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Volume 83

Public Law 91–13

To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the American Fisheries Society.

Approved May 15, 1969

Statutory text

AN ACT

To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the American Fisheries Society.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That, in commemoration

American Fisheries Society.

100th anniversary medals.

of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the American Fisheries Society on December 20, 1870, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to strike and furnish to the American Fisheries Society not more than one hundred thousand medals with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the American Fisheries Society subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. The medals shall be made and delivered at such times as may be required by the American Fisheries Society in quantities of not less than two thousand, but no medals shall be made after December 31, 1970. The medals shall be considered to be national medals within the meaning of section 3551 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 368).

Sec. 2.

The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause such medals to be

Cost.

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 costs.

Sec. 3.

The medals authorized to be issued pursuant to this Act shall

Sizes, etc.

be of such size or sizes and of such various metals as shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with the American Fisheries Society.

Approved May 15, 1969.

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