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Show FIVK Fit E 10 COINAGE HII.I.S, And Other Propone I Measures Rcgardlng-Golrl Rcgardlng-Golrl mid 8 Iter. Washington, Dec. 2. -Representatives Bartine of Nevada, Townsend of Colorado, Bland of Missouri, Clements of Georgia and Wheeler of Alabama introduced in-troduced bills for the free coinage of silver. Pickler of South Dakota, introduced intro-duced a bill for the free coinage of gold and silver bullion. Carter of Montana, introduced a bill amending tho act authorizing au-thorizing the receipt of United States gold coin in exchange for gold bars by providing that the superintendents of coinage mints and United States assay office at New York may, with the approval ap-proval of the director of tiny mint, hut not otherwise, receive United States gold coin from any holder in sums not less than $5000, and deliver iu exchange gold bars. The director may. with the approval of the secretary of the treasury, treas-ury, impose for such exchange a charge which m his judgment shall equal the cost of manufacturing the bars. |