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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF N E W YORK r Circular No. 2 2 8 1 , September 22, 1941 ~! ^Reference to Circulars Nos. 2262, 2269, 2271, 2274 and 2277.J Executive Order No. 8389, as Amended, and Regulations Issued Pursuant Thereto, Relating to Transactions in Foreign Exchange, Etc. To all Banking Institutions, and Others Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District: For your information we quote below from a telegram received from the Treasury Department: It is the view of the Treasury Department that a person who was lawfully admitted to the United States as a non-quota immigrant under Section 4 (c) of the Act of May 26, 1924, 43 Stat. 155, (U.S.C. Title 8, Sec. 204 (c) ), may be licensed as a generally licensed national under General License No. 42, if all the conditions of General License No. 42 are complied with. Section 4(c) of the Act of May 26, 1924, defines "nonquota immigrant" as follows: "(c) An immigrant who was born in the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, the Republic of Mexico, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Canal Zone, or an independent country of Central or South America, and his wife, and his unmarried children under eighteen years of age, if accompanying or following to join him;" Additional copies of this circular will be furnished upon request. ALLAN SPBOUL, President. • UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE Treasury Department • " [/CHECK LETTER AND ' 1 FACE PLATE NUMBER > - 1 39 NEW COUNTERFEIT $ 2 0 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTI FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, N. Y. BACK PLATE NUMBER SERIES 127 1928B CONSPICUOUS ROUND BLACK DOT UNDER NOSE TIP. PORTRAIT DARK AND SPOTTY WITH GRIM EXPRESSION ABOUT MOUTH. CAREFULLY COMPARE A SUSPECTED NOTE WITH ANOTHER OF THE SAME TYPE AND DENOMINATION. Pay Particular Attention to Portraits KNOW , YOUR MONEY SERIAL NUMBERS GLOSSY AND SMEARY, SLIGHTLY WIDER AND MORE IRREGULAR THAN GENUINE. FACSIMILE SIGNATURES OF VT. 0. WOODS, TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES, AND A. W. MELLON, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. CHECK LETTER AND FACE PLATE NUMBER ON CURRENT GENUINE NOTES APPEAR ON RIGHT SIDE ADJACENT TO GREEN SEAL. ON THIS COUNTERFEIT, CHECK LETTER AND FACE PLATE NUMBER ARE DIRECTLY UNDER LARGE LETTER Y IN SHADED WORD TWENTY. THIS DECEPTIVE PRODUCTION IS BEING PASSED BY BOTH WHITE AND COLORED PERSONS PRINCIPALLY IN THE EAST. TREASURY DEPARTMENT Return after 5 days UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE Washington, D. C. Official Business When you receive a counterfeit bill: 1. 2. 3. 4. DO NOT RETURN IT! TELEPHONE POLICE AT ONCE! DELAY THE PASSER UNDER SOME NATURAL EXCUSE. AVOID ARGUMENT. IF NECESSARY SAY THAT POLICE WILL HANDLE THE MATTER. 5. IF THE PASSER LEAVES, WRITE D O W N HIS DESCRIPTION. 6. WRITE D O W N THE LICENSE NUMBERS OF ANY CARS INVOLVED. REMEMBER — N O T ALL STRANGERS ARE COUNTERFEITERS, BUT ALL COUNTERFEITERS ARE LIKELY TO BE STRANGERS! FRANK J. WILSON Chief, U. S. Secret Service PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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