An Act to provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the compIetion of the first transcontinental railroad
PL 90-303 (S.1909), enacted 05/10/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-303-MAY 10, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
Public Law 90-303 
May 10, 1968 
[S. 1909] 
First transcon-
tinental railroad. 
100th anniver-
sary medals. 
AN ACT 
To provide for the strikinjf of medals in coniuienioratioii of the one hundredth 
anniversary of the c<»nn>Ietion of the first transc-ontinental railroad. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatires 
of the 
United States of Amerha /n Congress assembled, That in commemora-
tion of the one hundredth juiniversary of the driving of the golden 
spike at Promontory, Box Elder County, ITtah, on May 10, 1869, sig-
nifying the meeting of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pa-
cific Railroad upon completion of the fii'Sit transcontinental railroad, 
the Sei'i'etary of the Treasury is authorized aaid dii'ected to strike and 
furnish to the (lolden Spike Centennial Celebration C^ommission, 
Washington, District of Columbia, not more than five hundred thou-
sand medals with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be 
determined by the Golden Spike Centennial Celebration Commission 
subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. The medals 
shall be made and delivered at such times as may be required by the 
Golden Spike Centennial Celebration Commission in quantities of not 
less than two thousand, but no medals shall be made after December 31, 
1969. The medals shall be considered as national medals within the 
meaning of section 3551 of the Revised Statutes (31 TJ.S.C. 368). 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause such medals to be 
struck and furnished at not less than the estimated cost of manufac-
ture, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead 
expenses, and security, satisfactory to the Director of the Mint, shall 
be furnished to indemnify the United States for full payment of such 
costs. 
SEC. 3. The medals authorized to be issued pursuant to this Act shall 
be of such size or sizes and of such metals as shall be determined by the 
Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with the Golden Spike Cen-
tennial Celebration Commission. 
Approved May 10, 1968. 
May 13, 1968 
[H. R. 13176] 
Public Law 90-304 
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AN ACT 
To amend the Acts of February 1, 1826, and February 20, 1833, to authorize the 
State of ()hio to use the proceeds from the sale of certain lands for educational 
purposes. 
State of Ohio. 
Sale of lands, 
proceeds. 
Be It enacted hy the Senate and House of Rept'esentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled 
"An Act to authorize the Legislature of the State of Ohio to sell the 
lands heretofore appropriated for the use of the schools in that State," 
approved February 1, 1826 (4 Stat. 138), is amended to read as fol-
lows : "That the Legislature of the State of Ohio may sell all or any 
part of the lands heretofore reserved and appropriated by Congress 
for the use of schools within that State and may use the proceeds from 
the sale of such lands for educational purposes, as the Legislature of 
the State of Ohio in its discretion shall deem appropriate." 
SEC. 2. The Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Legislature of the 
State of Ohio to sell the land reserved for the support of religion in the 
Ohio Company's and John ('leeves Symmes' purchases", approved 
Febi-uary 2, 1833 (4 Stat. 618), is amended to read as follows: "That 
the Ijegislature of the State of Ohio may sell all or any part of the 
lands heretofore reserved and appropriated by (congress for the sup-