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THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 16, 17. 1864. 13 to imprisonment beyond the limits of said district to the place of continement, receiving therefor the actual expenses of himself, guard, and of each convict. And in case of absence or other disability of said warden, the _Absenceor warden of said jail, having the custody of said convicts, shall, upon order °f as aforesaid, transport them to the place of confinement, receiving therefor the compensation aforesaid. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That said warden shall, before enter- Bond. ing upon the duties of the office, execute to the United States a bond for the faithful performance of the duties thereof in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, with sureties to be approved by some judge of the supreme court of said district. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts com- Repeating · · · · · J · . . clause. mg m conflict with the provisions of this act be, andthe same a1e heieby, repealed. APPROVED, February 29, 1864. CHAP. XVII.- An Act supplementary to rm Act entitled "An Act to provide Ways and March 3, 1864. Meansjbr the Snqzport of the G'ovemment," approved March third, eighteen hundred and $***1/·*"’e"· vsi. ku. p. 709. Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in lieu of so much of the th $¥1"¢¤¤‘5’ of loan authorized by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty- mg), $$::,;,,0, three, to which this is supplementary, the Secretary of the Treasury is over $200,000, authorized to borrow, from time to time, on the credit of the United 3,90+ ’;,§1f1Gf;}‘° States, not exceeding two hundred millions of dollars during the current {Og; bonds or fiscal year, and to prepare and issue therefor coupon or registered bonds five per cent-. of the United States, bearing date March first, eighteen hundred and fgégfégfggggble sixty-four, or any subsequent period, redeemable at the pleasure of the in coin. government after any period not less than five years, and payable at any period not more than forty years from date, in coin, and of such denominations as may be found expedient, not less than_ fifty dollars, bearing interest not exceeding six per centum a year, payable on bonds not over one hundred dollars, annually, and on all other bonds semi-annually, in coin; and he may dispose of such bonds at any time, on such terms as he Denominations may deem most advisable, for lawful money of the United States, or, at his discretion, for treasury notes, certificates of indebtedness, or cer- ¤{X,mg,,_ tificates of deposit, issued under any act of congress; and all bonds issued under this act shall be exempt from taxation by or under state or municipal authority. And the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay the necessary expenses of the preparation, issue, and disposal of such bonds out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, but the amount so paid shall not exceed one half of one per centum of the amount of the bonds so issued and disposed of Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury Five-twenty is hereby authorized to issue to persons who subscribed on or before the g312g Ragggiin twenty-first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, for bonds subscribers. redeemable after five years and payable twenty years from date, and have paid into the treasury the amount of their subscriptions, the bonds by them respectively subscribed for, not exceeding eleven millions of dollars, notwithstanding that such subscriptions may be in excess of five hundred millions of dollars ; and the bonds so issued shall have the same force and effect as if issued under the provisions of the act to " authorize the issue 1862, ch. 33. of United States notes and for other purposes," approved February V°r xii- P~ 345- twenty-sixth [fifth], eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Approved, March 3, 1864. VOL. xm. PUB. — 2