The Taney County republican., 1898-06-23
be transferred by being properly in.


dsrsed and assigned by the owner.
Such assignment is made by the
owner filling in the blank form on
the back of the bond, and must be
witnessed by some onicers authoriz-
ed by the regulations of the Tress-
ury Department to witness assign-
ments. The owner Of the registered
bond who wishes to part with it
writes his name on the back OF the
in the presence of the officer; then
the witnessing officer writes his name
in its proper place aud affixes An i'm
preston Of his official seal.
The officers who are authorized to
witness assignments are. a United
States judge, United States district
attorney, clerk Of a United States
court, collector of customs, collector
or assessor of internal revenue.
United States Treasurer or Assistant
Treasurer, or the president or cash
icr Uf a national bank, or if in q
foreign country, a United States min
lister or consul. In cases where there
is no officer within q reasonable dis
tance, or when, through sickness or
for some other good reason, the
owner OF registered bonds can 70 be-
fore one of these officers, the Treas
ury Department will designate some
person near the owner to act as
witnesses.
When the owner OF a registered
bond disposes of it and has properly
assigned it. he delivers it to the new
owner, who should at once forward
it to the Register of the Treasury for
transfer on the books of the Depart
ment. The Register cancels the bond
SO forwarded and issues a new bond
in the name of the new owner. and
sends it to him by registered mail.
The Department makes no charge for
transferring bonds.
Ii the owner of Q registered bond
loses it, or if 1t is stolen from hiIn, he
should at once notify the Secretary
of the Treasury. A stOppagc will be
entered against the bond, aud, if it
should be presented for transfer, the
Department will hold possession of
the bond until the ownership is clear
ly established. II a lost or stolen
bond is not recovered within six
months, the Department will issue q
duplicate bond upon proof of loss
and bond Of indemnity being furn-
ished.
The interest on registered bonds is
paid by the Government by means Of
checka. In order that no mistake
may be made in the payment of in
terest, the books of the Department
are CLOSED" for a period, varying
according to the Importance of the
loan. The books of the 4 per cent
loan Of 1907 are closed for the whole
month preceding the payment of a
quarters interest. On other loans
the books are closed for fifteen days
preceding the interest payment.
During this period no transfers are
made, aud the time is devoted to
schedules" which contain
the nandes of tho owners, the amount
of interest due each one. When
these schedules have been prepared
and proved, they are sent to the
Treasurer of the United States, who
has checks and enve-
lopes addressed, and in due time each
check is mailed to the address of its
owner. The checks for the more
distant points are first mailed. In-
terest checks are obligations of the
United STATES, and, of course, are
good everywhere.
Coupon bonds are issued in de-
of $50, 500, $500, and
1000. Registered bonds are issued
in denominations Of 800, 500, $500,
81 900, $4,000, $4,000.
HOW TO SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NEW
BONDS
The war loan which is now being |
offered will be sold to subscribers at
par during the period of subsucrip-
ton, which ends July IA, 1898. The
method of subscription has been
made as simple as possible. Blank
forms may be obtained at every
post-ofiice, and at most
of the banks and express Offices, aud
on these forms IL clearly indicated
all that it is necessary for the sub
scriber to fill out. The subscriber
may himself mail to the Treasury
Department at Washington the tlank
form filed out, together with his re-
lnittance covering the par value of
the amount Of bonds for which he
wishes to subscribe. That remittance
may be in whatever form best suits
the subscribers cOnvenience-in cur