | 112,571 | St. Paul, Minn. | 214,744
Indianapolis, Ind. | 233,650 | San Francisco, Cal. | 416,912
Jersey City, N. J. | 267,779 | Scranton, Pa. | 129,867
Kansas City, Mo. | 248,381 | Seattle, Wash. | 237,194
Los Angeles, Cal. | 319,198 | Spokane, Wash. | 104,402
Louisville, Ky. | 223,928 | Syracuse, N. Y. | 137,249
Lowell, Mass. | 106,294 | Toledo, Ohio | 168,497
Memphis, Tenn. | 131,105 | Washington, D. C. | 331,069
Milwaukee, Wis. | 373,857 | Worcester, Mass. | 145,986

Cities of from 25,000 to 100,000 population

Akron, Ohio | 69,067 | Auburn, N. Y. | 34,668
Allentown, Pa. | 51,913 | Augusta, Ga. | 41,040
Altoona, Pa. | 52,127 | Aurora, Ill. | 29,807
Amsterdam, N. Y. | 31,267 | Austin, Tex. | 29,860
Atlantic City, N. J. | 46,150 | Battle Creek, Mich. | 25,267
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Bay City, Mich. | 45,166 | Hoboken, N. J. | 70,324
Bayonne, N. J. | 55,545 | Holyoke, Mass. | 57,730
Berkeley, Cal. | 40,434 | Houston, Tex. | 78,800
Binghamton, N. Y. | 48,443 | Huntington, W. Va. | 31,161
Bloomington, Ill. | 25,768 | Jackson, Mich. | 31,433
Brockton, Mass. | 56,878 | Jacksonville, Fla. | 57,699
Brookline, Mass. | 27,792 | Jamestown, N. Y. | 31,297
Butte, Mont. | 39,165 | Johnstown, Pa. | 55,482
Camden, N. J. | 94,538 | Joliet, Ill. | 34,670
Canton, Ohio | 50,217 | Joplin, Mo. | 32,073
Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 32,811 | Kalamazoo, Mich. | 39,437
Charleston, S. C. | 58,833 | Kansas City, Kans. | 82,331
Charlotte, N. C. | 34,014 | Kingston, N. Y. | 25,908
Chattanooga, Tenn. | 44,604 | Knoxville, Tenn. | 36,346
Chelsea, Mass. | 32,452 | La Crosse, Wis. | 30,417
Chester, Pa. | 38,537 | Lancaster, Pa. | 47,227
Chicopee, Mass. | 25,401 | Lansing, Mich. | 31,229
Clinton, Iowa | 25,577 | Lawrence, Mass. | 85,892
Colorado Springs, Colo. | 29,078 | Lewiston, Me. | 26,247
Columbia, S. C. | 26,319 | Lexington, Ky. | 35,099
Council Bluffs, Iowa | 29,292 | Lima, Ohio | 30,508
Covington, Ky. | 53,270 | Lincoln, Nebr. | 43,973
Dallas, Tex. | 92,104 | Little Rock, Ark. | 45,941
Danville, Ill. | 27,871 | Lorain, Ohio | 28,883
Davenport, Iowa | 43,028 | Lynchburg, Va. | 29,494
Decatur, Ill. | 31,140 | Lynn, Mass. | 89,336
Des Moines, Iowa | 86,368 | Macon, Ga. | 40,665
Dubuque, Iowa | 38,494 | McKeesport, Pa. | 42,694
Duluth, Minn. | 78,466 | Madison, Wis. | 25,531
Easton, Pa. | 28,523 | Malden, Mass. | 44,404
East Orange, N. J. | 34,371 | Manchester, N. H. | 70,063
East St. Louis, Ill. | 58,547 | Meriden, Conn. | 27,265
El Paso, Tex. | 39,279 | Mobile, Ala. | 51,521
Elgin, Ill. | 25,976 | Montgomery, Ala. | 38,136
Elizabeth, N. J. | 73,409 | Mount Vernon, N. Y. | 30,919
Elmira, N. Y. | 37,176 | Muskogee, Okla. | 25,278
Erie, Pa. | 66,525 | Nashua, N. H. | 26,005
Evansville, Ind. | 69,647 | Newark, Ohio | 25,404
Everett, Mass. | 33,484 | New Bedford, Mass. | 96,652
Fitchburg, Mass. | 37,826 | New Britain, Conn. | 43,916
Flint, Mich. | 38,550 | Newburgh, N. Y. | 27,805
Fort Wayne, Ind. | 63,933 | Newcastle, Pa. | 36,280
Fort Worth, Tex. | 73,312 | Newport, Ky. | 30,309
Galveston, Tex. | 36,981 | Newport, R. I. | 27,149
Green Bay, Wis. | 25,236 | New Rochelle, N. Y. | 28,867
Hamilton, Ohio | 35,279 | Newton, Mass. | 39,806
Harrisburg, Pa. | 64,186 | Niagara Falls, N. Y. | 30,445
Hartford, Conn. | 98,915 | Norfolk, Va. | 67,452
Haverhill, Mass. | 44,115 | Norristown, Pa. | 27,875
Hazleton, Pa. | 25,452 | Ogden, Utah | 25,580
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Oklahoma City, Okla. | 64,205 | South Omaha, Nebr. | 26,259
Orange, N. J. | 29,630 | Springfield, Ill. | 51,678
Oshkosh, Wis. | 33,062 | Springfield, Mass. | 88,926
Pasadena, Cal. | 30,291 | Springfield, Mo. | 35,201
Passaic, N. J. | 54,773 | Springfield, Ohio. | 46,921
Pawtucket, R. I. | 51,622 | Stamford, Conn. | 25,138
Peoria, Ill. | 66,950 | Superior, Wis. | 40,384
Perth Amboy, N. J. | 32,121 | Tacoma, Wash. | 83,743
Pittsfield, Mass. | 32,121 | Tampa, Fla. | 37,782
Portland, Me. | 58,571 | Taunton, Mass. | 34,259
Portsmouth, Va. | 33,190 | Terre Haute, Ind. | 58,157
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. | 27,936 | Topeka, Kans. | 43,684
Pueblo Colo. | 44,395 | Trenton, N. J. | 96,815
Quincy, Ill. | 36,587 | Troy, N. Y. | 76,813
Quincy, Mass. | 32,642 | Utica N. Y. | 74,419
Racine, Wis. | 38,002 | Waco, Tex. | 26,425
Heading, Pa. | 96,071 | Waltham, Mass. | 27,834
Roanoke, Va. | 34,874 | Warwick, R. I. | 26,629
Rockford, Ill. | 45,401 | Waterbury, Conn. | 73,141
Sacramento, Cal. | 44,696 | Waterloo, Iowa | 26,693
Saginaw, Mich. | 50,510 | Watertown, N. Y. | 26,730
St. Joseph, Mo. | 77,403 | West Hoboken, N. J. | 35,403
Salem, Mass. | 43,697 | Wheeling, W. Va. | 41,641
Salt Lake City, Utah | 92,777 | Wichita, Kans. | 52,450
San Antonio, Tex. | 96,614 | Wilkes-Barre, Pa. | 67,105
San Diego, Cal. | 39,578 | Williamsport, Pa. | 31,860
San Jose, Cal. | 28,946 | Wilmington, Del. | 87,411
Savannah, Ga. | 65,064 | Wilmington, N. C. | 25,748
Schenectady, N. Y. | 72,826 | Woonsocket, R. I. | 38,125
Sheboygan, Wis. | 26,398 | Yonkers, N. Y. | 79,803
Shenandoah, Pa. | 25,774 | York, Pa. | 44,750
Shreveport, La. | 28,015 | Youngstown, Ohio | 79,066
Sioux City, Iowa | 47,828 | Zanesville, Ohio | 28,026
Somerville, Mass. | 77,236 | |
South Bend, Ind. | 53,684 | |

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NUMBER, ACREAGE, AND VALUE OF FARMS, BY STATES: 1910.

State.

Number
of
Farms.

Land
in
Farms.
(Acres.)

Value of
Farms.
(Land.)

Value of
Farms.
(Buildings.)

Implements
and
Machinery.

The United States | 6,398,491 | 75,788,000 | $28,457,789,000 | $6,302,777,000 | $1,270,528,000
Alabama | 262,720 | 20,713,000 | 216,510,000 | 71,163,000 | 16,279,000
Arizona | 8,078 | 1,242,000 | 42,116,000 | 4,918,000 | 1,779,000
Arkansas | 214,275 | 17,377,000 | 245,137,000 | 62,992,000 | 16,806,000
California | 87,670 | 27,883,000 | 1,315,718,000 | 132,842,000 | 36,393,000
Colorado | 45,839 | 13,448,000 | 361,680,000 | 45,335,000 | 12,761,000
Connecticut | 26,431 | 2,176,000 | 71,527,000 | 65,094,000 | 6,865,000
Delaware | 10,800 | 1,037,000 | 34,810,000 | 18,117,000 | 3,202,000
District of Columbia | 214 | 6,000 | 5,466,000 | 835,000 | 62,000
Florida | 49,834 | 5,231,000 | 93,288,000 | 24,335,000 | 4,429,000
Georgia | 290,499 | 26,866,000 | 369,120,000 | 108,483,000 | 20,883,000
Idaho | 30,741 | 5,269,000 | 219,346,000 | 25,074,000 | 10,459,000
Illinois | 250,853 | 32,471,000 | 3,081,564,000 | 429,630,000 | 73,533,000
Indiana | 214,741 | 21,264,000 | 1,325,475,000 | 264,750,000 | 40,880,000
Iowa | 216,807 | 33,905,000 | 2,799,025,000 | 454,694,000 | 95,273,000
Kansas | 177,299 | 43,261,000 | 1,534,552,000 | 199,101,000 | 48,244,000
Kentucky | 258,742 | 22,159,000 | 483,127,000 | 150,655,000 | 20,793,000
Louisiana | 120,270 | 10,519,000 | 189,071,000 | 49,611,000 | 18,951,000
Maine | 59,773 | 6,291,000 | 85,923,000 | 72,753,000 | 14,476,000
Maryland | 48,769 | 5,051,000 | 163,023,000 | 77,751,000 | 11,845,000
Massachusetts | 36,512 | 2,870,000 | 104,273,000 | 87,025,000 | 11,512,000
Michigan | 206,376 | 18,913,000 | 612,143,000 | 284,914,000 | 49,771,000
Minnesota | 155,759 | 27,623,000 | 1,016,889,000 | 242,621,000 | 52,243,000
Mississippi | 273,820 | 18,419,000 | 250,715,000 | 79,580,000 | 16,726,000
Missouri | 276,081 | 34,516,000 | 1,441,529,000 | 268,976,000 | 50,769,000
Montana | 25,946 | 13,499,000 | 225,819,000 | 24,666,000 | 10,522,000
Nebraska | 129,419 | 38,553,000 | 1,613,077,000 | 198,480,000 | 44,215,000
Nevada | 2,660 | 2,585,000 | 34,876,000 | 4,277,000 | 1,558,000

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NUMBER, ACREAGE, AND VALUE OF FARMS, BY STATES: 1910.—Continued

State.

Number
of
Farms.

Land
in
Farms.
(Acres.)

Value of
Farms.
(Land.)

Value of
Farms.
(Buildings.)

Implements
and
Machinery.

New Hampshire | 26,913 | 3,242,000 | $44,327,000 | $41,215,000 | $5,870,000
New Jersey | 33,161 | 2,562,000 | 122,357,000 | 90,784,000 | 12,955,000
New Mexico | 35,032 | 11,225,000 | 98,496,000 | 12,934,000 | 4,101,000
New York | 214,650 | 21,998,000 | 703,214,000 | 473,008,000 | 83,330,000
North Carolina | 253,425 | 22,400,000 | 342,545,000 | 113,170,000 | 18,415,000
North Dakota | 74,165 | 28,392,000 | 729,896,000 | 92,139,000 | 43,887,000
Ohio | 271,383 | 24,074,000 | 1,283,827,000 | 366,919,000 | 51,115,000
Oklahoma | 189,438 | 28,717,000 | 647,178,000 | 89,295,000 | 27,002,000
Oregon | 45,128 | 11,628,000 | 409,949,000 | 43,622,000 | 13,135,000
Pennsylvania | 218,394 | 18,556,000 | 627,185,000 | 408,115,000 | 70,547,000
Porto Rico | 58,371 | 2,085,000 | 73,968,000 | 8,752,000 | 8,711,000
Rhode Island | 5,191 | 442,000 | 14,837,000 | 12,619,000 | 1,753,000
South Carolina | 176,180 | 13,469,000 | 267,931,000 | 63,902,000 | 14,067,000
South Dakota | 77,314 | 25,952,000 | 901,134,000 | 102,317,000 | 33,762,000
Tennessee | 245,509 | 20,011,000 | 370,783,000 | 108,823,000 | 21,260,000
Texas | 416,377 | 109,226,000 | 1,613,513,000 | 209,200,000 | 56,533,000
Utah | 21,426 | 33,540,000 | 98,891,000 | 17,987,000 | 4,451,000
Vermont | 32,598 | 4,653,000 | 58,255,000 | 54,072,000 | 10,162,000
Virginia | 183,762 | 19,476,000 | 393,837,000 | 137,081,000 | 18,079,000
Washington | 55,744 | 11,663,000 | 515,918,000 | 54,224,000 | 16,653,000
West Virginia | 95,876 | 9,961,000 | 205,610,000 | 56,848,000 | 6,962,000
Wisconsin | 176,546 | 21,012,000 | 909,462,000 | 288,096,000 | 52,783,000
Wyoming | 10,980 | 8,543,000 | 88,877,000 | 8,983,000 | 3,765,000

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TABLE OF OCCUPATIONS

Census of 1890

- All Occupations (persons engaged in) 22,735,861

Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining, total, 9,013,336

- Agricultural laborers 3,004,061
- Apiarists 1,778
- Dairymen and dairywomen 17,895
- Farmers, planters, and overseers 5,281,557
- Fishermen and oystermen 60,162

- Gardeners, florists, nurserymen, and vine growers 72,601

- Lumbermen and raftsmen 65,866
- Miners (coal) 208,545
- Miners (not otherwise specified) 141,047
- Quarrymen 37,656
- Stock raisers, herders, and drovers 70,729
- Wood choppers 33,697
- Other agricultural pursuits 17,747

Professional Service, 944,333

- Actors 9,728
- Architects 8,070
- Artists and teachers of art 22,496

- Authors and literary and scientific persons 6,714

- Chemists, assayers, and metallurgists 4,503
- Clergymen 88,203
- Dentists 17,498
- Designers, draughtsmen, and inventors 9,391

- Engineers (civil, mechanical, electrical, and mining and surveyors) 43,239

- Journalists 21,849
- Lawyers 89,630
- Musicians and teachers of music 62,155

- Officers of the United States army and navy 2,926

- Officials (Government) 79,664

- Physicians and surgeons 104,805

- Professors in colleges and universities 5,393

- Teachers 341,952
- Theatrical managers, showmen, etc. 18,055
- Veterinary surgeons 6,494
- Other professional service 1,569

p. 138

Domestic and Personal Service, 4,360,577

- Barbers and hairdressers 84,982
- Bartenders 55,806
- Boarding and lodging house keepers 44,349

- Engineers and firemen (not locomotive) 139,765

- Hotel keepers 44,076
- Housekeepers and stewards 92,036
- Hunters, trappers, guides, and scouts 2,534
- Janitors 21,556
- Laborers (not specified) 1,913,373
- Launderers and laundresses 248,463
- Nurses and midwives 47,586
- Restaurant keepers 19,283
- Saloon keepers 71,385
- Servants 1,454,791
- Sextons 4,982

- Soldiers, sailors, and marines (United States) 27,819

- Watchmen, policemen, and detectives 74,629

- Other domestic and personal service 13,063

Trade and Transportation, 3,326,122

- Agents (claim, commission, real estate, insurance, etc.) and collectors 174,582

- Auctioneers 3,205

- Bankers and brokers (money and stocks) 30,008

- Boatmen and canalmen 16,716
- Bookkeepers and accountants 159,374
- Brokers (commercial) 5,960
- Clerks and copyists 557,358
- Commercial travellers 58,691
- Draymen, hackmen, teamsters, etc 368,499
- Foremen and overseers 36,084
- Hostlers 54,036
- Hucksters and pedlers 59,083
- Livery stable keepers 26,757
- Locomotive engineers and firemen 79,463

- Merchants and dealers in drugs and chemicals (retail) 46,375

- Merchants and dealers in drygoods (retail) 42,527

- Merchants and dealers in groceries (retail) 114,997

- Merchants and dealers in wines and liquors (retail) 10,078

- Merchants and dealers in wines and liquors (wholesale) 3,643

- Merchants and dealers not specified (retail) 446,262

- Merchants and dealers (wholesale), importers and shipping merchants 27,443

- Messengers, and errand and office boys 51,355

- Newspaper carriers and newsboys 5,288

- Officials of banks and insurance, trade, transportation, trust and other companies 39,900

- Packers and shippers 24,946

- Pilots 4,259

- Porters and helpers (in stores and warehouses) 24,356

- Sailors 55,899

- Salesmen and saleswomen 264,394

- Steam railroad employés (not otherwise specified) 382,750

- Stenographers and typewriters 33,418

p. 139

- Street railway employés 37,434

- Telephone and telegraph operators 52,314

- Telephone and telegraph linemen and electric light and power company employés 11,134

- Undertakers 9,891

- Weighers, gaugers, and measurers 3,860

- Other persons in trade and transportation 3,883

Manufacturing and Mechanical Industries. 5,091,393

- Agricultural implement makers (not otherwise classified) 3,755

- Apprentices (blacksmiths') 4,244
- Apprentices (boot and shoe makers') 1,031
- Apprentices (carpenters and joiners') 6,760

- Apprentices (carriage and wagon makers') 852

- Apprentices (dressmakers') 4,340
- Apprentices (leather curriers', etc.) 421
- Apprentices (machinists') 9,738
- Apprentices (masons') 1,927
- Apprentices (milliners') 1,204
- Apprentices (painters') 2,321
- Apprentices (plumbers') 4,624
- Apprentices (printers') 4,635
- Apprentices (tailors') 2,625
- Apprentices (tinsmiths') 2,037

- Apprentices (not otherwise specified) 35,698

- Artificial flower makers 3,046
- Bakers 60,197
- Basket makers 5,225
- Blacksmiths 205,337
- Bleachers, dyers, and scourers 14,210
- Bone and ivory workers 1,691
- Bookbinders 23,858
- Boot and shoe makers and repairers 213,544

- Bottlers and mineral and soda-water makers 7,230

- Box makers (paper) 17,757

- Box makers (wood) 10,883

- Brass workers (not otherwise specified) 17,265

- Brewers and maltsters 20,362

- Brick and tile makers and terra cotta workers 60,214

- Britannia workers 904
- Broom and brush makers 10,115
- Builders and contractors 45,988
- Butchers 105,456
- Butter and cheese makers 11,211
- Button makers 2,601
- Cabinetmakers 35,915
- Candle, soap, and tallow makers 3,450
- Carpenters and joiners 611,482
- Carpet makers 22,302

- Carriage and wagon makers (not otherwise classified) 34,538

- Charcoal, coke, and lime burners 8,704
- Chemical works employés 3,628
- Clock and watch makers and repairers 25,252
- Compositors 30,060
- Confectioners 23,251

p. 140

- Coopers 47,486
- Cooper workers 3,384
- Corset makers 6,533
- Cotton mill operatives 173,142
- Distillers and rectifiers 3,314
- Door, sash, and blind makers 5,041
- Dressmakers 289,164
- Electroplaters 2,756
- Electrotypers and stereotypers 1,471
- Engravers 8,320
- Fertilizer makers 732
- Fish curers and packers 1,279
- Gas works employés 5,224
- Glass workers 34,382
- Glove makers 6,416
- Gold and silver workers 20,263

- Gunsmiths, locksmiths, and bell hangers 9,158

- Hair workers 1,254

- Harness and saddle makers and repairers 43,480

- Hat and cap makers 24,013
- Hosiery and knitting mill operatives 29,555
- Iron and steel workers 144,921
- Lace and embroidery makers 5,256
- Lead and zinc workers 4,616

- Leather curriers, dressers, finishers, and tanners 39,332

- Machinists 177,090

- Manufacturers and officials of manufacturing companies1 01,610

- Marble and stone cutters 61,070

- Masons (brick and stone) 158,918

- Meat and fruit packers, canners, and preservers 5,830

- Mechanics (not otherwise specified) 15,485

- Metal workers (not otherwise specified) 16,694

- Mill and factory operatives (not specified) 93,596

- Millers (flour and grist) 52,841
- Milliners 60,842
- Model and pattern makers 10,300
- Moulders 66,289

- Musical instrument makers (not otherwise specified) 652

- Nail and tack makers 4,583
- Oil well employés 9,147
- Oil works employés 5,624
- Painters, glaziers, and varnishers 219,912
- Paper hangers 12,369
- Paper mill operatives 27,817
- Photographers 20,840
- Piano and organ makers and tuners 14,683
- Plasterers 39,002
- Plumbers and gas and steam fitters 56,607
- Potters 14,928
- Powder and cartridge makers 1,385

- Printers, lithographers, and pressmen 86,893

- Print works operatives 6,701

- Publishers of books, maps, and newspapers 6,284

- Roofers and slaters 7,043
- Rope and cordage makers 8,001
- Rubber factory operatives 16,162
- Sail, awning, and tent makers 3,257
- Salt works employés 1,765
- Saw and planing mill employés 133,637

p. 141

- Seamstresses 150,044

- Sewing machine makers (not otherwise classified) 880

- Sewing machine operators 7,126
- Ship and boat builders 22,951
- Shirt, collar, and cuff makers 21,097
- Silk mill operatives 34,855
- Starch makers 746
- Steam boiler makers 21,339
- Stove, furnace, and grate makers 8,932
- Straw workers 3,666
- Sugar makers and refiners 2,616
- Tailors and tailoresses 185,400
- Tinners and tinware makers 55,488
- Tobacco and cigar operatives 111,385

- Tools and cutlery (not otherwise specified) 17,985

- Trunk, valise, leather case, and pocket-book makers 6,297

- Umbrella and parasol makers 3,403
- Upholsterers 25,666
- Well borers 4,854
- Wheelwrights 12,856
- Whitewashers 3,996
- Wire workers 12,319

- Wood workers (not otherwise specified) 67,360

- Woolen mill operatives 84,109

- Other persons in manufacturing and mechanical industries 76,714

p. 142

INDEX.

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- A Better Plan 22
- About Advertising 46
- " Canadian Patents 73
- " Getting Up Circulars 51
- Acreage of Farms by States 135
- Advertisements, How to Write 47
- Agreement, Form of 22
- Assignee, Grantee, and Licensee Defined 92
- Assigning an Undivided Interest 58
- Assignments 79
- "Conditional 87

- Basis for Estimation 32

- Business Capacity of the Inventor 16

- Canadian Cities, Population of 78
- "Patents, About 73
- "" Selling 76
- Capital, Securing 20
- Circulars 50
- "About Getting Up 51

- Cities in the United States, Population of 132

- Classes of Rights, Dividing a Patent into 59

- Commercial Value 31
- Companies, Forming, and Manufacturing 67
- " Stock in Stock 36
- " To Organize Stock 68
- Conditional Assignments 87

- Correspondence as a Means of Bringing Patents Before Interested Parties 48

p. 143

- Danger in an Undivided Interest 26
- Decisions and Notes 79
- "Assignments 79
- "Licenses 82
- "Patent Title 84
- "Territorial Grants 76
- Demand for Inventions of Merit 9
- Dividing Patents into Classes of Rights 59
- Drawings, Working 53

- Estimating Prices for State Rights 38
- Estimation, Basis for 32
- Exhibit of Inventions 25

- Farms in Each State, Number, Acreage and Value of 135

- First Impressions All-important 52

- Form, Assignment of an Undivided Interest 96

- " " of Entire Interest 94
- " Grant of a Territorial Interest 97
- " License, Exclusive With Royalty 102
- " "Non-exclusive With Royalty 100
- " "Shop-right 99
- " of Agreement (Securing Capital) 22
- Forming Companies, and Manufacturing 67
- Forms, Legal, of Value to Patentees 92

- General Rules for Valuation 33
- Grantee 86
- Granting Licenses 62
- Grants, Territorial 81

- How Rating for Royalty Is Figured 33
- " to Arrive at the Value of a Patent 30
- "" Conduct the Sale of Patents 41, 55
- "" Correspond with Manufacturers 49
- "" Write an Advertisement 47

- Illustrations for Circulars 50

- In Case the Patentee Cannot Undertake Selling 44

- Income from Inventions 13

- Independence Through Successful Invention 13

- Industrial Progress Based upon Patent System 11

- Inventions as a Poor Man's Opportunity 18

- " Exhibit of 25

p. 144

- " Income from 13
- " of Merit, Demand for 9
- " Perfecting 24
- " Value of Record of 26
- Inventor, Business Capacity of the 16

- Law, the Language of 93
- Laws, State, on Selling Patents 88
- Legal Forms of Value to Patentees 92
- Licensee 86
- Licenses, Decisions 82
- " Granting 62

- Manufacturers, How to Correspond with 49
- Manufacturing, and Forming Companies 67
- Map of the United States 106
- Methods of Selling Patents 45
- Models, Value of 52
- Money in Patents 15
- Monopoly in Patents 10
- Mortgages 86
- Must Be Recorded (Transfer of Patents) 86

- Newspaper Notoriety 27

- Number of Farms in Each State 135

- Occupations, Table of 137

- Official Census of the United States for 1910 107

- Organizing Stock Companies 68

- Outright Assignments 58

- Patent, How to arrive at the Value of a 30

- " Selling Agencies 41

- " System, Industrial Progress Based upon 11

- " Title 79
- Patents, Canadian 73
- " Copies, How to Secure 51
- " How to Conduct the Sale of 41, 55
- " Money in 15
- " Monopoly in 10
- " Prejudice against 26
- " State Laws on 88
- " Unprofitable 14
- Pecuniary value 30

p. 145

- Perfecting Inventions 24
- Personal Influence, Value of 56
- " Solicitation Advisable 56
- Pigeon-holing Patents 65
- Placing upon Royalty 64
- Population of Canadian Cities 78
- " " Cities of the United States, 1910 132
- " " Counties of Each State, 1910 107
- Prejudice against Patents 26
- Prices of Territorial Rights 37
- Printed Copies of Patents, Uses of 51

- Recorded, Must Be (Transfer of Patents) 86
- Royalty, How Rating for, Is Figured 35
- " Placing upon 64
- Rules for Valuation, General 33
- " of Practice 85
- " " " Assignees 86
- " " " Assignments 85
- " " " Conditional Assignments 87
- " " " Licensees 86
- " " " Grantees 86
- " " " Mortgages 86
- " " " Must Be Recorded 86

- Sale of Patents, How to Conduct 41, 55
- Securing Capital 20
- Selling Agencies, Patent 41
- " Agent, The Patentee the Best 43
- " by Territorial Rights 61
- " Canadian Patents 76

- " In Case Patentee Cannot Undertake the 44

- " Outright 58
- " Patents, Methods of 45
- Solicitation, Personal, Advisable 56
- State Laws on Selling Patents 88
- "Rights, Table for Estimating Prices of 38
- Statistics and Tables 107
- Stock Companies, To Organize 68
- " in Stock Companies 36
- "Squeezed," To Avoid Being 25

- Table of Occupations 137

- Tables, Statistics and 107

p. 146

- " Valuation 37
- Territorial Grants 81
- "Rights, Prices for 37
- " " Selling by 61
- The Language of Law 92
- " Patentee the Best Selling Agent 43
- Title, Patent 84
- To Avoid Being "Squeezed" 25
- To Organize Stock Companies 68
- Trading as a Last Resort 71

- Uses of Printed Copies (Patents) 51
- Undivided Interest, Assigning an 59
- " " Dangers in an 20
- United States, Map of the 106
- " " Population of Cities of the 132
- " " " " by Counties, 1910 107
- Unprofitable Patents 14

- Valuation, General Rules for 33
- " Tables 37
- Value, Commercial 31
- " of Farms, by States, 1910 135
- " " Models 52
- " " Patent, How to Arrive at the 30
- " " Personal Influence 56
- " " Record of Invention 26
- " " Pecuniary 30

- Working Drawings 54

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Table of Contents

PRACTICAL POINTERS for PATENTEES

- F. A. CRESEE, M.E.
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS

PRACTICAL POINTERS for PATENTEES

CHAPTER I

- DEMAND FOR INVENTIONS OF MERIT

CHAPTER II

- INCOME FROM INVENTIONS

CHAPTER III

- SECURING CAPITAL

CHAPTER IV

- HOW TO ARRIVE AT THE VALUE OF A PATENT

CHAPTER V

- HOW TO CONDUCT THE SALE OF PATENTS

CHAPTER VI

- HOW TO CONDUCT THE SALE OF PATENTS—Continued

CHAPTER VII

- ABOUT CANADIAN PATENTS

- POPULATION OF

CANADIAN CITIES

CHAPTER VIII

- DECISIONS AND NOTES

CHAPTER IX

- THE TRANSFER OF PATENT RIGHTS

CHAPTER X

- TABLES AND STATISTICS

- ALABAMA.—Area, 51,998 square miles.

- ARIZONA.—Area, 113,956 square miles.

- ARKANSAS.—Area, 53,335 square miles.

- CALIFORNIA.—Area, 158,297 square miles.

- COLORADO.—Area, 103,948 square miles.

- CONNECTICUT.—Area, 4,965 square miles.

- DELAWARE.—Area, 2,370 square miles.

- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—Area, 70 square miles.

- FLORIDA.—Area, 58,666 square miles.

- GEORGIA.—Area, 59,265 square miles.

- IDAHO.—Area, 84,313 square miles.

- ILLINOIS.—Area, 56,665 square miles.

- INDIANA.—Area, 36,354 square miles.

- IOWA.—Area, 56,147 square miles.

- KANSAS.—Area, 82,158 square miles.

- KENTUCKY.—Area, 49,598 square miles.

- LOUISIANA.—Area, 48,506 square miles.

- MAINE.—Area, 33,040 square miles.

- MARYLAND.—Area, 12,327 square miles.

- MASSACHUSETTS.—Area, 8,266 square miles.

- MICHIGAN.—Area, 57,980 square miles.

- MINNESOTA.—Area, 84,628 square miles.

- MISSISSIPPI.—Area, 46,865 square miles.

- MISSOURI.—Area, 69,420 square miles.

- MONTANA.—Area, 146,572 square miles.

- NEBRASKA.—Area, 77,520 square miles.

- NEVADA.—Area, 110,690 square miles.

- NEW HAMPSHIRE.—Area, 9,341 square miles.

- NEW JERSEY.—Area, 8,224 square miles.

- NEW MEXICO.—Area, 122,634 square miles.

- NEW YORK.—Area, 49,204 square miles.

- NORTH CAROLINA.—Area, 52,426 square miles.

- NORTH DAKOTA.—Area, 70,837 square miles.

- OHIO.—Area, 41,040 square miles.

- OKLAHOMA.—Area, 70,057 square miles.

- OREGON.—Area, 96,699 square miles.

- PENNSYLVANIA.—Area, 45,126 square miles.

- RHODE ISLAND.—Area, 1,248 square miles.

- SOUTH CAROLINA.—Area, 30,989 square miles.

- SOUTH DAKOTA.—Area, 77,615 square miles.

- TENNESSEE.—Area, 42,022 square miles.

- TEXAS.—Area, 265,896 square miles.

- UTAH.—Area, 84,990 square miles.

- VERMONT.—Area, 9,564 square miles.

- VIRGINIA.—Area, 42,627 square miles.

- WASHINGTON.—Area, 69,127 square miles.

- WEST VIRGINIA.—Area, 24,170 square miles.

- WISCONSIN.—Area, 56,066 square miles.

- WYOMING.—Area, 97,914 square miles.

POPULATION OF CITIES

- Cities of over 100,000 population

- Cities of from 25,000 to 100,000 population

TABLE OF OCCUPATIONS

- Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining, total, 9,013,336

- Professional Service, 944,333
- Domestic and Personal Service, 4,360,577
- Trade and Transportation, 3,326,122

- Manufacturing and Mechanical Industries. 5,091,393

INDEX.

PATENTS

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- MONOPLANES AND BIPLANES

- Their Design, Construction and Operation By GROVER CLEVELAND LOENING, B.Sc., A.M., C.E. 12mo, 340 Pages, 278 Illustrations. Price, $2.50 postpaid

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