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Show any other person or firm who may receive re-ceive coins of silvor of the coinage of countries other than the United Stites, in cnse such coins are smelted or refined, to stump with ft steel stamp tho resulting bars, "Foreign." In case foreign bilver coins are remeltod or refined with other silver products of the United States in such a way that it is not possible to separate sep-arate in the resulting bars tlie exact product of such foreign silver coins, it shall be the duly of such assayors or reliner or other person or firm, to stamp with a steel stamp all amount of silver bars which shall be equivalent to the amount of foreign silver sil-ver coins melted or refined the word "Foreign." Every person who fails to stamp bars resulting from the smelting and refining of foreign silvor bullion, or foreign silver coins with the word "Foreign," "For-eign," and every person who falsely removes re-moves this stamp, or who by any arl, way or moans mutilates the stamp for tho purpose of preventing identification of the bnrs, shall be punished by a fine of not loss than 8100 nor more than 81000 for oach bar; provided, that nothing noth-ing in this section shall be held to apply to silver products extracted by tho processes pro-cesses of smelting, amalgamation and lixiviation, or any other metallurgical process, in the United States, from ores imported from foreign countries. SLIISIIHAKY HILVKR COINAfJK. Seo. 11. That nothing in this act shall bo construed to prevent the purchase from this to time us may be required of silver bullion for the subsidiary silver coinngo, nor to affect the legal tender qualits of the standard silvor dollar. Sec. 12. That a sum sullicient to carry out the provisions of this act is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not likewise appropriated. Sec. 13. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Sec. I t. That this act shall take effect thirt) days ffom and after its passage. MR. IINDOM'S BILL. The Full Text as Amended by the Honse Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures. 1 A MATTES OP GEEAT INTEREST. Silver Men Will be Heard in the House-Champions House-Champions of the Secretary's Bullion Bul-lion Certificate Scheme. The house committee on coinage, woights and measures upon finishing the consideration of the Windom silver bill ordored it reported to the house with amendments. The vote on the bill in committee was seven to five. Those voting vot-ing in the affirmative were Chairman Conger of Iowa, Walker of Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, Carter of Montana, Comstock of Minnesota, Tracey of New York, Mitchell Mit-chell of Pennsylvania and Wilcox of Connecticut. Con-necticut. Those voting in the negative were Bartine of Nevada, Bland of Missouri, Mis-souri, Knapp of New York, Taylor of Illinois and Williams of Illinois. . A member of the committee who toted in the negative and is recognized as a staunch friend of silver, in an interview with a correspondent said: "Mr. Carter of Montana, who voted in the affirmative today, is really one of the strmgest opponents of the Windom bill, lie voted for it today, however, merely to get it out of the hands of the committee com-mittee and before the house, where the silver men will have a chance to be heard. We are opposed to the provisions provis-ions limiting the operations of tho bill ' to domestic silver. We are not bound by the action of the committee, and we shall oppose its passage in tho present form in the house. "The leading champions of the bill are Mossrs. Conger and Wnlker. Mr. Knapp is opposed to it for reasons of his own. He is a New Yorker and is in sympathy with Wall street. Mr. Taylor of II linois, who also voted against the bill, is not a silver man, but is a national banker. Four silver and two gold men, therefore, make up the opposition to the bill in the committee." Following is the full text of the bill as finally amended: TEXT OP THE AMENDED BILL. That any owner of Bilver bullion, the product of the mines of the United States, or of ores smelted or refined in the United Sta tes, may deposit the same at any coinage mint or at any assay office in the United States that the secretary sec-retary of the treasury may designate, and receive therefor treasury notes, hereinafter provided for, equal, at the date of the deposit, to the net value of such silver at the market price, such price to be determined by the sacretsry of the treasury under rules and regulations regula-tions prescribed, based upon the price current in the leading silver markets of ths world; but no deposit core'sting in whole or in part of silver bullion or foreign for-eign silver coins imported into this country, or bars resulting from melted or refined silver coins, shall be received under the provisions of this act. THE BULLION CERTIFICATES. Sec. 2. That the secretary of tie treasury shall cause to be prepared treasury notes in such amounts as may be required 'for the purpose, of the above section, and in such form and denomination denomina-tion as he may prescribe; provided, that no note shall be of a denomination less than f 1 nor more than 81000. Sec, 3. That the notes issued under this net artelt be receivable for customs, t8es and ell publlo debt and when re-cetywl re-cetywl (n tin treasury may be roiMued, tional banking association shall be counted as part of its lawful reserve. Sec. i. That the notes issued undor the provisions of this act shall be redeemed re-deemed upon demand at tho trenBiiry of the United States or at the office of an assistant treasurer of the United States, by the issuo of certificates of deposit for the sum of the notes so presented, payable pay-able at one of the mints of the United States in an amount of Bilver bullion equal in value on the rate of said certi-cates certi-cates to the number of dollars stated therein, at the market price of silvor, to bo determined as provided in section; or such notes may be redeemed in gold coin at the option of the government; provided, that upon demand of the holder hol-der such notos shall be redeemed in silver sil-ver dollars. REFUSAL OP DEPOSITS. Sec. 5. That when the market price of silver as determined by the secretary of the treasury shall exceed 81 for 371.25 grains of pure silver, it shall be the duty of the secretary of tho treasury to refuse to receive deposits of silver bullion for the purpose of this act: provided, that where the market price of silvor, as determined de-termined in accordance with soction 1 of tho act, is 371.25 grains of pure silver, it shall be lawful for the owner of any silver bullion, the deposit of which is herein provided for, to deposit the same at any coinage mint of the United Stntes to be coined into standard silver dollars for his benefit, as provided in the act of January 18, 1837. TO DISPLACE RKDKEMINO COIN. Sec. 6. That the silver bullion dopos ited undor this act, represented by treasury notos which have heen redeemed re-deemed in gold coin or in silver dollars, may be coined into standard silver dollars dol-lars or any other denomination of silvor coin now authorized by law for the purpose pur-pose of replacing the coin used in the redemption of the notes. Sec. 7. That so mush of the net or February 28, 1878, an act "to authorize tho coinage of the standard silver dollar and to restore its legal tender character charac-ter " as authorizes the monthly purchase and coinage into silver dollars of not less than $2,000,000, nor more than l,0Wi,imo worth of silver bullion is hereby re- PBSecd'8. That any gain or seignorage arising from the coinago which may be executed under the provisions of this act, shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury as provided by existing '"sec. 9. That silver bullion received under the provision of this act, shall be subjected to the requirement of existing law and the regulations of the mint service governing the methods ol receipt, determining the amount of pure silver contained and the amount of charges and deduction, if any, to be m8ClFOREI0N SILVER TO BE STAMPED. Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the collectors of customs of the United States to stamp with a steel stamp on every bar of silver uulhon imports into the United States the word -Foreign. It shall be the duty o! every asssyer o: refiner of the United States, or any other person or firm who may recede bars of Silver stamped -Foreign." such bars are remelted or rehned, 1 to stamp with a steel stamp the resul ing bar "Foreign." In case bars of silver stamped "Foreign" are remelted or refined re-fined with other silver products cf the United States in such a way that it is not possible to separate in the resulting bais the exact products of such foreign sUver, it shall be the duty of such as-sayer as-sayer or refiner or other persons or firms to stamp with a steel stamp an amount of silver bars which shall be -nuiVBlent to the amount of foreign Silver melted of refined, the word "tor. I inn," It hull be tho duty of every u- |