DATE: April 16, 1791 

TOWN: Philadelphia, PA 

SOURCE: Gazette of the United States
Mint Act of March 3, 1791 
(Establishing a Mint)
A MINT SHALL
BE ESTABLISHED
RESOLVED by the Senate and the House of Representatives, of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a mint shall be established under such regulations as shall be directed by law. 

Resolved, that the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause to be engaged, such principal artists as shall be necessary to carry the preceding resolution into effect, and to stipulate the terms and conditions of their service, and also to cause to be procured such apparatus as shall be requisite for the same purpose. 

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the  

United States, and President of the Senate 

APPROVED, MARCH THIRD, 1791. 

GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the 

United States. 

Deposited among the Rolls in the Office of the Secretary of States. 

THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State