Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-20
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF the United states, Passed at the
third Session ot the Forty-secOnd Com
grcse


third session ot the Forty-second con-
Ercss
GENERAL NATURE-No 27.l
tconeipded from mpd pagej
src a. That tho gold coins Of tho United States shall
twenty Ave and eighteenth grains, shall be the unt Of
value quartereagle two-and a-haf dollar piece;
thIeedollar pieces half eagle, or Gyedollar piece
m eagle OF ten-dollar pece and double oaglo OF
twenty dollar piece, And the standard weight Of tho
gsd dollar shall DO twenty-five aud oghttenths grains
sixtyiour ana half grains Of tho throe-doilar piece
seventy seven and tOur-tenths grains Of tho haEoago
/ or hvo-dollar piece, one hundred and twenty nine
grainsi Of tho eagle, ton-donr piece two hundred
ana my eight grains of tho doublo-caglo, twenty
dollar ploco Two hundred and sixteen grainsi which
which coins shall DO legal tender in ali payments at
| uelf nominal value when not below the standard
weight and limit of tolerance proyccd In this aet FOR
| the single piece and, when reduced in weight below
SAID standard and tolerance, shall be loyal tender at
vaiuatlon ~ proportion TO their actual weight and
any gold coin Of the United Satos II reduced In weight
~ natural abrasion not than one-hali ofone por
centum below tho standard weight prescribed by law,
uato Of coinage, and at rateable proportion for any
period less than twenty years, shalt DO received at
ihe nominal value by tho United States treasury and
its olcos, undor such regulations ms tho Secretary OF
the treasury may prescribe for the protection Of the
government against fraudulent abrasion other prao
Iees am any gold coins In tho treasury Of the United
stats reduced N weight below this limit Of abrasion
| SEC 10. That tho silver coins OF tho United States
shall DO tradedonr, haldullar, or ity-cont piece
n GiSs OF wv piece dime q
lie four hundred and twenty grains troy tho weight Of
the halidollar shall he twelve grams grammos) and
tho dino shall DO, respectively, one-haf aud one h
Of tho weight Of said hafdollar and said coins shall
legal tender at their nominal value for any amount
/ not exceeding i've dollars In any ons payment.
! SIC; lG. That the minor coins of tho United States
shall be dyocent piece throo-cent piece and ono.
cent piece, and the alloy for the five and throo cent
pieces shall be Of copper and nickel to be composed Of
thrcoloufths copper and OnoOurth nickel and tho al
OF tho Ouc-Cput piece shall he
um oil copper and i've per centum Of tin and zinc in
such proportions rs shall DO determined by the Direct
or Of the Mint. Tho weight Of the pcco Of live cents
shall be seventy and sixtocnhundrodts grains
troy Of the threecent piece thirty grains and Of tho
onc-ccnt piece, fOityeight gunsi which coins shall
| DO lelal tender, at thoir nominal value, for any
amount nos exceeding twenty I've cents in any ons
sEc n. That coins, either Of gold silver or minor
coinage shall hereafter be Issued from tho mint other
| herein SGT forth
SIC. IS. That upon the coins Of the United state.
there shall be tho following devices aud legends Up
on one side there shall be an impression embematc Of
liberty with an inscription Of the word Liberty" and
and to year Of the coinage, and upon the shall
seriptions Omitted States Of America" and "E Purbus
Unnm and designation Of tho value Of the coin but
on the gold dollar and thrcedolar piece, the dime five
three and one cent piece, the figure of tho eagle shall
he omitted and on tho reverse Of tho silver tradedol
lar tho weight and hnenes Of the coin shall be nscrb
cd and the Director Of the Mint with tho approval
the Secretary Of the Treasury, may cause the motto
I'm God we trustN to 10 inscribed upon such coins ms
shall admit Of such motto and any one of tho forego.
ing inscriptions may be on the rim Of tho gold and s
SEC. 49, That at tho option Of the owner, gold or Sit.
may DO cast into bars of Gno metal or OF standard
hnene,s, or impaired, as he may prefer, with stamp
upon tho same designating the weight and nnonoss and
with such devices Impressed thereon may DO deemed
expedlcnt TO provcut fraudulent imitation, and no such
hats sha pc issued ol Ices weight Than i've ounces
ST. ~ Ihu any owner Il gold huil inly deposit tho
f'ine a any mint to DO formed Into coil bans hl
benefit mi i shsll be lawful 70 rgiusc any d,ptt! ~
value tlu ono hundred dollar, any bull 70 cae a. 70
DC 9hs''S'e ior the operation. Of the mint and when
gold td sil'or comLned u other metal BE- IN Il
uH" 'poIuoh mt '1hlo % teparat 7dvantaseous
y, no 81 ovnncc Ill ~ made 10 the Lcll tor III value
sLG u. That any o.ner Of silver bullion ma, dopcd
"a sam ~ any mntto D. lonned iato br or int dollars Of
the wot q four lu died and twenty eII oy, de ig
pat IA l,a act a. traded lar aud no dcpsit e silver
Or ol'r consc shall lie rcccved but oliver lu.iion con-
ti1eS ~ gold depo.it' lni p'rltod thcIerom may be
time T. 'inc, csa'th,d y Va Director Of the Mint.
| sLc p That WI lullion l. dupascd n any Of Ii,
mutt !, man be wcaaci J.! The upcnendcni, aud When
paciiSa6e In the pros.uec Of tn t,p,tor whom re.
etpt hall DO glvon which shall at n, deception and
weight Of thl bullion lat when tn, bullion g. IN snch
,ae " 70 telnlie mel ing or TIE moyh Of L'i, mcli
before s yalaa n 10 aseg aiacd the weight alter such
| op ration sha.i le consid I'D ~ the tue weight
| OF ihc bullion, d,poscl Tie fitness Of the bullion
to lc received shalIc detuucd y the as, yer and Ii,
| mod q mttn ly the melt aud iclnor.
sN % That fron every prc,l of hullion deposited i,i
coinage o. n the spcFiui ,cat slsu deliver to the d.
saye tuicen portion Or The pr pl Of bonl assay, d.
but r such lulion remaining from l.; operations Of the
if.ay- shan be returned to the upgrnt ndcnt by the n
| sayor
SIC q That tie ,,slycr shall rpo I, the superiutend
the ality ileucir OF tic hullin q rnyd by him
aud such Information will able "a to compute The
amount OF The etas hcrcnai cr pcvioi Io to be made
sEU % III. the charge Ter csnvcr ms standard gold
llion nt ecin fhal be onchfh q tna rcr e,nrm and
tn Charge for converting t,ndIi liver into trade lollirs
for molin. AID hning when bullion 3, lcloa nudard
f,r to1ghsnng whoa metals arc coniia IN It which N
bullion hove sand ri for tpi.stn the cold iuI silver
when tn,sc me- tai cA tbCr In Tia bulll1n, IN tor the
SF15a Of PIT NJ, e' H p, rScd TO- n9 70 un y, Sy
Trcary 20 to equal but u-t rzscoi IN their judgment
the actual average coat 10 each mint aud Il the
matn lb p, "sagc srd use Il machinery cmploy,d n
| each of ttc t.scf ~ RENE cncd.
SIC. 20 Ii1t She rrsytr M verify IN clical tom
mad By TIC luporiu a. o. the valu Il 'cp'ts aud,
stdrd Il the iu'-s thcr Of, s'fl ccn;trrn IN,
c,atfe :, rauicd &, b" riyon ny TIE rr rin,cndcn, tC
SIC u. That IN cd to prrcu.c bullion ios 'he nycl
con'gc authorised hy Li sri TIC upginic dcnts, with
The ~ rov thc ircrtcr &c Mint e. p.icc terms
ard qun.i'y -hull pufeh gh lgon with 'hc hnior-
! I'd. Tho rain ling -m the coinage Of cli silver
iul in'o coin II ucuirrl yalnc e. '- the cost
ttrc5, .-I d. credited &, -,.c.l nd dri.inini, the
silver ps g fu1 1hi' fluid rht b. charged 90 the
Va tug incurred In hctiycr cDusr rud with the expense
ucc 70 is dit Of THE mud shall lsln tnc 70 time
and p. is ty &c year, pill into lie r' fury Of tn
| luicl s atcs.
| suH g. That .;ly coins other than the tadc.doller
au br d our 70 the .vor, mint. aud 1t the a.ay-otc1
On Sew or,y city IN cvchunre for gold coins M par IN
not les han hundred dlar and tsh ~ he law
n, ac TO tr'nsfn p1r'els OF tho anne, tom time 70 lc,
the ais tfyIaurJr deposit vice, nj other officers
Tie TUT stare, under ryucial r'guit Ne prpo ed ~
the Dhcco OF the Mint aLd approved by The Secrcary Of
/
the payment Of silver coilt q their nominal value for ell
pa from gold, a. provided IL this ao or ft change
cd That r two Year. tie age OF hiJ act silver
coins shal bg paid at the mt in PHILADELPHIA and the
suyoc IN New York oiy ~ liver bullion purchased fot
coinage under such regulations muy be prescribed By
the Director OF the Mint aud APPROX by the Secretary q
| the 1rcasuty.
SEC 90 That for the pur,h Of tai for the minor
coinage authorized by this act no. exceeding fifty
thousn doillrs ~ awful mo'y o. te lntd zee shil
be transferred by the socy Of tn Treasury TO the credit
OF the superintendent Of The mint At rhadcphin, a. which
ostahllshncnt only, until etheie provided by law such
coinage sh1l b. earrtd on lhe superintendent with the
approval cf the Drc'or OF the Mint T. price rms, and
quantity shall purchase the metal quircd Tor such coin
age by p'blio advertisement, and the lowest and lct lid
hi be ptcd the ncness Of the metals to be d,cmn
the mint Ny The Gain arising from the coinage Of
such met ts inc coin Of nominal value, exceeding the
cfa thereof shall b. cred ed TO the cial fund dcnoml-
nat the minor coiAage rot fund and TIL mud shall be
charged with the vast &c incurred Ia tuoh toinagc, and
with theIcost Ct disirlu irg ad cons hereinafter pro-
vdcd. The llanec rmainng 70 the credit Of this fund,
md aay lalanrc ui profits fom minOr eoiuGo I'M
dr fonr cts shall be- from time to- tune, and at least
twice ear covered Into the ucnury OF the Uni cd Sttcs.
SEC, 3D. That the minor eous authorized by this act
NAV at the a orcto OF the Director of the Mint o dey
cred any Of the principal cities rnd towns OF the United
he rxchangcable pr at the mint in rhadeph, the
discretion Of the sup rntenden for any other coins Of cop
per bronze ooppo.ulekc heretofore auhozed by law
md Il shall be awful for tn Treasurer aud tho several
sgian tr and dCpostarcs of the United states
redeem ia lawful money under such Ius ~ may be pre-
srbed y the crCaTy OF the Treasury all copper
and nickel eona authorized Law whom re- ented
In sums not les than twenty dollars and whenever,
der this authority ltc redemption
In o ouantty as to show the amount ont andng to be
rcdndist the ,cctary Of the Treasury authorized
required 10 direct that such coinage shall cease until other
| Vic ordered by him.
SEC d. That aleela of bullion lal be, from time ia
lime riuaerrcd BY the superintendent TO the mcer and
r,Aucr a careful record Of these transfer, noting the
weight and character ~ the bullion, shall be kept aud
vouchers fhal be taken for the delivery of the same duly
reepipcd by the mccr aud cdner, aad the bullion thus
placed In the hanas Of III, m Tier and rhuer shah be sub
jecod TO the ,eyl roc soa which may be necessary 70
iolm II Into ugots OF the legal 1t udard and Of quality
| suitable for coinage.
| SEC. o. That the ingoH prepared shall D. asslyCd
and II they prove be within tn lns allowed for Cvia
ton from the standard the assayor shall certify the
the superintendent, who shah thofcup0n receipt for
! same, aud transfer them to the coluer.
SEC. 3d. That ngots fhul be Us for coinage which
differ nom the legal standard than the following pro
pol lions namely; In gold ngOiH, thousandh In s
ur ing,ts three thousaudths In minor-oomagc alloys
| twenty-five thoufandths, In tn proportion OF nickel
SEQ. 81 That the mclcr und rcinor sh1l prcplro all
Lars required the payment Of potts bat tha hneno
thereof aa lie aacoranCd and stamped thereon by the