THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 58. 1863. 671 It shall be the duty of the comptroller of the currency to keep in his Recardoftrau•· ofliee u book in which shall be entered the name of every association f°§’a§_° °°“°’m from whose account such transfer of bonds is made by the treasurer, and W the name of the party to whom such transfer is made, unless such transfer is made in blank, in which case the fact shall be stated in said book, and in either case the par value of the bonds so transferred shall be entered therein; and it shall be the duty of the comptroller, immedi- Duty ofcompately upon eountersigning and entering the same, to advise by mail the *'°ll**’· association from whose account such transfer was made, the kind of bonds and the amount thereof so transferred. Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Duty Of °°mP‘ comptroller of the currency to countersign and enter in the book, in the "°u"' manner aforesaid, every transfer or assignment of any bonds held by the treasurer presented for his signature; and the comptroller shall have 0<>mpfr¤N¤¤¤¤d at all times during office hours access to the books of the treasurer, for zfffiglfxg the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of the transfer or assignment others books. presented to him to countersign; and the treasurer shall have the like access to the book above mentioned, kept by the comptroller, during ofiice hours to ascertain the correctness of the entries in the same. Sec. 23. And be itjim/wr enacted, That it shall be the duty of either Some on-iw or the president or cashier of every banking association having stocks °°°l‘ l?°“l‘i“g ”* deposited in the office of the treasurer of the United States, once or ;?§i?,;1°;,le;(;]°;,x°;ts more in each fiscal year, and at such' time or times during the ordinary bonds and gombusiness hours as said officer or officers may select, to examine and com- Jfgla pare the bonds so pledged with the books of said Department, and, if depmmm, found correct, to execute to the said treasurer a certificate setting forth the different kinds and the amounts thereof, and that the same are in the possession and custody of the treasurer at the date of such certificate. Such examination may be made by an agent of such association, duly Appointed in writing for that purpose, whose certificate before mentioned shall be of like force and validity as if executed by such president or cashier Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That every association issuing A,,,c;,,u,,,,, w circulating notes under the provisions of this act, shall make a quarterly report q¤¤r¤¤r1y report to the comptroller of the currency commencing on the first day ;‘;3‘;“§;:gll°' of the quarter of the year next succeeding the organization of such association, and continuing on the first days of each succeeding quarter in every year thereafter, which report shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the president and cashier, and all wilful false swearing in respect to such report shall be perjury, and subject to the punishment prescribed by law for such offence. '1`he report hereby required shall be in Contents of ,0. the form prescribed by the comptroller, and shall contain a true state- P°¥*· ment of the condition of the association making such report, before the transaction of any business on the morning of the day specified, next preceding the date of such report, in respect of the following items and particulars, to wit: Loans and discounts, overdrafts due from banks, amount due from the directors of the association, real estate, specie, cash items, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes, bills of solvent banks, bills of suspended banks, loss and expense account, capital, circulation, profits, amount due to banks, amount due to individuals and corporations other than banks, amount due the treasurer of the United States, amount due to depositors on demand, amount due, not included under either of the above heads. And it shall be the duty of the comptroller to publish full Amtruu 0,-,,8, abstracts of such reports together in two newspapers to be designated by ports to be pubhim for that purpose, one in the city of Washington and the other in the ‘Sh°d' city of New York, exhibiting the items of capital, circulation, and depos· Scpmm, m. its, specie and cash items, public securities and private securities ; and pm-is of each) asthe separate report of each association shall be published in a newspaper ;‘QE’;;‘Q;‘d°§°n kim published in the place where such association is established, or, if there newspaper-.
