Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-10-07
DROPOSALS FOR LOAN.
FIvE.TWBNTY BONDS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON. October l, 1854.
Sealed offers will be received at this Department
under the act of Congress approved June 30. 1864
until noon of Friday the 18th instant for Bonds of
the Quilted States to the amount Of Forty Millions
of dollars. The Bonds offered will bear an interest
of ak per centum, pa, able semi annually in coin
on the first days Of May and November, and
will be redeemable at the pleasure Of the Govern
ment, after FIVE years, and payable in twenty year.
from November LIST, 1864
Each offer must be for fifty or some multiple of
fifty dollars, and must state the sum, including
premium offered, for each hundred dollars, for
fifty, when the offer is for no more than fifty Two
per centum of the principal Excluding premium)
Of the whole amount bid for, by each bidder. must
be deposited Gas guaranty for payment of subscrip
tions if accepted) with the Treasurer of the United
Sta es, at Washington, or with the Assistant
Treasurer at New York, Boston, PhlRdelphis, or
st. Louis, or with the designated depositary at
Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville,
Chicago. Detroit. or Buffalo, or with any atoHal
Deposit Bank which may consent to transact the
business without charge; for which deposit dupli
cate certificates will be issued to the depostors
the ofacer bank receiving them, the origi-
nails of which must be forwarded, with the offers,
to this Department. All deposits should be made
in time for the cert ifcates, with the offers, to
reach Washington not later than the morning of
October 18th, rs aforesaid. No offer not accompa-
MED by its proper certificate of deposit will be
considered.
The Coupon and Registered Bonds. issued under
this proposal, will be Of the denomination of $50,
500, $500, and 81 900. Registered bonds of IS 900
and $lo, oc0 will be issued. if required.
All offers received will be opened On Friday
October Hth. The awards will be made by the
Secretary to the highest offerers, and notice of
acceptance declination will be Immediately
given to the respective oferers In case of
acceptance, Bonds, of the desert ptions and denom
nations preferred will be sent to the subscribers
at the cost of the Department. on final payment
of installments. The deposit of two per cent will
be reckoned in the last installment paid by sue
cessful offerers, and will be Immediately returned
to those whose offers may not be accepted.
The amount of accepted offers must be deposited
with the Treasurer, Officer, or Bank authorized to
act under this notice, on advice of acceptance of
offers, follows: One-half the Goth of October,
and the balance, including the premium and
original two per cent deposit the 3lst of Octo
Der.
lst Interest on deposits, from their date to
cein.
One half of the first instalment or twenty-five
per cent. of acce pied offers. may be paid with
crued interest to October l4th in United States
Certificates Of Indebtedness )" but such certificates
ment only.
Offers under this notice should be endorsed, "Of-
fers for Loan and addressed to the Secretary of
theTreasury.
The right to decline all offers not considered ad.
vantageous to the Government is reserved by the
Secretary W. P. FESSENDEN,
oc3-td Secretary of the Treasury.