Volume 76 · 156
Public Law 87–534
To repeal certain obsolete provisions of law relating to the mints and assay offices, and for other purposes.
Approved July 11, 1962
Statutory text
AN ACT
To repeal certain obsolete provisions of law relating to the mints and assay offices, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 3495
Mints, assay offices.
Repeal of obsolete statutes.
of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 261), is amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 3495.
The different mints and assay offices shall be—
“First.
The mint of the United States at Philadelphia.
“Second.
The mint of the United States at Denver.
“Third.
The United States assay office at New York.
“Fourth.
The United States assay office at San Francisco.”
Sec. 2.
Section 3558 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 288), is amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 8558.
The business of the United States assay office at San Francisco shall be in all respects similar to that of the assay office at New York, except that no gold or silver shall be refined. The Officer in Charge shall be allowed the amount of necessary and bona fide wastage as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury but not to exceed that provided for the melter and refiner in section 3542 of this title, for wastage incurred in the casting of fine gold and silver bars.
Such wastage allowance shall not apply to deposit operations.”
Sec. 3.
The following obsolete provisions of law are repealed:
Section 344 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 252).
Section 3497 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 264).
Section 3498 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 265).
Section 3499 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 268).
Section 3500 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 269).
Section 3502 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 254, 271).
Section 3504 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 266,272).
Section 3556 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 280).
Section 3557 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 282).
Section 3559 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 284).
Section 3560 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 285).
Section 3561 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 286).
Act of February 20, 1895 (ch. 105, 28 Stat. 673; 31 U.S.C. 262,283).
Approved July 11, 1962.