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Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentafiVeS of the United States of America in

Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentafiVeS of the United States of America, in
Congress assembled consisting twenty
five and eghttenths grains Of gold fine establish
ed by section trfve hundred the Revised
ues Of the United States shall be the sandrd unit Of value and
all forms of money issued by shall
be maintained parity of value with this standard
shall be the duty Of the Secretary of the Treasury maintain
such parity.
Sec That United States and Treasury issued
under the Act Of July fourteenth eighteen hundred and ninety
when presented the Treasury redemption, shall be
deemed in gold of the standard fixed in the first section Of
this Act and in order prompt certain redemption
Of such herein provided shall be the duty
rotary Of the Treasury apart in the Treasury
fund of hundred fifty million gold
bullion which fund shall b used for such redemption purposes
only and whenever and often any
redeemed from said fund shall be the duty the Secretary
the Treasury said redeemed and
tain such fund in the following, wit First
by exchanging the notes redeemed for gold coin the
fund of the Treasury b accepting deposits
gold coin the Treasury any subeasuy in exchange for
the United States redeemed third by procuring gold
coin 10y the said with the provisions Of
section treyen hundred of the Rsed Statutes of the Uni
ted States If the Secretary of the Treasury is unable restore
and maintain gold coin by the foregoing
methods and the GOLD bullion said
fund shall any below million dollars
then ii shall be his duty the
of hundred and fifty million by borrowing money
the credit of the United States, debt thus
to issue and sell coupon or registered bonds Of the United Sta
such form he prescribe in denominations of fifty dol
of exceeding three per cenum per annum
payable quarterly, such bonds payable pleas
the United after year
issue and to be payable principal and interest in gold Of
the standard value and exempt payment
States we'll as from
tion any form 10y under State municipal
y; and the gold received
be the
exchanged in the manner heenbefore provided for equal
of the redeemed held exchange
Secretary
United states or for ay Other lawful rnrIos The rubii inter
he
when redeemed in accordance " the ,vsons Of this etion
shall be essued shall De held until
changed gold herein oyded and the gold coin and bull
lion in the reserve fund together with the redeemed held
provided in section
maximum sum of one hundred and fifty million dollars.
See That nothing contained in this Act shall be con-
srued affect the gatender quality provided by law
Of the silver dollar of other coined or issued by the
United States
See T. That there established Treasury Depart
part Office Of the Treasurer of the United
divisions be designated and known the division of
division of redemption, which shall be assigned
respectively. under such regulations the Secretary of the
Treasury may approve all records and accounts relating to the
and redemption of United gold certificates
silver certificates and currency certificates There shall be
transferred from Tue accounts OF the general iund OF the Treas
of the United States and taken the books Of said d
visions respectively relating the fund
the redemption ol ned states notes and treasury notes The
gold held against outstanding currency gold certificates the
United States notes held against outstanding cerf
Gates ana he sFe G"afs heid against outstanding silver GER
cate and each of the funds represented by these
the redemption certificates
which they are respectively pledged and shall be used FOR no
other purpose the being held 5 funds
>. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary Of the
Treasury standard silver dollars coined under the
provisions Of the Acts of July fourteenth eighteen hundred and
ninety thirteenth eighteen hundred and ninety eight
bullion purchased under the Act Of July fourteenth eight
ninety retire equal of
Treasury Treasury either
accordance with the provisions Of this Act the
ordinary of business and the cancellation of Treas
shall against silver
lars soc coined.
Sec 6 That Secretary Treasury hereby author
lied deposits gold with the Treas
any of the United States in Of
than twenty dollars and TO issue gold certificates there
less than dollars, and the
deposited shall be retained in the Treasury and held for
payment certificates demand and used for
other purpose
all other public dues and when received be
when held b. banking
of its lawful Provided That when
and long the gold coin held in the fund the
Treasury the redemption and Treas
ury shall fall below hundred million dollars
the authority issue certificates herein provided shall bc
pended And provided further That whenever and long
aggregate silver cerf-