Public Law 17–CXII

So much of the act of

That so much of an act, entitled “An act making further provisions for the support of publicSEVENTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 118. 1822. credit and for the redemption of the public debt,” passed the third day

March 3, 1795, ch. 45, and of act of June 12, 1798, ch. 61, as bars loan office and final settlement certificates, &c. suspended for two years, &c.

of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and so much of the act, entitled “An act respecting loan office and final settlement certificates, indents of interest, and the unfunded and registered debt, credited on the books of the treasury,” passed the twelfth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, as bars from settlement or allowance certificates, commonly called loan office and final settlement certificates, and indents of interest, be, and the same is hereby, suspended for the term of two years from and after the passing of this act, and from thence until the end of the next session of Congress ; a notification of which temporary suspension of the act of limitation shall be published

Notification of suspension to be published.

by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the information of the holders of the said certificates, in one or more of the public papers in each of the United States.

Sec. 2.

And be it further enacted, That all certificates, commonly called

Outstanding loan office certificates, &c. may be presented at the treasury; and, being liquidated, &c. to be paid to the holders, with interest, &c.

loan office certificates, countersigned by the loan officers of the states, respectively, final settlement certificates, and indents of interest, which, at the time of passing this apt, shall be outstanding, may be presented at the treasury ; and, upon the same being liquidated and adjusted, shall be paid to the respective holders of the same, with interest at six per cent, per annum, from the date of the last payment of interest, as endorsed on said certificates.

Sec. 3.

And be it further enacted, That, for carrying this act into

Appropriation.

effect, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.