An Act to prevent the entry of certain mollusks into the United States
PL 82-152 (H.R.4443), enacted 09/22/1951

65 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 152—SEPT. 22, 1951 
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Washington Carver National Monument Foundation, and upon pay-
ment to the United States of the face value of such coins, except that 
none of such coins shall be issued after August 7,1954. 
"SEC. 4. The coins authorized by the first section of this Act may 
be disposed of at par or at a premium b^ banks or trust companies 
selected by the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial and the 
George Washingon Carver National Monument Foundation, and all 
proceeds therefrom shall be used, in the manner decided upon by the 
Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial and the George Wash-
ington Carver National Monument Foundation to oppose the spread 
of communism among Negroes in the interest of the national defense. 
"SEC. 5. (a) From and after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
no 50-cent pieces shall be coined under the Act of August 7, 1946. 
"(b) At the request of the Booker T. Washington Birthplace 
Memorial and the George Washington Carver National Monument Treasury! 
Foundation, any of the 50-cent pieces coined under the Act of August 
7, 1946, but on the date of the enactment of this Act not yet disposed 
of in accordance with such Act, shall be returned to or retained in 
the Treasury, and the Director of the Mint shall melt down such 
50-cent pieces and use the resulting metal and material for the coinage 
of silver 50-cent pieces under the first section of this Act. 
"SEC. 6. All laws in force on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
whether penal or otherwise, relating to the subsidiary silver coins of 
the United States and the coining or striking thereof, regulating and 
guarding the process of coinage, providing for the purchase of 
material and for the transportation, distribution, and redemption of 
coins, providing for the prevention of debasement and counterfeiting 
and for the security of the coin, or otherwise relating to coinage, 
shall, insofar as they are applicable, apply to the coinage authorized 
by this Act." 
Approved September 21, 1951. 
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Public Law^ 152 
CHAPTER 409 
AN ACT 
To prevent the entry of certain mollusks into the United States. 
September 22, 1951 
[H. R. 4443] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
Preve!ui™n°of"lntr 
of Agriculture shall establish such facilities for, and prescribe such into u. s. 
regulations governing, the inspection and treatment of produce, bag-
gage, salvaged war materials, and other goods entering the United 
States from areas infested with any terrestrial or fresh-water mollusk, 
as he considers necessary to prevent the entry of such mollusks into 
the United States. 
Whoever violates any such regulation or imports 
such a mollusk into the United States shall be fined not more than $500 
or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. 
The term "United 
States", as used in this Act in a territorial sense, means the forty-eight 
States, the District of Columbia, the possessions of the United States 
(except those which the Secretary of Agriculture finds are infested 
with such mollusks), and the Canal Zone. 
Approved September 22, 1951. 
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