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 370 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 44, 45. 1862. APP'°Pd*m°¤ that four thousand four hundred dollars be, and is hereby appropriated, for ggngfdwm °x` that purpose, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise approprig,. ' ted, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty- three. _ Sec. 2. And 6e it further enacted, That the sum of nine thousand &f‘:,,f£?§t,:'€0 dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any lmoneys in the buildings. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the erection, furnishing, and litting up of two additions to the buildings of said institution. I Row ts, &c_ Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all receipts andedisbursements fg bg ,3;,0,-sed io under this act shall be reported to the Secretary of the Interior, as required S°9\`°W'.Y °f 1*** in the sixth section of the act to which this is an amendment. wm" Approved, March 15, 1862. Mlwh 17, 1862- CHAP. XLV.—An Act to authorize the Purchase of Coin, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Swsuv ¤*` States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the xggqcggy Treasury may purchase coin with any of the bonds or notes of the United States, authorized by law, at such rates and upon such terms as he may, deem most advantageous to the public interest; and may issue, under ,,6ucT,;sxSg;~1°,:fr` such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, certificates of indebtedness, dsbtedness,&c. such as are authorized by an act entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue certificates of indebtedness to public creditors," 1862, ch. 35. approved March first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to such creditors A"': P· 352* as may desire to receive the same, in discharge of checks drawn by disbursing officers upon sums placed to their credit on the books of the Treasurer, upon requisitions of the proper departments, as well as in discharge of audited and settled accounts, as provided by said act. Demand ,,0,,,, Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the demand notes authorized msec • legal ten- by the act of July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and by the ‘1°{b6I ch 5_ act of February twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall, in addition ,4M,:p_§5g_ to being receivable in payment of duties on imports, be receivable, and 1862, ch. 20. shall be lawful money and a legal tender, in like manner, and for the same A"l"*p' 33E' purposes, and to the same extent, as the notes authorized by an act entitled “An act to authorize the issue of United States notes, and for the redemption or funding thereof, and for funding the floating debt of the §:3·°h·33· United States," approved February twenty-fifth, eirrhteen hundred and °’ p' M5' sixty-two. c Tm Dm dg_ Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the limitation upon tempoms Ol} ,,03,0,,,, rary deposits of United States notes with any assistant treasurers or bgq,000,000 of designated depositaries, authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury to £)‘;;°dmE“’·*§; receive such deposits, at five per cent. interest, to twenty-five millions of made withlissis- dollars, shall be so far moditied as to authorize the Secretary of the
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wm mmrfst of dollars, and that the rates of interest shall be prescribed by the Secre- 1862, ch. 33, 5 4. tary of the Treasury not exceeding the annual rate of Eve per cent. Arie. p- 346- Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, in all cases where the Sdcre- Tgggfxgzgib tary of the Treasury is authorized by law to re-issue notes, he may resussg xiotes may place such as are so mutilated or otherwise injured as to be undt for use zilgcs ¤¤¤¤i¤f¤d with others of the same character and amount; and such mutilated notes, ' and all others which by law are required to be taken up and not reissued, shall, when so replaced, or taken up, be destroyed in such manner andbunder such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescr: e. Approved, March 17, 1862.