and the words inserted in lieu thereof in the
handwriting of the Clerk, are in SMALL CAPS.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
May 29, 1872.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
December 16, 1872.
Reported by Mr. Sherman with amendments, viz.: Strike out the
parts in [brackets] and insert the parts printed in _italics_.
January 7, 1873.
Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Finance, reported additional
amendments, which were ordered to be printed with the bill.

AN ACT
Revising and amending the laws relative to the mints, assay-offices,
and coinage of the United States.
1 _Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
2 United States of America in Congress assembled_,
1 Sec. [16] 15. [That the silver coins of the United States shall
be
2 a dollar, a half-dollar or fifty-cent piece, a quarter-dollar
or twenty-
3 five-cent piece, and a dime or ten-cent piece; and the weight
of the
4 dollar shall be three hundred and eighty-four grains; the half-
dol
5 lar, quarter-dollar, and the dime shall be, respectively, one-
half,
6 one-quarter, and one-tenth the weight of said dollar; which coins
7 shall be a legal tender, at their nominal value, for any amount
not
8 exceeding five dollars in any one payment.] _That the silver
coins
9 of the United States shall be a trade-dollar, a half-dollar or
fifty-
AGREED A DIME OR TEN-CENT PIECE
10 cent piece, a quarter-dollar or twenty-five-cent piece ^; and the
11 weight of the trade-dollar shall be four hundred and twenty
grains
12 troy; the weight of the half-dollar shall be twelve grams and
one-
13 half of a gram; the quarter-dollar and the dime shall be, respec-
14 tively, one-half and one-fifth of the weight of said half-dollar;
15 and said coins shall be a legal tender at their nominal value for
16 any amount not exceeding five dollars in any one payment_.
AGREED

On the 5th of June I made a speech covering not only the pending
bill, and the cognate questions involved, but all the irrelative
topics introduced by other Senators. I said:

"I approach the discussion of this bill, and the kindred bills and
amendments pending in the two Houses, with unaffected diffidence.
No problem is submitted to us of equal importance and difficulty.
Our action will affect the value of all property of the people of
the United States, and the wages of labor of every kind, and