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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 766, 767-DEC. 18, 1942 Provisions repealed. a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States. SEc. 14. The following provisions of law are hereby repealed- (a) So much of the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1936 (49 Stat. 76), of the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1937 (49 Stat. 1320), and of the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1938 (50 Stat. 271), as reads as follows: "Provided further That from any sums received from the Mexican Government in settlement of a general claim of an American citizen against it, there shall be deducted and deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts, 5 per centum thereof in reimbursement of the Government of the United States of expenses incurred by it in respect of such claim". (b) That portion of the joint resolution approved April 10, 1939 (53 Stat. 573), reading as follows: "Provided, That any expenditures from the amount herein authorized to be appropriated shall become a first charge upon any moneys received from the Government of Mexico in settlement of the respective claims, and the amount of such expenditures shall be deducted from the first payment by the Mexican Government and deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts". Approved, December 18, 1942. [CHAPTER 767] December 18, 1942 IS. 2889] [Public Law 815] AN ACT To further the war effort by authorizing the substitution of other materials for strategic metals used in minor coinage, to authorize the forming of worn and uncurrent standard silver dollars into bars, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Isuance of special United States of America in Congress assenmbled, That (a) there shall series. be included among the coins of the United States one or more special Pro Tiso. series of coins: Provided, That the coinage, issuance, and circulation of the coins provided for by this section shall be subject in all respects to the conditions, terms, provisions, limitations, and excep- tions specified in subsections (b) to (j) hereof. tioPnrsereq.'e ondi- (b) No denomination or series of coins provided for by this section shall be coined unless and until the Secretary of the Treasury shall have issued an order that shall (1) prescribe the particular denomina- tion or series, stating the pertinent physical properties, including rorio. content, weight, dimensions, shape, and design: Provided, That in determining such physical properties the Secretary shall take into consideration the use of such coins in coin-operated devices; and (2) state that he has determined, after consultation with the appropriate officials charged with the production of war material, that the coinage and circulation of the particular series will operate to conserve strategic metals in furtherance of the war effort. Time limit. (c) There shall be no coinage pursuant to the provisions of this . section after December 31, 1946. enom ons (d) The coinage provided for by this section shall not be of other denominations than 1 cent piece and 3 cent piece, and the amount of coinage of each such denomination shall be prescribed by the Secre- achdenomination tary of the Treasury. to onstitute a series. (e) Each denomination of coins provided for by this section shall Plcita. constitute a series: Provided, That if one denomination is coined in more than one physical form or composition, the pieces of each differ- ent physical form or composition shall constitute a separate series. Phpcal r opetes. (f) Thecoinage provided for by this section shall be in pieces of such metallic, or other or different content, weight, dimensions, shape, limits of tolerance, and design (including devices and 1064 [56 STAT.

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