Public Law 557.
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(/us/pl/74/556).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of American in Congress assembled*, That in commemorationNew Rochelle, N. Y.Coinage to commemorate founding, etc., authorized. of the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the founding and settlement of the city of New Rochelle, 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 twenty-five thousand silver 50-centNumber. pieces of standard size, weight, and composition and of a special appropriate single design to be fixed by the Director of the Mint, withthe approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, but the UnitedNo Federal expense.
States 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 1938, irrespectiveIssue, on official request. 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 a committee of not less than three persons duly authorized by the mayor of the city of New Rochelle, New York, upon payment by it of the par value of such coins, but not less than twenty-five thousand such coins shall be issued to it 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 premium by such committee,Disposal. 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, May 5, 1936. To authorize a preliminary examination of the Marais des Cygnes River, in the State of Kansas, with a view to the control of its floods. 1936-05-06 322 Chapter 49 Stat. 1259 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 322.] AN ACT To authorize a preliminary examination of the Marais des Cygnes River, in the State of Kansas, with a view to the control of its floods.
May 6, 1936.[[H. R. 8301](/us/bill/74/hr/8301).][[Public, No. 557](/us/pl/74/557).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of American in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryMarais des Cygnes River, Kans.Survey directed for controlling floods of. of War be, and. he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a preliminary examination to be made of the Marais des Cygnes River, in the State of Kansas, with a view to the control of its floods in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of an Act entitled “AnVol. 39, p. 950.[U.
S. C., p. 1487](/us/usc/p1487). Act to provide for the control of the 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 6, 1936. To provide a preliminary examination of the Yakima River and its tributaries and the Walla Walla River and its tributaries in the State of Washington, with a view to the control of their floods. 1936-05-06 323 Chapter 49 Stat. 1260 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 1260 [CHAPTER 323.] AN ACT To provide a preliminary examination of the Yakima River and its tributaries and the Walla Walla River and its tributaries in the State of Washington, with a view to the control of their floods. May 6, 1936.[[H. R. 8414](/us/bill/74/hr/8414).][
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- Public Law 555to 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
- Public Law 557
- Public Law 556to 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
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- to provide for the control of the floods of the Mississippi River, and of the Sacramento River, California, and for other purposes”, approved March 1, 1917, the cost thereof 11So in original. be paid from appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivPublic Law 559
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