Public Law 689.
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(/us/pl/74/688).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That in commemorationElgin, Ill.Coinage of 50-cent pieces commemorating founding of, etc., authorized. of the one-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the city of Elgin, Illinois, and the erection of the heroic Pioneer Memorial, 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-cent pieces of standard size, weight, and composition and of a special appropriate single design containing a replica of the “Pioneers”, to be fixed by the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, but the United States shall not beNo Federal expense for dies, etc. 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, irrespectiveDate, issue, etc. 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 of the coinage committee of the Elgin Centennial Monumental Committee, uponNumber. 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 beDisposition. disposed of at par or at a premium 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, June 16, 1936. Authorizing the appointment of an additional district judge for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. 1936-06-16 585 Chapter 49 Stat. 1523 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 585.] AN ACT Authorizing the appointment of an additional district judge for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.
June 16, 1936.[[H. R. 11072](/us/bill/74/hr/11072).][[Public, No. 689](/us/pl/74/689).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the PresidentUnited States courts.Pennsylvania eastern judicial district.Appointment of additional judge, authorized. of the United States is authorized and directed, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint an additional district judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, who shall possess the same powers, perform the same duties, and receive the same compensation as the present district judges of the said district.
Sec. 2. That when a vacancy shall occur in the office of districtVacancy not to be filled. judge for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, by the retirement, disqualification, resignation, or death of a district judge at present in commission, such vacancy shall not be filled, and thereafter thereNumber limited to three. shall be but three district judges in the said district. Sec. 3. That this Act shall take effect upon its approval by theEffective date. President. Approved, June 16, 1936.
To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. 1936-06-16 49 Stat. 1524 586 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 1524 [CHAPTER 586.] AN ACT To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.
June 16, 1936.[[H. R. 11533](/us/bill/74/hr/11533).][
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