Public Law 518.
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(/us/bill/74/pl/517).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That inLong Island, New York. Coinage of 50-cent pieces commemorating first settlement on, authorized. commemoration of the three-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the first settlement on Long Island, New York, there shall be coined at a mint of the United States to be designated by the Director of the Mint not to exceed one hundred thousand silver 50-cent piecesNumber. of standard size, weight, and composition, and of a special appropriate single design to be fixed by the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, but the United StatesNo Federal expense. shall not be subject to the expense of making the necessary dies and other preparations for this coinage.
Sec. 2. The coins herein authorized shall bear the date 1936,Date. irrespective of the year in which they are minted or issued, shall be legal tender in any payment to the amount of their face value, and shall be issued only upon the request of the chairman or secretary of theIssue. Long Island "Tercentenary Committee upon payment by him of the par value of such coins, but not less than five thousand such coins shall be issued to him at any one time and no such coins shall be issued after the expiration of one year after the date of enactment of this Act.
Such coins may be disposed of at par or at a premiumDisposition. by such committee and the net proceeds shall be used by it in defraying the expenses incidental and appropriate to the commemoration of such event. Sec. 3. All laws now in force relating to the subsidiary silver coinsCoinage laws applicable. 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 the security of the coins, or for any other purposes, whether such laws are penal or otherwise, shall, so far as applicable, apply to the coinage herein authorized.
Approved, April 13, 1936. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to create a Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1925. 1936-04-13 49 Stat. 1205 213 Chapter 74 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 213.] AN ACT To amend an Act entitled “An Act to create a Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1925.
April 13, 1936.[[H. R. 11849](/us/bill/74/hr/11849).][[Public, No. 518](/us/bill/74/pl/518).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the thirdLibrary of Congress Trust Fund Board. Vol. 43. p. 1107. [U. S. C., p. 18](/us/usc/p18). paragraph of the Act entitled “An Act to create a Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1925, is amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 2.
The Board is hereby authorized to accept, receive, hold,Acceptance of gifts, etc., for benefit of Library, authorized. and administer such gifts, bequests, or devises of property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the Library, its collections, or its service, as may be approved by the Board and by the Joint Committee on the Library.” " Approved, April 13, 1936. To authorize the Librarian of Congress to accept the property devised and bequeathed to the United States of America by the last will and testament of Joseph Pennell, deceased. 1936-04-13 49 Stat. 1206 214 Chapter 74 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public 1206 [CHAPTER 214.] JOINT RESOLUTION To authorize the Librarian of Congress to accept the property devised and bequeathed to the United States of America by the last will and testament of Joseph Pennell, deceased. April 13, 1936.[[H. J. Res. 526](/us/bill/74/hjres/526).][[Pub. Res., No. 81](/us/bill/74/pubres/81).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Joseph Pennell (deceased).
Acceptance of bequest of, for Library of Congress, authorized. That the Librarian of Congress, with the advice and consent of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board and the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, is hereby authorized to accept, on behalf of the United States, the property devised and bequeathed to the United States by the last will and testament of Joseph Pennell, deceased (which will was admitted to probate by the register for the probate of wills and granting of letters of administration in and for the city and county of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 24th day of June 1926), upon the terms and conditions set forth in the said will, if, in their judgment, such acceptance would be to the best interests of the Library.
Sec. 2. Administrative authority of Librarian. Should the property be accepted pursuant to the authority hereinbefore granted, the Librarian of Congress is hereby authorized *Proviso*. Transfer of assets.and directed to do all acts necessary in connection therewith: *Provided, however*, That the Librarian of Congress shall transfer the assets of the “Pennell Fund” (as designated in the said will), to the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board for administration by the said Board.
Approved, April 13, 1936. To create a commission and to extend further relief to water users on United States reclamation projects and on Indian irrigation projects. 1936-04-14 49 Stat. 1206 215 Chapter 74 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 215.] AN ACT To create a commission and to extend further relief to water users on United States reclamation projects and on Indian irrigation projects.
April 14, 1936.[[S. 4232](/us/bill/74/s/4232).][
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