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 152 2 Collection of. Report to be made. June 16, 1936. [H.R. 7690.] [Public, No. 687 .] Albany, N. Y. Coinage of 50-cent pieces commemorating founding of, author- ized. No Federal expense for dies, etc . Date, issue, etc. Number. Disposition. Coinage laws appli- ca ble . 74 TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 582, 583. JU NE 16, 1936 . stores, ship service stores, commissaries, filling stations, licensed traders, and other similar agencies, located on United States military or other reservations, when such fuels are not for the exclusive use of the United States. Such taxes, so levied, shall be paid to the proper taxing authorities of the State, Territory or the District of Columbia, within whose borders the reservation affected may be located. (b) The officer in charge of such reservation shall, on or before t he fifte enth day of each month, submit a written stateme nt to th e proper taxing authorities of the State, Territory or the District of Columbia within whose borders the reservation is located, showing the amount of such motor fuel not sold for the exclusive use of the United States during the preceding month. Approved, June 16, 1936. [CHAPTER 583 .] AN ACT To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the city of Albany, New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in commem- oration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the city of Albany, New York, there shall be coined at a mint of the United States to be designated by the Director of the Mint not to exceed twenty-five thousand silver 50-cent pieces of standard size, weight, and comp osition and of a special appropr iate sin gle desi gn to be fixed by the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, but the United States shall not be subject to the e xpense o f making the nec essary d ies and other pr eparatio ns for this coi nage. SEC. 2. The coins herein authorized shall bear the date 1936, irre- spective of the year in which they are minted or issued, shall be legal tender in any payment to the amount of their face value, and shall be issued only upon the request of a committee of not less than three persons duly authorized by the mayor of the city of Albany, New York, upon payment by it of the par value of such coins, but not less than twenty-five thousand such coins shall be issued to it at any one time and no such coins shall be issued after the expiration of one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Such coins may be disposed of at par or at a premium by such committee, and the net proceeds shall be used by it in defraying the expenses inci- dental and appropriate to the commemoration of such event. SEC. 3 . All laws now in force relating to the subsidiary silver coins of the United States and the coining or striking of the same, regulating and guarding the process of coinage, providing for the purchase of material, and for the transportation, distribution, and redemption of coins, for the prevention of debasement or counter- feiting, for the securit y of the coins, or for a ny other purpose s, whether such laws are penal or otherwise, shall, so far as applicable, apply to the coinage herein authorized. Approved, June 16, 1936.