Public Law 74–845

That in commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the arrival of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman in the Walla Walla Valley, Washington, and of the founding of the Waiilatpu Mission, there shall be struck at a mint of the United States to be designated by the Director of the Mint twenty-five thousand commemorative medals of a special appropriate single design, size, weight, and composition to be fixed by the Director of the Mint with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Sec. 2.

Such commemorative medals shall be delivered to the duly authorized officers of the Whitman Centennial, Incorporated, upon payment to the Director of the Mint of an amount to be fixed by the Director of the Mint not less than the estimated cost of manufacture, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses; and security satisfactory to the Director of the Mint shall be furnished to indemnify the United States for the full payment of such cost.

Sec. 3.

Whoever shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit or cause

Counterfeiting, etc.

or procure to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited or shall aid in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting any medal issued under the provisions of this act, or whoever shall sell or bring into the United States or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof from any foreign place, or have in his possession any such false, forged, or counterfeited medal, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.