Chapter 36. Providing for the modification of the designs of the current quarter dollar
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CHAP. 36.— An Act Providing for the modification of the designs of the current quarter dollar. July 9, 1917.[[H. R. 3548](/us/bill/65/hr/3548).][[Public, No. 27](/us/pl/65/27).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Quarter dollar.Modification of design of current, permitted. That for the purpose of increasing the artistic merit of the current quarter dollar, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to make slight modifications in the details of the designs in accordance with sketches submitted by the sculptor whose models were accepted under date of May twenty-third, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and now being used in the execution of the coins.
Restrictions.No changes shall be made in the emblems or devices used. The modifications shall consist of the changing of the position of the eagle, the rearrangement of the stars and lettering, and a slight concavity given to the surface. Such changes shall be made and completed on or before July first, nineteen hundred and eighteen. Approved, July 9, 1917.