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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · May 5, 1936 · Public Law 553

Public Law 553.

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(/us/pl/74/552).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of American in Congress assembled*, That in commemorationGreat Lakes Exposition.Commemorative coinage authorized.*Ante*, p. 1243. of the centennial anniversary in 1936 of the city of Cleveland, Ohio, to be known as the Great Lakes Exposition, and to commemorate Cleveland’s contribution to the industrial progress of the United States for the past one hundred years, there shall be coined at a mint of the United States to be designated by the Director of the Mint not less than twenty-five thousand and not toNumber. exceed fifty thousand silver 50-cent pieces 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 States shall not be subject toNo Federal expense. the expense of making the necessary dies and other preparations for this coinage.
Sec. 2. The coins herein authorized shall bear the date 1936, irrespectiveIssue on request of Cleveland Centennial Commemorative Coin Association. 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 treasurer of the Cleveland Centennial Commemorative Coin Association upon payment by him of the par value of such coins, but not less than twenty-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 beDisposal. disposed of at par or at a premium by such Cleveland Centennial Commemorative Coin Association, 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 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, and1258 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, May 5, 1936. To provide a preliminary examination of the Greenbrier River and its tributaries in the State of West Virginia, with a view to the control of its floods. 1936-05-05 301 Chapter 49 Stat. 1258 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 301.] AN ACT To provide a preliminary examination of the Greenbrier River and its tributaries in the State of West Virginia, with a view to the control of its floods.
May 5, 1936.[[H. R. 3383](/us/bill/74/hr/3383).][[Public, No. 553](/us/pl/74/553).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of American in Congress assembled*, Greenbrier River and tributaries, W. Va.Survey directed for controlling floods of. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a preliminary examination to be made of the Greenbrier River and its tributaries in the State of West Virginia, with a view to the control Vol. 39. p. 950.[U.
S. C., p. 1487](/us/usc/p1487).of its floods, in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for control of floods of the Mississippi River, and of the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes”, approved March 1, 1917, the cost thereof to be paid from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors. Approved, May 5, 1936. To provide a preliminary examination of the Cheat River and its tributaries in the State of West Virginia, with a view to the control of its floods. 1936-05-05 302 Chapter 49 Stat. 1258 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 302.] AN ACT To provide a preliminary examination of the Cheat River and its tributaries in the State of West Virginia, with a view to the control of its floods. May 5, 1936.[[H. R. 3384](/us/bill/74/hr/3384).][
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