Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-03-25
E. NJ. PEASE,


Of Congress are deemed identica al with the hold
ers Of the debt described in the said act Of the
State OF Texas; and whereas 1t Is alleged that
there exist forged certificates Of said debt, the
holders OF which may assert to be gen inc and
Claim payment Of and whereas the 81 section Of
the said act OF Congress requires the holders Of
the certificates and other evidences Of said d 10,
shaQ execute rele3ses to the United States, and
also to the State Of Texas before payment: and
the 4th section OF said gct requires that public no.
tice should be given for the space Of ninety davs
OF the time when said payment will be made
and whereas the Treasury Department has adopted
the form Of a release TO the United States and
the form Of a release 10 the State OF Texas, no.
tice Is hereby given to said creditors that pay
melt, pro "a q, will be made at the Treasury Of
the United States, by means Of treasury drafts on
some OF the assistant treasurers public deposi
taies Of the United States, and after the is Of
June, 1876, to such Of the holders Of the genuine
cert icdteS other evidences Of said debt in ac-
cordance with the provisions Of said acts, who
shall have assigned their said certificates or other
evidences of said debt to the United States aud
executed the release in the form A to the United
States and the release In the form b TO the State
OF Texas, and ed the same with the Secretary
OF the Treasury thirty days before the lst Of June
next, the thirty days being required to investigate
the genuiHeness OF the certificates for which
purpose, the Department Is advised Texas will
send an agent who possesses knowledge Of the
debt as II was created and the handwriting Of the
ofdcials whose signatures are attached to them
1t Is desirable that all the certificates ard evil
delces OF debt should be q ed thirty days before
the Of June and the holders will take notice that
all certificates and evidences not filed before that
time VIII be retained for examination and invesu-
CATION until the Department shall be fully satisfied
ithe genuineness Of the certificates and evidences
produced The assignment and release NAV be ex
ecuted and acknowIedged In the presence Of the
Assistant Secretary or chief clerk and notary and
be certified by the notary under his notarial seal
but when the holders desire to ma ke the assign
ment and execute the releases out of the CITY of
washington 1t may be done in the presence OF an
m frpa pr col tor
notary public, and be witnessed by the collector
or surveyor and the notary public and be certified
by the notary under his noiarial seal and If there
be no collector surveyor Of the customs at the
place where the party resides, the assignment
ana r5 leases may be executed before any court Of
record. in the presence Of the Judge and clerk
thereof, and be witnessed by them, and certified
Dy the clerk under his ssal Of office and il the
holder be out Of the United States the assignment
ana releases NAV be executed before any United
states consuI, and be witnessed and certified by
MIN under his consular seal. All persons exc
cutting such assignments and releases must aIso
declare, under oath before the notary clerk or
consul as the case may be, that they are the real
owners OF the certificates or other evidences of
debt, or that the same have been assigned TO them
bona fde for collection and the notary cIe,k
or consul must include the fact Of that ieclara
tion In their certificate OF acknowledgment
The pro rata dividend, when allowed by the
accounting oticors will be remitted to the pSyties
In accordance with their directions or the dr,f,s
handed TO their regularly con stituted agents for
transmission JAMES GUTHRIE
Secretary Of the Treasury.
Form A.
Know all persons by these presents that -
- has released. and hereby releases, the Uni
ted States Of America from all further liability or
claim for the payment Of certificate evidencesof
debt number -, for the sum Of s. issued
by the late Republic Of Texas and redeemed by
the United States in accordance with the provi-
sions of an act Of Congress entitled - An act to
Co. IL. nj
late Reppblic Of Texas are comprehended in
the act OF Congress Of September nine, eighteen
hundred and rfty," approved the twenty eighth
day Of February, 1855, and an act Of the State Of
Texas approved the LIST Of F February, 1856.
AS witness my hand and seal.