Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-11-22
OF FIC A L..
TREAsURY DEPARTMENT, August 2

TREAsURT DEPARTMENT, August ~, ls56.
wherea the following joint resolution of Congress
has become 4 law:
Jot,r REsoLU ZION extending the time for the credi-
tOrsof 1'exa5 10 present their claims
RssoIvsd Jy tke Senate and House Of Rspre'eTtG-
tIuss OfEhe Unded States Of -4eTtca IN Congress
ssmJIed That a. Syfeeably 10 the provision of the
fourth section Uf the act of the 18th of February,
1856 =. 10 provide fJr the Payment Of such creditors
OF the late republic OF IeEa' a. are comP'ehended
In IA. act Of Congress Of September 9n le5O, =" no
uce, by public alveTtlsement, was duly gwen for
the spa e Uf ninety days by the Secretary of the
Treasury, OF the time al which payment Of the
amount appropriated by the ih secJiJ IN Of said act
would be male pro rata, on any md, certificate,
OF evidence of debt Of said Sta e, which should Dc
presented al the Treasury Department thirty days
preceding the l3th Jay o. June 1856, the limit OF
said Houce; and a. II u TsySesented oy the said
Secretary of the Treasury, ih4t q! sad bonds,
Ci6ca,es, AID evidences a. Ceb,, winch have been
recosnIL-d ~ Ibe State OF Texas, ths ssIbe eqsal
20 tns OF tsTss huHJred al eighty nine tDOUs
and SIX huadred AL ninety three dOIiars and seven
nOt % To the Treasury Department
puoS Ihe said 18th % !lur, therefore, In Orie TO
do full justice - ths holders OF ad debt, the 5ecre
Jary Of the Treasury - hereby bOrZed to pay to
The holders Of any Of the said Inds, Certificates or
evidences, Of debt, not pressHied beiCSs the 18th
day OF June L3't, ~ho may present a d PToge the
al the ffSasuTy Department, between tbs l5tA
dzy Of June IasS and the lst day OF January next,
and the proSer releases the United states
and the SLste Of TeEss taeir pro rata share of the
s1i0 seven mhilOu srfrA LHuufru 0nu nIty lEOus1n0
dollars; and alter payment tEeFsOf, the laid Secre
IAry Of the Treasury is authOTiLeG aud required 10
disIribute and pay the residue Of the said ssyen mil
Li0ns nuHdrsd aud tifty thousand dOEars then
remaining In the treasury, pro Tgid amongst all the
said nUldrIs who may have proved their ella n and
executed the proper releases oH or before the Isl day
OF January next.
approved August 18Th, 1858
ksrlcxIs HEgEsT 9IyEs 10 The holders of bonds
eertkeat. and evidences OF debt Of the late repub
lie oE reIaI, which were not presented at this de
parment u Sf're the 18th day of June last, tia;
the SAM vii! ~ ssttel aud the pro rata anoun,
thereon will BE- paid 10 the la Rful holders
presented before the Eas aiy Of January next, ac
companied with the aecssssry svidence of their gen
uineuess, with assignnehtst0 ihs Quilted states re-
ouTei give this de partmehI the custody Of such
S1onds, oss aeatss aud evidences OF debt and with
4eIsases tue uGitsL States anj Texas, iu accord
sase with the prcs',i9ns Of Ihe actOf Congress- o
25th February, ls55.
This dc paTtmeHt will NOT s1glss evidence of zen
uinesess to be presented with the
ky the alditOrGad eOInpIrylieI Of Texas uud.s th,
laws sfIhr State. Bat - .esses no of Vel
fyfas the certificates, ,bssEE and promissory note
issued by the republic o Texas, tqi not presen,e,
20, ssr audited by, the officers Of tn. s,ste. Tn
necessary aai propsT proof Of the genuine ness O
the later - the ceru6eats Gfthe comptroller OF IN
State of Fsrls, who has the Official charge of IN
orignai aeJnyes relating toihs dsbt Ofths late re
pusHs OfreIss-
Tia assignment sH< releases may be execute
and s.kaOsIedgejin in the presence Of ihe Assistar