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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. sms. 11. oss. 77, 79. 1925. 749 of any person entitled to compensation under the provisions of this Act, the amount of such compensation shall be paid the widow, or if no widow, then to the children, or if no children, then to the estate of such person. Sec. 2. The Comptroller General is authorized and directed, not- ,,,,§,§‘§§,§S,,,‘,}i{,°,f,§§’,$*,,,,@ withstanding the provisions of such Act of May 22, 1920, to credit meds ¤¤¤¤¤¢>*¤*°- the accounts of all disbursing officers or agents of the Department of the Treasury with the amounts heretofore paid in good faith for temporary services to such persons who had reached the age for retirement or who had been retired. Approved, January 14, 1925. · CHAP. 79.—Joint Resolution Establishing a commission for the participation l¥iIiuRtyR¢i=i: of the United States in the observance of the one hundred and liftieth anniverr [Nb- R¢¤·» N°·4$·l sary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, authorizing an appropriation to be utilized in connection with such observance, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U nited _ States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby S,§‘§,§,,'§,§§§?§Qf§{§“§§,§ established a commission to be known as the United States Lexington- miSSi°¤; _ Concord Sesquicentennial Commission (hereinafter referred to as ,,,,?,,'§’,j°§§§?_ md W the commission) and to be composed of eleven commissioners, as follows: Three persons to be appointed b the President of the United States, four Senators by the President of the Senate, and four Members of the House of Representatives by the Speaker of P°"'°‘°°3‘ the House of Re resentatives. The commission shall serve without compensation and) shall select a chairman from among their number. Am t th md Sec. 2. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of :0.m`isuifs¤¤.°u ° any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of *’°"*°·’“· $5,000 to be expended by the commission for actual and necessary traveling expenses and subsistence while discharging its official duties outside the District of Columbia. Amount ,,,1,,,,,,;,,,; Sec. 3. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out £<gmv£•i:,;§¤*¤¤¤*¤¤*¤¤·*· of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum 1·»¤z,;§.7s4. of $10,000 to be utilized in the discretion of the commission for the appropriate participation on the part of the United States in the celebration and observance of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord to be commemorated on or about April 19 and 20, 1925. Sec. 4. That the Postmaster General is hereby authorized and ¤£,$,g°§‘§}‘§‘§,'}?,“I`° directed to issue a special series of postage stamps, in such b·*=¤¤¤°- denominations and of such designs as e may determine, commemorative of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord and of the one hundred and iiftieth anniversary of such other major events of the Revolutionary War as he may deem appropriate. 50% t Sm. 5. That in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth ¤,%'§.fm.,d_ °_ °*°°° Bnniversa of the Battle of Lexinégton and Concord there shall be N.,mb,,,_ coined at ltlie mints of the United tates silver 50-cent pieces to the number of three hundred thousand, such 50·cent pieces to be of the standard tro weight, composition, diameter, device, and design as shall be fixed? b the Director of the Mint, with the approval I*°¤"’°°‘*°'· of the Secretary oi the Treasury, which said 50-cent pieces shall be legal tender in any payment to the amount of their face value. _ Sw. 6. That all laws now in force relating to the subsidiary silver ¤§,‘;{°"*° """ ‘°°“' coms of the United States and the coimng_or str1k1ng_of the same, regulating and guarding the proces of coinage, providing; for the purchase of material, and for the transportation, distribution, and redemption of the coins, for the prevention of debasement or