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FEDERAL
VOLUME I

1934

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NUMBER 56

Washington, Saturday, May 30, 1936
3. Parting and Refining Charge rate per gross ounce or fraction:

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Office of the Secretary; Bureau of the Mint.

CLASS A. BULLION CONTAINING GOLD
T able
of
C harges
M i n t s a n d A s s a y O f f ic e s U n it e d S t a t e s
at t h e
of the
As fixed by t h e D irector o f t h e M in t an d approved b y t h e Secretary o f t h e Treasury, M arch 19, 1936.

To Take Effect June 1, 1936
1. Melting Charge:
On each deposit of bullion a melting charge of $1 -shall be imposed for the first 1,000 ounces or fraction thereof, and 10
cents additional for each 100 ounces or fraction thereof in excess of 1,000 ounces, computed on the after-melting weight:
Provided, That no melting charge shall be imposed on de posits consisting of uncurrent United States coin dr unmu tilated stamped United States mint bars; or on silver bullion free from gold, of the fineness of 996 thousandths or over when received in conformity with official regulations for monetary purposes and a satisfactory assay can be obtained without previous melting.
When the melting loss exceeds 25 percent, an additional charge of $1 for each deposit shall be imposed when the deposit weighs 150 ounces or less; on deposits weighing over 150 ounces the charge shall be $1 for the first 150 ounces and 25 cents for each 100 ounces or fraction in excess of 150 ounces.
On each deposit containing white gold alloys, as deter mined by the assayer, an extra melting charge of $1 for the first 100 ounces or fraction thereof, and 10 cents additional for each 100 ounces or fraction thereof in excess of 100
ounces, shall be imposed.
Deposits which fail to give concordant assays and those requiring an excessive amount of treatment such as filings containing metals other than gold and silver, shall, at the discretion of the officer in charge, be subject to an additional charge equal to the cost to the Government for additional fuel, labor, and materials used in melting and treatment, as well as in remelting and retreatment, if necessary, by the deposit melter.
2. Withdrawal and Rejection of Deposits:
If otherwise permissible,1 deposits may be withdrawn by depositors at any time before payment is tendered for same, and thereafter at the option of the officer in charge of the mint or assay office, subject to payment in cash of such charges for melting, etc., as have been incurred up to the time of withdrawal.
Rejected deposits are subject to payment in cash of such charges as have been incurred up to time of rejection. All deposits containing 800 thousandths or more of base metals must be rejected and should be returned to the depositor unless the metal may not be received by the depositor.
See paragraph 10.

Gold content thousandths Base content thousandths Up to 250

Up to 50________ _____ ____________
Over 50 to 150-____ __________________
Over 150 to 250________________ _____
Over 250 to 350
Over 350 to 450
Over 450 to 550____________ _____ - . . .
Over 550 to 650
Over 650 to 750
Over 750
If of white gold alloys________________

Cents
250% to 500 500% to 949%

1
1M
2M
3M
4M
5M
6M
7M

Cents
Cents
2 2M
3M
4M
5M
6M
7M
8M

4
4M
5M
6M
7M
8M

Gold content 950 to 994 ____ 2 cents . _____0 cents Regardless of gold content, additional _____ 2 cents charge.___

CLASS B.----SILVER BULLION FREE FROM GOLD
Charge
Silver content
If deposited for payment in or exchange for bars
Cents 4
3 1
% 0
CLASS C.--- MISCELLANEOUS

Upon gold bullion from 899 thousandths to 917 thou sandths fine and silver bullion below 996 thousandths fine, having but one precious metal present and having base con tent of good copper, including foreign coin and domestic mutilated or uncurrent coin, a refining charge willbe im posed only when payment is to be made in fine bars, viz:
S ilv e r d ep osited for fine silv er b ars_______________ $0.005
G old d ep o sited for fin e gold b ars___________________
.01

When bullion contains less than one-fourth thousandth of gold or less than 8 thousandths of silver the gold or silver content respectively shall not be reported for the benefit of the depositor.
Gold coin containing 8 thousandths or over of silver ac quires the status of bullion as regards charges and is sub ject to appropriate charge for refining.
4. Bar Charges:
Charges on gold bars issued in exchange for gold bullion
When payment in gold bars is requested without specifica tion as to size no bar charge will be imposed; except that when fine gold bullion of40.995 or higher fineness is deposited S ee paragrap h 10.

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