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[84 STAT. 1769]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 1769]

84 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 91-^08-DEC. 31, 1970

used exclusively to coin one-dollar pieces authorized in section 101(d) of the Coinage Act of 1965, as amended by this Act. SEC. 203. The dollars initially minted under authority of section 101 of the Coinage Act of 1965 shall bear the likeness of the late President of the Ignited States, Dwight David Eisenhower, and on the other side thereof a design which is emblematic of the symbolic eagle of Apollo 11 landing on the moon. SEC. 204. Half dollars, as authorized under section 101(a)(1) of the Coinage Act of 1965, as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, continue to be minted until January 1, 1971. SEC. 205. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to transfer, as an accountable advance and at their face value, the approximately three million silver dollars now held in the Treasury to the Administrator of General Services. The Administrator is authorized to offer these coins to the public in the manner recommended by the Joint Commission on the Coinage at its meeting on May 12, 1969. The Administrator shall repay the accountable advance in the amount of that face value out of the proceeds of and at the time of the public sale of the silver dollars. Any proceeds received as a result of the public sale in excess of the face value of these coins shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. (b) There are authorized to be appropriated, to remain available until expended, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. SEC. 206. The last sentence of section 3517 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 324), is amended by striking the following: , except that coins produced under authority of sections 101(a)(1), 101 (a)(2), and 101(a)(3) of the Coinage Act of 1965 shall not be dated earlier than 1965". SEC. 207. Section 4 of the Act of June 24, 1967 (Public Law 90-29; 31 L'i.S.C. 405a-l note), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Out of the proceeds of and at the time of any sale of silver transferred pursuant to this Act, the Treasury Department shall he paid $1.292929292 for each fine troy ounce."' SEC. 208. Section 3513 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 316) and the first section of the Act of February 28, 1878 (20 Stat. 25; 31 U.S.C. 316,458) are repealed. SEC. 209. Coins produced under the authority of section 101(d) of the Coinage Act of 1965, as amended by this Act, shall bear such date as the Secretary of the Treasury determines. Approved December 31, 1970.

1769 Ante, p. 1768,, Eisenhower silver d o l l a r s.

Silver halfd o l l a r s, time limitation.

Silver d o l l a r s, transfer to GSA..

Appropriation.

81 Stat. 77.

Repeals.

Ei s enho wer silver d o l l a r s, date determination.

Public Law 91-608 AN ACT To rename a lock of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal the "Henry Holland Buckman lock." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Saint Johns lock of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal is hereby renamed the "Henry Holland Buckman Lock." Any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States in which such lock is referred to shall be held to refer to such lock as the Henry Holland Buckman Lock. Approved December 31, 1970.

December S l, 1970 [H. R. 9 5 6 ]

Henry Holland Buckman Lock. Re designation.