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HOLDERS OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES-Continued:

To select place for payment of interest on registered stock.....
Should notify Register of change in address.......

INTEREST:

When payable in coin....

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When it ceases to run.....

On registered bonds, where payable...........

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transferred after books are closed, to whom payable..........................57, 69
of funded loans, paid by check sent to address of holders........ 69
of all other loans, payable at designated offices......................
general rules concerning..

disposition of, when not claimed in ninety days......

On coupon bonds, how and where collectable.......

in cases of called bonds or detached coupons.

May be paid before maturity; when subject to rebate........

On funded loans, exempt from taxation.......

Collection of, on bonds deposited with Treasurer by national banks.....

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LEGAL-TENDER NOTES: (See United States Notes.)

Origin of the term; for what receivable.....

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For what they are not receivable.......................

Constitutionality of the laws relating to..

Dates and descriptions of issues...

LIABILITY: (See National Banks.)

Of stockholders in national banks; extent and enforcement of....
banking associations; limitations and restrictions affecting..
directors and other officers in their individual capacity
executors, trustees, &c.........

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If registered, notice of loss to be given Treasury Department..

may be duplicated....

Proceedings for obtaining duplicates....

Coupon bonds renewed only when destroyed or defaced..

How such renewals are obtained.....

MONTHLY DEBT STATEMENT:

Description of...............

Balances of old loans included in...

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MUTILATED CURRENCY. (See United States Notes; Fractional Currency.)..

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NATIONAL BANKS:

ACTS OF AUTHORIZATION

amendatory of the banking laws

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ANNUAL REPORT OF COMPTROLLER; what to contain.
APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS. (See Election. Officers.).
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION. (See Organization)...
ASSIGNMENT of depositor's claim, after failure of bank and before appointment of

receiver, not good as a set-off in favor of a debtor of the bank...

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BAD DEBTS defined; to be deducted from net profits before dividend.
BANKS organized as national, cannot be converted into State banks.....
designated as depositaries, under banking laws, are public depositaries...... 130

BANKING ASSOCIATIONS, how formed. (See Organization)...........

no limit to number of, or to aggregate amount of capital..
beyond minimum amount, to capital of each bank.

must deposit bonds whether circulation is obtained or not

sufficiency of proof concerning formation of, a question for Comptrol-
ler......

BANK NOTE PAPER. (See Counterfeiting.)...

BANK RESERVES. (See Redemption Agencies. Reserves.....)................
BANK SHARES may be constitutionally taxed by State authority; rate must not

exceed that imposed on State banks.

but may equal the highest rate imposed, when a lower rate exists
as to banks specially exempted.

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BILLS OF EXCHANGE, discount of, when not usurious.....
BONDS, registered only, may be deposited to secure circulation..........

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may be issued in lieu of coupon for purposes of deposit................................ 111

deposited, amount necessary to perfect organization................

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always to equal one-third of capital stock actually paid in....... 111
when to be increased.........................

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transfers of, by Treasurer, to be countersigned and recorded by
Comptroller

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to be examined annually and compared with Comptroller's
books, &c., by officers or agents of banks...

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result of examination to be certified to Treasurer by such officers
or agents........

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to be held exclusively as security for redemption of notes; de-
preciation in, to be made good......

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may be exchanged for other United States bonds......

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returned on surrender and cancellation of circulating
notes.......

or on deposit of lawful money..

cannot be retained as security for other claims of the United

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certificate authorizing such commencement to be published 112
when it may be withheld by Comptroller........................ 109

BY-LAWS to be established by board of directors.......

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may, subject to the provisions of the act, regulate the transfer of stock,
election of directors, etc.......

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regulations for payment of duty on.......

to be deemed personal property.

mode of transfer to be fixed by articles or by-laws..
increase of, provisions relating to.......
reduction of, how effected; limitation of...
withdrawal of, while bank is in operation, forbidden.....
of delinquent shareholders, when and how to be sold..

not realizing amount due and expenses, forfeited...... 110
if not sold within six months, to be canceled.......... 110
and any deficiency in capital caused thereby to be
made good in thirty days, or association to be
wound up.........

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CASHIER, to be appointed by board of directors.

bank responsible for his acts...

limitations of responsibility, when not effectual.....

when his authority may be inferred

to give security, if required by association..

may certify payment of installments of capital...

verify final statement of organization ..........

sign memorandum on bonds transferred to Treasurer

to keep list of stockholders.....

may verify reports, returns, &c...

may waive protest......

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CERTIFYING CHECKS, unlawful, unless amount certified is actually on deposit....... 151

the act of, by competent officers, creates a valid obligation on
part of bank

contrary to law, subjects banks to proceedings for closing up,
under section 50, act of 1864......

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CHARLESTON, when to be added to list of cities where banks may hold three-fifths
of lawful money reserve of associations located elsewhere.......... 121
CIRCUIT COURTS OF UNITED STATES, have no jurisdiction in equity to restrain
Treasurer or Comptroller in disposing of bonds on deposit.........
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CIRCULATION, how proportioned; original limit of total issue $300,000,000.......................... 114
increase of $54,000,000 authorized; how distributed........... 29, 114, 152
of currency banks, limited to $500,000 each...............
of gold banks, limited to $1,000,000 each......

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NATIONAL BANKS-Continued:

CIRCULATION-Continued:

$25,000,000 of, redistribution of, in States having less than their
proportion; provisions concerning. (See Comptroller.).. 114, 155, 156

CIRCULATING NOTES, how provided; denominations and form of.....

plates and dies to remain in charge of Comptroller..
when to be furnished for use

not more than one-sixth to be under $5..

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none under $5, after resumption of specie payments.
must be signed by president or vice president and by cashier.. 115
and payable on demand at place of businesss
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when banks may issue; for what they are receivable..... 115, 116
none other than those specified to be issued by banks.......... 116
or furnished by government officers, under penalty

of fine and imprisonment..

worn-out or mutilated, to be replaced..
redemption of, how secured. (See Reserves.)....

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provisions relating to, 53, 121, 122, 128, 132, 135, 156, 157
of banks in liquidation, redeemed by treasurer....
of banks in ALBANY, BALTIMORE, BOSTON, CHICAGO, CINCIN-
NATI, CLEVELAND, DETROIT, LOUISVILLE, MILWAUKEE, NEW
ORLEANS, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, PITTSBUGH, SAINT
LOUIS, SAN FRANCISCO, and WASHINGTON CITY, to be re-
deemed at NEW YORK......

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of banks in other places, to be redeemed at a bank in either of
the cities named. (See Redemption Agencies)..........
of each bank to be received at par by every other bank.....
not to be hypothecated or used to increase capital stock.
withholding of, from use, when a misdemeanor..

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amount of, issued under act of July 12, 1870, to be reported
monthly by Comptroller

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authorize associations, when duly organized, to commence busi-

ness.....

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examine and determine when associations are entitled to such author-
ization.......

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issue his official certificate for that purpose; contents of.....

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record and countersign transfers of bonds belonging to associations..... 113
advise the parties concerned by mail.....

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deliver, to associations which have complied with the law their quota
of circulating notes.............

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furnish gold notes to associations organized as gold banks..

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make regulations for the entry or record of such notes..
authorize associations to receive interest on bonds..............
require associations to make up deficiency in case of depreciation in
market value of bonds deposited......

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and to make good any deficiency in lawful money reserve....... 121
in case of default, to proceed to close up the association...
take like proceedings in case of failure to select a redemption
agency, or to redeem circulating notes thereat....
suspend, after a preliminary examination, banks failing to redeem
either at their own counters or at redemption agencies...
appoint a special agent to make an immediate further examina-
tion.....

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in case of insolvency, and within thirty days after notice of failure,
to declare bonds and securities in pledge forfeited.......
and thereupon to notify holders of circulating notes to present

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and from time to time, after providing for any deficiency in
redeeming circulation, make ratable dividend of proceeds.
realized by receiver from assets of association......
institute suit, in his own name, for forfeiture of banking privileges,
&c., in case of wilful violation of banking laws by directors..... 136, 137
institute proceedings for winding up, in case of improper certification

of checks.......

appoint from time to time, with approval of Secretary, examiners of
banks...

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make an annual report to Congress; contents of...........
report to Secretary, monthly, amount of circulating notes issued under
the act of July 12, 1870, authorizing increase..

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take steps for redistribution of circulating notes under same act........ 156
give preference in certain cases in such distribution.......

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make requisition on banks having a surplus circulation for a pro rata
return thereof..

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in case of non-compliance, to sell bonds of defaulting association to an
equal amount..

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make regulations, subject to approval of Secretary, for removal of
banking associations from one State to another in certain cases....... 157
sell bonds of any bank going into voluntary liquidation and omit-
ting to secure, within six months, the redemption of its notes.
And after providing for such redemption, with expenses of sale, to pay
over balance of proceeds, if any, to such bank or its legal representa-
tives......

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