\[Public Law 151 -- 82d Congress\]

\[Chapter 408 -- 1st Session\]

\[H. R. 3176\]

AN ACT

To amend the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the coinage of 50-cent
pieces to commemorate the life and perpetuate the ideals and teachings
of Booker T. Washington", approved August 7, 1946.

*Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Act entitled "An Act
to authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces to commemorate the life and
perpetuate the ideals and teachings of Booker T. Washington", approved
August 7, 1946, is amended to read as follows: "That in order to
commemorate the lives and perpetuate the ideals and teachings of Booker
T. Washington and George Washington Carver, two great Americans, there
shall be coined by the Director of the Mint (1) a number of silver
50-cent pieces equal to the number of 50-cent pieces authorized by the
Act of August 7, 1946, (60 Stat. 863), but not yet coined on the date of
the enactment of this Act, plus (2) an additional number of silver
50-cent pieces equal to the number of 50-cent pieces coined under such
Act of August 7, 1946, and returned to the Treasury in accordance with
section 5 of this Act. The silver 50-cent pieces authorized by this
section shall be of standard size, weight, and fineness, and of a
special appropriate design to be fixed by the Director of 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 models for master dies
or other preparations for the coinage authorized by this section, or to
the expense of making any changes in design which may be necessitated by
reason of the enactment of this Act.

"SEC. 2. The coins authorized by the first section of this Act shall be
issued at par, and only upon the request of the Booker T. Washington
Birthplace Memorial (established at the birthplace of Booker T.
Washington in Franklin County, Virginia) and the George Washington
Carver National Monument Foundation (established at the birthplace of
George Washington Carver in Diamond, Missouri).

"SEC. 3. The coins authorized by the first section of this Act shall be
issued in such numbers, and at such times, as shall be requested by the
Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial and the George Washington
Carver National Monument Foundation, and upon payment to the United
States of the face value of such coins, except that none of such coins
shall be issued after August 7, 1954.

SEC. 4. The coins authorized by the first section of this Act may be
disposed of at par or at a premium by banks or trust companies selected
by the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial and the George
Washington Carver National Monument Foundation, and all proceeds
therefrom shall be used, in the manner decided upon by the Booker T.
Washington Birthplace Memorial and the George Washington Carver National
Monument Foundation to oppose the spread of communism among Negroes in
the interest of the national defense.

"SEC. 5. (a) From and after the date of the enactment of this Act, no
50-cent pieces shall be coined under the Act of August 7, 1946.

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"(b) At the request of the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial and
the George Washington Carver National Monument Foundation, any of the
50-cent pieces coined under the Act of August 7, 1946, but on the date
of the enactment of this Act not yet disposed of in accordance with such
Act, shall be returned to or retained in the Treasury, and the Director
of the Mint shall melt down such 50-cent pieces and use the resulting
metal and material for the coinage of silver 50-cent pieces and use the
resulting metal and material for the coinage of silver 50-cent pieces
under the first section of this Act.

"SEC.6. All laws in force on the date of the enactment of this Act,
whether penal or otherwise, relating to the subsidiary silver coins of
the United States and the coining or striking thereof, regulating and
guarding the process of coinage, providing for the purchase of material
and for the transportation, distribution, and redemption of coins,
providing for the prevention of debasement and counterfeiting and for
the security of the coin, or otherwise relating to coinage, shall,
insofar as they are applicable, apply to the coinage authorized by this
Act."

Approved September 21, 1951.

Public Law 455 -- 83d Congress

Chapter 427 -- 2d Session

S. 2845

AN ACT

[All 68 Stat. 336.]{.underline}

To amend section 3528 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, relating to
the purchase of metal for minor coins of the United States.

*Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled*, That section 3528 of the
Revised Statutes, as amended (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 340), is hereby
further amended by striking out "\$1,000,000" and inserting in lieu
thereof "\$2,000,000".

Approved June 30, 1954.

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