And in the execution to be issued upon any judgment obtained in pursuance of this act, a clause shall be inserted, commanding the sheriff or other proper officer to deliver the said engine, device or machine, to the plaintiff if it can be conveniently removed ; but if not, that then and in such a case, the said sheriff, or other proper officer, shall cause the same to be prostrated, destroyed and rendered useless, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

And it is further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the sole and exclusive right and privilege for making, using and vending the engines, machines and devices aforesaid, by this act granted to the said James Rumsey, his executors, administrators and assigns, shall continue for the term of years from the time of passing

this act, and no longer : And that all actions to him or them accrued, or accruing within the said term, shall remain in full force during and after the expiration of this act Endorsed,

Act for vesting in

James Rumsey &c. &c.

1102 EARLY STEAM NAVIGATION.

To the Honourable the Legislature of the State of New-York in Senate and Assembly convened.

The Petition of John Stevens Jun'^ of Hoboken in the State of New Jersey.

That your Petitioner has bestowed a great deal of Time and Thought towards perfecting a Machine for propelling a Vessel through the Water by means of Steam. That he lias at length brought his Invention to that degree of perfection. That as he conceives little or no further Improvement can be made on it -- That to the best of his Knowledge & Belief his Scheme is altogether new or at least does not interfere with the Inventions of either of the Gentlemen who have applied to your honourable Body for an exclusive Right of navigating by means of Steam.