Volume 87
Public Law 93–114
To authorize the striking of medals in comment oration of the one hundredth anniversary of the cable ear in San Francisco.
Approved October 1, 1973
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the striking of medals in comment oration of the one hundredth anniversary of the cable ear in San Francisco.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, in commemoration
San Francisco cable cars.
100th anniversary medals.
of the one hundredth anniversary of the invention of the cable car, the Secretary of the Treasury shall strike and deliver to the San Francisco Cable Car Centennial Committee not more than one hundred and fifty thousand medals with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury after consultation with the committee. The medals, which may be disposed of by the committee, at a premium, shall be delivered at such times as may be required by the committee in quantities of not less than two thousand, but no medals shall be struck after December 31, 1974. The medals shall be considered to be national medals within the meaning of section 3551 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 368) except that for the purposes of this Act some or all of such medals may be struck by the superintendent of the coining department of the assay office at San Francisco, under such regulations as the superintendent, with the approval of the Director of the Mint, may prescribe. Medals struck at the assay office may bear the legend “Struck at the San Francisco Mint”.
Sec. 2.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause such medals to
Cost.
be struck and delivered 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 struck and delivered under
Size.
this Act shall 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 committee.
Approved October 1, 1973.