Springville Herald | 1934-01-11 | Page 2 | King Submits Silver Bill |

Type	issue
Date	1934-01-11
Paper	Springville Herald
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Article Title	King Submits Silver Bill
Type	article
Date	1934-01-11
Paper	Springville Herald
Page	2
OCR Text	Show KING SUBMITS SILVER BILL WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 :.R A bill to establish a bi-metalio . system of coinage with a ratio of 16 to 1 between silver and gold was introduced in the senate Thursday by Senator King, Dem., Utah. King's bill proposes a free coinage coin-age of both gold and silver and would extend the ratio of gold to silver to apply also to silver coins. The weight of the silver dollau would be fixed at 412.8 grains of standard silver: the half dollar. 206.4; quarter dollar 103.2; and the 10 cent piece, 41.28 grains. The bill would repeal any ac-tions ac-tions and orders based on the gold and silver provisions of the agriculture agri-culture relief act.
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