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These bonds have been assigned to the Secretary of the Treasury. 

 38 bonds of this description 13 numbered 282 to 294, inclusive; 15 numbered 359 

 to 373, inclusive; and 10 numbered 401 to 410, inclusive. 



SPECIAL CERTIFICATE. 



DETROIT AND PONTIAC RAILROAD STATE STOCK, STATE OF MICHIGAN. 

 $1,000.] Six per cent stock. [No. 92. 



Know all men by these presents, that the State of Michigan acknowledges to owe 

 to the Detroit and Pontiac Railroad Company the sum of one thousand dollars, 

 lawful money of the United States of America, which sum of money the said State 

 promises to pay to the said Detroit and Pontiac Railroad Company, or to their order, 

 at the Manhattan Bank, in the city of New York, on the first Monday of July in the 

 year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, or at any time there- 

 after that the State may choose, with interest thereon, at the rate of six per centum per 

 annum, payable at the said Manhattan Bank half yearly, upon presentation and the 

 delivery of the coupons severally hereunto annexed, to wit: On the first Monday of 

 January and the first Monday of July, in each and every year, until the payment of 

 the said principal sum. 



The faith and credit of the people of the said State are hereby solemnly pledged 

 for the payment of the interest and the redemption of the principal thereof, in 

 accordance with the provisions of the act entitled "An act to provide for the relief 

 of the Detroit and Pontiac Railroad Company," approved March 5, A. D. 1838. 



In testimony whereof the treasurer of the State of Michigan has signed this cer- 

 tificate, and has hereunto affixed the seal of his office, this first day of 



L L - s - J May, in the year of our Lord one tho isand eight hundred and thirty-eight. 



HENRY HOWARD, 

 Treasurer of the State of Michigan. 



8 bonds of this description 1 numbered 76; the residue numbered 86 to 92, 

 inclusive. 



UNITED STATES OP AMERICA, STATE OF ILLINOIS. 



$1,000.] No. 83. [$1,000. 



Six per cent stock, interest half yearly. 



Illinois bank and internal improvement stock. 



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

 Bank of Illinois, or bearer, one thousand dollars, lawful money of the United States, 

 with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, payable half yearly, on the 

 first Mondays of January and July, at the Bank of the United States in Philadelphia, 

 or at its agency in New York, at the option of the holder, on the presentation and 

 surrender of the annexed warrants. The principal is reimbursable at either of the 

 above places, at the pleasure of the State, after the year 1860. For the performance 

 of all which the faith of the State of Illinois is irrevocably pledged, as also a like 

 amount of the stock in the Bank of Illinois, agreeably to ' ' An act supplementary to 

 an act to increase the capital stock of certain banks, and to provide means to pay 

 the interest on a loan authorized by an act entitled an ' Act to establish and main- 

 tain a general system of internal improvement,' " approved March 4, 1837. 



