Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-09
NOTICE OF BOND ISSUE.
Secretary cnrIisIe Invites Popular
Purchase of New Bonds
by Proposals.
A GALL FOR A HUNDRED MILLION
LOAN SUBSCRIPTION.
Washington, Jan. 6.

Washington, Jan. 6.
Just before midnight last
night the following call for a
bond subscription was issued by
Secretary of the Treasury Car
iisle:s
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. :
Washington, Jan. 6, 1896.
Notice is hereby given that
sealed proposals will be received
at the Office of the Secretary of
the Treasury, at Washington. D..
G., until IL o'clock M, on We'd
nesday, the 9th day of February,
1896, for the purchase Of $780,
900, 900 of United States 4 per
cent coupon or registered bonds,
in denominations of $50>and null
tiples of that sum, as may be de-
sired by bidders. The right to
reject any or all bids is reserved.
"The bonds will be dated on
the 1st day of February, 1896,
and be payable in coin thirty
years after that date, and will
bear interest at 1 per cent. per
annum. payable quarterly in
coin, but all coupons maturing
on and before the 1st day Of
February, 1896, will be detached.
and purchasers will be required
to pay in United States gold coin
or gold certificates for the bonds
awarded to them, aud all inter-
est accrued thereon after the 1st
day of February, 1896, up to the
time of application for delivery.
Payments for the bonds must
be made at the Treasury of the
United States at Washington.
D. c., or at the United States
sub-treasureries at New York,
Boston, Philadelphia; Baltimore,
Cincinnati, Chicago, st. Louis or
New Orleans or they may be
made at San Francisco with ex~
change on New York, and all
bids must state what denomina>
tons of bonds are desired aud
whether coupon or registered,
and at what place they will be
paid for:
Payments may be made by
linstallments as follows .Twen-
ty per cent, upon receipt of no.
ti&e of acceptance of bids. and 20
per- cent. at the end Of each ten
days. thereafter; but all accepted
biddeNs may pay the whole
amount of the date of the first
installm&nt. and those who
have paid all installments,
previously maturing may pay
the whole amount of their bids
at any time. Mot later than the
maturity of the last installment.
The bonds viii be ready for de-
livery on OF befoEe February Is,
1896.
Notice is further hereby giv-
en- that if the issue and sale of an
additional Or different form of
bond for the maintenance of the
gold reserve shall be authorized
by law before February S, 1896
sealed proposals for the purchase
of such bonds will also be receiv-
ed at the same time and place
and up to the same date and UPON
the same terms and conditions
herein set forth, and such bids
for the 4 per cent, bonds herein
mentioned.
i. G.. CARLISLE,
Secretary Of the Treasury"
Orders were to-day given to
Chief Johnston. Of the bureau of
engraving aApd printing. to pre-
pare the distinctive paper for the
printing Of Tthe new issue of
bonds. As all the plates are ready,
all that will be necessary will be
to print the face of the bonds
when it is known Now many of
each denomination is wanted.
the treasury has not figured offs
ciaIly on what the new bonds
should sell for to bring them up
to the market price of the bonds
sold to the Belmont, Morgan
syndicate, but it is stated unoffs
cially that 119 and 1925 is
about the proper rate TO put