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202 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 2557 —2559. 1906. Mag 26, 1906. CHAP. 2557.-An Act To appoint an additional judge for the southern district l -**533-l or New York. —§¤—l5lE:>&$7M—- . . Be it enacted by the Senate and Howe of Representatzves of the Lhtzted H',§l§,°,‘.l,$,,"§{°“"j§’,‘,§{}; States of rlmeriea in Uongress assembled, That the President of the gay'. }’¤¤‘k ¤¤¤th¤¤¤ United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and_d1rected, by and sm` with the advice and consent of the Senate, to a point an additional judge for the southern district of New York, whose length of term, compensation, duties, and powers shall be the same as now provided by law for the judges of said district. Approved, May 26, 1906. my 26, IWG- CHAP. 2558.-An Act To amend section six of an Act entitled "An Act to define [S' wu"] and lix the standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or [Public, No. iso.] coined ebiy 1;/Llhe Epgtegcgltageshpocrtgggnguglheoplublic debt, and for other purposes," approv arc u , . Be it enacted by the Senate and House M Representatives of the United §€‘g§9,ff,§f‘§f”;‘u§;ud_ States of America in Congress assembled, That section six of an Act ed. approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred, entitled "An Act to dp ne and iix tls standardlolf valluebto mgirémin the pariity of lall forms 0 mone issu or coine the United States, to re und the ub ie debt, and, for other purpose:{" be amended by striking from thi; first roviso of said section six the words "one hundred " and inserting in lieu thereof the word "fifty," and by adding, after the words "shall be suspended," the following: " but the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to coin, within reasonable time, any and all gold bullion held in said reserve fund in excess of fifty million dollars,’ making the first mmu com proviso of said section six read as follows : “Provided, That whenever ig) george is wmv and so long as the gold coin held in the reserve fund in the Treasury 1>2»¢,}».1éss. for the redem tion of United States notes and Treasury notes shall fall and remain below fifty million dollars the authority to issue certificates B“l“°“ “‘l’° °°‘"""· as herein provided shall be suspended, but the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to coin, within reasonable time, any and all gold bullion held in said reserve fund in cxcess of fifty million dollars." Approved, May 26, 1906.

  1. ffY,3°i,:43°?, CHAP. 2559.-An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to

. a...,...; coo rate, through the Bureau of the Coast and Geoeletic Survey and the Bureau of ll’¤l>l¤*‘· N"- W-l lfishigrics, with the shellfish commissioners of the State of l\lnryland in making sur— veys of the natural oyster beds, bars, and rocks in the watcrzs within the State of Maryland. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and Ibmse of Representatives of the {hailed $l,?:i,]:l$d,;; n,,,,,,,,, States of America in Lhzrogyws I/NNWINL/¢’({, That the Secretary of Comgfjm_Q*_‘}j,_”**”·°**‘·· merce and Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, upon neun: of experts the request of the governor of the State of Marvland to designate """"`"'°°‘ spchdofficegs, experts, andheniployees of thug Bureaii of the Coast and `eo etic `urvey an o the ureau of Fis eries as mav be necessarv to cooperate with the Maryland State board of shellfish bomniissioners in making a survey of and locating the natural oyster beds. bars, and

  • ‘“‘"""""“*‘°"·“‘°· rocks in the waters within the State of Maryland; and the Secretary

of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized and directed to furnish to the officers, experts, and employees of said Bureaus so detailed as aforesaid such instruments, appliances, and steam launches as mav be Pwr necessary to make the survey aforesaid; and the Secretarv of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized to have made in the Bureau of the Coast and (leodetic Survey all the plats necessary to show the