The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-09
THE "CRIME OF 1873"
The Gold Dollar Made the Unit of V

The Gold Dollar Made the Unit of Value.
| 1s7e-73 Chapter 13l An act revising
ana amending the laws relative to the
miia.s assay offices and coinage of the
| United States.
| Sectlcn ~. That the tandsrd for both
gold and silver CONS of the United States
shah be such that of 1000 parts by weight
800 shall be of pure metal and 100 OF al
hey; and the alley OF silver coins shall be
! OF copper and Tie alloy of the gold coins
shall be of copper. or of copper and sill
Yer; but The silver shall In no case ex-
ccec one-tcnth of the whole alloy.
| Section II. That the gold coins of the
| United states snail be VI piece. Nhch az
he stahuard weight OF 2o.S grains. shall
| be the unit OF value; tt qutrter-eagie, or
S2.ao piece: a 81 piece a half-eagie, or y
piece an eagle. or $40 piecs. ana = double
weight Of The geld dollar shall be SIS
gains; of The a4aar!er-eag.e, or so piece,
hs EEs1s Of Or 8 piece Is E grams 81
| the caGle. or $40 piece, 2iS grams, of the
double e@s!e, or, $50 piece. 5iG grams
wlteh coins shAl be legal tender In all
payments. at their nominal value, when
! Mt below the standard weight an d,inAt
OF tclerance provided in ms act lor ne
b 9iow said standard ana t1lerancc, sha
be a legal tender a. valuation In proror,
ton to Their acsah weight and any god
coin of the United states Il reduced IN
weight by natural abrasion for more than
! ouC-a.if Of / perccu,un. below the stand
/ ara cigh. prescribed by laW after a cir
cul tttrn of twenty years, AZ shown by its
date OF coinage ana at Il ralable proportion
i2r any les Rod tn5G lwsaiy cars lTs,
| by tie United states treasury ana us OIL
| fices. under such regulations as he sec
rotary Of tAr treasury may prescribe lor
| tile pr1tect'on Of the government asdins,
ifauGnscut attraction or other pracuces?
| ara any gold coirs n the treasury or the
] IL, a. .l.,.u. oh u.
Section 10. That thu silver COINS OF the
! UnHed States shall nc "A trace duhaI, 4.
/ hall dollar. or oh' piece quarter uolldI
! or pc p.acc. n diu'e o. llr pee, ana tmS
/ Weigh; az the trato Dollars snail be W
! Gains troy; the weight of tbs nalt d2l-
lar. slell he 1919 grams; the Quarter dos ,,
| and the Cline shnll be respectively orr
| half ala, one-fif;h Of tn" weEht al SAM
/ h0if dallHr and snld coins shall be u "a.
! tendor at their nominal value iot aIS
aWourt rot exceeding % IN any one pu!'
scol-n ls. That the miner coins CT the
! IiItc,i Statos shall b. = l4t, a.
The 81 ald g. pieces shall 10 Of eoppsr
! and nickel. TO he c-dnpisec or thr,N,
! fcrrths copper and oce-foGrln nlckoll' unu
me alloy Of the ld Peee in h' such pfopor
ton as shnll b. determined ~ inc - :
rector Of the mint. The weisnt o. M ~
| piecs. OF So shall he Ills grains tiFy; o,
the Sc Iteoe Az grains, which c1ins shs s,.
! he "A lernl tender at their mlnal value
for any amount not exceeding 29i IN a'S
cne payment .,a
sec.tcn H. That 10 coins, either o. goid
| silver cr minor cons shall hereafter n W,
| the Denominations. standards and weights
| herein SIT forth. t.,.a
cThe standard silver dollar Was on'','ss
from the list given IN section ~ US
| ola mod that ties was done nv fraud TINS
| was the s0-ralled crime Of lS1Al 49,,
Section q That any owner - silvrr pui
! lien may dennsit the same ~ p,nv mn,
| 10 he rr,.ned into hars or inh5 dollars q
tho weight NJ l20 rrains troy, deT'gnaieh
m this act az trade .doliars; and ne o. H.
reefaved hit silver bullion containcd IN
golf deposits. and separated therefrom'