Volume L.
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and safely to keep, a series of standard weights,
corresponding to the aforesaid troy pound, con-
sistas Of an pound weight, and the requisite
subdivisions and maltpea thereof, from the hun
dredth part Of grain 20 twenty five pounds and
that the troy weights ordinarily employed in the
transactions Of t.e Mint shall he regulated accor.
ding to the above standards. at least once in every
year, under his iHspectnn: and their accuracy
teste, annually in tile presence Of the Assay Com
missioners, on the day Of the annual assay.


sec. 4 .2ad be it .fgrt'ier enacted, That when
silver bullion, brought to the Mint for coinage, is
found tn require the operatio.. Of the test. the ex
pense Of the materials employed in the process
together with reasonable allowance for the vast
are necessarily arising therefrom. to be determili
ell by the Meter and Reiner of the Mint, with
the appreciation Of the Director, shall be retained
from such deposite. and accounted for by the Treas
user Of tile Mint to the Treasury Of the United
States.


Sec. 5. AID BE- it further enacted, That, when
silver bullion, brought to the Mint for coinage,
shall be found to contain proportion Of gold, the
separation thereof shall be effected at the expense
Of the party interested therein: Proridea 1euers
ttelpss, That, when the proportion OF gold is such
that it cannot be separated asvantagropsy, 1t shall
BE- lawful, with tie consent Of the owner, or, in
his absence. at the discretion of the Director, to
com The sare as an ordinary deposte of silver


sec, 6. .4Rd Be 1t further enacted, That the D.
r ctor .! the Mint may employ the requisite mum.
ber Of Clerks at a compensation not exceeding in
The whole the of seventeen hundred dollars
and such number, OF workmen and assistants as
e business Of the Mint shall, fron, time 70 time,
require.


Sec 7. .4nd BE it further enacted, That It shall
be lawful for. tie Director of the Mint to receive,
and cause TO be assayed bullion not intended for
coinage, and TO cause certificates to be given Of
the Gneness thereof, bv sucn officer as he shalt de-


sisnate for tia. pu pose, at such rates Of charge,
to be paid by the owner of sad buinH and under


such regulations. as the said Director may, fror


time to time establish.


A STEVENSON,
! Speaker Of the House N L presen,atives
s. SMITH,


President o. be Seaae, pro tempore
! Appro7ed-l9ih May, 1923.


/ JOHN QUINCY ADAMS