Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-11-29

Secretary the Treasury the chief clerk thereof
in the presence Of notary public, and be witnessed
blythe Assistant Secretary, or chief clerk and no,a
", and be ssrtided by the notary under his nota-
nal seal; but when the hoders desire to make the
assignment and execute the releases out of he city
ofWashington, may be done in the presence Of an
assstanttreasureI, collector, or surveyor of the
customs, In the presence Of notary public, and be
witnessed by the collector or surveyor and the no
tary public, and be certified by the notary under his
no,a<fsl seal; ndifthere be no collector orsurvey.
or ofthe customs al the place where the party 70
sides, the assignment and releases may be executed
befre any court Of record, in the presence OF the
Judge and clerk thereof and be witnessed by them,
and certified by the clerk under his seal Of ONCE;
and if the holder be of the United States, the
signment and releases may be executed before any
United States and be witnessed and certified
by him under his consular seal. All persons exc
cutting such assignments and releases must also de.
clare, under oath, before the notary, clerk con
sui, the case may be, that they the real own
Ofthe certificates other evidences Of debt, or
that the same have been assigned to them, bona
6de, for collections and the notary, clerk, or consul
must include fact In their GER
tiff ate acknowledgment.
If assigned for collection, or in pledge, the name
Of the party holding the beneficial OF resduary in
'srest in the claim mus- be stated in the affidavit
and release to the United States and release to
Texas must be duly executed by such party. to-
getha with the assignment and releases from the
person in whose favor settlement and payment is
requested
One or more audited certificates, or one o. more
evidence of the same character Of debt, may be in
cluded in the same assignment, releases, and afda
Wit of ownership, if each certificate is correctly de-
scribed by number, date, amount, and name of the
original payee. 1t should also appear whether the
certificates were issued by the authorities OF the
State of Texas on account of the debt Of the repub
lie, or were issued by the republic of Texas, accord
ing TO the facts of each case.
The assignment to the United States may be made
in common form the releases should be drawn ac-
cordins 10 the forms subjoined-A and b.
JAMES GUTHRIE.
Secretary Of the Treasury.
Form A.
Know all persons by these presents that
- has elea 'ed, and hereby releases, the United
Sa'es of America from all further liability or claim
for the payment of certificate or evidence of debt
number -, for the sum of s. issued by
the late republic OF Texas, (G by the authorities Of
the state of Texas, as the case may bs,) and re-
deemed py the United States in accordance with the
provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to
provie tor the payment of such creditors of the late
republic of Texas as are cOmprehended the of
Congress Of september nine, eighteen hundred and
my" approved the 28th day Of February 1855 and
an act of the tate Of Texas, approved the lst of
February, 1855.
As witness my hand aad seal.
Form B
Know all persons by these presents that
has released, and hereby releases, the State of
Texas from all further liability claim fol the pay
ment OF certificate or evidence Of debt number
-, for the sum OF -, issued by the hate re-
public Of Teas or by the authorities Of the State
OF Texas, as the case may be and redeemed By the
United states in accordance with the proVsfoAs of
an act of Congress, entitled An act to provide for
the payment Of such creditors Of the late republic o.
Texas cOmprehended in the act of Congre IS
Of September nine, eighteen hundred and hAy,"
approved the 2oh Of February, 1855, and an act of
the State Of Texss, approved the 1st Of February,
1855