The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-04-18


become bound to the Uniicl s ates, with
one or more snre les, approved BY The Sec
retary of the Treasury, in The sum of not
less han ten nor more than tlfy thousand
dollars with condition for the faithful and
diligen, performance of lhe duties of his
- lloe Similar bonds may he required of
the assistants aud Clerks, in such sums "a
the suoerinicn lent shall determine, with
the appropriation of the Direeior of the
Mini; but the same shall not be construed
TO relieve the superintendent or oil her OIL
GERS from lin 'liliy TO the United States for
acts, omissions, or negligence of their sub
prlinaes or employees: Proud d, That
the Secretary of the Treasury may, at his
discretion, increase the bonds OF the SUI
lerin;eudent
Sec. y. That there shall be allowed to
the Director of the Mint an annual salary
OF four thouAn live hun Ire 1 dollars, anl
actual necessary tiaveling expenses III Wis
iting The different mints and asSay-oilices,
for which vouchers shall be rendered: to
the suDeriaienl lents of the mnts ut Phil
alehhia ana san Francisco, each four
th0uSan live hundred dollars: TO tiieAs-
savers, meters an lresners, ana coincrS of
Stii mims. each three thousand dollars;
to the engaser of the mint at Phiialel-
phia, three thousand dollars; TO the super
inten lent of The mintat Carson city, three
thousand dollars; ANA to the asSayer, to
the meter and reiner, and 10 the coiner
of tho mint ut Carson city, each Two thou
sand live hun lred dollars; 10 the assist
ants IN clerks such annual 50 ary shall be
:lllowe Us he Direcior OF The Mint may
determine, with the appreciation of the
Scere AIRY Of The Treasury; and TO the
Workmen shall be alowc such wages, TO
be de erminel by the Superintendent, as
may be Gus onary ana reasonable accord
ing to their respeotive stations and oecu-
rations, au lapprotcl by The director of
ihe Mint; AMI he salaries provide for in
this section, ana the 5es of the work
men permanently enya gel, shall be paya-
bic in mon hy insa,ments.
Sec. IL. Thai the ) anaard for both gold
and silver coins of the Unitel States shall
be such that of one thousand parts by
weight nine hun lrel shall be OF pure met
al an one hun lrel of alloy, an the alloy
OF the silver coins shall be of copper, AMI
the aloy OF The gold coins shall be of cop
per, or of copper and silver; but the silver
shall in no case exceed one.tenth OF the
whole alloy
See. 4D That the gold coins of the Unit
ed S ates shall be n dollar-piece, which, at
the san larl weight OF twenty-five and
pight-Ienth grains, shall he the unit OF va
ne; a quarter-earle, or tw0-ll ll.a-half dO-
lar piece a Three l0llar pieue; a half-oa gle,
or iiVe- l0liar piece; m eagle, or Ien-l loilar
piece; an Ia double ca gle, or twenty-l0
lar piece. And the standard weightof the
gold dollar shall be twenty-five and eight
tenthS grains; of the quarter-eagle, or
two-and-a-lalt dollar piece, SiXty-fOnr ana
n half grains; of the three lolar piece
seventy-sefen AMI fou-tenihs grains; OF
the ha tea gle, or iiye- lollar piece, one
hundrel anl twenty-nine grains; of the
eagle, or ten dollar piece, two hun Ire land
titty-ei5ht grains of the double eagle, or
twenty-lOlar piece, 1--WE hundred and six
teen grains which coins shall be legal
tender in all payments at their nominal
value when not Deow the standard weight
and limit of tolerance provided in this act
for the single piece, and, when re luced in
weight, below said slanaarlani tolerance,
shall he a le gal tender at valuation in pro
portion TO their actual weight; and any
gold coin of the United States, ii relucel
in weight BY natural abrasion not more
than one-half OF one per centum below
the stan lard weight prescribe by law, af-
ter q circulation Of twenty years, as shown
by its date of coinage, and at atable pro-
portion tor any perio1 less than twenty
years, shall be received at their nominal
value by the Unitel States treasury AMI
its Offices, under such regulations ls the
Secretary OF the Treasury may prescribe
for the protection OF the government
against tlnu lulent abrasion or other pIac-
tices an | any gold coins in the treasury
OF the Unite States re luced in weight be-
low this limit of abrasion shall be recOin-
ed.
Sec. II. That the silver coins of the Unit
ed ates shall be trn 10. lollar, u half-dol-
lar, or itfty-cent piece, a quarter loliar, or
twenty-liVe-eent piece, dime, or ten-cent
piece AMI the weight OF the ira le- iolar
shall be four hunare and twenty grains
troy; the weight OF the half loliar shall
bc twelve grams tgammesl AMI one.half
of gram, Igramme y the quarter-loilar
and the dime shall be, respectively, one
half and One-ffth of the weight of said
half -lohar; ana said coins shall be Il legal
tender at their nominal value for any
amount not exceeding five dollars in any
one payment.
See. Ii. That the minor coins of the Unit
cd Safes shall be u tiVe-eent piece, Il three
cent piece, AMI u 0ne-cent piece, and the
alloy for the five and three cent pieces
shall he OF copper and nickel, to be COM
posel of three-iOurths copper and one
fourth nickel, and the alloy of the one
cent piece shah be ninety-iVe per centum
of copper and five per centum of tin and
zinc, in suth proportions as shall be deter
mine by the nirector OF the Mint. The
weight Of the piece OF five cents shall he
scveniy-seven anl siXteen-hun lrelths
grains, troy of the three-cent piece, lhir-
ty grains; an | OF the one-cent piece, forty
eighl grains; which coins shall be II lie yal
tender, az their nominal value, lOr any
amount not eXcee ling twenty-five cents
In any one payment.
Sec II, That no coins, either gold, silver,
OR minor coinage, shall hereafter be issued
from The mint other than those OF the de-
nominations, standards, and weights here
in set forth.
Sec Is. That upon the coins of the Unit
cd States there shall he the following de-
vices ana legends: Upon one side there
shall bo an impression emblematic of lib
erty, with an inscription OF the word
"LiOerty" and the year of the COMA &c,
AMI upon the reverse shall be the figure or
representation Of an eagle, with the i'm
scriptiOns UNITED States OF America and
+ Plulibus Unum, and a designation of
the value OF the coin but on the gold dol
lar and three-doliar piece, the dime, 1--WE,
three, and one cent piece the hgure of the
eagle shall be omitted; and on the reverse
of the silver trade-dolar the weight and
the lineness OF the coin shall be inscribed;
and the director OF the Mint, with the ap-
provai of the Secretary of the Treasury,
may cause the motto ''in God we trust F" 10 |
be inscribed upon such coins rs shall nd
nit OF such motto; and any one of the
foregoing Inscriptions may be on the rim
of the gold and silver coins,
See. ~, That at the option of the owner, |
gold or silver may be cast into bars OF fine
metal, or OF standard ilnenesS, or Hnpart- |
ed, as he may prefer, with stamp upon