Chapter 505. To authorize a change in the design of the quarter dollar to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington
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CHAP. 505.— An Act To authorize a change in the design of the quarter dollar to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington. March 4, 1931.[[S. 6103](/us/bill/71/s/6103).][[Public, No. 852](/us/pl/71/852).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Quarter dollar.Change in design authorized to commemorate birth anniversary of George Washington.[R. S., sec. 3510, p.696](/us/rs/s3510/p696), waived.[U.
S. C., p. 993](/us/usc/p993). That notwithstanding the provisions and limitations of section 3510 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed, for the purpose of commemorating the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington, to change the design of the twenty-five-cent piece so that the portrait of George Washington shall appear on the obverse, with appropriate devices on the reverse, of said piece. The new coins shall be issued forIssue of new coin. general circulation beginning in 1932, the year of the said bicentennial anniversary.
Approved, March 4, 1931.