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 74 TH CONG RESS. SESS. II. CHS. 836, 837. JUNE 26, 1936 . 19 73 [CHAPTER 836 .1 June 26, 1936. Authorizi ng the payment of certain salaries and expenses of employees of the	[S. 4581 .1 Ge neral Land Offic e. [Public, No .821 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the allot- ment to the General Land Office under section 1, title II, of the Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935, of $168,000 for necessary office work incident to surveys and resurveys of the public lands, is hereby extended and made available for said purpose for the period of July 1 to September 11, 1935, inclusive, and the pay- ment of unpaid salaries for said period is hereby authorized, and the General Accounting Office shall allow credit in disbursing officers' accounts for salaries and expenses so paid for said period. Approved, June 26, 1936 . [CH APTER 837 .] AN ACT General Land Office . Payment of ce rta in salaries and expenses authorized. Vol. 48, p. 1056. Credit allowed for payments. AN ACT To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the three- [s June . 26,4s6s .] 1936 . hundredth anniversary of the founding of York County, Maine. [Public, No. x22.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That in com- York County, mem oratio n of t he thr ee-hun dredth anniv ersary of the foundin Maine . y g coinage in co mme m- of Y ork Co unty, Maine, there shall be coined at a mint of the oathonzof founding of, United States to be designated by the Director of the Mint not to Numbor. exceed thirty thousand silver 50-cent pieces of standard size, weight, and composition and of special appropriate single design to be fixed by the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, but the United States shall no t be subject to the foN a es ederal exp en se expense of making the necessary dies and other preparations for this coinage. SEC. 2. The coins herein authorized shall bear the date 1936, irre- Date, issue, etc. spective of the year in which they are minted or issued, shall be legal tend er in any payment to the amoun t of their face value, and shall be issued only upon the request of the Committee for the Comm emorat ion of the Fo unding of Yor k Coun ty upo n payme nt 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 Disposition. par or at a premium by such committee, and the net proceeds shall be used by it in defraying the expenses inciden tal and appropriate to the commemoration of su ch event. SEC. 3. All laws now in force relating to the subsidiary silver Coinage laws appli- 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 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.