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and mortgage to first inortgage authorized by the provisions of the act of July 2, 1864, chapter 216, as follows:

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SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That section five of said act be so modified and amended, that the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Central Pacific Railroad Company, and any other company authorized to participate in the construction of said road, may, on the completion of each section of said road, as provided in this act and the act of which this is an amendment, issue their first mortgage bonds on their respective railroads and telegraph lines, to an amount not exceeding the amount of the bonds of the United States, and of even tenor and date, time of maturity, rate and character of interest with the bonds authorized to be issued to said railroads respectively.

And the lien of the United States bonds shall be subordinate to that of the bonds of any or either of said companies hereby authorized to be issued on their respective roads, property, and equipments, except as to the provisions of the sixth section of the act to which this act is an amendment, relating to the transmission of dispatches and the transportation of mails, troops, munitions of war, supplies, and public stores for the Government of the United States.

Section 5, chapter 216, act of July 2, 1864, providesThat only one half of the compensation for services renpensation for ser- dered for the Government by said companies shall be required to be applied to the payment of the bonds issued by the Government in aid of the construction of said road. And the act of March 3, 1871, chapter 116—

vices to U. S. to be retained.

Balance to be paid to companies.

SEC. 9. That, in accordance with the fifth section of the act approved July two, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes,' approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay over in money to the Pacific Railroad Companies mentioned in said act, and performing services for the United States, one-half of the compensation at the rate provided by law for such services, heretofore or hereafter rendered: Provided, That this section shall not be construed to affect the legal rights of the Government or the obligations of the companies, except as herein specifically provided.

CHAPTER III.

UNITED STATES NOTES AND FRACTIONAL CURRENCY; DISTINCT-
IVE PAPER; EXCHANGE OF MUTILATED AND DEFACED NOTES,
ETC.

1. United States notes.

2. Old demand notes.

3. Fractional currency.

4. Distinctive paper for notes, bonds, &c.

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5. Regulations and instructions for re-
demption of mutilated and defaced
currency.

UNITED STATES NOTES,

Commonly called "LEGAL-TENDER NOTES," from being made by law a legal tender for debts; and "GREENBACKS," from the green color in which the backs have always been printed. They are issued under the following provisions of law:

ACT OF FEBRUARY 25, 1862, CHAPTR 33, SECTION 1.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Acts of authoriza the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue, on the credit of the United States, one hundred and fifty millions of dollars of United States notes, not bearing interest, payable to bearer, at the Treasury of the United States and of such denominations as he may deem expedient, not less than five dollars each:

Provided, however, That fifty millions of said notes shall be in lieu of the demand treasury notes authorized to be issued by the act of July seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty-one; which said demand notes shall be taken up as rapidly as practicable, and the notes herein provided for substituted for them: And provided further, That the amount of the two kinds of notes together shall at no time exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty millions of dollars;

And such notes herein authorized shall be receivable in payment of all taxes, internal duties, excises, debts, and demands of every kind due to the United States, except duties on imports, and of all claims and demands against

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the United States of every kind whatsoever, except for interest upon bonds and notes, which shall be paid in coin, and shall also be lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid. And any holders of said United States notes, depositing any sum not less than fifty dollars or some multiple of fifty dollars, with the Treasurer of the United States, or either of the Assistant Treasurers, shall receive in exchange therefor duplicate certificates of deposit, one of which may be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall thereupon issue to the holder an equal amount of bonds of the United States, coupon or registered, as may by said holder be desired, bearing interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, and redeemable at the pleasure of the United States after five years, and payable twenty years from the date thereof.

And such United States notes shall be received the same as coin, at their par value, in payment for any loans that may be hereafter sold or negotiated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and may be reissued from time to time, as the exigencies of the public interest shall require.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue, in addition to the amounts heretofore authorized, on the credit of the United States, one hundred and fifty millions of dollars of United States notes, not bearing interest, payable to bearer, at the Treasury of the United States, and of such denominations as he may deem expedient:

Provided, That no note shall be issued for the fractional part of a dollar, and not more than thirty-five millions shall be of lower denominations than five dollars.

And such notes shall be receivable in payment of all loans made to the United States, and of all taxes, internal duties, excises, debts, and demands of every kind due to the United States, except duties on imports and interest, and of all claims and demands against the United States, except for interest upon bonds, notes, and certificates of debt or deposit; and shall also be lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest, as aforesaid.

And any holder of said United States notes, depositing any sum not less than fifty dollars, or some multiple of

fifty dollars, with the Treasurer of the United States, or either of the Assistant Treasurers, shall receive in exchange therefor duplicate certificates of deposit, one of which may be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall thereupon issue to the holder an equal amount of bonds of the United States, coupon or registered, as may by said holder be desired, bearing interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, and redeemable at the pleasure of the United States after five years, and payable twenty years from the date thereof:

Provided, however, That any notes issued under this act may be paid in coin, instead of being received in exchange for certificates of deposit as above specified, at the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.

And the Secretary of the Treasury may exchange for such notes, on such terms as he shall think most beneficial to the public interest, any bonds of the United States bearing six per centum interest, and redeemable after five and payable in twenty years, which have been or may be lawfully issued under the provisions of any existing act;

May reissue the notes so received in exchange; may receive and cancel any notes heretofore lawfully issued under any act of Congress, and in lieu thereof issue an equal amount in notes such as are authorized by this act;

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And of the amounts of United States notes authorized by this act, not less than fifty millions of dollars shall be reserved for the purpose of securing prompt payment of such deposits, [temporary loan deposits authorized by the same act,] when demanded, and shall be issued and used only when, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury, the same or any part thereof may be needed for that purpose.

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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of Third aot. the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, if required by the exigencies of the public service, for the payment of the army and navy, and other creditors of the Government, to issue, on the credit of the United States, the sum of one hundred and fifty millions of dollars of United States notes, including the amount of such notes heretofore authorized by the joint resolution approved January seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, in such form as he may deem expedient, not bearing interest, payable to bearer, and of such denominations, not less than one dollar, as he may prescribe,

Limit of issue.

which notes so issued shall be lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except for duties on imports and interest on the public debt; and any of the said notes, when returned to the Treasury, may be reissued from time to time as the exigencies of the public service may require.

And in lieu of any of said notes, or any other United States notes, returned to the Treasury and canceled or destroyed, there may be issued equal amounts of United States notes, such as are authorized by this act.

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And the holders of United States notes, issued under and by virtue of said acts, [of February 25 and July 11, 1862,] shall present the same for the purpose of exchanging the same for bonds, as therein provided, on or before the 1st day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and thereafter the right so to exchange the same shall cease and determine.

The joint resolution referred to in the above act only authorized the issue of one hundred millions of dollars of notes in advance of the passage of that act then pending before Congress.

These three acts together authorize the issue of four hundred and fifty millions of dollars; but the construction given by the Treasury Department is that the fifty millions required by the act of July 11, 1862, (see page 37,) to be reserved for the payment of temporary deposits and used only when, in the judgment of the Secretary, the same, or any part thereof, might be necessary for that purpose, were intended by Congress to be a temporary issue, and when once withdrawn, by the reduction of the whole to four hundred millions, not to be reissued. This construction is sustained by the Supreme Court in the case of "The Banks v. The Supervisors, (7 Wallace, 26.) The Chief Justice, who was Secretary of the Treasury at the time of the passage of the acts, therein says: "The act of February 25, 1862, provided for the issue of these notes to the amount of one hundred and fifty millions of dollars. The act of July 11, 1862, added another hundred and fifty millions of dollars to the circulation, reserving, however, fifty millions for the redemption of temporary loan, to be issued and used only when necessary for that purpose. Under the act of March

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