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 1524 74 TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 586, 587. JUNE 16, 1936 . [CHAPTER 586 .] June 16,1936 . AN ACT [H.R.11533.1 To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the seventy-fifth [Public, No. 690.1 anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the B attle of Gett ysbu rg. United States of America in Congress assembled, That in commemo- Coinage of 50-cent pieces commemorating ration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, 75th an niv ersa ry of, there shall be coined at a mint of the United States to be designated authorized. by the Director of the Mint not to exceed fifty thousand silver 50- cent pieces of standard size, weight, and composition and of a special appropr iate single design to be fixed by the Director of the Mint, . No Federal expense with th e approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, but the United for dies, etc. States shall not be subject to the expense of making the necessary dies and other preparations for this coinage. Date, issue, etc» SEC. 2. The coins herein authorized shall bear the date 1936, irre- spective of the yea r in which they are minted or issued, sh all be leg al 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 eight persons duly authorized by the Governor of the State of Pennsyl- Number. vania, upon payment by it of the par value of such coins, but not . less than twenty-five thousand such coins shall be iss ued to it at. any one time and no such coins shall be issued after the expiration of Dispo siti on » one year after the date of the 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. Coinage laws appli- SEC. 3. All laws now in force relating to the subsidiary silver coins cable. of the United States and the coining or striking of the same, regu- lating and guarding the process of coinage, providing for the pur- chase' of material, and for the transportation, distribution, and redemption of coins, for the prevention of debasement or counter- feiting, for the security of the coins, or for any oth er purposes, whether such laws are penal or otherwise, shall, so far as applicable, apply to the coinage herein authorized. Approved, June 16, 1936. [C HAPT ER 587 .] AN ACT June 16, 1936. [H. R. 11920 .] To increase the efficiency of the Air Corps. [Public, No.691 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Army Air Corps . United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the President Active duty for Re- b se rve off icers, author- e, and he is hereby, authorized to call to active duty, with their ized; number; period of consent for periods of not more than five such number of service. ~ years, Army Air Corps Reserve officers as he may deem necessary, not to exceed one thousand three h undred and fifty. Compensation. SEC. 2 . Upon the termination of such a period of active duty of not less than three years in duration, such Air Corps Reserve officers shall be paid a lump sum of $500, which sum shall be addition to any pay and allowances which they may otherwise be entitled to re ceiv e. "Flyin g officer in SEC . 3 . The sixth proviso of section 2 Act of July 2, 1926 (44 time p0 781def ined
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flying officer in time of peace is defined as one who has received an aeronautical rating as a pilot of service types of aircraft or one who