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| tablishing a mint and regulating the
! coins Of the United States"
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
that the standard for both gold and
silver coins of the United States shall
hereafter be such that Of ]. 600 parts by
weight 500 shall be of pure metal and
100 Of alloy; and the alloy of the silver
coins shall be of copper and the alloy
Of the gold coins shall be of copper
and silver, provided that the silver do
not exceed one-half OF the whole alloy.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted,
that Of the silver coins the dollar shall
be Of the weight of 1922 grains, the
half dollar of the weight of 20614
grains, the quarter dollar of the weight
OF 1885 grains, the dime or tenth part
OF a dollar of the weight of Az grains,
and the half dime, or twentieth part
OF a dollar, of the weight of 205s grains /;
and that dollars, half dollars and quar-
ter dollars, dimes and half dimes, shall
be legal tenders OF payment, according
10 their nominal value, for any sums
, whatever.
Sec TO- And be it further enacted,
that of the gold coins the weight of The
eagle shall be 25S grains, and that of
the half eagle, 129 grains, and that of
the quarter eagle 6412 grains. And that,
for all sums whatever, the eagle shall
be a legal tender of payment for SO, the
half eagle for IS and the quarter eagle
for $3.50.
Sec. IL And be it further enacted,
that the silver coins heretofore issued
at the mint of the United States and
the gold coins issued since the 31st
day of July, 1884, shall continue to be
legal tenders of payment for their
nominal values on the same terms as
if they were OF the coinage provided
for by this act
SECTIONS 1919 provide that gold and
silver bullion brought to the mint shall
be received and coined for the benefit
of the depositor, and that the only
subjects of charge to him shall be for
refining, toughening and separating ana
for metal used as alloy, the rate of
charge being fixed from time to time
so as not to exceed the actual expenses
incurred. For the net amount of the
deposit a certificate shall be given, pay
able in coins OF the same metal as the
deposit Sections 80 and 81 require that
when the coins which are the equivalent
"a any deposit of bullion are ready for
delivery, they shall be paid over, pay
ment being made to depositors in the
order of priority of deposit. And, 20
enable the mint to make returns to
depositors with as little delay as pos
S"'@. II IS maze tAe duty Oh the Secre-
tary of the treasury TO keep in the
mint, when practicable, a deposit not
exceeding $1,000,O00. our of which the
value of the bullion brought to the mint
may be paid as soon as ascertained, but
no discount or interest is to be charged
on moneys so advanced)
THE GOLD DOLLAR.
The law of March 3, 1915, authorized
the coinage of gold dollars and double
eagles, ''conformable in all respects to
the standard to be a legal tender in the
faVu1enf of all SIMS
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THE LAW OF 1874.
Silver a Legal Tender Only to the
Amount of So.

silver a Legal Tender Only to the
Amount of So.
1874 Revised statutes of the Unit
ed States; title xxx, legal tender.
Sec. 1854 No foreign gold or SILVER
coins shall be legal tender in payment
of debts.
Sec. 1856. The gold coins of the Uni
ted States shall be a legal tender in all
payments at their normal value when
not below the standard weight and
limit of tolerance provided by law for
the single piece, and when reduced in
weight, below such standard and toll
erance, shall be a. legal tender at val
untion I'M proportion to their actual
weight.
Sec. 1856. The silver coins of the
United States shall be a legal tender
at their nominal value for any amount
not exceeding So in any one payment.
Sec 1851 The minor coins of the
United States shall be a legal tender at
their nominal value for any amount
not exceeding % cents in any one pay
ment.
Approved June %, 1874. Revised stat
utes 712.
CNote.-An act of June %, 1874, au
thorizes the secretary Of the treasury
to exchange gold mint bars for coin
certificates or gold coins at not less
than par nor less than market value.
Is, statutes at large, part 5000
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and each existing banking association
may increase its circulating notes IN
accordance with existing law without
respect to said aggregate limit; and
new banking associations may be or
gained in accordance with existing law
without respect to said aggregate
limit; and the provisions of law for
the withdrawal and redistribution of
national bank currency among the sew
eral states and territories are hereby
repealed. And whenever and so often
as circulating notes shall be issued to
any such banking association, so in
creasing it's capital or circulating
notes or so newly organized as afore-
said, it shall be the duty of the sec
rotary Of the treasury to redeem the
legal tender United States notes in
excess only of $500, 000, 900, to the
amount of so percentum of the sum of
national bank notes so issued to any
such banking association as aforesaid.
and to continue such redemption as
such circulating notes are issued until
there shall be outstanding the sum of
$500 0Oc 600 of such legal tender United
States notes, and no more And on
and after the 1st day of January, Ammo
Domini eighteen hundred and seventy
nine, the secretary Of the trea sury shall
redeem in coin, the United States legal
tender notes then outstanding, on their
presentation for redemption, at the
office of the assistant treasurer of the
United States, in the city of New York,
in sums of not less than $50. And to
enable the secretary of the treasury
to prepare and provide for the redemp-
ton in this act authorized or required,
he IS authorized to use any surpus
revenues, from time to time in the
treasury, not otherwise appropriated,
and to issue, sell, and dispose of, at not
less than par in coin, either of the de-
scriptions of bonds OF the United States
described in tine act of congress ap
proved July IA, 1870. entitled "An act
TO authorize the refundng of the ma
tional debt" with like qualities, privi-
leges, and exemptions. to the extent
necessary to carry this act into full
effect, and to use the proceeds thereof
for the purposes aforesaid. And all pro-
visions of law inconsistent with the
provisions of this act are hereby re-
pealed.
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commander. LIS authority, however;
being paramount, the cruel decree was
carried out to the letter and the vic
Tins We're martyred many long hours
previous to decapitation.
The capture of TaiSan was quickly
followed by the reduction of the for
tificatiOnS of QuinSan. and the capture
Of the forts of Leel1ux and Vault.
wnlcn achievements completed the in
vestment of SOOchow, the rebel capital.
The seige of the place was fraUgfDt with
dangers Of the most serious nature.
It's fOTtifcatiOns were exceedingly
strong and il contained a numerous
and well-diSc4 plired garrison, well pro-
vided with provisions and munitions of
war. A first attack was beaten off
triumphantly and it looked as if the
place would only fall after a protracted
seige. Now, however, an unexpected
opportunity presented itself to the be
siegers. Several Of the TAPPING gen.
erals, weared of fighting in a hopeless
cause, secretly approached Gordon with
Z proposition to admit his troops to
the city on a given date providing their
lives and liberties should be spared
The matter was referred to Ii Hung
Chang and a solemn compact to that
effect was AT once entered into between
the two parties, both Gordon and Ii
stalking their honor ON its faithful full
fillmenG. The consequence of this was
that when the imperialists next ap-
preached the city gates they found no
opposition, and entering the town,
planted the imperial standard on the
citadel.
The honorable and chivadrous sol
der that he was, Gordon's first
thought after the occupation of the
town was for the TAPPING leaders who
red rendered the achievement possible.
But what was his dismay when ne
learned that they already had been
placed in a row and decdpitated be-
hind the city gate by Lis special or
der. Tears of poignant grief welled in
to his eyes, but they soon gave place
to the most savage rage and an out
break of vindictive feeling. boding lit
tie good to his treacherous colleague.
Arm4ng himself with a revolver.
Gordon rushed from his tenr in search
of the latter. Ii, it is said, got wind
of his danger in the nick of time, and
being feet of foot, succeeded in dis
tancing his purSuer through the alley
ways of tents in the grand camp and
hiding himself amid the army supplies
in the cOmmiSseTient department.. The
pursuit, however, lasted in one way or
the other for several days. Gordon was
determined on vengeance and called
upon his officers and men to help him
find the cu.prit, but to no avail Ii
kept well cut of sight and did not
emerge from his hiding place until
through the efforts of several high
officials. the irate Englishman's anger
had been somewhat appeased. Gordon
was, however thoroughly Disguised,
and sent in his resignation to Pekin,
and it took many months of entreaty
and persuasion on the part of the en-
peror to induce him TO reconsider his
decision and complete his work of sub
DUNG the TAPPING rebellion. When this
was accomplished he returned to Eng
lang, after making his final peace with
the crafty Ii. V. GRIBAYEDOFF.
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THE LAW OF 1898.
Standard Established for the Larger
Gold Coins.


Gold Coins.
7S3s-34. Cap. xcv. An act concerning
the gold coins OF the United States,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted, that the gold coins Of
the United States shall contain the fol-
lowing quantities of metal, that is to
saw: Each eagle shall contain 2S2
grains of pure gold. and 25S grains OF
STANDARD gold; each half eagle, 116
Grains of pure gold and 129 grains Of
standard gold: each quarter eagle shall
contain fifty-eight grains of pure gold
and sixty-four and one-half grains of
standard; every such eagle shall be of
the value of SO; every such half eagle
shall be of the value of So, and every
sEch quarter eagle shall be of the
value of SEQ; and the said gold coins
shall be receivable in all payments,
when Of full weight according to their
respective values; and when Of less
than full weight at less values, pro-
portioned to their respective actual
weights.
See. 2. And he it further enacted,
Pat all standard gold or silver depos-
tied for coinage after the 31st day of
July next shall be paid for in coin IN
der the direction of the secretary OF
the treasury, within five days from the
making Of such deposit, deducting from
the amount of said deposit OF gold and
silver one-half Of l per centum: pro
vided. that no deduction shall be made
unless said advance be required by
such depositor within forty days.
Sec. 3. Ard be 1T further enacted,
that all gold coins of the United States
uninted anterior to the S1st day of July
next shall be receivable in all payments
at the rate of 94.S of 8. cent per penny
weight.
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THE LAW OF 1883.
Silver Legal Tender Only to the
Amount of So.


Amount of So.
1928. Chap. xxx An act amenda-
tory of existing laws relative to the
half dollar, quarter dollar, dime and
half-dime
Be il enacted, That from and after
the 1st. Of June, 1928, the weight Of
the half-dollar or piece of 50 cents shall
be 1872 grains, and the Quarter-dollar,
dime and half-dime shall be, respec-
lively, one-half, one-fifth and one-tenth
of said half dollar.
Sec. ?. And be it further enacted, That
the silver coins issued in conformity
with the above section shall be legal
tenders in payment of debts for all
sums not exceeding So.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
in order to procure bullion for the re-
Guisite coinage of the subdivisions OF
the dollar authorized by this act, the
treasurer Of the mint shall, with the ap-
prevail of the director, purchase such
bullion with the bullion fund of the
mint. He shall charge himself with
the -ain arising from the coinage of
such bullion into coins of a nominal
aluee xceeding the intrinsic value there
Of, and shall be credited with the diff
ference between such intrinsic value
and the price paid for said bullion,
and with the expense of distributing
said coins as hereinafter provided. The
balances to his credit, or the profit of
said coinage, shall be, from time to
time, on warrant OF the directory Of
TIE mint, transferred to the account
Of the treasury of the United States.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
such coins shall be paid out at the
mint in exchange for gold coins at par
in sums not less than 500; and it shall
be lawful also. to transmit parcels of
t.-a same from time to time to the as
sistant treasurers, oepositortes and other
officers of the United States under gen
eral regulations proposed by the di
rectory of the mint and approved by
the secretary of the treasury; provided,
however, that the amount coined into
quarter dollars, dimes and half dimes
shall be regulated by the secretary of
the treasury.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
no deposits for coinage into the half
dollar, quarter dollar, dime and half
dime shall hereafter be received, other
than those made by the treasurer Of the
mint, as herein authorized, and upon
account of the United States.
(Sac. provides that when gold and
silver is deposited for coinage there
shall be a charge to the depositor in
addition to the charge for refining or
parting the metals of one-half OF 1 per
centum, this provision not applying
to silver coined into the subdivisions Of
the dolsar}
Sec. Z. And be it further enacted, That
from time to time there shall be struck
and coined at the mint OF the United
States and the branches thereof, con-
forrnahle in all respects to law and
oonformable in all respects to the stand
ard of gold coins now established by law
a coin of gold of the value of SO or three
units. Approved February q, 1888, 10
statutes at large, 100.
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Copyright, 1885, by S. S. Mcclure Coz
The most lionized man on the face of
the globe this present day is Lii Hung
Chang, China's leading statesman and
diplomat, soon due in New York. No
reigning monarch could have been re-
ceived at the various European courts
with greater marks of respect, none
could have been more sumptuously en-
tertained than this yellow-faced, al
mond-eyed Richelieu His whole Euro
pean journey has been a fitting sequel
to sfngularly brilliant career in his
own country, where for we'll nigh forty
years he has pulled the strings that
kept the huge and unwieldy govern
mental machine in notion
Still, even Lii has had his troubles.
And when l say this 1 ann not only re-
ferring to the temporary withdrawal of
his yellow Jacket or his peacock feather
during the war with Japan two years
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THE LAW OF 1873.
To Provide for the Resumption of
Specie Payments.

Specie Payments.
1915. Chapter XIV. An act to pro-
vide for the resumption of specie pay
ments.
Sec. /. Be it enacted. that the sec
rotary of the treasury is hereby au-
thorized and required as rapidly as
practicable, TO cause to be coined at
the minis of the United States, silver
coins OF the denomination of 10, 25 and
so cents, of standard value, and to is
sue them in redemption of an equal
number and amount of fractional cur
rency of similar denominations, or, at
his discretion, he may issue such sid
yer coins through the minis, the sub
treasures, public repositories and post
offices of the United States; and, upon
such issue, he is hereby authorized and
required to redeem an equal amount of
such fractional currency, until the
whole amount of such fractional cur
rency outstanding shall be redeemed.
Sec 2. That so much of section 1924
of the revised statutes of the United
States as provides for charge Of one.
fifth of / per centum for converting
standard gold bullion into coin is here
by repealed, and hereafter no charge
shall be made for that service.
Sec. 8. That section 5177 of the re-
vised statutes of the United States,
limiting the aggregate amount of cir
culating notes of national banking as
sociations be, and is hereby repealed;
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TIE Law or 1890.
The Sherman Act and the Purchase
of Silver Bullion.


1SS9-9O Chap dccviii An act directing
the purchase of silver bullion and the
issue of treasury notes thereon and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted that the secretary of the
treasury is hereby directed to purchase,
from time to time, silver bullion to the
aggregate amount of 1890 600 ounces, or so
much thereof IS may be offered in each
month at the market price thereof, not
exceeding 81 for 81 25-100 grains of pure
silver and to issue in payment for such
purchase of silver bullion treasury notes
of the United States, to be prepared by
the secretary of the treasury in such form
and Of such denominations, not less than
ST. nor more than S1,CO0, as he may pre-
scribe and a sum sufficient TO carry into
effect the provisions OF this act is hereby
appropriated out of any money in the
trea sury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec 9 That the treasury notes issued
in accordance with the provisions of this
act shall be redeemable on demand, in
coin at the treasury of the United States,
and when so redeemed may be reissued,
but no greater or less amount of such
notes shall be outstanding at any time
than the cost of the silver bullion and
the standard silver dollar coined there
from then held in the treasury purchased
by such notes, and such treasury notes
shall be a legal tender in payment of
all debts public and private, except where
otherwise expressly stipulated in the con-
tract, and shall be receivable for customs,
taxes and all public dues. and when so
received may be reissued; and such notes,
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practical sense of the modern Anglo
Saxon with the cilivalry and mysticism
of the crusader of Old. With nothing
but his powerful walking stick, which
he used with the effect of a magician's
wand, Gordon inspired his men with am
almost superstitiOuS awe and led them
on to victory. He was given full charge
of the military operations proper, but
stood nominaLly under the orders of Lii
Hung Chang, governor general Of the
province, who accompanied the army
as the personal representative of the
emperor. Gordon's first success OF i'm
pOrtance was his capture of the forth
fed town of Taitsan. The event also
became the occasion of his first dis
agreement with Ii Among the prison.
ers were seven leaders who had
aroused the special enmity of the man
darins and orders were issued for
their execution by slow torture. Hear
ing this, Gordon put in a vehement
protest, declaring that no such acts Of
baTbarity should occur while he was
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THE ISSUE.

It is the issue of 1776 over
again-our ancestors, when they
were 100000, had the courage
to declare their political indie
pendence of every other nation
upon the earth. Shall we, their
descendants, when we have
grown to 10000, 600, declare that
we are less Independent than
our forefathers? No, my
friends, it will never be the
Judgment of the people.-Wil-
lam Jennings Bryan.
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THE ~CRIsIE Or 1873.
The Gold Dollar Made the Unit of
Value.

1928. Chap. cxxxi. An act revis-
ing and amending the laws relative to
the minis, assay offices. and coinage of
the In. ed States.
Sec 49, That the standard for both
gold and silver coins Of the United
States shall be such that of 1000 parts
by weight 800 shall be of pure metal
and 100 Of alloy; and the alloy of the
silver coins shall be of copper, and the
alloy 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.
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A proper study Of the financial ques-
ti2h which dominates the presidential
Champaign requires first of all a thor
ough knowledge Of the various United
States laws bearing on the subject
There is much misunderstanding re-
specdng the coinage laws, and so
many controversies have arisen over
the text Of these laws that all the
statutes pertaining to American coin
age, compiled by the Chicago Inter
Ocean, are printed below:
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Ii HUNG CHANG.

IN TIIsT RE AGO
SPLINTER
SUCCEEDED
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THE LAW OF 1887.

New Standard for Gold and Silver
Ccin-SiEver a Legal Tender.
1861 Chap. ill An act supplement
4 tzry to the act entitled, IAN act es-
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09

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headache
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09

The law of March 3, 1915, authorized
the coinage of gold dollars and double
eagles, ''conformable in all respects to
the standard to be legal tender in the
payment Of all sums