Chapter 7.
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CHAP. 7.— AN ACT to authorize the issue of certain duplicate registered bonds for the benefit of the Manhattan Savings Institution.Dec. 19, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Manhattan Savings Institution. That the Secretary of the, Treas-(589) 590 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 7,13,14. 1878-79. ury is hereby directed to issue duplicates of the hereinafter described Duplicate bonds.bonds of the United States, alleged to have been stolen from the Manhattan Savings Institution, of New York City, on the twenty-seventh of October, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, upon evidence clear and Conditions.satisfactory to him being furnished that they have not been assigned, but are still the property of said institution, and upon the condition that a sufficient number of these duplicate bonds be issued to the Treasurer of the United States in trust for the said Manhattan Savings Institution, to be by him held for such time as, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury, will secure the Treasurer of the United States against loss.
The bonds are described as follows : Registered bonds numbersList of bonds. thirteen thousand four hundred and eighty-six to thirteen thousand four hundred and ninety-five inclusive, for ten thousand dollars each, and numbers one hundred and sixty-five, one hundred and sixty-six, six hundred and forty-three to six hundred and forty-six inclusive, and seven hundred and thirty-seven and seven hundred and thirty-eight, for fifty thousand dollars each, acts of July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and January twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, five per centum interest, amounting to five hundred thousand dollars, standing in the name of “Manhattan Savings Institution, New York.
” Registered bonds numbers nine thousand two hundred and seventy-six to nine thousand two hundred and ninety-five inclusive, for ten thousand dollars each, acts of July seventeenth and August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, amounting to two hundred thousand dollars, standing in the name of “ The Manhattan Savings Institution, New York.” Registered bonds numbers eight thousand seven hundred and forty- four to eight thousand seven hundred and sixty-three inclusive, and numbers eighteen thousand nine hundred and three to eighteen thousand nine hundred and forty-two inclusive, for ten thousand dollar’s each, act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, ten-forties, amounting to six hundred thousand dollars, standing in the name of “ The Manhattan Savings Institution.
” Registered bonds numbers one thousand nine hundred and seventy-one to two thousand inclusive, for ten thousand dollars each, acts July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and January twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, four per centum interest, consols of nineteen hundred and seven, amounting to three hundred thousand dollars, standing in the name of “ Manhattan Savings Institution of New York.” Approved, December 19, 1878.