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518 THIRTY—EIGH'I`H CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 100, 101. 1865. tender an sixty tender in any payment to the amount of sixty cents. And it shall be wg}; th tlawful to pay out said coins in exchange for the lawful cmrency of the com §m,','f§';;Q‘d United States, (except cents or half-cents or two-cent pieces issued under outin eilcnmge former acts of congress,) in suitable sums by the treasurer of the mint, f°*' hwful W1" and by such other depositaries as the Secretary of the Treasury may r°u°·Y’°X°°pt' &°' designate, and under general regulations approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. And under the like regulations the same may be exchanged in suitable sums for any lawful currency of the United States; dud the lZxpenses,how expenses incident to such exchange, distribution, and transmission, may P’“d· be paid out of the profits of said coinage, and the net profits of said coinage, ascertained in like manner as is prescribed in the second section of the act entitled "An act relating to foreign coins, and the coinage of cents 185-Lch_ 56, at the mint of the United States/’ approved February twenty-first, eign §2. _ teen hundred and filly-seven, shall be transferred to the treasury of the V°1·X‘· P· 16B· United States: Provided, That from and after the passage of this act, No fractional no issues of fractional notes of the United States shall be of a less de- 3;f,°mf°6i;; nomination than five cents, and all such issues of a less denomination, at ' that time outstanding, shall, when paid into the treasury or any designated depositary of the United States, or redeemed or exchanged as now provided by law, be retained and cancelled. Knowingly Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall Efaksgg ‘;".P°f;_ knowingly make, issue, or pass, or cause to be made, issued, or past LQ? _·;g`;_,?;,i;’c0;¤ [passed], any coin, card, token, or device, whatsoever, in metal or its comuulhvrized by pounds, intended to pass or be passed as money, for the coin authorized §;*;;f°·h°wP“"’ by this act, or for coin of equal value, such person or poisons shall be deemed guilty of a. misdemeanor, and shall on conviction thereof be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment for a term not exceeding live years, at the discretion of the court.

  • ‘ In God we Sec. 5. And 6e itfwrlher enacted, That, in addition to the devices and
   legends upon the gold, silver, and other coins of the United States, it shall

{mmm issued_ be lawful For the director of the mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to cause the motto “In God we trust ” to be placed upon such coins hereafter to be issued as shall admit of such legend thereon. " Que-ccnt"” Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the one and two cent coins of

‘£s't2",;’;‘;“t1 the United States shall not be a legal tender for any payment exceeding

ga . . tender only for four cents m amount; and so much of the laws of the United States f<>¤Y Wm- heretofore enacted as are in conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. Approved, March 3, 1865. March 3, 1865. CHAP. CI.-An Act to regu/ate the Fees of Custom-House Ofcm on the Narthens, ····—*‘_" Northeastern, and Northwestern Frontiers of the United States. Fees of cH3mm_ Be it enacted by the Senate cmd House of Representatives of the Mziied house Omcm on States of America in Congress assembled, That, in lieu of the fees now normern, north- authorized by law to be collected by customs officers on the northern, °“s*°"“» ““d northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States, there shall northwestern . m,,,m,,S_ be levied and collected :— Admeasum- For admeusurements of vessels, the fees prescribed by the act entitled

      • 6*** °*° ***55*%- "An act to regulate the admeasurement of tonnage of ships and vessels

§F6*»°h·83: of the United States,” approved May six, eighteen hundred and sixty- ,1m¤.p.12. four- _ _ _ _ eminem of Certificate of registry, lncluding bond, two dollars and twenty-five cents. Y<=‘gi¤¤'Y» &¤·; Indorsement on register, one dollar. of enrolment. Certificate of enrolment, including bond on vessel not exceeding dfly tons, one dollar; on vessel of above fifty and not exceeding one hundred and fifty tons, one dollar and fifty cents; ou vessel of over one hundred and fifty tons, two dollars. License. License, including bond on vessel of not over one hundred and fifty tons, one dollar; on vessel of over one hundred and fifty tons, one dollar and Elly cents.