Public Law 161.
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(/us/bill/75/pl/160)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Battle of Antietam.Coinage of 50-cent pieces commemorating 75th anniversary of, authorized. That in commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Antietam there shall be coined at one mint only of the United States to be designated by the Director of the Mint not to 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 No Federal expense for dies, etc.the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, but the United States shall not be subject to the expense of making the necessary dies and other preparations for this coinage.
Sec. 2. Date, issue, number, etc. The coins herein authorized shall bear the date 1937, 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 Washington County Historical Society of Hagerstown, Maryland, 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 Disposition.enactment of this Act.
Such coins may be disposed of at par or at a premium by such Washington County Historical Society of Hagerstown, Maryland, subject to the approval of the Director of the Mint, and the net proceeds shall be used by it in defraying the expenses incidental and appropriate to the commemoration of such event. Sec. 3. Coinage laws applicable. All laws now in force relating to the subsidiary silver 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, 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 24, 1937. Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States. 1937-06-24 50 Stat. 306 381 Chapter 75 1 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 2024-11-23 public [CHAPTER 381] AN ACT Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States.
June 24, 1937[[S. 187](/us/bill/75/s/187)][[Public, No. 161](/us/bill/75/pl/161)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Public lands.Mining claims assessment work suspended, fiscal year 1937. That the provision of section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which requires on each mining claim located, and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than $100 worth of labor to be performed or improvements aggregating such amount to be made each year, be, and the same is hereby, suspended as to all mining claims in the United States during the year beginning at 12 o’clock meridian July 1, 1936, and ending at 12 o’clock meridian July 1, *Provisos*.Claimant not exempt from Federal income tax, excluded.Notice to be filed.1937: *Provided*, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply in the case of any claimant not entitled to exemption from the payment of a Federal income tax for the taxable year 1936: *Provided further*, That every claimant of any such mining claim, in order to obtain the benefits of this Act, shall file, or cause to be filed, in the office where the location notice or certificate is recorded, on or before 12 o’clock meridian July 1, 1937, a notice of his desire to hold said 307mining claim under this Act, which notice shall state that the claimant, or claimants, were entitled to exemption from the payment of a Federal income tax for the taxable year 1936: *Provided further*, Number of lode mining claims limited.That such suspension of assessment work shall not apply to more than six lode-mining claims held by the same person, nor to more than twelve lode-mining claims held by the same partnership, association, or corporation: *And provided further*, That such suspensionPlacer-mining claims. of assessment work shall not apply to more than six placer-mining claims not to exceed one hundred and twenty acres (in all) held by the same person, nor to more than twelve placer-mining claims not to exceed two hundred and forty acres (in all) held by the same partnership, association, or corporation.
Approved, June 24, 1937. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a retirement system for employees of carriers subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, and for other purposes”, approved August 29, 1935. 1937-06-24 50 Stat. 307 382 Chapter 75 1 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 2024-11-23 public [CHAPTER 382] AN ACT To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish a retirement system for employees of carriers subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, and for other purposes”, approved August 29, 1935.
June 24, 1937[[H. R. 7519](/us/bill/75/hr/7519)][
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