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PUBLIC LAWS OF THE SIX'l‘Y·FIFTH CONGRESS or ma UNITED STATES Passed at the third session, which was bgzun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Oolumbw, on Monday, e second day of December, 1918, and was adjou without day on Tuesday, the fourth day of March, 1919. Woonnow WILSON, President; Tnomas R. Mmsmnn, Vice President; Wmmnn Saursnmzr, President, of the Senate pro tempore; CHAMP CLARK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHAP. 1.-An Act To amend section thirty-five hundred and twenty-eight of D°§?£?r12%9g?l8• the Revised Statutes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0{ Re esentatives ty the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section thirty-five ““‘°'°°‘“* hundre and twenty-eight of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hgreby, amenged sg as to rlpgd asffoll0v;is:f h Am H me "Ec.3528.`orteurc eomet orteminorcoine °““°’P‘*‘° authorized by this Act,pa. sum not exceeding $400,000 in la§ul gégtgliummm money of the United States shall, upon the recommendation of the ege,},m;¤§°£_ 3528* p' Director of the Mint and in such sums as he may designate, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, be transferred to the credit of the superintendents of the mints at Philadelphia, San Francisco and Denver, at which establishments, until otherwise provided by law, such coinage hall be carried on. The superintendents, P"°°·°°°· with the a proval of the Director of the Mint as to price, terms, and quantity slliiall purchase the metal uired for such coinage byegublic advertisement, and the lowest anrdqbest bid shall be accep , the iineness of the metals to be determined on the mint assay. The ,,,€f‘°'°°"*‘¤° °'°°‘ gain arising from the coinage of such metals into coin of a nominal value, exceeding the cost thereof, shall be credited to the special fund denominated the minor coinage groiit fund; and this fund shall be charged with the wastage incurre in such coinage, and with the cost of distributing said coins, as hereinafter provided. The balance ,n{’°*°,,{':,,E°b°°°'°*°d remainin to the credit of this fund, and any balance of the profits ` accrued from minor coinage under former Acts, shall be, from time to time, and at least twice a year, covered into the Treasury of the United States? Approved, December 2, 1918. CHAP. 2.-An Act Extending the time for the comtruction of a bridge across JIH- R·1§¥l£}lL the Arkanns River, at the foot of Garrison Avenue, at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Re esentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the times for ru commencing the construction and completion oi a bridge authorized l_;§g_¤**¤· *`°" 3*******- _ by the Act of Congress approved July twenty-seventh, nineteen A¤¢¢.v- 24M¤¤¤¤<1— hundred and seventeen, to be built across the Arkansas River, at °°‘ the foot of Garrison Avenue, at Fort Smith, Arkansas, by the Sebas- 10.51