ere there are drawings the description will refer by figures to
the different views, and by letters or figures to the different parts.

20--The specification must be signed by the inventor or his attorney,
and the signature must be attested by two witnesses. Full names must be
given, and all names, whether of applicants or witnesses, must be
legibly written.

21--All of the papers must be written in a fair, legible hand, on but
one side of the paper, otherwise the office may require them to be
printed. All interlineations and erasures must be clearly marked in
marginal or foot notes, written on the same page. Legal cap paper, with
the lines numbered, is preferable, and a wide margin must be reserved
upon the left hand side of each page of the specification.

THE OATH.

22--The inventor must make oath that he does verily believe himself to
be the original and first inventor or discoverer of the art, machine,
manufacture, composition or improvement for which he solicits a patent.
That the same has not been patented to himself or others with his
knowledge or consent in any foreign country, or if the same has been so
patented, the details of, name, country, date, number and term must be
given; and that the same has not to his knowledge been introduced into
public use in the Hawaiian Islands for more than one year; that he does
not know or believe that the same was ever before known or used, and
shall state of what country he is a citizen, and his place of residence.

23--The oath may be made before any person within this Republic
authorized by law to administer oaths, or when the applicant resides in
any foreign country, before any Minister, Charge d'Affaires, Consul or
Commercial Agent, holding commission under the Hawaiian Government, or
before any Notary Public in such foreign country, the oath being
attested in all cases by the proper official seal of the officer before
whom oath is made.

When the oath is sworn before any official abroad, other than a Hawaiian
Consul or Agent, a certificate as to the authority of such official must
be obtained from such Consul or Agent under his official seal and
annexed thereto.

DRAWINGS.

24--The applicant for a patent is required by law to furnish drawings
of his invention where the nature of the case admits of it.

25--The drawings must be signed by the inventor, or his attorney, and
attested by two witnesses, and must show every feature of the invention
covered by