Registers of dividend of interest on loans, 1867-1911.

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Registers of dividend of interest on loans, 1867-1911.

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The state treasurer was authorized by the legislature to issue scrip or certificates of debt in the name of the Commonwealth to cover the financing of construction of various railroads and state institutions; improvement of lands owned by the Commonwealth; public defense; public debt; and for other temporary loans. Registers of dividends of interest were created to account for the payment of principal and interest at six-month intervals on money borrowed.

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