Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-17
THE LAW WoI,Ns WELL

That Giving THE secr-tsr, of the Iuea.ur,
Control of Az sonntcrf.t Money
Mr.. 4. l.. DrummOnd. chief Of the .err.,
service. an his annual report % the Ss.-r~iarr .
the Treasury. says tina; the operation - tlic l.s
which gives the Secretary q the Trcasu-, cps-
tody and control u al counterfeit none, found
IN ;Ae United States l. vorklnS a wanar,a.
and gratifying change. which iuures 10 the Ne
cuniary benefit 81 all honest people.
IL sets aside the fa,l.cv ~ auy ,.r.,., o., ,,,-
porriion having the right % propcriy IN coua-
terfeii moaey. Judcv ~ p-o,i.ioas che ,-ut,.a
States Cover umeui IL made she soic custodian
OF spurious money ar oniy such officer. o. he
Secretary a: IN. rrra-Irs ma d tgua,e aul
authorize can receive the sarn. from, pers.p. an
whose hands ~ NAV rh-n,e O. fa!L. Ia. ~
dom 81 WIS c'.actInti.t b. almost r,is,r al, r-
oSnizec. and tAr officers 81 the .ur,la. shs
are authorized fo- the COLLECTION ~ fh- -
money have lIt;lc dihcultK "a the dizrhnrr. a
this special Auay
Ncrs gratifying instance q ,i.i-. he-ags. a !.
my xasure 70 record. an September. Isss. tas
Hon. Hugh GcCuIarh being :. -r,.,-r,.f ~.
frea'u~T. grcr. -..su uas g.t,u b, hnn q,
lahan Heath. Cd. - lri,r tFiuf.d st l..s own
snpcn-e b. certain h-nk 900 a. .lru-,sH.,- a. M.
ciiy ~ View Nols Nh" W.r- thea .lu'isr ur,I.r
contract tho noi,s and hUuAs ~ tn t-..ar,-
HHr M
designs uscl 81 naiipuI iauk nat-s. fuii,A
States legal tender note. -. lb. "a l.ratioa
WAS made ~ good saitA d. a. hHn,s. man a. a,
officer Of th" government Discreet. wise asl
obhgiog. Within the ltgai's q th. lav
The work was dure aud uald f.r me hest.
we're put IA hoot iorta add circulate larr9l, in
banking ana other commercial cisrl,s. Sa,A
books, IN a VARIETY Of editions, contained ttstta-
tionz of back ana ffout- 90 I'ui'rg Stai,. t.
tional currency notes. lega tender note. aud
bonds also national hauk no's--. sud the conn.
terieiiiug fraternity Verg luirkly asuau-tra...g
that an act fraught with r..t tai.u .iana in IA.
doing NAV become In-trum, ut 81 serious
wrong IA the hand 90 cTil=tli-,,,-ed fs.-.as.s
The book had tot lss-s.u issued a gf.rF -hsu
there we've pa; on the market false notes anl
bonds 90 large denomination. tkiilfuilv urs-
pared by reducing the thickf. us IA. t..,.,.r
on which the same were rrt.d hid pAstinx
backs aud fronts to-cfhcr. makif z a very prs-
sentablo bond or note IsrinI'.,. hK order - IA.
government from p,ate- osu.d ~ o. aud these
note> have been turning uT 20 p.s-ae aud cause
loss to the pEblk ever since.
During the past fiscal -sr THIS IN - learned
where large quaGtln e.; gnt- prst-ftV 49,
storeG Ia she,ts Yet uuhouui. Al.u it 10 4
form. The stock Wa iH-l.,rtsd ht INC aud
after n friendly coufe-,nr- ~ith tl, f,art,.-
claiming oSnerrhip thcTrin thry Nihugig sur
rendeIoi thu property O. th, ds,,at til..ut that
originally permitted 81 to bc cAll,'l iaio exist
ence.
The importance Of the goVcrnta,uy having
control over the a. limitations 90 ~ ISSUE. cam
not he a. eresttlastcd. lie face value tcptc-cuts
hundreds Of millions a. dnilars.
The tul to-oc aad eject q the laN hoaevsr
IL hindered by officers 81 National lanas falling
20 comply with the PROV ion- 90 .sctioa IL
IAN act authorizing the a1po.n'mrn; % receive
err OF national bauks and for O,hcr uur,sa-.,s -
which requires them % stamp 80 write tue
words ''eounierfeit. altered or 'worihlc-.