An Act to facilitate the protection of consumers of articles of merchandise composed in whole or in part of gold or silver from fraudulent misrepresentation concerning the quality thereof, and for other purposes.
PL 87-354 (S.1186), enacted 10/04/1961

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S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-364-OCT. 4, 1961 
775 
October 4, 1961 
[S. 1186] 
Public Law 87-354 
AN ACT 
To facilitate the protection of consumers of articles of merchandise composed 
in whole or in part of gold or silver from fraudulent misrepresentation 
concerning the quality thereof, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) section 4 a^cifg^' «^^'*'*'" 
of the Act entitled "An Act forbidding the importation, exportation, 
Misrepresenta-
or carriage in interstate commerce of falsely stamped articles of mer- "°" °^ quality, 
chandise made of gold or silver or their alloys, and for other purposes", 
approved June 13, 1906 (34 Stat. 260; 15 U.S.C. 294 et seq.), is 
amended by— 
(1) inserting therein, immediately after the section number 
"SEC. 4.", the subsection designation " ( a ) " ; and 
(2) adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b) Whenever any person, firm, corporation, or association, being 
a manufacturer or dealer subject to the first section of this Act— 
"(1) applies or causes to be applied to any article of mer-
chandise intended for sale or customarily sold as a complete 
product to consumers in any State, by stamping, branding, 
engraving, or otherwise, any quality mark or stamp indicating or 
purporting to indicate that such article is made in whole or in 
part of gold or silver or of an alloy of either such metal; or 
"(2) imports into any State any such article of merchandise 
bearing any such quality mark or stamp which indicates or pur-
ports to indicate that such article is made in whole or in part of 
gold or silver or of an alloy of either such metal, 
such person, firm, corporation, or association, before depositing any 
such article manufactured or imported after six months after the 
effective date of this Act in the United States mails, or causing such 
article to be so deposited, for transmission thereby, or delivering such 
article or causing such article to be delivered to any common carrier 
for transportation from one State to any other State, or transporting 
such article or causing such article to be transported from one State 
to any other State, shall— 
"(A) apply or cause to be applied to that article a trademark 
of such person, firm, corporation, or association duly registered 
or applied for within thirty days after an article bearing the trade-
mark is placed in commerce or imported under the laws of the 
United States or the name of such person, firm, corporation, or 
association; and 
"(B) if such article of merchandise is composed of two or more 
parts which are complete in themselves but which are not identical 
in quality, and any one of such parts bears such a quality mark 
or stamp, apply or cause to be applied to each other part of that 
article of merchandise a quality mark or stamp of like pattern 
and size disclosing the quality of that other part. 
Each identifying trademark or name applied to any article of mer-
chandise in compliance with clause (A) of this section shall be applied 
to that article by the same means as that used in applying the quality 
mark or stamp appearing thereon, in type or lettering at least as large 
as that used in such quality mark or stamp, and in a position as close 
as possible to that quality mark or stamp. 
For the purposes of this 
subsection, the term 'State' includes the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the District of 
Columbia." 
Identifying trade-
mark. 
'State. 
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Effective date. 
PUBLIC LAW 8 7 T 3 5 5 - O C T . 4, 
1961 
[75 S T A T . 
SEC. 2. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 
j&rst day of the third month beginning after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
Approved October 4, 1961. 
Public Law 87-355 
October 4, 1961 
[S. 2397] 
AN ACT 
40 u s e 651 note. 
National 
C a p i -
tal Transportation 
Agency. 
Land a c qui si-
tion, etc., author-
ity. 
40 u s e 664. 
eonstruction. 
Authorizing the National Capital Transportation Agency to carry out part 1 
of its transit development program and to further the objectives of the Act 
approved July 14. 1960 (74 Stat 537). 
Whereas the National Capital Transportation Agency on July 31,1961, 
transmitted to the Congress, pursuant to section 204(c) of the 
National Capital Transportation Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 537), a report 
entitled "Report on Part One of the Transit Development Program, 
July. 1961"; and 
Whereas part 1 of the transit development program provides for 
acquisition by the National Capital Transportation Agency of land 
for future express transit service in conjunction with the develop-
ment of certain new highways and parkways in the National Capital 
region: 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^Thsit for the purpose 
of enabling the National Capital Transportation Ag:ency to carry out 
that part of its transit development program described in its report 
entitled "Report on Part One of the Transit Development Program, 
July 1961", transmitted to the Congress on July 31,1961, pursuant to 
the provisions of subsection (c) of section 204 of the National Capital 
Transportation Act of 1960, the National Capital Transportation 
Agency is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions of such Act, to 
acquire, or enter into agreements for the acquisition or use of, facilities, 
property, and rights-of-way for express transit: 
(1) in the center median area and elsewhere in, adjacent to, or 
in conjunction with (A) Interstate Route 66 in Fairfax County 
and Arlington County, Virginia; and (B) Interstate Route 95 in 
Prince Georges County, Maryland; 
(2) adjacent to, or in conjunction with (A) the George Wash-
ington Memorial Parkway; (B) the Little Falls Branch Parkway 
from the George Washington Memorial Parkway to the vicinity 
of Massachusetts Avenue; (C) the Parkway Spur through the 
Cabin John Valley from Cabin John to the (Japital Beltway; 
and (D) the Capital Beltway from the George Washington 
Memorial Parkway to the vicinity of Bradley Boulevard, all in 
Montgomery County, Marvland: 
Provided, That the Agency is further authorized to carry out, as part 
of part 1 of its transit development program, such construction in 
connection with the land acquisition projects provided for herein, as 
must necessarily be undertaken at the time the aforesaid highways 
and parkways are constructed: Provided further, That the authority 
granted the Agency under subparagraph (2) above shall in no way 
diminish the powers of the Secretary of the Interior under other 
Federal laws. 
Approved October 4, 1961.