COMMERCIAL TREATIES OF ROUMANIA WITH GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA. Minister Riddle to the Secretary of State. No. 18. Roumanian Series.] AMERICAN LEGATION, a Bucharest, April 7, 1906. SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of the treaty of commerce between Great Britain and Roumania, in effect March 1, 1906. The list contained on pages 8716-8721, inclusive, enumerates the British imports which enjoy a reduction from the duties imposed by the Roumanian general tariff, a copy of which was forwarded to the department with my No. 17, of the 5th instant. I have, etc., J. W. RIDDLE. Minister Riddle to the Secretary of State. No. 24. Roumanian Series.] AMERICAN LEGATION, SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith the official text, in French and Roumanian, of a treaty of commerce between Roumania and Russia, in effect April 4, 1906. I have, etc., J. W. RIDDLE. CONVENTION FOR THE RECIPROCAL PROTECTION OF TRADE MARKS. Signed at Bucharest March 18/31, 1906. Ratification advised by the Senate May 4, 1906. Ratified by the President May 10, 1906. Ratified by Roumania June 20, 1906. Ratifications exchanged at Bucharest June 21, 1906. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a convention between the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Roumania, providing for the reciprocal protection of trade-marks, was concluded and signed by their respective eighteenth plenipotentiaries at Bucharest, on the day of March, one thirty-first thousand nine hundred and six, the original of which convention, being in the English and Roumanian languages, is, word for word, as follows: The United States of America and His Majesty the King of Roumania, being desirous of securing a complete and effective protection of the manufacturing industry of the citizens and subjects of the two countries, the undersigned, being duly authorized to that effect, have agreed upon the following provisions: @ Not printed. ARTICLE I. The citizens and subjects of each of the high contracting parties shall enjoy in the dominions and possessions of the other the same rights as are given to native citizens or subjects in matters relating to trade-marks. ARTICLE II. In order to secure to their marks the protection stipulated for by the preceding article, American citizens in the Kingdom of Roumania and Roumanian subjects in the United States of America must fulfill the formalities prescribed to that effect by the laws and regulations of the country in which the protection is desired. ARTICLE III. The present convention shall take effect from the date of its official publication in the two countries and shall remain in force until the expiration of twelve months immediately following a denunciation made by one or the other of the contracting parties. In witness whereof, the undersigned have signed the present convention and have thereto affixed their seals. Done in duplicate at Bucharest, March 18/31, 1906. And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Bucharest on the twenty-first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and six; Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirtieth. SIR: It may be of interest to know that during the last parliamentary session (November, 1905-May, 1906) twenty-seven Roumanian Jews were naturalized by vote of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies and thus admitted to all the rights enjoyed by Roumanian subjects. I have, etc., J. W. RIDDLE. PATENT LAW OF ROUMANIA. Minister Riddle to the Secretary of State. No. 21. Roumanian Series.] AMERICAN LEGATION, Bucharest, April 18, 1906. SIR: In reply to the department's instruction No. 12, of the 23d ultimo, inquiring as to the date of the promulgation of the new Roumanian patent law, I have the honor to inform you that it was promulgated and went into effect on January 30, 1906 (January 17, old style). I have been informed by the minister for commerce and labor of Roumania that the "Reglement d'Administration Publique," minutely prescribing the formalities to be observed under the application of this law, has just been completed and will forward a translation to the department, to supplement the text of the law and to give all necessary explanation to persons desiring to take advantage of the new law. I have, etc., J. W. RIDDLE. Minister Riddle to the Secretary of State. No. 25. Roumanian Series.] AMERICAN LEGATION, SIR: Referring to my No. 21, of April 18 last, relating to the Roumanian patent law, I have the honor to inclose herewith a translation of the rules, to be followed in obtaining a patent, in which are set forth all the formalities to be observed by persons applying for patent in Roumania. I have, etc., J. W. RIDDLE. [Inclosure.] Extract from the rules relating to the formalities for obtaining a patent in Roumania. ARTICLE 18. Parties desirous of obtaining a patent must present petition to the ministry for agriculture, industry, trade, and domains. To this petition must be joined 1. A memorandum containing the summary but precise description of the object of the invention; 2. Designs and models or samples which may be necessary for understanding the description; 3. Receipt for the legal tax paid; 4. The original letters patent, or a legalized copy thereof, of the patent already obtained abroad, if a patent of importation is applied for; 5. The notarial power of attorney provided in articles 22 and 25, if the petition is presented by an attorney. 59605-FR 1906-79 The description and designs shall be presented in two copies absolutely identical, dated, and signed by applicant. One petition shall not contain applications for several patents, and these may not be issued in one certificate only. Each power of attorney shall serve for one petition only; foreign powers to be translated and legalized by the foreign office. ART. 20. The description to be the exact explanation of the invention and so conceived that any competent man be enabled to manufacture the object of the invention with the means till then known. At the close of the description the applicant shall specify what he considers new in the described object for which he claims the right of property. The description must be made on white paper of maximum 27 cm. length and 21 cm. width. ART. 21. The drawings to be made so as to represent exactly and clearly the object of the invention and to show it, as much as possible, by plan, section, and elevation. They must be in double copies, one on drawing paper, the other on tracing paper, drawn with china ink and executed on a metrical scale of (a) 1/1 or 1/2 (1.00 or 0.50 per meter) for the object whose natural size does not exceed 1 meter; (b) 1/2, 1/5, and 1/10 (0.50, 0.20, and 0.10 per meter) for objects whose natural size exceeds 1 meter. For one of the dimensions of the filed drawings there shall, as much as possible, be kept the size of 27 cm.; in exceptional cases there will be made an allowance till 54 cm. The parts of the drawings specially constituting the object of the invention for which the patent is applied for shall be colored differently from the rest, with preference in violet. The letters a, b, c, d, or the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, serving to show the different parts of the drawings, must be of reasonable size and good type. The same letters and forms must indicate the same parts in all drawings. The drawings shall have at the left upper corner the name of the applicant, at the right upper corner the order number of the drawing, and on the right lower corner the signature of the applicant, inventor, or attorney. The drawings shall have on the upper left side of the margin 2 cm. each. RUSSIA. INAUGURATION OF THE PARLIAMENT (DOUMA) OF RUSSIA. Ambassador Meyer to the Secretary of State. [Telegram.] AMERICAN EMBASSY, Official messenger announces, owing to the last ukase increasing number of voters enormously, will take not less than two months to revise and publish voting lists. All possible efforts being made by Government to hasten work. Announces Douma probably convene not before end of April. MEYER. Ambassador Meyer to the Secretary of State. [Telegram. Paraphrase.] AMERICAN EMBASSY, St. Petersburg, February 27, 1906. (Mr. Meyer states that it has been officially announced that the Douma will convene on the 10th of May.) No. 463.] Ambassador Meyer to the Secretary of State. AMERICAN EMBASSY, St. Petersburg, March 14, 1906. SIR: I beg leave to report that an imperial manifesto dated the 6th instant announces that in the future the Council of the Empire will consist of an equal number of elective members and members nominated by the Emperor. It will be convoked annually by an imperial ukase at the same time with the Douma. The two assemblies will have equal legislative powers and each can exercise the same initiative in introducing bills or interrogations. Every bill must be passed by both houses before being sent to the Tsar for his signature and approval. The elected members of the Council will be eligible for nine years, a third being reelected every three years. This reorganized Council will be limited to 196 members, of which 98 will be elective (18 to be chosen from the nobles, 50 from the county council or the assembly of the zemstvo of each government, 6 members from the Orthodox Church, 6 from the representation of the universities. 12 from the representatives of the council of com |