TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, 1841-1843. 233 



act entitled "An act for the construction of the IlUnoi.s and Michigan canal," 

 approved the 9th January, 1836. 



In witness whereof the governor, auditor, and treasurer of the State of Illinois 

 have signed this certificate, and have caused the seal of the said State to 

 t'" ^•'^ he hereunto affixed, this 1st day of July, 1839. 



Tho. Caelin, Governor. 

 Levi Davis, Auditor. 

 John D. Whiteside, TredsKrir. 



10 bonds of this description, numbered 1237 to 1246, inclusive. 



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF ILLINOIS. 



$1,000.] Interest six jier cent. [$1,000. 



Certificate ok Illinois. 



No. 2636.] Iidcritnl hnproremeiit stock. [No. 2636. 



Know all men Ijy these presents, that there is due from the State of Illinois to 



— , or bearer, one thousand dollars, with interest at the rate of six per 



cent })er annum, payable half yearly, on the first Mondays of January and July, at 

 the 1)anking house of the agency of the Bank of the United States in New York, on 

 presentation and surrender of the annexed warrants. The principal is reimbursable 

 at the said banking liouse, at the pleasure of the State, after the 1st day of January, 

 1870. 



For the performance of all which the faith of the State of Illinois is irrevocably 

 pledged, agreeably to "An act to establish and maintain a general system of internal 

 improvement," approved Fel)ruary 27, 1837, and an amendment, approved March 2, 

 1839. 



Witness our hands, at Vandalia, this 1st day of July, 1839. 



Chas. Oakley, 

 John Tillson, Jr., 



Commissioners. 



10 bonds of this description, num))ered 2629, 2632, 2634, 2636, 2639, 2648, 2658, 2660, 

 2661,2664. 



State of Ohio Canal Stock. 



Transfer office, office of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company, in the city of 



New York, August 7, 1841. 



Be it known, that the State of Ohio owes to the Secretary of the Treasury of the 

 United States, in trust for the Smithsonian fund or his assigns, the sum of five thou- 

 sand dollars bearing interest at the rate of six per centum per annmn, from the first 

 day of July, 1841, inclasively, payable at this ofiice, half yearly, on the first days of the 

 months of January and July, being stock created in pursuance of sundry acts of 

 the legislature of the State of Ohio passed March 24th, 1837, the principal of which 

 stock is reimbursable at the pleasure of the State, at any time after the thirty-first 

 day of December, in the year 1860; which debt is recorded in this office, and is trans- 

 ferable only by appearance in person or l>y attorney, according to the rules and forms 

 instituted for that purpose. 



