Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-04-18
NOTICE.
TREASURY DETAnTnEST 7
Ao,H Al. 1914

L
Ap,H 4th, 1914
WHEREAS ny an Ac, Of Congress, pa ST.
w on the 24h day Of March, 1914. he Pies
dent of the Uaaed S,s,es is authorised 10 DO
ow, on the credit of the Unised States, sum
moi exceeding twenty five millions OF dolisrs &
whereas the Presdene of The United States die
Nv an act or commission under his hand dated
the goth day of March, 1914. sushorise and en-
power the Secretary of the Treasury 10 borrow
On behalf Of the Unred Safes, the aforesaid sum
Of twenty five millions of dollars, or sny part
thereof. Ia pursuance 10 the Act OF Congress
bove rccued:
Notice IS therefore hereby gtuen,
That proposals will be received by he Secfe
,sry OF the Treasury un.ii the second day 81 May
next, from any person or persons, body or node
corporate, who msy offer for themselves Or o
,hers, to loan 10 the Uared States account &
in part of the aforesaid sum Of twenty-five mil
ions of dollars, the OF Ten millions OF dosfs
or any part thereof not less than TWEEN y.fse
,hous and dollars.
The stock to be issued Cor the money loaned
will bear en- interest OF six per cent per snBam
payable quar- err yearly aud the proposals mus.
dislincil, state the amount Of mocey offered 10
D., loaned, and the rate ut winch the Aioresa,o
stock will be received for the saline
Tue amount loaned is 10 be PAID into bank or
banks authorised pv the llGhsury install.
mems, in the following msnner, viz.
One fourth part, or twenty fi.e dollars on eaci
bundled doliars, on The 25,h day Of Ma.
mex.
And one fourth par:, on the twenty hf,h ds.
of each of the ensuing months Of Jase. jay
and August next
On the day fixed tor the payment of any install
ment after the first, ali The remaining lns, al
menis may be paid.
The sun loaned is TO be paid iato such bsns
or banks AS may be mutually convenient 10 The
lender and to the government, IN The $ ale where
the lende- resides, ,f desired b. him. The pro.
possls must state the bank or banks into which
the lender may de sire to make he payments.
Ifpropossls differing in terms from sno'h
er should be accepted, the option will be allow
ed to any persons whose proposals msy he &C
cepted. of taking the terms allowed 10 ny 9th
CIR person whose proposals may be accepted.
No pse, .ossls viii be re oc,yed for sum less
than twenty FIVE thousand dollars but com.
mission Of one fourth OF one per cent. will be al.
owed 10 any person collecting subscriptions tor
the purpose of inco pota,iag ,hem in enc pro.
posal 10 the amount Of tventy five thousand dot
lars. or upwards. provide such proposal shall be
accepted.
II proposals shall be made amounting togeih.
err to grea,er sum than that required, the pref
erence will, on equal lefms, be given 10 those
made by persons who were subscribers to tue
loan OF &iesen millions in the year 1872.
On failure Of payment of any ms aiment, the
ne xt preceding ihslsImen, TO be forfeited.
Sc,ir cen,ficsles viii be issued BY the Cash.
iers OF the banks where the payments shall b.
made, TO the persons making the payments and
the said Cashiers will ,naurse ON these ceruh
Gates the payments oi the several ins,aim1nts
when made.
The acsipt certificates will be assisnable b.,
endo, Sc ment and delivery; and will DC funded
after the compilation OF HE pa, ments. upon pre-
sents,lon by The proprietor, 10 The Commissioner
Of Loans tor the state where the payments hsvc
been made.
The funded stock to be thus issued will he ir.
redee mxbie till the 3lsi day OF Dece mber, 1926
will be transferable in the same manner as th,
other funded stock Of the United States, and viii
be charged tor The regular and quarterly pay
ment Of ITS interest, atsd Tor the ui,imste REIN
busse ment of its PRINCIPAL, upon the annual iu.'o
ofe,git mill oas OF doiia.s, appropriated tor 'he
payment OF the principal Aud n,eres, OF the debi
OF The United States, in he manner pointed oui
IN tue aforesaid ACT Of ,he PAN y; March, 1914.
GEO. w. CAMPBELL,
Secretary Of she Teassry