Popular Name Statutized?:
N
Type:
Description
Date Enacted:
Tuesday, February 21, 1905
Short Title:
NO short title
Classification:
15 USC 291
Statute At Large:
ch. 720, 33 Stat 732
Named For?:
Hallmark is what is stamped on Gold and Silver to certify purity
Link/Source:
(Dictionary)
Interesting Part Statutized?:
N
Notes:
Hallmark not statutized - statute prohibits stamping of gold and silver with "U.S. assay" (still on books, never amended); No one in Congress named Hall at the time and no one ever named Mark; Seems to be "Hallmark"