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 `272 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 255, 256. 1870. Mk <>¤' ml <>¤ so to remove, break, injure, or deface snch locks or seals, or to open, break, wg:  or enter such ear, vessel, or vehicle, with int<-mt te remove or causeto be tent qr siding removed unlawfully any merchandise therein, 01* ut amy manner to IHJITIG ew D unlawful! remove rom any sue ear, vesse, or v 1 , n_wmg_ _ £§f¤¥¤i=·n¤€l;<>y¤¤- have beerir so unlawfully removed, shall be guilty of felony, and .1n midmon Lwgmsuch to any penalties heretofore prescribed shall, on c0nv1ction, be imprisoned car; not less than six months nor more than twe years; and any person swear- Me      :2 D o the reasu m pursuance o au ora y _ _ gtéiighcg, conferred uploizt him by this act, shall be guilty of w1lful and corrupt ‘ er u. When certain P gang 38. And be it further mactcci, That sections twentyrnine, thirty, ”i“*;1*;j1°fug;*° thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-Eve, thirty-six, end 34;:. thirty-seven of this act shall take effect on the first day of October, eighteen hundred and seventy,. APPROVED, JULY 14, 1870. July 14, 1870. CHAP. CCLVL —-An Act to authorize the Refimding of the national Debt. glégg; Be it enacted ky the Senate and House of Representatives of the United T£::;?3a;f Slam of Aénericahin Ooézgycsls assembled, That the gecrettagy g; TIre$é u is ere authorize o issue, m a sum or su s no c 1 giltii>,x ,iiiigr_ agregate tvsiro hundred million dollars, coupon or registered bonds. of the 2l_';l_;°g °'  United States, in such form as he may prescribe, and of denominations of bond, g32am_fifty dollars, or some multiple of that sum, redeemable in com of the presable after ten ent standard value, at the pleasure of the United States, after ten years Y°g‘;1iOm,mm0u_ from the date of their issue, and bearing interest, payable semiannually prlngipgl and gui in such coin, at the rete of five per cent. per annum; also a sum or sums °°L°{§° ,,0, om the same in all respects, but payable at the pleasure of the United States, $300900,000 after fifteen years from the date of their issue, and bearing interest at the €*ml’£' "f:g:·°m_ rate of four and n half per cent. per annum; also a sum or sums not ex- ,_b;° {pm Aman ceeding ini the aggreggte one t;1;>usandh milhon dollafrs Ief hire bgngs, the NWN; same in al res ects, ut paya e at the p easure 0 the United States, 3 ;l5§0?§g0°g§g after thirty year? from the date of their issue,. and hearing interest at the Lgggrmehing gated of fgutti) per ;ent.tpelr annumh;l;1ll)0f which {said tsleveral classefs 05 on san em res ereon sa e exem rom e a men o a mmiytgm;. taxes or duties of the United States, as well aspfrom ts.xatign>iu any form empt from by or under State, municipal, or local authority ; andthe said bonds shall gQ::‘t£::s°?' °' have set forth and expressed upon their face the above-specified conbonds Lo Job ditions, and shall, with their coupons, be made payable at the treasury of $‘:;;l;W£°:b?;d the United States. But nothing in this act, or in any other law now in Bongag debt gczgze, gh? I6.} contstgued to authorize any increase whatever of the bonded not to bein- e t 0 the United States. °'mmm¤y Sue. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury mt bonds M not is hereby authorized to sell and dispose of any of the bonds issued under 2S5W5E3f;;;' this act, at not less than their par value for coin, and to apply the proceeds Pmcgms, my thereof to the redemption of any of the bonds of the United States outor may ex- standing, and known as five-twenty bonds, at their par value, or he may
 * .::**21 owing1y or defraud the Unigeétl States; and any person yecexvgrilgczinykmcerehangse
 * °¤’°¤'¤ P¤¥¤*>l¤i¤ not exceeding in the aggregate three hundred million dollars of like bonds,
 * “:§.°eS‘;“'°‘ exchange the same for such five-twenty bonds, par for par ; but the bonds

B I pl]'. , Appropriation hereby authorized shall be used for no other purpose whatsoever. And fof ¤¤P¤¤¤¤¤· a sum uct. exceeding one half of one per cent. of the bonds herein author- L7i’$Li?S}I,§’°EZd‘5‘?5Q3£'S§f?t£Z ££’i£.'t"‘° °""°’”° °f ""`“’"“‘g’ i”“”`g‘ 9 • Payment or Sm. 3. And be it further enacted, That the payment of any of the l’g'{)‘:“i:f;j{;r£‘°· bonds hereby authorized after the expiration of the said several terms of amounts and ten, fifteen, and thirty years, shall be made in amounts to be determined Mw d¤*¤¤¤i¤¤d- from time to time by the Secretary of the Treasury at his discretion, the