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 324 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 175,176 . JUNE 5, 1935. Transfer of Construc- the Senate, to transfer and appoint officers of the Construction Corps tion Corps officers. of t he Navy who are applicants to the correspond ing rank and gr ade in the line of the Navy for the performance of aeronautical engineer- Rank and precedence. duty only. Each officer of the Construction Corps so transferred M appointed shall have the lineal position and precedence in the line which he would have held had he remained in the line or had his original appointment been in the line except that no officer shall have his existing relative rank, precedence, or seniority in the Con- To be carried as struction Corps altered by suc h transfer. A ny o ffi ce r of th e Con - additional numbers. struction Corps so transferred and appointed and any line officer designated for the performance of aeronautical engineering duty only shall be carried as an additional number in the grade in which he is serving, and to which he may h ereafter be pro moted, and, ex cept as ~E xis tting provisions otherwise provided in this Act, the performance of duty, succession to command, selection for promotion, examination for promotion, pro- motion, and r etirem ent of such o fficer s shal l be g overned by th e prov i- sions of existing law and of laws hereafter enacted relating to line officers assigned to engineering duty only, Approved, June 5, 1935. June b,1935 [CHAPTER 176.] AN ACT . [H . R.6372 .1	To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in connection with the Cabeza de [Public, No .97.] Vaca Expedit ion and the opening of the Old Spanish Trail. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Cabeza de v acs Ex- United States of America in Congress assembled, That to indicate p i a t Co n g e o co mm em- the interest of the Government of the United States in comm emorat- orate, a uthorized. ing the four hundredth anniversary of the Expedition of Cabeza de Vaca and the opening of the Old Spanish Trail, there shall be coined by the Director of the Mint si lver 50-cent pi eces to the nu mber of not more than ten thousand, of standard weight and fineness and of a special ap propriate desig n to be fixed b y the Director of the rodie Federal expense Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, but the United States shall not be subject to the expense of making the models for master dies or other preparations for this coinage. Issue. SEC. 2. That the coins herein authorized shall be issued at par and only upon the request of the chairman of the El Paso Museum Committee. Disposition. SEC. 3 . Such coins may be disposed of at par or at a premium by said committee and all proceeds shall be used in furtherance of the El Paso Museum. Coinage la ws appli- SEC. 4 . That all laws now in force relating to the subsidiary silver cabl e~ 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 the coins; for the prevention of debasement or coun- terfeiting; for security of the coin; or for any other purposes, whether said laws are penal or otherwise, shall, so far as applicable, apply to the coinage herein directed. Approved, June 5, 1935.