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 1972 74 TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 834, 835. JUNE 26, 1936. [CHAPTER 834 .] AN ACT June 26, 1936. [S.4241.] To provide for the sale of a certain isolated tract of the public domain in the State [Public, No.819.] of Oregon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That notwith- standing any other provision of law or any Executive order, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized upon application filed within six months from the date of this Act to order into the market and sell at public auction for not less than the appraised value, lot 5, section 21, township 2 south, range 3 east, Willamette meridian, Oregon, subject to the provisions and reservations of section 24 of the Federal Power Act of June 10, 1920 (41 Stat . 1063), as amended by the Act of August 26, 1935 (49 Stat . 846) : Provided, That any money paid in connection with such sale shall be deposited in the Oregon and California land-gran t fund in the United States Treasury. Approved, June 26, 1936. Or egon . Sale of certain pu b- lic land in, authorized. Description. Reservations, etc ., under Federal Power Act. Vol.41, p. 1063;Ante, p.846. Proviso. Deposit of receipts from sale. AN ACT June 26, 1936. [S .4464 .] To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in celebration of the opening of the [Public, No. 820 .] San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in celebra- tion of the opening of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge there shall be coined at a mint of the United States to be designated by the Director of the Mint not to exceed two hundred thousand silver 50-cent pieces of standard size, weight, and composition, and of a special appropriate single design to be fixed by the Director of toaies edtoral expense the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, but the United States shall not be subject to the e xpense of making the necessary dies and other preparations for this coinage. SEC. 2. The coins herein authorized shall bear the date 1936, irrespective 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 the Sa n Francisco Clearing House Association, upon payment by it of the par value of such coins, but not less than twent y-fiv e tho usand such coin s sha ll 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 en actment of this Act. Such coins may be disposed of at par or at a premium by such asso- ciation and the net proceeds shall be used by it in defraying the expenses incidental and appropriate to the celebration of such event. appli- 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 transportatio n, distribution, and redemption of coins, for the prevention of debasement or counter- feiting, for the security of the coins or for any other purposes, whether such laws are penal or otherwise, shall, so far as applicable, apply to the coinage herein authorized, Approved, June 26, 1936. San F ran cisc o- Oak lan d Bay Bridge. Coinage in cel ebra- tion of opening of, au- thor ized . Number. Date, issue, etc . Payment. Disposition. Coinage law s cab le. [CHAPTER 835 .]