DATE: April 13, 1849
TOWN: Little Rock
SOURCE: Arkansas State Democrat
|Mint Act of March 3, 1849 (Gold Dollars and Double Eagles)||
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for all sums whatever the double eagle shall be a legal tender for $20, and the gold dollar shall tender for one dollar.
SEC 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws now in force in relation to the coins of the United States, and the striking and coining the same, shall, so far as applicable, have full force and effect in relation to the coins herein authorized, whether the said laws are penal or otherwise; and whether they are for preventing counterfeiting or debasement, for protecting the currency, for regulating and guarding the process of striking and coining, and the preparations therefor, or for the security of the coin, or for any other purpose.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in adjusting the weights of gold coins henceforward, the following deviations from the standard weight shall not be exceeded in any of the single pieces--namely, in the double eagle, the eagle, and the half eagle, one half of a grain, and in the quarter eagle, and gold dollar, one quarter of a grain; and that, in weighing a large number of pieces together, when delivered from the coiner to the treasurer, and from the treasurer to the depositors, the deviation from the standard weight shall not exceed three penny-weights in 1000 eagles; and one-half pennyweighs in 1000 half eagles; one pennyweight in 1000 quarter eagles; and one half of a pennyweight in 1000 gold dollars.
APPROVED March 3, 1849