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THE SAME MANNER AS PROCEEDINGS IN A COURT OF RECORD.
(H) PERJURY IN PROCEEDING.

ANY WILLFUL AND FALSE OATH OR AFFIRMATION MADE IN
ANY HEARING BEFORE THE ARCHIVIST OR IN ANY APPLICATION,
CERTIFICATE, DEPOSITION, OR OTHER DOCUMENT FILED IN A
PROCEEDING TO OBTAIN A PATENT, IS PERJURY AND MAY BE
PUNISHED ACCORDINGLY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 21, §13—103 of the Code. The subsections
have been divided and rearranged for
organizational purposes.

References to "Commissioner" in this and
subsequent sections are proposed for deletion
as obsolete and "Archivist" be substituted.

In subsection (b)(5), the provision that
permits the Archivist to determine the
"propriety" of a patent is omitted and new
language is added in accordance with the
probable original legislative intent.

Subsection (e) is new language derived from
present subsection (c).

The last sentence in existing subsection (d)
is proposed for deletion so that it may be
added to form new subsection (f) in §13—110.
The change is proposed for organizational
purposes.

The only other changes are in style.

13-104. WHO MAY OBTAIN PATENT; INTEREST NOT PASSED,
AFFECTED OR ACQUIRED UNTIL ISSUANCE OF PATENT.

(A)   PERSONS ENTITLED TO APPLY FOR PATENT.

A PERSON MAY OBTAIN A PATENT FOR VACANT LAND OR
OBTAIN A NEW PATENT FOR LAND PREVIOUSLY PATENTED, OR
BOTH, IN THE MANNER AND TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED IN THIS

TITLE.

(B)   INTEREST BEFORE PATENT ISSUES.

THE INTEREST OF THE STATE DOES NOT PASS AND IS NOT
AFFECTED BY ANY PROCEEDING UNDER THIS TITLE UNTIL THE
ACTUAL ISSUANCE OF A PATENT. A PERSON DOES NOT ACQUIRE
ANY INTEREST IN ANY LAND BY FILING AN APPLICATION, OR BY
THE ISSUANCE OR RETURN OF ANY WARRANT OR CERTIFICATE OF