Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-03-18
E. NJ. PEASE,

And whereas the creditors referred to In said act
OF Congress are dee med Identical with the hold
ers Of the debt described in the said act Il the
State OF Texas; and whersa as Ii Is alleged that
there exist forged ceiIifcates Of said debt, the
holders OF which nav assert to be gen inc and
Claim payment Of; and whereas the 3 section Of
the said act o: Congress requires the holders Of
the Certih ates and other evidences Of said d .bt
shall execute Tele3sts to the United States, and
also TO the State Of Texas before payment; and
the ah section Of said act req uires that public
tice should be given for the sp zee OF ninety days
o! the time when said payment will be made :
and whereas the Treasury Depar ment has adopted
the form Of d release TO the United States, and
the form Of a release to the State Of Texas no.
tice is hereby given to said creditors that paw
ment, pro a, will be made at the Treasury Of
the United States, by means Of treasury drafts on
some OF the assistdn. treasurers public deposl,
taries of the United States on and after the st of
June, 1915, to such Of the holders Of The genuine
cert hcates or other evidences Of said debt in ac-
corddRce with the provisions OF said acts who
shall have assigned their said certificates or other
evidences of sai1 debt TO the United States and
executed the release In the form A 10 the United
States, and the release In the form to the State
OF Texas, and sd the same with the Secretary
OF the Treasury thirty days before the Ist Of Iune
next the thirty days being REQ uiIed to investigate
the genuineness Of the certihcst-s, for which
pirpose, the Department Is advised, Texas will
send an agent who possesses knowledy ye Of the
debt as IL was created and the hand writing of the
orhcials whose signatures are attached to them
II Is ueslfdDle t0at all th6 certificates aTd EVIL.
deaces OF debt should be ed thirty days before
tae Of June and the holders will take notice IN
all certificates and evidences not fled before that
time will be retained 70: examination and investi-
gatioa until the Department 81 ali be fully satisfied
ofthe Of the certificates and evidences
produced. The assignment and release NAV he er
ecuted and acknowledged 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 ou, Of the city of
washington IL may be done In the presence OF an
assistant treasurer collector surveyor and the
notary public, and be witness ed by the collector
or surveyor and the notary public and be certified
by the notary under his noarial seal and IL there
os no collector or surveyor Of the customs at the
place where the party resides, the assignment
ana releases may be executed before 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 sal Of otice: and ~ tbe
holder be out OF the United States the assionmsnt
and releases may be executed before any limited
States consul, and be witnessed and ceIti 6ed h,,
MIN under his consular seal. All persons eve
cutting such assignments and releases mnst sIso
declare, under oath before the notary cIerk or
consul, as the case may be, that they are the real
owners OF the certificates or Other evidences of
debf, or that the same have been assigned To tbe,
bona tde, FOR collection, and the notary cIerr
or consul must include the fact Of that decIara
uon In their certificate Of acknowledgment,
Ehe pro rata dividend, when allowed nv tbe
accounting oicors will be remitted to the parties
In accordance with their directions or the dr,Sts
handed to their regularl on sttuted agents for
transmission. JAMES GUTHRIE,
Secretary Of the Treasury.