Chapter 38. To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the enunciation of the Monroe doctrine
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CHAP. 38.— An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the enunciation of the Monroe doctrine. January 24, 1923.[[S. 4096](/us/bill/67/s/4096).][[Public, No. 391](/us/pl/67/391).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and, House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Monroe doctrine centennial. That in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the enunciation of the 1173Monroe doctrine there shall be coined at the mints of the United States silver 50-cent pieces to the number of not more than threeSilver 50-cent piece in commemoration of, authorized.Number allowed. hundred thousand, such 50-cent pieces to be of the standard troy weight, composition, diameter, device, and design as shall be fixed by the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, which said 50-cent pieces shall be legal tender in anyLegal tender. payment to the amount of their face value.
Sec. 2. That the coins herein authorized shall be issued only uponIssued to Los Angelas Clearing House. the request of the Los Angeles Clearing House and upon payment by such clearing house to the United States of the par value of such coins. Sec. 3. That all laws now in force relating to the subsidiary silverCoinage laws applicable. coins of the United States and the coining or striking of the same, regulating and guarding the process of coinage, providing for the purchase of material and for the transportation, distribution, and redemption of coins, for the prevention of debasement or counterfeiting, for security of the coin, or for other purposes, whether said laws are penal or otherwise, shall, so far as applicable, apply to the coinage herein authorized: *Provided*, That the United States shall*Proviso.*No expense. not be subject to the expense of making the necessary dies and other preparations for this coinage.
Approved, January 24, 1923.