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... purchase of bonds to the amount of one per cent . of the entire debt of the United States . The bonds so purchased were at first all registered in the name of the Treasurer of the United States , in trust for the Government , and were ...
... purchased for the same purpose and canceled , is applied to the purchase of outstanding bonds , and although the bonds themselves , the mere evidences of indebtedness , are destroyed , the amount thereof is carried to the account of the ...
... purchase or payment of other bonds , being as well evidenced by the books of the Department as by printed securities , and the danger of reissue being thereby avoided . The great revenues of the country in excess of the expend- itures ...
... purchase , the other to preserve and protect public liberty , as the result of a wise , economical , and patriotic ... purchased its outstanding debts before maturity at large premiums in in coin . In 1842 at an average premium of 155 ...
... purchase , hold , and convey real estate as follows : First . Such as shall be necessary for its immediate accom- modation in the transaction of its business . Second . Such as shall be mortgaged to it in good faith by way of security ...