Volume 69 · 631
Public Law 84–338
To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundred and twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Battles of the Alamo, Goliad, and Sail Jacinto tn the year 1830.
Approved August 9, 1955
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundred and twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Battles of the Alamo, Goliad, and Sail Jacinto tn the year 1830.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That in commemoration of the one hundred and twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Battles of the Alamo, Goliad, and San Jacinto in the year 1836 the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to strike and furnish to the Texas Heritage Foundation, Incorporated, two thousand medals one and five-sixteenths inches in diameter, with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the Secretary. The medals shall be considered to be national medals within the meaning of section 3551 of the Revised Statutes.
Sec. 2.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause such medals to be struck and furnished at 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.
Upon authorization from the Texas Heritage Foundation,
Sale of duplicates.
Incorporated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause duplicates in bronze of such medal to be coined and sold, under such regulations as he may prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof (including labor).
Approved August 9, 1955.