“Article 29. Gold Received on
Consignment.—The United States
Mints and Assay Offices under the
conditions specified in this and
the following Articles of these
Regulations and subject to the ap
propriate regulations governing any
United States Mint or Assay Of
fice, will receive on consignment
for delivery to the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation gold which
such Mint or Assay Office is sat
isfied has been recovered from
natural deposits in the United
States or any place subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, provided, how
ever, that no gold shall be re
ceived under the provisions hereof
which in the opinion of the Mint
was held at any time in non
compliance with the Act of March
9, 1933, and the Executive Order
and Regulations issued thereunder,
and provided further, that no
Mint or Assay Office shall receive
on consignment any gold which
in its opinion has theretofore en
tered into industrial or mone
tary use.
• Gold will be received in amounts
of not less than two ounces of
fine gold and in the following
forms: Bars, kings, buttons, re
tort sponge, lumps, grains, and
dust, in their native state free
from earth and stone, or nearly
so. Consignments shall not contain
less than 200 parts of gold in 1,
000 by assay. In the case of gold
forwarded to a Mint by mail or
express, the original package will
not be opened until an invoice of
the description and weight of each
such package will have been* re
ceived. When there is a material
discrepency between the actual and
Invoice jveights of a consignment,
further action with regard to it
will be deferred pending communi
cation with the consignor.
