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FE D E R A L R E S E R V E BANK
O F N EW YORK
Fiscal A gent of the United States

r Circular No. 5 1 2 8 "I
L December 27, 1961 J

UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS, SERIES H
Second Amendment to Treasury Department Circular No. 905
Fourth Amendment to Treasury Department Circular No. 530

To Issuing and P a yin g A g en ts fo r Savings Bonds
in the Second Federal R eserve D istrict:

Enclosed are copies of amendments to two Treasury Department
circulars:
Second Amendment to Department Circular No. 905, and
Fourth Amendment to Department Circular No. 530.
The amendments give effect to the Treasury’s recent announcement
that starting January 1, 1962, the amount o f Series H savings bonds
that may be purchased annually by any one buyer has been increased
from $10,000 to $20,000.
Additional copies of the enclosed amendments will be furnished
upon request.




A lfred H a y e s ,

President.

UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS
SERIES H
1961

Second Amendment to
Department Circular No. 905

Second Revision, dated
September 23, 1959

T reasu ry
O F F IC E

D e p a rtm e n t,

OF T H E

OECRETARYj

Washington, November 17, 1961.
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Fiscal Service
Bureau of the Public Debt

In Sec. 332.7, p a ra g ra p h (a) is h e re b y
a m en d ed , e ffectiv e J a n u a ry 1, 1962, to read
as follow s:
S ec. 332.7. Limitation on holdings.— T h e
lim its on th e a m o u n t o f a n y Series H b o n d s
orig in a lly issued d u rin g a n y o n e ca len d a r y e a r
th a t m a y b e h eld b y a n y on e p erson a t a n y
on e tim e (w h ich w ill b e co m p u te d in a c c o r d ­
an ce w ith th e reg u la tion s cu rre n tly in fo r c e




g o v e rn in g U n ite d S tates S a v in g s B o n d s )2 are:
(a)
General limitation.— $2 0 ,0 0 0 (m a tu r ity
v a lu e) fo r th e ca len d a r y e a r 1962 an d each
ca len d a r y e a r th erea fter.

ROBERT V. ROOSA,

Acting Secretary of the Treasury.
2 Department Circular No. 530.

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1961

REGULATIONS GOVERNING UNITED STATES
SAVINGS BONDS
1961
Fourth A m endm ent to
D epartm ent Circular N o. 530
Eighth R evision, dated
D ecem ber 2G, 1957

T

reasury

O ffic e

D

epartm ent,

o f th e S e c re ta ry ,

Washington, November 17, 1961.

Fiscal Service
Bureau o f the P u b lic D eb t

In

Sec.

315.10,

p aragraph

(b )

is

hereby-

am en ded, effective Ja n u a ry 1, 1962, to read
as follow s:
Sec. 315.10.

Amount which may beheld.—-

siv e ; $20,000 (m a tu rity valu e) fo r the calen dar
y ea r 1962 and each calen dar y e a r thereafter.

ROBERT V. ROOSA,
Acting Secretary of the Treasury.

5 Effective M ay 1, 1957. Accordingly investors who
purchased $20,000 (maturity value) of bonds of Series
E bearing issue dates of January 1 through April 1
$
$
$
$
$
were not entitled to purchase additional bonds of that
series during 1957. The same limitation applies to
bonds of Series H bearing those issue dates. Inves­
(b )
Series H .— $20,000 (m a tu rity va lu e) for tors who purchased less than $10,000 (maturity value)
of bonds of either series prior to M ay 1 were entitled
each calen d ar y ea r up to and in clu d in g the
only to purchase enough of either series to bring their
calen d ar y ea r 1956; $10,000 (m a tu rity valu e)
total for that series for 1957 to $10,000 (maturity
fo r the calen dar years 1957 5 to 1961, in clu value).




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