Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-04

that may be hereafter sold or negotiated by size
Secretary of tie Treasury, and may be re issued
from time 10 time, a The exigeneies Of the public
Interests may require
SEc ? And BE- q further enacted, That, 10 en.
able the Secretary of the Treasury To fund the
Treasury notes and floating debt of the United
States. he y hereby authorized IN issue on the
credit OF the United States coupon bonds or reg
isteTed bonds, 10 an amount not exceeding $500
Vpo,oVo, and and reieemable NJ the pleasure %
the United States after i've years and payable
twenty years from date. and bearing interest at
the rate OF SIX per centum ger annum payable
semi annually And the bonds herein author
zef shah be OF such denominations. not less than
s!0, a. mas be determined upoi by tie Secretary
OF the Treasury. And the Secretary OF the Treas
ury may dispose Of such bonds at any time AZ
the market value thereof for lawful money!
the coin of the United States. Tor any OF the
Treasury notes that have been or may hereafter
be issued under any former act of Congress, or
for the Uniie,l States notes that NAV be issued
under the provisions Of this act: and all stocks
bonds ane other securities Of the United States
held by individuals, corporations or associations
within the United States. shall be exempt from
taxation by under State authorities
SIC 3. And BE- Il further enacted That the
United States notes aud the coupon or registered
bonds authorized by this act shall be IN such form
"a the Secretary OF the Treasury may direct and
shall belr lie written or engraved signatures OF
the Treasurer Of the United States and the Reg
lister OF the Treasury. and also, evidence of
lawful issue the imprint of a copy Of the seal OF
the Treasury Department, which imprint shall be
made under the direction Of the Secretary. after
the said notes or bonds shall b, recev ell from the
eneraVers and before they are issued; or the said
notes and bonds shall be signed by the Treasurer
of the United States, for the Treasurer by
such persons a may be specially appointed by
Il
and shall be coumtersgnel by the Register of the
Treasury or for tie Register by such persons as
the Secretary of the Treasury may specially ap
point for that purpose; and all the provisions OF
the act entitled An authorize the issue Of
Treasury notes" approved the I'D day of De
cember, 1857. SO far a. they can be applied TO
this act. and not inconsistent herewith, are here
10y revived and re enacted; ana the SUN of 5000,
0O0 j. hereby appropriated out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, TO ena-
BILE the Secretary of the Treasury to carry this
act into effect.
SIC. f. and be II further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury may receive from any
person or persons, or any corporation, United
States notes on deposit for less than thirty DAYS.
in Of not less than hundred dollars, with
any of the Assistant Treasurer designated De
positare> OF the United States authorized by the
Secretary OF the Ire ,sury to receive them who
shall issue therefor certificates OfdepOsit made in
such form As the Secretary of the Treasury shall
prescribe. and said certificates of deposit shall
bear interest AT the rate Of five per centum per
annum: and any amount of United States notes
50 deposited may he Withdrawn from deposit at
any time after ten days notice on the return of
said certificates: Prorided, that the interest
all such deposits shall cease and determine the
pleasure OF the Secretary OF the Treasury: And
propided further. that the aggregate shall not
coed the amount of twenty five million dollars
SIC. And BE- further enacted, That all du-
ties imported goods which shall be paid in
coin, or in notes PAYABLE, or in demand notes
heretofore authorized TO be received and by law
receivable in payments of public dues and the
coin so paid, shall be -et apart as special fund
and applied as follows:
First, To the payment in coin of the interest
on the bonds and notes OF the United States.
Second. To the purchase payment Of
pen centum of the entire debt of the United
States, To lie made in each fiscal year after the
first day of July. lc62. which il to be apart
sinking fund, and the interest of which shall in
like manner be applied to the purchase or pay
ment of the public debt, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall from time to time direct.
Third. The residue thereof to be paid into the
treasury of the United States
The sixth and seventh sections define and pun
iSh the crime of cOunterteiting