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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF NEW YORK
Fiscal A g e n t of the United States
r Circular No. 2 9 0 4 T
L February 19, 1945 J

Exchange Offering of
% Percent Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness of Series B-1946
Dated and bearing interest from March 1, 1945

.

Due March 1, 1946

Amount of Offering To Be Limited to the Amount of
0.90 Percent Treasury Notes of Series D-1945, Maturing March 1, 1945
% Percent Treasury Notes of Series A-1945, Maturing March 15, 1945
and
1*4 Percent Treasury Notes of Series C-1945, Maturing March 15, 1945
Tendered and Accepted
To all Banking

Institutions,

and Others

in the Second Federal Be serve

Concerned,

District:

The following press statement was today made public:
Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau today announced the offering, through the Federal Reserve
Banks, of one-year Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness of Series B-1946, in exchange for Treasury
notes of three maturing series, Series D-1945, maturing March 1, 1945, and Series A-1945 and Series
C-1945, both maturing March 15, 1945. Exchanges will be made par f o r par, in authorized denominations, with an adjustment of interest as of March 1 in the case of those where notes maturing March 15
are exchanged. The offering of the new certificates is limited to the amount of securities of the three
maturing issues tendered in exchange, and cash subscriptions will not be received.
The certificates now offered will be dated March 1, 1945, and will bear interest from that date at
the rate of seven-eighths of one percent per annum, payable semiannually on September 1, 1945, and
March 1, 1946. They will mature March 1, 1946. They will be issued in bearer form only, in denominations of $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $100,000 and $1,000,000.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Public Debt A c t of 1941, interest upon the certificates now offered
shall not have any exemption, as such, under Federal tax Acts now or hereafter enacted. The full provisions relating to taxability are set forth in the official circular released today.
Subscriptions will be received at the Federal Reserve Banks and Branches, and at the Treasury
Department, Washington, and should be accompanied by a like face amount of the maturing notes.
Where notes maturing March 15 are surrendered, the final coupon due March 15, 1945, should be
attached, and accrued interest from September 15, 1944, to March 1, 1945, will be paid following
acceptance of the notes.
The right
Subject to the
There are
A-1945 notes,

is reserved to close the books as to any or all subscriptions at any time without notice.
usual reservations, all subscriptions will be allotted in full.
now outstanding $2,126,896,000 of the Series D-1945 notes, $718,011,200 of the Series
and $1,606,204,500 of the Series C-1945 notes.

The terms of this offering are set forth in Treasury Department Circular No. 764, dated
February 19,1945, copy of which is printed on the reverse side.
The subscription books are now open and applications will be received by this bank as fiscal
agent of the United States. Cash subscriptions will not be received. Subscriptions should be
made on official subscription blanks and mailed immediately or, if filed by telegram or letter,
should be confirmed immediately by mail on the blanks provided.
V




ALLAN

SPROUL,

President.
(OVER)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
7/s P E R C E N T T R E A S U R Y

C E R T I F I C A T E S O F I N D E B T E D N E S S O F S E R I E S B-1946

Dated and bearing interest f r o m March 1., 1945

Due March 1, 1946

1945
D e p a r t m e n t Circular N o . 764

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Office of the Secretary,
Washington, February 19, 1945.

Fiscal Service
B u r e a u o f the P u b l i c D e b t

I.

OFFERING OF

CERTIFICATES

1. The Secretary of the Treasury, pursuant to the authority of the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended,
invites subscriptions, at par, from the people of the United States f o r certificates of indebtedness of the United
States, designated % percent Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness of Series B-1946, in exchange for 0.90 percent
Treasury Notes of Series D-1945, maturing March 1, 1945, or % percent Treasury Notes of Series A-1945 or
1*4 percent Treasury Notes of Series C-1945, both maturing March 15, 1945. The amount of the offering under
this circular will be limited to the amount of such maturing notes tendered and accepted.
II.

DESCRIPTION

OF

CERTIFICATES

1. The certificates will be dated March 1, 1945, and will bear interest from that date at the rate of % percent
per annum, payable semiannually on September 1, 1945, and March 1, 1946. They will mature March 1, 1946,
and will not be subject to call f o r redemption prior to maturity.
2. The income derived from the certificates shall be subject to all Federal taxes, now or hereafter imposed.
The certificates shall be subject to estate, inheritance, gift or other excise taxes, whether Federal or State, but shall
be exempt from all taxation now or hereafter imposed on the principal or interest thereof by any State, or any
of the possessions of the United States, or by any local taxing authority.
3. The certificates will be acceptable to secure deposits of public moneys. They will not be acceptable in
payment of taxes.
4. Bearer certificates with interest coupons attached will be issued in denominations of $1,000 $5 000
$10,000, $100,000 and $1,000,000. The certificates will not be issued in registered form.
5. The certificates will be subject to the general regulations of the Treasury Department, now or hereafter
prescribed, governing United States certificates.
III.

SUBSCRIPTION

AND

ALLOTMENT

1. Subscriptions will be received at the Federal Reserve Banks and Branches and at the Treasury Department, Washington. Banking institutions generally may submit subscriptions f o r account of customers, but only
the Federal Reserve Banks and the Treasury Department are authorized to act as official agencies.
2. The Secretary of the Treasury reserves the right to reject any subscription, in whole or in part, to allot
less than the amount of certificates applied for, and to close the books as to any or all subscriptions at any time
without notice; and any action he may take in these respects shall be final. Subject to these reservations, all
subscriptions will be allotted in full. Allotment notices will be sent out promptly upon allotment.
IV.

PAYMENT

1. Payment at par for certificates allotted hereunder must be made on or before March 1, 1945, or on later
allotment, and may be made only in Treasury Notes of Series D-1945, maturing March 1, 1945, or of Series
A-1945 or Series C-1945, both maturing March 15, 1945, which will be accepted at par, and should accompany the
subscription. Coupons dated March 15, 1945, must be attached to the Series A-1945 and Series C-1945 notes
when surrendered, and accrued interest f r o m September 15, 1944, to March 1, 1945 ($3.45994 per $1,000 in the
case of the Series A-1945 notes and $5.76657 per $1,000 in the case of the Series C-1945 notes) will be paid
following acceptance of the notes.
V.

GENERAL

PROVISIONS

1. As fiscal agents of the United States, Federal Reserve Banks are authorized and requested to receive subscriptions, to make allotments on the basis and up to the amounts indicated by the Secretary of the Treasury to
the Federal Reserve Banks of the respective Districts, to issue allotment notices, to receive payment f o r certificates allotted, to make delivery of certificates on full-paid subscriptions allotted, and they may issue interim
receipts pending delivery of the definitive certificates.
2. The Secretary of the Treasury may at any time, or from time to time, prescribe supplemental or amendatory rules and regulations governing the offering, which will be communicated promptly to the Federal
Reserve Banks.




HENRY MORGENTHAU, JR.,
Secretary of the Treasury.

Subscriber's Beference No.

Application Number

EA-N-L

For use when United States of America 0.90 percent Treasury Notes
of Series D-1945 maturing March 1, 1945 are tendered in payment.

EXCHANGE SUBSCRIPTION
F O R UNITED STATES OF AMERICA % PERCENT TREASURY CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS
OF SERIES B-1946, DATED MARCH 1, 1945, DUE MARCH 1, 1946

Important
in full ^

SubjeCt

the

re8ervat

'ons

in

Treasury Department Circular No. 7 6 4 , dated February 19, 1 9 4 5 , all subscriptions will be allotted

H . 5 ' - C ° u p o n s ™aturing March 1, 1 9 4 5 , should be detached from the notes of Series D - 1 9 4 5 which are tendered in payment and
collected in the usual manner.
^ J
FEDERAL RESERVE B A N K OF N E W Y O R K ,

Fiscal Agent of the United States,
Government Bond Department—2nd F l o o r :

Dated at.
.1945

D E A R SIRS :

Subject to the provisions of Treasury Department Circular No. 764, dated February 19, 1945, the undersigned hereby
subscribes for United States of America % percent Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness of Series B-1946 as stated below:
For own account

$

For our customers ( f o r use of banking institutions) as shown on reverse side of this form

$

Total Subscription

$

and tenders in payment therefor a like par amount of United States of America 0.90 percent Treasury Notes of Series
D-1945, maturing March 1, 1945, as follows:
To be withdrawn from
securities held by you
f o r our account
$

Delivered to
you herewith $

b e delivered+
lor

our

to you

account

$

Issue and dispose of the securities allotted on this subscription in the denominations and amounts as indicated below:
DENOMINATIONS

Pieces

P a r Value

|J

Leave

Blank

1,000
5,000
10,000

• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.
• 5.

Deliver over the counter to the undersigned
Ship to the undersigned
Hold in safekeeping (for member bank only)
Hold as collateral for War Loan deposits
Special instructions:

100,000
1,000,000
Total
I M P O R T A N T : No changes in delivery instructions will be accepted. A separate subscription must be submitted
for each group of securities as to which different delivery instructions are given.
T h e undersigned, if a bank or trust company, hereby certifies that the securities which you are hereby or hereafter instructed
to dispose of in the manner indicated in items numbered 3 and 4 above are the sole property of the undersigned.
i

TO

( F i l l in all required spaces b e f o r e signing)
Application submitted by

SUBSCBIBEB:

Please indicate if this is a confirmation.

( P l e a s e print)

YES..
NO....

BY-

( O f f i c i a l signature r e q u i r e d )

(Title)

Street address.

\
A

City, Town or Village, P . O. No., and State.
Spaces below are for the use of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Delivery Beceipt

Released
Taken f r o m V a u l t Counted

Beceived

from

FEDERAL B E S E R V E B A N K OP N E W

-r




Checked by

YORK t h e a b o v e

described

United States Government obligations in the amount indicated above.
Subscriber.

Checked
Delivered

Securities
received b y -

Date.

By.

List of customers whose applications are included in the foregoingsubscriptstion

Amount

Subscribed




Name of Customer
(Please print or use

Address

typewriter)

*

Subscriber's Reference N o .

Application Number

EA-N-2

F o r use w h e n U n i t e d States of A m e r i c a % percent Treasury Notes
of S e r i e s A - 1 9 4 5 m a t u r i n g M a r c h 1 5 , 1 9 4 5 a r e t e n d e r e d i n p a y m e n t .

EXCHANGE SUBSCRIPTION
F O R UNITED STATES OF A M E R I C A %

PERCENT

TREASURY

CERTIFICATES

OF

INDEBTEDNESS

O F S E R I E S B - 1 9 4 6 , D A T E D M A R C H 1, 1 9 4 5 , D U E M A R C H 1, 1 9 4 6

Important
in full.

1.

Subject to the reservations in Treasury Department Circular No. 764, dated February 19, 1945, all subscriptions will be allotted

2. Coupons dated March 15, 1945, should be attached to the Series A - 1 9 4 5 notes when surrendered, and accrued interest from
September 15, 1944, to March 1, 1945 ( $ 3 . 4 5 9 9 4 per $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) will be paid following acceptance of the notes.
FEDERAL RESERVE B A N K OF N E W Y O R K ,

Fiscal Agent of the United States,
Government Bond Department—2nd F l o o r :

Dated at.
.1945

D E A R SIRS :

Subject to the provisions of Treasury Department Circular No. 764, dated February 19, 1945, the undersigned hereby
subscribes f o r United States of America % percent Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness of Series B-1946 as stated below:
F o r own account

$

F o r our customers ( f o r use of banking institutions) as shown on reverse side of this form

$

Total Subscription

$

and tenders in payment therefor a like par amount of United States of America % percent Treasury Notes of Series A-1945,
maturing March 15, 1945, as follows:
,
j
„
To be delivered to you
m
To be withdrawn f r o m
u,
fnr.
t\ i•
,
-i-i-i-i,
tor our account byr
Delivered to
securities held by you
you herewith $
f o r our account
.$
$
| b y credit to our Reserve account
| by check made payable to our order

P a y accrued interest on securities surrendered.

•
•

Issue and dispose of the securities allotted on this subscription in the denominations and amounts as indicated below:
DENOMINATIONS

Par Valuo

Pieces
$

Leave Blank

1,000
5,000
10,000

•

1. Deliver over the counter to the undersigned

•

2.

•

3. Hold in safekeeping ( f o r member bank only)

•

4. Hold as collateral for W a r Loan deposits

•

5. Special instructions:

Ship to the undersigned

100,000
1.000.000

Total
I M P O R T A N T : No changes in delivery instructions will be accepted. A separate subscription must be submitted
for each group of securities as to which different delivery instructions are given.
The undersigned, if a bank or trust company, hereby certifies that the securities which you are hereby or hereafter instructed
to dispose of in the manner indicated in items numbered 3 and 4 above are the sole property of the undersigned.
(Fill in all required spaces before signing)
Application submitted by

TO SUBSCRIBER:
Please indicate if this is a confirmation.

( P l e a s e print)

YES..
NO...

By

(Title)

( O f f i c i a l signature required)

Street address
City, Town or Village, P. O. No., and State.

\

Spaces below are for the use of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Delivery Receipt

Released
Takon from Vault-

Securities
received by-

Counted

from

FEDERAL. R E S E R V E

BANK

Checked by-




OF N E W

YORK

the

above

described

United States Government obligations in the amount indicated above.
Subscriber.

Checked
Delivered

Received

Date.

By..

List of customers whose applications are included in the foregoing subscripts
tion

Amount

Subscribed




Name of Customer
(Please print or use

typewriter)

Address

Subscriber's Reference N o .

Application Number

EA-N-3

F o r use w h e n U n i t e d S t a t e s of A m e r i c a 1 % p e r c e n t T r e a s u r y N o t e s
of S e r i e s C - 1 9 4 5 m a t u r i n g M a r c h 1 5 , 1 9 4 5 a r e t e n d e r e d in p a y m e n t .

EXCHANGE SUBSCRIPTION
F O R U N I T E D STATES OF A M E R I C A %

PERCENT

TREASURY

CERTIFICATES

OF

INDEBTEDNESS

O F S E R I E S B - 1 9 4 6 , D A T E D M A R C H 1, 1 9 4 5 , D U E M A R C H 1, 1 9 4 6

Important
in full.

1.

Subject to the reservations in Treasury Department Circular No. 764, dated February 19, 1945. all subscriptions will be allotted

2. Coupons dated March 15, 1945, should be attached to the Series C - 1 9 4 5 notes when surrendered, and accrued interest from
September 15, 1944, to March 1, 1945 ( $ 5 . 7 6 6 5 7 per $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) will be paid following acceptance of the notes.
FEDERAL RESERVE B A N K of

NEW YORK,

Fiscal Agent of the United States,
Government Bond Department—2nd F l o o r :

Dated at.
I 945

DEAR

SIRS:

Subject to the provisions of Treasury Department Circular No. 764, dated February 19, 1945, the undersigned hereby
subscribes for United States of America % percent Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness of Series B-1946 as stated below:
For own account

$

F o r our customers (for use of banking institutions) as shown on reverse side of this form

$

Total Subscription

$

and tenders in payment therefor a like par amount of United States of America 1% percent Treasury Notes of Series C-1945,
maturing March 15, 1945, as follows:
,
,
„
To be delivered to you
m
T o ^ ;yithflrawn from
, .
n
f o r Qur accQunt b
Delivered to
securities held by you
you herewith $
f o r our account
$
$
T,
, . ,
,
...
i
Pay accrued interest on securities surrendered

(by credit to our Reserve account
J,
, .
,
., ,
,
(by check made payable to our order

n
„
•

Issue and dispose of the securities allotted on this subscription in the denominations and amounts as indicated below:
DENOMINATIONS

Pieces

Par Value

$ 1,000

Leave Blank

n i. Deliver
•• 2.
• 3.
•

5,000

over the counter to the undersigned

4.

U *>. Special instructions:

10,000
100,000
1,000,000
Total

I M P O R T A N T : No changes in delivery instructions will be accepted. A separate subscription must be submitted
for each group of securities as to which different delivery instructions are given.
The undersigned, if a bank or trust company, hereby certifies that the securities which you are hereby or hereafter instructed
to dispose of in the manner indicated in items numbered 3 and 4 above are the sole property of the undersigned.
(Fill in all required spaces before signing)
Application submitted by

TO SUBSCRIBER:

( P l e a s e print)

Please indicate if this is a confirmation.

YES.
NO....

By.

( O f f i c i a l signature required)

(Title)

Street address.
City, Town or Village, P . O. No., and State.
Spaces below are for the use of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
iceieased
Taken from Vault-

mB^m^S^k^T'h^
Securities
received by-

Counted
Checked
Delivered




Checked by-

Hi
Received

mm
from

FEDERAL

Delivery Receipt
RESERVE

BANK

OP N E W

YORK

the

above

described

United States Government obligations in the amount indicated above.
Subscriber.
Date.

By.

List of customers whose applications are included in the foregoingsubscriptstion

Amount

Subscribed




Name of

Customer

(Please print or use

typewriter)

Address