Chapter LXVI. *in Amendment of an Act entitled “An Act relating to Foreign Coins and the Coinage, of Cents at the Mint of the United States,” approved February twenty-one, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.* April 22, 1864.1857, ch. 56
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Chap. LXVI.— An Act *in Amendment of an Act entitled “An Act relating to Foreign Coins and the Coinage, of Cents at the Mint of the United States,” approved February twenty-one, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.* April 22, 1864.1857, ch. 56.Vol. xi. p. 163. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Standard weight, &c., of the cent. That, from and after the passage of this act, the standard weight of the cent coined at the mint of the United States shall be forty-eight grains, or one tenth of one ounce troy; and said cent shall be composed of ninety-five per centum of copper, and live per centum of tin and zinc, in such proportions as shall be determined by the director of the mint; and there shrill be from time to time struck Two-cent pieces to be coined.and coined at the mint a two-cent piece, of the same composition, the standard weight of which shall be ninety-six grains, or one fifth of one ounce troy, with no greater deviation than four grains to each piece of Shape, devices, &c.said cent and two-cent coins; and the shape, mottoes, and devices of said THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 66, 67. 1864.55coins shall be fixed by the director of the mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury; and the Jaws now in force relating to the coinage of cents and providing for the purchase of material and prescribing the appropriate duties of the officers of the mint and the Secretary of the Treasury be, and the same are hereby, extended to the coinage herein provided for. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That nil laws now in force relatingPresent lairs extended thereto. to the coins of the United States and the striking and coining the same shall, so far as applicable, be extended to the coinage herein authorized, whether said laws are penal or otherwise, for the security of the coin, regulating and guarding the process of striking and coining, for preventing debasement or counterfeiting, or for any other purpose.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the director of the mint shallDirector of mint to secure conformity of alloy in such coins. prescribe suitable regulations to insure a due conformity to the required weights and proportions of alloy in the said coins; and shall order trials thereof to be made from time to time by the assayer of the mint, whereof a report shall be made in writing to the director. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the said coins shall be a legalSuch coins to be legal tender and for what sums. tender in any payment, the one-cent coin to the amount of ten cents, and the two-cent coin to the amount of twenty cents; and it shall be lawful to pay out said coins in exchange for the lawful currency of the United States, (except cents or half cents issued under former acts of congress,) in suitable sums, by the treasurer of the mint, and by such other depositaries as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, under general regulations proposed by the director of the mint and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and the expenses incident to such exchange, distribution, and transmission may be paid out of the profits of said coinage; and the net profits of said coinage, ascertained in like manner as is prescribed in the second section of the act to which this is a supplement, shall be transferred to the treasury of the United States.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That if any person or persons shallPenalty for making coins intended to be passed as cents, &c. make, issue, or pass, or cause to be made, issued, or passed, any coin, card, token, or device whatsoever, in metal or its compounds, intended to pass or be passed as money for a one-cent piece or a two-cent piece, such person or persons shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.
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*in Amendment of an Act entitled “An Act relating to Foreign Coins and the Coinage, of Cents at the Mint of the United States,” approved February twenty-one, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.* April 22, 1864.1857, ch. 56
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