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 1354 SIXTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ons. 265-268. 1911. hm"- school shall be discontinued, or the good of the naval service shall seilemmm of vest require, such vessel shall be immediately restored to the Secretary of the Navy and the officers so detailed recalled: And promdedfurther, Nm 1******** S°”°°'*~ That no person shall be sentenced to or received at such schools as a punishment or commutation of punishment for crime: _ peQ?g,§i°°‘”¤ ‘°"° ’°‘ Sec. 4. That all laws and parts of laws in coniiict herewith are ` hereby repealed. Approved, March 4, 1911. , Much *1- i9U· CHAP. 266.-An Act To authorize commissions to issue in the cases of officers retired or advanced on the retired list with increased rank. ` P bli, No. 506,] _ _ [ u C Be it enacted by the Senate and H0us;3’Representatt2ges_of the United {{g{*gr*gg}f§{,’,;; Nm, States eg America in Congress assemb, That commissioned officers and srmhggrcigsogf of the rmy, Navy, and House Corps on the retired list whose rank §§,'§,§d'$§’§k_°‘ ” has been orshall hereafter be advanced bg olperation of or in accord- ·*"*¢·P-“"· ance with law shall be entitled to and s al receive commissions in accordance with such advanced rank. Approved, March 4, 1911. March 4. 1911- CHAP. 287.-An Act To amend section thirty-five hundred and thirty-six of the [H· R·2°88°·] Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the weighing of silver coins. [P°°”°'N°'5m`] B 1 mart aes t ndH 12 as f rh U ud et e y _ enaea emseo epresen._ ·ves_o e m §{jg'fj{$_3_5,_6 ,,699 States of Americajm Congress assembler; That section thirty-five hunamended. ` dred and thirty-suc of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, DL ui i I and éhe same islhergby, amenlded so its to lrgead as follows: ll ,1** *°“ ¤ ¤"'°" “Ec. 3536. na justingt eweig toft esilvercoins the fo owing mi S pemmell deviations shall not be exceeded in any single piece: In the dollar, the half and quarter dollar, and in the dime, one and one-half grains." Approved, March 4, 1911. . March 4,1911. QHAP. 288.-—An Act To amend sections thirty-tive hundred and forty-eight and IH-_ L 2986-1 thirty-five hundred and forty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, {rutne, soton.] relative to the standards for coinage. Be it enacted  the Senate and House of Re esentattves of the United €‘;>g¤¤£.M mms States y` America in Congress assembled, That section thirt -5% “ ‘ hundre and forty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: 0§°gg§gg{*{,‘;¥g°,:g ‘f Sec. 3548.  or the purpose of securing a due conformity in m1;;$c0s¤iZed¤¤¤¤· weight of the coms of the United States to the provisions of the 1aWS R_S;_;s.,_35»,g,p_qm_ relating to coinage, the standard troy pound of the Bureau of Stand- ““°“d°d· ards of the United States shall be the standard troy pound of the Mint cl; the Ungiecl States, conformably to which the coinage thereof shall regu at .’ Sec. 2. That section thirty-five hundred and forty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: m§_g;;·g;,ggj5,*;,g;gg "Sec. 3549. It shall be the duty or the Director or the Mint to g}c§¤;&>;?1¤;g'£uieg; procure for each mint and assay office, to be kept safely thereat, p.;E,Sd_ gm 70 a series of standard weights correspondin to the standard troy meugjaff ·P- L pound of the Bureau of Standards of the United States, consisting of a one-pound weight and the requisite subdivisions and multiples I U thereof, rom_the hundredths part of a  to twenty-five pounds. “’1’°° °”· The troy weight ordinarily employed in the transactions of such mints and assay offices shall be regulated according to the above