Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the FinancesTreasury Department, 1860 - Finance, Public |
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Page 480 - Dollars, together with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent, per annum, payable semiannually on the first days of January and July of each year upon the presentation and surrender of the annexed interest coupons as they severally become due.
Page 227 - An act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States...
Page 8 - ... at a rate of interest not exceeding six per centum per annum and to issue bonds...
Page 221 - SIR : I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of this office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1854, and for the third quarter of the current calendar year.
Page 79 - ... principal denominations being given. The other sizes are proportional; and, when this is not the case, the deviation is stated. The third column expresses the weight of a single piece in fractions of the troy ounce, carried to the thousandth, and, in a few cases, to the ten-thousandth, of an ounce.
Page 250 - I have the honor to submit the following: report of the operations of this office during the % fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, so far as pertains to the business of claims under the act of July, 1864 (sec.
Page 51 - Mint, giving priority according to priority of deposite only; and that in the denominations of coin delivered, the treasurer shall comply with the wishes of the depositor, unless when impracticable or inconvenient to do so; in which case, the denominations of coin shall be designated by the Director.
Page 79 - EXPLANATORY REMARKS. The first column embraces the names of the countries where the coins are issued ; the second contains the names of the coin, only the principal denominations being given. The other sizes are proportional ; and when this is not the case, the deviation is stated. The third column expresses the weight of a single piece in fractions of the troy ounce carried to the thousandth, and in a few cases to the ten thousandth...
Page 49 - That all former acts authorizing the currency of foreign gold or silver coins, and declaring the same a legal tender in payment for debts, are hereby repealed; but it shall be the duty of the Director of the Mint to cause assays to be made, from time to time, of such foreign coins as may be known to our commerce, to determine their average weight, fineness, and value, and to embrace in his annual report a statement of the results thereof.
Page 79 - In the sixth is shown the value as paid at the mint, after the uniform deduction of one-half of one per cent. The former is the value for any other purposes than recoinage, and especially for the purpose of comparison ; the latter is the value in exchange for our coins at the mint. For the silver there is no fixed legal valuation, the law providing for shifting the price according to the condition of demand and supply.