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SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 176-178. 1920. 595 CHAP. 176.-An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration May 10, 192*% of the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of the State of Maine into the Union. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United . I States of America in Congress assembled, That as soon as practicable, §,“;’;f ,;m and in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the to be coined gn wmadmission of the State of Maine into the Union as a State, there shall m°m°""°" °' be coined at the mints of the United States silver 50-cent pieces to the number of one hundred thousand, such 50—cent pieces to e of the N“°‘b°’· standard tro weight, composition, diameter, device, and design as shall be fixed? by tie Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, and said 50—cent pieces shall be legal 1**%*** ****1***%*- tender in any payment to the amount of their face value. C H. Sec. 2. That all laws now in force relating to the subsidiary silver c,,bY,i{‘°‘° as wp 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 the coins, for the prevention of debasement or coimterfeiting, for securit `of the coin, or for any other ]i‘urpose, whether said laws are penal, or otherwise shall, so far as aprékzable, apply to ,,m,_m_ the coin e herein authorized: Iiromkled, That the overnment shall tN¤ expmsamr dies, not be snubject to the expense of making the necessary dies and other ° °‘ preparations for this coinage. Approved, May 10, 1920. CHAP. 177.-An Act To authorize the of 50—cent piecesin commemoration g£Q(§;8?,§j 4;; 131;; one hundredth anniversary of the admission of the State of Alabama mto the Be it enacted the Senate and House of Representatives 0 the United States of Ameribg in Congress assembled, That as soon as gracticable, §if}zi°i°e$i°ibi]e2`si and in commemoration of the one hundredth annivers of the ad- §,'§,§,‘{,,§‘{§§,*;°0}“ °°“" mission of the State of Alabama into the Union as allgtate, there shall be coined at the mints of the United States silver 50—cent pieces to the number of one hundred thousand, such 50·cent pieces to be of the standard troy weiggilt, composition, diameter, device, and N°m°°'° design as shall be fixed by the ector of the Mint, with the a proval of the Secretary of the Treasury, and said 50-cent pieces 51all be "°""‘°""°" legal tender in any payment to the amonmt of their face value. C mm um a ,,_ Sec. 2. That all laws now in force relating to the subsidiary silver cable. pp coins of the United States and the coining or striking of the same, regulating and guarding the process of coinage, providing for the purchase of material, and for the transportation, distribution, and redemption of the coins, for the prevention of debasement or counterfeitinig, for security of the coin, or for any other p se, whether said laws are lpenal or otherwise, shall, so far as a plicable, appl p,,,,,,,,_ to the coinage erein authorized: Provided, That the Cibvernment shall °,§° ¤P°¤¤° ‘°' msnot be subject to the expense of making the necessary dies and other ` preparations for this coinage. Approved, May 10, 1920. CHAP. 178.——An Act For the sale of isolated tracts in the former Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota. l ¤bu°· °· mu Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Re entatives o the United .F ***1, B°'“‘°’d ’“‘ States of America in Omgress asse·m,bZedi‘·Thb7i1te8the provishibns of 880· iii; mm" N` tion 2455 of the Revised tatutos of the United States as amended by ,,5‘,}°g,,°§E‘§,’.§{y§°Z}.-°.l'g.L'$°" the Act of March 28,1912 (Tmnysaventh Statutes at Large, page 77). M W- v- 7*-