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thority vested in me. to revoke or
modify this proclamation as the in
terest Of the United States may seem
to require
This proclamation shall bear the
date of and becomes effective on
the day on which the Secretary or
Acting Secretary of State countersigns
the same, affixes thereto the seal of the
United States and deposits this proc
lamation so countersigned and sealed
in the office of the Secretary of State,
as part of the archives of the Nation.
"In witness whereof have hereunto
set my hand.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT"
"By the President, and countersigned
and sealed with the seal Of the United
States, by direction of the President,
this 9th day Of August, in the year
Of our Lord nineteen hundred and
thirty-four and of the independence
of the United States of America the
one-hundred and fifty-ninth.
"CORDELL HULL,
Secretary of State"
SuVGT DeuVcEy OEuCHcus
The following executive order re-
quiring the delivery of silver to the
United States mints also was made
public:
by virtue of the authority vested
In me by the silver purchase act of
1884 and of all other authority vested
in me, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Presi-
dent of the United States of America,
do hereby require the delivery of all
silver situated in the continental
United States on the effective date
hereof, by any and all persons own
ing, possessing, or controlling any
such silver, and do hereby require any
and all persons owning, possessing, or
controlling any such silver to deliver
the same IN the manner, upon the
conditions and subject to the excep-
tions herein contained, such action
being in my judgment necessary to
effectuate the policy of the silver pur-
chase act of 1884.
Section 2. Silver required to be
delivered. There shall be delivered in
accordance with the terms of this
order all silver situated in the Con-
tinental United States on the effec-
tive date hereof, except silver falling
within any of the following categories
so long as it continues to fall there
under:
"A. Silver coins, whether foreign
or domestic;
"B. Silver of a fineness of 8 or
less, which has not entered into in
dustrial, commercial, professional,
artistic or monetary use;
Includes Recent Mining.
&C. Silver mined, after December
81, 1888, from natural deposits in the
United States or any place subject
to the jurisdiction thereof; provided,
however, that so much of such sill
yer so mined in the continental
United States on or before the eff
fective date of this order which shall
not have been deposited with a
United States mint under the proc
lamation of December 81, 1893.
shall, If proceeded to q fineness
greater than 8 within rs days
from the effective date of this
order, be delivered in accordance with
this order, not later than 80 days
from the effective date hereof, or If
processed to a finenes greater than 8
after rs days from the effective date
OF this order, be delivered within IS
days thereafter in accordance with
this order;
ID. Silver held for industrial, pro-
feSSional or artistic use and unmelted
scrap silver and silver sweepingS in
an amount not exceeding in the aggre-
gate 500 fine troy ounces belonging to
any one person.
e. Silver owned on the effective
date hereof by recognized foreign
government, foreign central bank or
the Bank for International Settle
mentS.
"F. Silver contained in articles fab
ricated and held in good faith for a
specific and customary use and not for
their value as silver bullion; or
"G Silver held under license is
sued in accordance with Section
hereof.
Due Within 80 Days.
Section 3. Time and Place of De-
livery.-The silver required to be de-
livered hereunder shall be delivered
not later than 90 days from the effec-
tive date hereof to the United States
mint nearest to the place where the
silver is situated Immediately prior to
delivery; provided that such silver
temporarily falling within the exempt
categorieS enumerated in Section 2,
shall be delivered at the end of 90
days from the effective date hereof, or
is days after the time when it ceases
to fall within such categories, which,
ever date is later. ANY person acquir-
ing ownership. possession or control Of
silver required to be delivered under
this order after rs days from the ef-
fective date hereof. shall deliver such
silver within is days of such acquiSi-
ton
Section 4. Amount Returnable for
Silver-The silver herein required to
be delivered shall be coined into
standard silver dollars, or otherwise
added to the monetary stocks of the
United States in accordance with the
proclamation, bearing tie same date
as this order, relating to the coinage
of silver, and there shall be returned
therefor in standard silver dollars.
silver certificates or any other coin
or currency of the United States, the
monetary value of the silver so de-
livered (that is. sI-2929 a fine troy
ouncel, less a deduction of 81 6-25
per cent thereof for seigniorage,
brassage, coinage and other mint
charges, as provided In such procla-
nation, that is. the amount return
able for the silver delivered in ac-
cordance herewith shall be an amount
equal to so cents q fine troy ounce,
which amount Is not less than the