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 (Regulations .. 
 Conf Pam l2mo #173 
 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, C. S. A- 
 
 Richmond, November 15. 1864, 
 
 The following Regulations are to be observed in making appli- 
 cation for renewal, or duplicates of lost Certificates of Stock. Drafts 
 and Certificates of Deposite for stock or bonds r 
 
 All applications made to the Treasury for renewal of Certifi- 
 cates of Stock, Drafts and Certificates of Depoaite for stock or 
 bonds, lost or destroyed, must he accompanied by the following- 
 documents : 
 
 1. A statement on oath or affirmation by rtie applicant, .sjjowing- 
 the time, place, and all other cir«un>stunees attending the loss or 
 destruction of the certificate, with its number, date, amount, the- 
 cate of interest it bears, the time t<> wUich iutorest, if any, hjiw 
 been paid, in whose favor it was issued, when made payable, toge- 
 ther with every Other particular relating to it, within the know- 
 tedge of the applicant. 
 
 2. An instrument ir. writing, to be signed by the applioaiit, with 
 two sureties, reciting the particul»\^rs herein before specified, by 
 which such applicant and his sureties shall jointly and >everally 
 H^ree to pay to any person who may establish a valid claim to tha 
 certificate so alleged to have been lost or destroyed, the full value 
 thereof, on dema"tad, with interest until paid, and also t<> pay tho 
 Confederate States any sum which shall appear to have been erro- 
 neously paid to such claimant, pursuant to the said application, 
 with interest until paid. Such instrument is to be executed in the 
 presence of a Judge or District Attorney of the Confederate States, 
 or a Judge of a Court of Record of any State, by whom the suffi- 
 oiency of the sureties, in double the amount claimed, must bo 
 certified. 
 
 3. A copy of a public advertisen»ei\t of the loss or destruction 
 of a certificate made bj the party in a newspaper published at or 
 near the place of such loss or destruction, ac«orapanied by the 
 affidavit of the printer or publisher of the same, that the said 
 advertisement had been inserted in the said paper for six consecu- 
 tive v^reeks. ' ' 
 
 G. A. TRENHOLM. 
 Secretai^ of tlie Trectsury. 
 
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