from any moneys in the Treasury of the United States. not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of the expenses of transporting said coins from the Hawaiian Islands to the mint at San Francisco, and a return of a like amount in the subsidiary coins of the United States to the Hawaiian Islands. Approved, January 14, 1903. ACT OF MARCH 3, 1903. 1109. CHAP. 1007.-An act making appropriations for sundry, 32 Stat. L., civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * * * TRANSPORTATION OF SILVER COIN: * Provided, Subsidiary coinage, limiVol. 31, p. 47, That the authority given to the Secretary of the tation removed. Treasury to coin subsidiary silver coin by the eighth sec- amended. tion of an act entitled "An act to define and fix the standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes," approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred, may hereafter be exercised without limitation as to the amount of such subsidiary coin outstanding. And the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress the cost arising under this appropriation. Approved, March 3, 1903. * ACT OF MARCH 3, 1903. CHAP. 1015.-An act to amend section three of the "Act further to prevent counterfeiting or manufacturing of dies, tools, or other implements used in manufacturing," and so forth, approved February tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. 32 Stat. L., 1223. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section three of an act entitled "An act, Counterfeit further to prevent counterfeiting or manufacturing of ing, etc. Vol. 26, p. dies, tools, or other implements used in manufacturing, and providing penalties therefor, and providing for the 742, amended. issue of such warrants in certain cases," approved February tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, be, and it hereby is, amended so as to read as follows: tisements sim Using adver- "SEC. 3. That every person who makes, or who causes ilar to coins, or procures to be made, or who brings into the United etc., prohibited. States from any foreign country, or who shall have in possession with intent to sell, give away, or in any other manner use the same, any business or professional card, notice, placard, token, device, print, or impression, or any other thing whatsoever, in likeness or similitude as to design, color, or the inscription thereon, of any of the coins of the United States or of any foreign country that have been or hereafter may be issued as money, either under the authority of the United States or under the authority of any foreign government, shall, upon convicPenalty. tion thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars. But nothing in this act shall be construed Illustrations to forbid or prevent the printing and publishing of illusbooks, etc., not trations of coins and medals, or the making of the necessary plates for the same, to be used in illustrating numismatic and historical books and journals and the circulars of legitimate publishers and dealers in the same." Approved, March 3, 1903. for numismatic prohibited. 178. ACT OF APRIL 13, 1904. 33 Stat. L., CHAP. 1253.—An act to authorize the Government of the United States to participate in celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the exploration of the Oregon country by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the years eighteen hundred and four, eighteen hundred and five, and eighteen hundred and six, and for other purposes. Memorial gold dollar. Limit. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * ** *** * SEC. 6. That upon the approval of this Act the Secretary of the Treasury shall, upon the request of the Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair Company, cause to be coined at the mints of the United States not to exceed two hundred etc. and fifty thousand gold dollars, of legal weight and fineness, to be known as the Lewis and Clark Exposition gold dollar, struck in commemoration of said exposition. The Designs, words, devices, and designs upon said gold dollars shall be determined and prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and all provisions of law relative to the coinage and legal-tender quality of all other gold coin shall be applicable to the coin issued under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act. That the said coins shall be disposed of by the Secretary of the Treasury to the said Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair Company at par, under rules and regulations and in amounts to be prescribed by him. That medals with appropriate devices, emblems, and in- Medals. scriptions commemorative of said Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and of the awards to be made to the exhibitors thereat shall be prepared by the Secretary of the Treasury at some mint of the United States for the board of directors of said exposition company, subject to the provisions of the fifty-second section of the coinage p. 702. Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and upon the payment of a sum not less than the cost thereof; and all provisions, whether penal or otherwise, of said coinage Act against the counterfeiting or imitating of coins of the United States shall apply to the medals issued under this Act. CHAP. 720.—An act to prevent the use of devices calculated to convey the impression that the United States Government certifies to the quality of gold or silver used in the arts. Revised Statutes, sec. 3551, 33 Stat. L., 732. assay, etc., words of, on Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful for any person, partner- United States ship, association, or corporation engaged in commerce stamping among the several States, Territories, District of Colum- gold, etc., unbia, and possessions of the United States, or with any foreign country, to stamp any gold, silver, or goods manufactured therefrom and which are intended and used in such commerce, with the words "United States assay", or lawful. 132. with any words, phrases, or devices calculated to convey the impression that the United States Government has certified to the fineness or quality of such gold or silver. or of the gold or silver contained in any of the goods manufactured therefrom. Each and every such stamp shall constitute a separate offense. SEC. 2. That every person, partnership, association, or corporation violating the provisions of this Act, and every officer, director, or managing agent of such partnership, association, or corporation having knowledge of such violation and directly participating in such violation or consenting thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, be punished with a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. SEC. 3. That any gold, silver, or goods manufactured therefrom after the date of the passage of this Act, bearing any of the stamps, words, phrases, or devices prohibited to be used under section one hereof, and being in the course of transportation from one State to another, or to or from a Territory, the District of Columbia, or possessions of the United States, shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized and condemned by like proceedings as those provided by law for the forfeiture, seizure, and condemnation of property, imported into the United States contrary to law. Approved February 21, 1905. ACT OF APRIL 24, 1906. 34 Stat. L., CHAP. 1861.-An act providing for the purchase of metal and the coinage of minor coins, and the distribution and redemption of said coins. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America in Congress assemMinor coins. bled, That sections thirty-five hundred and twenty-eight metal for. and thirty-five hundred and twenty-nine of the Revised Purchase of Revised Stat utes, secs. Statutes be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to 698, amended. read as follows: 3528, 3529, p. purchase in Amount of "SEC. 3528. For the purchase of metal for the minor creased. coinage authorized by this Act a sum not exceeding two utes, sec. 3528, hundred thousand dollars in lawful money of the United States shall, upon the recommendation of the Director of Revised Stat p. 698, amend ed. San Francisco, New Orleans the Mint, and in such sums as he may designate, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, be transferred to the credit of the superintendents of the mints at Philadelphia, San Francisco, Denver, and New Orleans, at Coinage at which establishments, until otherwise provided by law, Denver, and such coinage shall be carried on. The superintendents, mints added. with the approval of the Director of the Mint as to price, terms, and quantity, shall purchase the metal required for such coinage by public advertisement, and the lowest and best bid shall be accepted, the fineness of the metals to be determined on the mint assay. The gain arising from the coinage of such metals into coin of a nominal value, exceeding the cost thereof, shall be credited to the special fund denominated the minor-coinage profit fund; and this fund shall be charged with the wastage incurred in such coinage, and with the cost of distributing said coins, as hereinafter provided. The balance remaining to the credit of this fund, and any balance of the profits accrued from minor coinage under former Acts, shall be, from time to time, and at least twice a year, covered into the Treasury of the United States. Use of seign lorage. redemption of Revised Stat p. 698, amend Mints added. amount. "SEC. 3529. The minor coins authorized by this Act Delivery and may, at the discretion of the Director of the Mint, be de- minor coins. livered in any of the principal cities and the towns of the utes, sec. 3529, United States, at the cost of the mints, for transporta- ed. tion, and shall be exchangeable at par at the mints named, at the discretion of the superintendents, for any other coins of copper, bronze, or copper-nickel heretofore authorized, and it shall be lawful for the Treasurer and the several assistant treasurers and depositaries of the United States to redeem, in lawful money, under such rules as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, all copper, bronze, and copper-nickel coins authorized by law when presented in sums of not less than twenty dollars; and whenever, under this authority, these coins are presented for redemption in such quantity as to show the amount outstanding to be redundant, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and required to direct that such coinage shall cease until otherwise authorized by him." Approved, April 24, 1906. |