Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-27
TPUBIIc-No. h9.1

lPUBIIc-No. $751;
Az ACT In amendment OF an set entitled San
act relating to foreign coins and the coinage
Of cents at the mini OF the United States"
approved February twenty one, eighteen
hundred and ffty-seven.
Be u enacted BY the Senate and Houss Of Rap
rtsentdtiVes Of ne United States Of America q,
Congress assembled, That, from aud after the
passage OF this act, tho standard weight OF the
cent coined at tho mint OF the United States
shall be forty-eight grains, or one-tenth Of one
ounce troy and said cent shall be composed
Of ninety-hve per centum OF copper, and Ave
per c0ntum OF tin and zinc, In such proportions
as shall be determined by tho director OF the
mint; and there shall be from time to time
struck and coined at the mint a two-cent piece,
Of the same composition, the standard weight
Of which shall be nlnety-slT grains, or one-1hh
OF one ounce troy, with no greater deviation
than four grains to each piece Of said cent and
two-cent ceins; and the shape, notices, and
devices OF said coins shall be fixed by the d.
rector Of the mint, with the approval Of the
Secretary Of the Treasury and the laws now
In force relating 10 the coinage OF cents and
providing for the purchase OF material and
prescribing the appropriate duties Of the off,
GERS Of the mint and the Secretary OF the Treas
ury [shAlll be and the same are hereby eI.
tended to the coinage herein provided for.
Sec. 2. AHd Be u further enacted, That all
laws now In force relating to the coins Of the
United States and the striking and coming the
same shall, 80 far as applicable, be extended 10
the coinage herein authorized, whether said
laws are penal or otherwise, for the security OF
the coin, regulating and guarding the process
| Of striking and coming, for preventing debase-
ment or counterfehing, or for any other pur-
pose.
Sec. 5. And b Il further enacted, That the dl.
rector OF the mint Bhall prescribe suitable reg
ulations to Insure due conformity to the
required weights and proportions OF alloy In
the said coins; and shall order trials thereof TO
be made from time to time by the assayer Of
the mint, whereof q report shall be made 10
writing to the director.
Sec. 4. And BE- Il further enacted. That the
said coins shall be q legal tender In any pay
ment, the onc-cent coin to the amount OF ten
cents, and tho two-cent coin to the amount OF
twenty centSi and It shall be lawful to pay out
said coins In exchange for the lawful currency
of the United States, (eIcept cents or halfcents
issued under former acts OF Congress- In suit
able sums, by the treasurer Of the mint, and by
such other depohitAries as the Secretary Of the
Treasury may designate, under general rsgula-
tions proposed by the director Of the mint and
approved by the Secretary Of the Treasuryi and
the expenses Incident TO such exchange, dlstri-
button, and transmission may be paid out Of
the profits Of said coinage; and the nett profits
OF said coinage, ascertainod In like manner as
Is prescribed In the second section Of the act 10
| which this Is a supplement, shall be transferred
to the Treasury OF the United States.
| Sec. b. And be u further enacted, That II any
person or persons shall make, Issue, or pass,
or cause to be made, issued, or passed, any
coin, card, token, or device whatsoever, In
metal or It's compounds, intended to pass or
be passed as money for one-cent piece or a
two.cent piece, such person or persons shall be
| deemed guilty OF q mlsdemeanor, and shall,
on conviction thereof, be punished by nne
not exceeding one Thousand dollars, and by
imprisonment for term not exceeding Ave
years.
Approved, April 90, 1894.