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 Trrun xxxvn.——COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AND MEASVRES. 697 Sm. 35l7. Upon the coins there shall be the following devices and IP¤¤*lP*l¤¤¤¤P0¤ legends} Lpou one side there shall be an impression emblematic of lib- °°"‘”· erty, with an inscription of the word “Liberty " and the year of the 12 Feb., 187:%, t-. co1nage,_and upon the reverse shall be the ii ure or representation of an Bb S- 1*% V- U- P- eagle, with the mmrnpticns “‘ United States of America" and “E Pluribus 421 [ num, ’ and a designation of the value of the coin; but on the gold dollar and threedollar piece, the dime. tive, three, and one cent iece, the iigure of the eagle shall be omitted: and on the reverse of the silier tmde—dollar the weig t and the iineness of the coin shall be inscribed. Ssc. 3518. At the option of the owner gold or silver may be cast into G01d md ¤ilV¢¢r bars of line metal, or of standard fineness, or unparted, as lie may prefer, ba"' with a stamp upon the same designating the weight and tineness, and Ibid·,¤-19,p.427. with such devices impressed thereon as may be deemed expedient to prevent fraudulent imitation, and no such bars shall be issued of a less weight than live ounces. Sec. 3519. Any owner of gold bullion may deposit the same at any C9l¤l¤€ gold mint, to be formed into coin or bars for his benefit. It shall be lawful, b“1l‘°”? “'h°” **8* however, to refuse any deposit of less value than one hundred dollars, f),;);:; may be m` or any bullion so based as to be unsuitable fol‘ the o rations of the Mint. — J-} —-—-——- ln cases where gold and silver are combined, if eitlibr metal be in such Ib‘d··S·2°·P·*27- small roportion that it cannot be separated advantageously, no allowance shall be made to the depositor for its value. Sec. 3520. Any owner of silver bullion may deposit the same at any Silver bullion mint. to be formed into bars, or into dollars of the weight of four hundred m*‘Yl’°'°9€iV°d {0i' and twenty rains troy, designated in this Title as trade-dollars, and no §;_rl':;;€_(l'({Q°arl;“'s deposit of sdver for other coinage shall be received. Silver bullion con- tained in gold deposits, and separated therefrom, may, however, be paid u"d·»“·2rl’·*2'- for in silver coin, at such valuation as may be, from time to time, established by the Director of the Mint. Sec. 3521. When bullion is deposited in any of the mints, it shall be W¤i1zhi¤g_b1;lli9n weighed by the superintendent, and, when practicable, in the presence ““{l“”°°"“““‘“8“·° of the depositor, to whom a receipt shall be given, which shall state the 3 description and weight of the bullion. lVhen, however, the bullion is in Ibl<l-»¤·22,p·428- such a state as to require melting, or the removal of base metals, before its value can be ascertained, the weight, after such operation, shall be considered as the true weight of the bullion depositec. The fitness of the bullion to be received shall be determined by the assayer, and the mode of melting by the melter and retiner. Sec. 3522 From every parcel of bullion deposited for coinage or bars, Assay of bullion. the superintendent shall deliver to the assayer asufficient portion for the Ib]§:g2@ purpose of being assayed. The bullion remaining from the operations of the assay shall be returned to the superintendent by the assayer. Sec. 3523. The assayer shall report to the superintendent the quality Assayerto relpm or fineness of the bullion assayed by him, and such information as wi l *0 ?9P€¤;¤'¤€¤H9¤* enable him to compute the amount of the charges hereinafter provided §:s';;'g,_° “ '°“ for, to be made to the depositor. -—il§5—-ggpigg Sec. 3524. The charge for converting standard gold bullion into coin Charges lor conshall be one-fifth of one per centum. he charges for converting stand- ;€=1'*_¤f;§ l{¤ll1<>¤. ard silver into trade-dollars for melting and refining when bullion is below _E;’LcBL standard, for toughening when metals are contained in it which render 1bid.,s.25,p.42s. it unfit for coinage, for coplper used for alloy when the bullion is aboye b Repealed m pim standard, for separating the gold and silver when these metals exist C?/;‘é"·1}‘*ig*'*-;1gég» together in the bullion, and for the preparation ot bars, shall be taxed,’’Y ‘ ‘ from time to time, by the Director, with the concu_rrence_of the Secretary of the Treasury, so as to equal but not exceed, m their judgment, the actual avera e cost to each mint and assay-oflice of the material, labor, wastaage, and use of machinery employed in each of the cases aforementwneThe act of January 14, 1875, c. 15, s. 2, v. 18, p. 296, repealed the charge of one-fifth of one per centum for converting standard gold bullion into coin.