The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-12

fncts and curious Information. questions
OF personal interes, only will not he an
swered. No business nor personal ad-
dresses will he Flven. An correspondence
should be addressed TO The Houston Posts
Letter Box. Owing TO the large number
of questions received answers can not al
ways he given promptly.
Please inform me In what year the law
was passed authorizing the president or
! secretary Of the treasury to issue bonds
We're there any bonds issued TO replcnlsh
the treasury or kee, M the gold reserve
in same 10 one hundred million before
| President Cleveland was electedl In other
words, were there any gold bonds ever is
sued by a republican presidcn; or secre-
| tafy? II 50, who was PRESIDENT
In answering your questions I. may he
well to state IN the beginning that there
Is no law authorizing the presiden; or
secretary of the treasury 10 issue bonds
for tho purpose OF maintaining the gold
reserve. In ether words at no time slice
the establishment OF the so-caliet gold re-
servo has the sum OF 500. 10000 or any
other sum, been segregated. or set apart,
from tho general cash in the treasury for
tho redemption OF the legal tender notes
OF tho United States. or for the redemption
of any other form Of paper money FOR
which tho United states is liahie. There
ls no provision of law requiring @ sep
arato fund, separate account to ne kept.
and all moneys received into the treasury
from whatever source are deposited IN the
general cash The fund for the redemp-
latnd nndor o,thort.,. Nv, 49,, 49,. y, ~
uary "a. 1875 which directed thu secretary
of tho treasury to prepare and provide for
such redemption on tho lst day Of 1anu-
airy. 1872 No specific sum was prescribed
but the secretary of the TREASURY was an
,horr,ns II ,,so 49,, r,,-,,.,'. -" ~
time 10 limo and 70 San ca,.,t. nj
tIous of bonds 70 a., exte,. ,,,',o..s,r,. =.
carry the act into fun .ne,,
In Tho exercise Of The discretion ,hus
conferred upon him the secretary sold FOR
redemption purposes in 1877 and in ,s7s
United States per cent ami Is, per con.
bonds to the amount of $500 0p) and de
posiied the proceeds N6ooo'e'o in gold, in
the general cash in the treasu-y This.
with other gold which had boon received
as surnl,is r..ven,lcs constituted tho fpnd
nr.rared and proyl,led bv m secretary ~
~. treasury for N. redempt,on d,rec-ea
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suspend tie 'asie Of rl'A SOLD 'ef'.,'e"'es
whenever tie amount Of go'a anu eu'i
oU.lion In the treasury reserved tof 'ne
redemption Of United states notes fails
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for the days OF rho week and months OF
the year are teileihilS oos'tNru by fieh''
instead oi proper haln'H' ilry HNN"letr
toia' abstinence from ''c use or intoSieAt-
ilS heNr'HE'S an" from tho HS' OF TO-
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i"nas 10 an parts OF me wo'la IN tho pro-
motion OF peace Sopf'e'y ana uprsHi-
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