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fygj ' - W -r-- a"3 H rcwg5tgSagJSfeajiip-ts.-..Z.'. ': ? I? THE TtFO i.Vf!0.AL uROiALS. 'Bery nation, fo test its capai-itj for self extcnee, without which it is not worthy the name, tnuot pass successfully through two great ordeals. Thu first is the ord.-al or itt birth, the struggle by which it du iacLeihitlf from tin- mit.nt nation and original dependency, and establishes its in choate being, and becomes an independent, .though nsyutan infant individuality awonij the family of nations. This ordeal wc piss ed in scveiing onr connection with Gieat 13iitain. The r.ctois in that mighlv strug gle covered themselves -vith immortal glory. It was a splendid success. The infant that wns born, by the blessing of God, was gift ed with native itality and vigor, and the forces of se'f-develnpment, and it became a youthful giant. They that looked for re demption rejoiced in its birth and growth, jand kings and aiiatocrnts looked on with chagiin and envy. If we had failed in that struggle, wc should hmc been a miserable abortion, fallen still-born on the lap of his ,tory, and, "like an ur.fitm-iy bisth, have never seen the sun." The enemy against whom we contended in that effort was from without, an outwaid, foreign foe, and oui triumph csjnbiii-hcd our dittinct, iuditidual existence as a nation. The second ordeal of national life is the test of its power, under Gnu, of self-preservation and pioi-peiity. And this is a ciisis no less hiipoitnnl than thu fiist. It is the transition fioni youth and minoiity to ma joiisy, when, as in the life of man, .1 nation en lei s The arena of trial for self-support and v indicates its complete manhood. Having gained an independent existence in its natal struggle, it must nest, in the course of its hi.-toiy, pass the more critical ordeal of maintaining and perpetuating itsdf against jnward antagonism, and Miceessfully defend its life from the fatal foices of intestine de-cay-and sediiki. It must sustain itsel! Against the into ml stiife of domestic par ties, and the shock ol civil war. If it tri umph in this, then csto jtcrpctua is its ap propriate motto. It is like the man who conquers himself, who is greater than he wbo captures a city. England and Fiance have each passed both these ordeals, and they sraud like the evei lasting mountains, which neither storms without nor volcauocs within can thako from their firm founda tirfns. The second of these oidtals is the mo mcnlot's and decisive cii.-is iu which our young Uepublic is now struggling, and the political philosophers and savans of Kurope are looking upon the contest with anxious and piofound interest, trembling with hope "and misgiving for the icsult. Do we appre ciate the issue? Are wc sensiblo of its nmgnitudu? Do our minds adequately grasp the stupendous constquences involved? Arc wo equal to the day that is upon tis ? Shall we peimitit to be piovtd to our shame and e 01 lasting disgrace that lepublicanism is a failure, and the last hope of oppressed millions, tighing for freedom, to expire in eternal night ? Shall the younr oak of American liberty be eva'netcent as Jonah's gourd 'i Shall we rejoice in its j-hadc but a day, and while we slumber in false security under the syren song of peace, permit the worm of privy con.-piiacy, and the ax of bold rebellion to destroy it ? Awake, fice men, if you dare be ftce, or live and ih'c in falavory. frki:kohs of tjjk press. As there are many opinions current as to what constitutes the true " freedom of the press," it is worth while to consult Judge Ston-, a man as seldom astray in his judi ciftl deci.-ions jeihaps as any other juiist Laving had a place on the Ameiican bench : " That this amendment was intended to recuio to cvciy citizeu an absolute right 10 speak or wiitc or print whatsoever he might please, without any responsibility, public or private, therefor, is n supposition too wild to be indulged in by any rational tnnn. This would be to allow every citi zen the right to desttoy at his pleasure the xeputaiion, the peace, the proper!-, and even the personal safety of every other citiz-n. A man might, out of mere malice and recnge, accuse another of the most infamous ciimes, might excite against him the indignation of all hi fellow-citizens by the most ntiocious calumnies; might dis turb. nay, ovcituin ail his domestic peace, and embitter his parental affections; might inflict the most distressing punishments upon the weak, the timid, and the inno cent j might pnjudice all a man's civil and political and private lights; and might stii 'up sedition, rebellion, und treason, evsn against the government itself, in the wan tonness of his passions, or the conuption of his heait. Ciil society could not go on under such eitcuuistanccs. Men would then be obliged to resort to private vengeance to iisako up the deficiency of the law; and assassinations and savage cruelties would be perpetrated with all the frequency belong ing to barbaious and biutal communities. It is plain, then, that the language of this amendment imports no more than that every man has a right to speak, wiitc, and print his opinions upon any subject what ever, without any prior restraint, so always that it docs not injure any othsr person in hie rights, person, property, or reputation ; and so always that he does not thereby dis turb the public pence or attempt to subvert the Government." l.The following notice was found posted on the bulletin of a Western Post Office, up Nick Whiffles way : " Lost a red kaf. He had a wite spot on one of his legs. He was a she kaf. I jrUlgivc thre dolers to eviibudi wut wil bring hjm bum." SgThe news from Ohio leaves no doubt as .to the election of the entire Union ticket itrthatvStatc. Tod's majority, so far as heard from; 1s83,000, with a fair prospect of reaching ns high as 60,000. notice ! . To the Electors of the State of Kansas. It becomes my duty to lay before the voters of this State the following ' IiilLon Banking," for their approval jt rejection, at the general Election in November, J8G1. as ncccrding to the Constitution of Kansas, "Article XIII, Sec ion 3 "' no Banting Law shall he in force until the same shall have been submitted to a vote of the electors of the State, at some gen eral Election, and approved by a majority of ill the votes cast at such Election. J. W. ROBINSON, Secretary of State. AN ACT aithorize the Business of Banking. To Be it enacted hy the Legiblaltirc of the State oKavsas: SrcTios 1. That it is hereby made the duty of the Auditor of State, on application of any person, or association of persons, wishing to organize under this act, to cause to be en graved and printed, in the best manner to guard against counterfeiting, such quantity of circulating notes, in the similitude of bank notes, in blank, of the differed denominations hereinafter authorized to be issued, as may, from time to time, le needed to meet the demands of those organisations for the pur pose of banking; and all necessary expenses in procuring such circulating notes, in blank, shall be charged to, and paid by, the banker or banking association, at whose solicitation and for which the same are furnished. Skc 2. Such bank notes, in blank, so pro cured as aforesaid, shall be of the denoniina' tions usually issued by banks, from one dollar to one hundred dollars, but such notes shall not be of any intermediate denomination be tween one and two, two and three, three and five, five and ten dollars, ten and twenty, twenty and fifty, or fifty and one hundred dollars. Fr.c 0 Such blank circulating notes shall be countersigned by such Auditor of State, and numbered and legistercd iu proper books, to be kept for that purpose, in Lis office and under his direction, by the Auditor himself, or such person or persons as the Auditor shall appoint, so that each denomination of each dicumlatinc notes thall be of the same simili tude and all bear the unifcim signature of such Auditor of btate and llegister. Skc. -I. Whenever any person or association of persons, formed for the purpose of banking under the piovisions of this act, shall duly assign or tiausfer, in trust, to the Auditor of this State, any portion of the public stockf issued, or to be issued, by the United States, or the stocks of the State of Katisas, sai-1 stocks to be valued at a tate to be estimated and governed by the average rate at which such stocks are sold in the city of New York, at the time when such stocks may be left on deposit with the Auditor ol State, such person 01 association of persons shall be entitled to icceive from the Auditor an amount of such chculating notes of difieicnt denominations, registered and countersigned, equal to and not exceeding the amount of public stocks assigned and transferred as aforesaid ; but such public stocks shall, iu all cases, be, or be made to be, equal to a s'ock producing six per cent, per annum, and it shall not be lawful for the Aud itor of State to take such stock above its par value, nor above its cm rent niaiket value in the city of New York, on the stock exchange, at the time of deposit by such person or asso ciation of peisons. If at any time the s'ocks assigned and transferred to the Auditor of State for circulating notes, or any part thereof, shall depreciate in value in the New Yoik mar ket, the Auditor of State shall reduce the rate. at which the same shall be continued to be held as srcuiities, and require fuch banking association or bnuker owning such stocks, to make up the deficiency with such additional stocks, as lequi-ed by this act, to be trans fen cd ar.d assigned as aforesaid, or such bank ing association or banker may make g.od such deficiency by returning to the Auditor of State such amount of bank bills, pteviously issued to him or them, as shall be equal to the dtfi ciency of securities created 01 caused by the depreciation of s-iid stocks held as security as afoie-aid ; Provided, That if, in the opinion of thp Auditor and Governor, any stocks offered -hall be deemed insecure, they shall not be ieceicd as such securities under the provis ions of this act. Slc 5. Before any bank Ehall receive from the Auditor of State any circulating notes, as provided in section four of this act, the stock holders thereof shall give to the Auditor of State good and sulhcient bonds, to be approved by him, to the amount of one-fourth of the notes that said bank shall receive, and the stockholders thercot shall file, with the Audi tcr, a ceititicate, to be attested by the oaths of the President and Cashier .of such bauking association, that ten per cent of the capital stock of such bank is paid in specie and on deposit, and shall remain in the vai.lts of said bank ns an additional security to indemnify the bill holders ngainst nwy loss that may be sustained, in case the other securities deposited with the Auditor of State shall be insufficient to redeem said bills. Skc. G. The bills and notes so to be coun tersigned and registered, the payment of which shall be secuied by the trausfer of public stocks, shall have engraved upon their face the words. Secured by pledge of public stocks," and the place where the same were issued. Sec. 7. The Auditor may give, to any person or association cf persons, so transferring secu rities tn pursuance of the provisions ot this act, power of attorney to receive interest or diwuends thereon, which said interest or divi dend such person or association of persons may receive and apply to 'heir own use; but such power may be revoked upon such person or association of persons failing to redeem the bai.kiug notes so issued, and ihe Auditor of Mate, upon apnlication of the owners of such transferred securities in trust, may, in his dis cretion, change or transfer the same for other securities of the kind specified before in this net, or may transfer the said securities or any part thereof, upon receiving and cancelling an equal amount of such circulating uo!e deliv ered to him by smh person or association of persons, in such roannei that the circulating notes shall always be secured in full, as iu this act provided. Skc. 8. The notes and bills discounted or purchased, moneys loaned, and all other prop erty, effects or dues, Of every description, of all banks or- banking associations, organized under the provisions of this -act, shall be as sessed and taxed in the city, ward, village or town where the same is located, for all State, county, town, school and corporation purposes, in the name of such bank or banking asso ciation, t the same extent and under tie rev enue laws, the same as the property ofindi iduals Sec. 9. Any person or association of persoas may establish offices-rf discount, deposit and circulation, and become incorporated upon the terms and conditions, and subject -to the lia bilities prescribed is this act ;. but the "aggre gate of the capital stock-of" such establishment shall not be less than twentyfive thonsaad dollars : I'rcvioeu, That no such office shall be estBblishedin any town-containing less tbaaprisoaawnt..T v , - y , - , . two benared mhnbttantS. I Sec. 17. If shall b tnrrfnT IXr nttrrTftra n ' Sec. 10. Such person or association of per sons, tinder their hands and sealsj-sball make a certificate which shall specify.first, the name assumed to distinguish the bank to be erftab liahed pursuant to thi3 act, and to be used in all its dealings, which name shall not be that of any other bank iu this State ; second, the place where the business of discount or deposit of such bank is to be carried on, designating the particular city, town, village, and county ; third, the amount of capital stock of nch bank, and the number of shares into which the same shall be divided ; fourth,, the name and place of residence of the shareholder or sharehold ers in such bank, and the number of shares held by them respectively; fifth, the period at which such bank ehall commence, which cer tificate shall oe acknowledged and recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the. office of such bank may be estab lished, and a copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the Auditor of State, and. upon the recording of such certificate, the person or persons aforesaid shall became a body politic and corporate, by the name assumed as afore said, and by such name shall have power to contract and be contracted with, sued and be sued, and shall have all other powers, piivi leges and immunities incident to corporations, and applicable to the end of each establish ments, subject to the provisions and restrictions of this act. Sec II. A copy of the certificate required by the next preceding sections, duly certified by the register of deeds of the county, or by the Auditor of State, may be used as evidence in all courts for or against such bank or any person or persons for or against whom any such evidence may be necessary, whether on civil or criminal trial. Sec 12. Such person or association of per sons shall hare power to carry on the business of banking, by discounting bills, rotes and other evidences of debt, by receiving deposits, by buying and selling gold and silver bullion, foreign coin, and foreign and inland bills of exchange, by loaning money on real or per sonal securities, and by exercising such inci dental powers as may be necessary to carry on such business ; may choose one of their num ber as president, and appoint a cashier and such other officers as their busine-fl may re quire, and to remove such president, cashier, officers and agents at pleasure, and to appoint ethers in their places ; but no such association or banker shall commence the business of banking under this act, until such association or banker shall have deposited with the Aud itor of State the securities required by this act. Sec. 13. The shares in such bank shall he deemed personal property, and shall be trans ferable On the books of the bank in such man ner as may be agreed upon in the article or gar.Umg such hank, and every person becom ing a stockholder therein, shall, in proportion t his interest, succeed to ali the rights and be subject to all the liabilities of prior share holder or shareholders ; no change shall be made in the articles organizing such bank, whereby the rights, remedies or securities of existing creditors shall be in any way im paired, and any association constituting such bauk shall not be dissolved by the death or insanity ol any one of the shareholders therein Skc. 14. If the maker or makers of any such circulating note or notes, countersigned, and legiatered as aforesaid, ehall, at any time here after, on lawful demand, during the usual hours of business, at the place where such note or uotes is or are made payable, fail or refuse to redeem such note or notes, in the lawful money of ihe Uaitcd States, the holders of such note or notes making such demand may cause the same to be p(otested, for non payment, by a notary public under his official seal ; but the maker cr makers of such note or notes shall not be liable for the expense of so protesting the same, unless, on such demand and refusal so to redeem the same, he or they shall refuse to waive protest and notice of protess thereon, and such waiver of protc&t shall, in all cases, be deemed equivalent to the regular protest thereof, and such notary shall, on protesting the same, forthwith for ward notice of such protest to the Auditor of 5tate; the notary making such protest shall certify in liis notice of protest the number of notes on which said aj'iugwas refused, and de scribe them by their numbers nnd letters, and shall also certify to the aggregate amount of said notes ; the Auditor of State on receiving and filing in his office such protest, together with such note or notes as aforesaid, shall forthwith give notice, iu writing, to the maker or makers of such cote or notes, to pay the same ; and, if they shall omit to do so for twen ty days after such notice, the Auditor shall im mediately thereupon, nuless he shall be satis fied there is a good and legal defense against the payment of such note or notes, give notice that all the circulating notes of such person or association of persons acd countersigned aud registered as aforesaid, ill be redeemed out of the trust funds in bis hands for that purpose, which notice shall be g:en by publishing the same In some newspaper printed in the county where the business of such bank is established, and in some newspaper printed at the seat of government of this State ; and the Auditor of State shall be required to apply the said trust funds, belonging to the maker or makers of such protested cote or notes, to the payment of all circulating notes, whether protested or not, put in circulation by the maker or makers of such protested note or notes, putsant to the provisions of.this act, and to adopt such meas ures for the payment of such notes as will, in his opinion, most effectually prevent loss to the holder of such notes; and, to this end, the Auditor of State may, after the expiration of said twenty days, and after giving thirty days notice, by publication in a newspaper printed at the seat of government of this State, and in a daily newspaper printed in the city of New York, proceed to sell, at the Merchant's Ex change, in the City of N.-w York, at public auction, the secutities so pledged, and, out of the proceeds of such sale shall pay pro rata and cancel all bills and notes which have been issued aud put in circulation by such bank under the provisions of this act ; but nothing in- this act contained shall be considered as implying any pledge on the part of this State, for the pavment of such hills or notes, bejond the proper application of the securities pledged to the Auditor of State for their redemption. Skc. 15. Such bank or backing association shall be liable to pay the holder of every bill or cote put in circulation as money, the pay ment of which shall have been demanded and refused, at the banking house orusaal place of business of such association or bankers, damage for non payment thereof, from the time of such refusal until the payment of such evidence of debt, and damages thereon. Sec 1C. It shall not be lawful for the Audi tor of b tate, or his deputy, to countersign bills or notes for any association or banker to as amount in the aggregate, exceeding the secu rities at their value, as before provided ia this act, deposited with him in trust by sach asso ciation or banker, or to use or dispose" of sack securities in any mannar other than provided for in this aet; and any Auditor of State, or deputy; who shall violate the provisions of this' section, shal , upon .conviction, be deemed guilty of a HnBMaror.aidlJe' puaished by a fine not less that fire tboasaad dollars, or be imprisoned not ltst. than fire years ia the state a prises, or by beta sack fiae and m , .,.... ... -...., 4 association of persona erganixed-aader tn'e- provisions of this act, by his or their articles of in the shares of the capital stock, of the asso association, o provide for aa increase ef their clatioL shall, thereafter be made, until the capital stock and of tbe numbers of such asso ciation, from time to time, as they. y think proper. Sec 18. Contracts made by any bank or banking associations established under the pro visions oi this act, and all notes or bills isaaed and put ia circulation as money, shall be signed by the president and cashier thereof, and All suits, actions and proceedings brought or prosecuted by and in behalf of stick bank or banking association, shall be brought and prosecuted ia the corporate name mentioned in the certificate made and filed aa hereinbefore required. Sec. 19. It shall be lawful for such bank or banking association to purchase, hold and con vey real estate, for the following purposes First Such as shall be necessary for its im mediate accommodation in the convenient tran saction of its business. Second, Snch as shall be mortgaged to it in good faith by way cf Isecurity for loans made by, or money due to, such bank. Third, sucn as snail oe conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously con tracted iu the course of its dealings. Fourth, Such as it shall acquire by sale on execution or decree of any court in its favor. The said bank shall not purchase, hold or convey real estate in any other case, or for any otner pur pose whatever; and all conveyances of such real estate shall be made to the corporations, and which real estate the president and cashier may sell assign, grant or oonvey, under the direction of the association, free from any claim thereon in favor of or against the share holders or any person claiming under them. Sec. 20. The president and cashier of every bank formed pursuant to the provisions of this act, shall, at all times, keep a true and correct list of the names of all the shareholders of such bank, with the amount of stock held bv each, the times of transfer and to whom trans ferred, and shall file a copy of such list in the office of the register of deeds of the county wherein such bank may be located, and, also, in the office of the Auditor of State, on the first Monday in January aud July in each year, aud tne stockholders in eacn oanK snail be individually liable in amount equal to dou ble the amount of stock owned by them, or all the debts of such bank, and such individual liability shall continue for cne year after any transfer or sale of stack by any stockholder or stockholders. Sec. 21. In the event of the insolvency of any bank established under the provisions of this act, the biilholders thereof shall be enti tled to preference in payment over all other creditors of such bank. Sec 22. It shall not be lawful for any bank formed undor the provisions of thin act to make any of its bills, or notes to be put in cir culatiou as money, payable at any other place than the office where the business of the bauk is carried on and conducted, nor to issue of the same at any other place, and said bills or notes shall be made payable on demand and without interest. Sec. 23 When the owner or owners of any bauk, desirous of relinquishing the banking business, shall notify the btate Auditor of such intention, then, and in such cae, it shall be competent for said bank or bankers to ledeem and deposit with the Auditor of State, from time to time, any amount of their circulating notes which may have been issued to said association, bank or bankers, in sums, how ever, not less than one thousand dollars at any one time, and to receive therefore and wit h draw an equal amount of securities by tbem deposited with the Auditor of State ; but no bank shall continue to transact any business wbatevei, further than what may be required to close up after their capital etock, securities or circulation shall have been reduced to less thdu twenty-five thousand dollars, nor in any case after two yeats from the date of said notice cf intention to relinquish and close up their banking business, as aforesaid; und whenever the retiiing bank or bankers shall desire to wtihdraw all the securities heretofore lodged with the Auditor of State, they may do so, by producing and filing with the Auditor of State a certificate of deposit to his credit, in such bauk as he shall approve of, an equal amount with the circulating notes of such bank or banks then remaiuing unredeemed, and the Auditor of btate, on being satisfied of such deposits, and of the sufficiency thereof, shall give up all the remaining securities heretofore deposited by such bank or bankers for the redemption of the circulating notes issued. ceo. 24. "such Banking association or bann er, after having complied with the provisions of the last preceding section, shall give notice, for two years, in some newspaper printed in the county where such bank shall have been located, and in a paper printed at the seat of government of this State, that all circulating notes issued by such banking association 01 banker must be presented at the Auditor of State's office, within two years from the date ot such notice, or that the funds deposited for the redemption of the notes will be given up to the banking association or banker, and, on receiving satisfactory proof of the giving of such notice for the time aforesaid, the Auditor of State shall surrender to the order of such banking association or banker, any securities which he may hold for the payment of any unredeemed notes of the said banking associa tion or bankers. Sec. 25. Any banking association or banker wishing to withdraw any of the securities by tbem deposited with the Auditor of State, may do so by depositing an equal amount of the circulating notes which may have been issued to said association or banker by the Auditor of Slate, in sums ol net less than one thousand dollars; Provided, That the amount of secu rities thus withdrawn by deposits of said cir culathg notes, shall not reduce the amount of stock securities remaining in the hands of the Auditor of State, to less than twenty-five thousand dollars. Sec. 26. The securities to be deposited with the Auditor of State, in trust, by any associa tions banker, shall be held br him exclu sively for the redemption of the bills or notes of Buch bank, put in circulation as money, until the same are paid and returned to the Auditor of State, as provided in this act ; but the Auditor of State may assign said securities to said association or banker transferring the same, upon receiving therefor equivalent seen rities, or an equivalent amount in circulating notes issued by such bank, as provided ia sec tion twenty-five of this act. " Sec. -27. All circalating notes of banks or banking associations, returned to the Auditor of State, shall be destroyed by him in the presence ef . the Governor and an aathoriied officer of the bank, after he shall have made a record of the same, which shall specify the number of each note, its date, and by whoa it was countersigned, in the books to be kept by himselTfur registering circulating aetea. Sec. 28. It shall be the duty of tka Aaditer of State to receive mutilated etrcolatiag aetee issued by him, and after Baking a record ef them, their deaomiaation and amount, to de liver, in lieu thereof, circulating aotet to the same amount ' Sac. 29. The bills, ar notes of aay batik or banking aateataGbn shall be, at all tuaca, re cetTti by tha tame U paysaeat ef all.daMa i w--j w w vmmm. wk vmmi5 ""-" ' Skt.iW. mite declared, capital afany lame- iaf aaMciatlam'akaU be redueed lit aay par - f nn - wfriU - i?M f fcaawwU. - w. ,.-....., ..... v v0 n..,v . . w ..- tioa remained' unsatisfied; no dividend or profits deficit' cT the capital shall be made good, either by subscription of the shareholders, ot out ot the subsequent accruing profits of the asso ciation ; and, if it shall appear that any such dividends have been made it shall be the duty ofany judge of the district couit of the county in which said bank is located, on application of any person in inieresr, to make the necen sary orders and decrees for ihe closing of the affairs of the association, and distribute its property and effects among its creditors and shareholders. SeC 31. The officers or agents of any bank ing association or banker, wh shall pay out to be put in circalation as money in this State, aay bill, note, certificate or deposit, or other paper having the similitude of a bank note, knowing the same to fcave hetra issued other wise than by the authority of this or any other State ot the Unied States, or the Congress of the United States, or of the British Posses sions, shall, for each offense, upoa conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, or by not less than three nor more than tw?lve months imprisonment, or both by fine and imprisonment. Sec. 32. Snch bank or banking association may demand and receive, for loans on real and personal security, or for notes, bills or other evidences of debts discounted, such rates of interest as may be agreed upon by the- par ties, subject, however, to general laws regu lating and fixing the rate of interest and it shall be lawful to receive the interest in ad vance, according to the ordinary usage of bank ing institutions and in general do all things, and have all the privileges incident to banking associations or corporations. Sec S3. Every bank or banking association shall, on the first Monday of January, April, July, and October, in every year, after hav ing commenced the business of banking as provided in this act, make and transmit to the Auditor of State a report, which shall be made I on oath of the president and cashier, and shall coDuuas a irue siaiemeut ui me ioiiowiug items, on the mornings of the first Monday of January, April, July, and October, before any business of that day : Loans and discounts, over drafts due from banks, due from directors of said banks, real estate, specie, cash items, stock and promissory notes, bills of solvent banks, loss, expense account, capital, circula tion, amount due o depositors on demand, amount aue not included under either of the above heads. And it shall be the duty of the Auditor of State to collate and publish said report once, in some newspaper printed at the seat of government and in the county in which said bank or banks are located, and the ex pense thereof shall be defr yed by the tanks ; and, if any bauk shal! fail to furnish to the Auditor its quarterly report ia time for such publication, or shall fail to pay the expenses incurred in the publication of iu report, when they shall be demanded by him, it shall for feit and pay the Auditor of State the sum of one hundred dollars, to be applied by him to the expense of publishing the quarterly reports; and the Auditor of State is author ized to collect said forfeiture in his name, upon his application to any court of competent juris diction, in the county where such delinquent bank may be located The Auditor of State shall also transmit, annually, to the Legisla ture, i,t the commencement of the session, n condensed summary of all the items reported to him by all the banks, which summary, veri fied by his oath, shall contain a tiue nnd cor rect statement of the condition of all the bank in the state at the time of making of their last report. Sec 34. Every bank and banking association, formed under the provisions of this aet, shall, an nually, on the first Monday of January, in each year, cause to be published, for six successive weeks, in one nublic newspaper printed in the county in which such bank may be located, and in some newspaper printed at the scat of govern ment in this State, a true and accurate statement verified by the oath of the cashier, of all deposits made with said bank, and of all dividends and interests declared and payable upon any of the stocks, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of said bank, which, at the date of such state ment, shall have remained unclaimed by any person or persons authorized to receive the same, for two years then next preceding. Sec. 35. Such statement shall set forth the time that every such deposit wns made, its amount, the name and residence, if known, of the person making it, the name of the person in whose favor tne dividend or interest may have been declared, its amount, and upon what number of shares and on what amount of stocks, bonds, or other evi dence of indebtedness ofany such bauk or bank ing association. Sec 36. All plates, dies, and such like mate rials, of and peculiar to any individual bank or banking association, which shall have closed business, either by its own voluntary act, or by operation of law, under the direction of the Au ditor of State, in presence of the Governor or Treasurer of State, shall be destroj-ed ; and such destruction, spcifying the articles so destroyed, shall be officially certified to by all the three aforesaid officers. "Sec. 37. It shall be the duty of the Legislature, uuuuuiijr, mi ciect u joint committee, wnose duty it shall be to examine the securities deposited in the Auditor of State's office, by banking associ ations and individual banks. together with )w,l-a and papers therein relating to the business of uanKing ; ana tne said committee shall report the true state and condition of that department to the Legislature. Sec. 33. Every officer, agent or clerk of any banking association or banker authorized by this act, who shall wilfully and knowingly subscribe or make any false statements of facts, entries in the books of such person or association, or shall knowingly subscribe or exhibit false papers, with the intent to deceive any person authorized to examine as to the condition of such bank or as sociation, or shall willfully or knowingly sub scribe and make false reports, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subjected to imprisonment at hard labor, in the State's prison, for such term, not less than one year nor more than ten years, as the court trying him shall designate, and, likewise, anv eommiRiiinnr . ammer or other officer, willfully and knowingly subscribing or making any false report, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be sub jected to like penalties. oec . A he Auditor of Stateshall, before en tering upon the. duties prescribed by this act, give to the State of Kansas a bond in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars, with not less than five sureties, to be approved by the Governor and Sec retary of State, conditioned for the faithful dis charge of all the duties of his office, provided for and incumbent upon him under this act. and de posit the same in the office of the State Treasurer ; and the Auditor of State shall not be directly nor indirectly interested in any bank or banking association, or as an individual banker. Sac 40. Any banker or banking association that shall organize under tbia act, shall be re quired to pay the Auditor of State for the service performed by him or under his direction, in be half of such banker cr banking association, ac cording to the provisions thereof, one-half of one per cent, on the nseunt of circulating notes coun tersigned and registered as hereinbefore provided, and may require the same to be paid at the time of the delivery ef such notes. Sec. 41. In case the securities deposited with the Auditor of State, td seeure the redemption of the circulating notes of amy bank, shall be sold wwniiwwiiicii iwinMiiiiwereoi,oe-igmn of one percent on the anotmt received for the - nme, shall be allowed the Auditor of State for ., - -nns ?n &THn ihe aV .) umtnr. -..-. -.. ..... nuu vk.uuu the notes of such bank, and the amount of sncK per centre, together with all necessary ' eSeSS incurred m advertising and selling such rtock shall be audited by the State Treasurer and on his certificates the Aedltor of State may deduct the same from the proceeds of such sale rir"42 rraonor Q3 violati Of the provisions of this act, not hereinbefore InY. cifically provided for, shall, upon coSSa thereof pay a fine of notle39 th fift jjgjj or more Aan five hundred dollars, for each and every offense, ote recovered before a?y court having competent jurisdiction ; and all fiJea and rUies so recovered shall be'paidintothfsute Sec 43. This act to be published one newa paper in each county m this State, where prac ticable, and in one newspaper published at the Capital, for six wedks previous to the next ge al election, and to be submitted to a vote of th ele?toofthis State at the generalXdon; be in force from and after its nnmr,i utu- . jority of the votes cast at such election. Thebal '"" cu i.otti i-it-cuun snan oe written or nrint ed, m follows: "For BankingUw'or-'AgaiMt Banking Law," as the case may be, and the re turns of such election shall be made in accord ance with the election law of this State Approved, June 4th, 1861. Secbetakv of State's Office, ) t 1. v x-, ToIa, Sept. 16th, 1861. I hereby certify that the above is a true codv of the original Enrolled Bill, as filed in mv of fice. J JOHN W. ROBINSON, Secretary of State. THE PKESS. JOIIN 1?. FORNEY, Editou asd PaoraiaToa. Publication Office, 417 Chestnut street, PHILADELPHIA. 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