BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled,
THATit shall be the duty of the Secretary of War and Secretary of the Treasury, to surrender
up to the “agent of State” of the State of Indiana, any and all bonds of said State
of Indiana, held by the United States in trust or otherwise, except the bonds issued
under the original bank charter, called bank bonds, redeemable in one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-six, amounting to sixty-one thousand dollars held in trust by the
Secretary of the Treasury for the Chickasaw Indians, and to receive, in exchange for
the same, the new stocks proposed to be issued under the act of said State, entitled
“An act to provide for the completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal, to Evansville,”
approved January nineteenth one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and an act supplementary
thereto, approved January twenty-seven, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.
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Secretary.
05/16/1848
Passed the Senate, May 16th, 1848.
Attest
Asbury DickinsAttest
Secretary.
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An act authorizing the Secretary of War to surrender certain bonds of the State of Indiana, (held by the United States) to the agent of State, for said State of Indiana.
An act authorizing the Secretary of War to surrender certain bonds of the State of Indiana, (held by the United States) to the agent of State, for said State of Indiana.
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Partially Printed Document, 2 page(s), Volume 468, RG 46, Entry 427: Records of the United States Senate, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the Senate, Senate Bills and Resolutions Upon Which Further Action Was Taken, 1847-1849, NAB ,