Register of receipt of interest on General statutes scrip, 1860-1870.

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Register of receipt of interest on General statutes scrip, 1860-1870.

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Pursuant to Resolves 1855, c 9, the governor and council appointed a commission to revise, collate, and arrange the statutes of the Commonwealth, by collecting those relating to the same subject matter under appropriate chapters, titles, and sections, following the method used in compiling the Revised statutes of 1836 (see: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Enacted General statutes, 1859 ((M-Ar)1143X)). Register of receipt of interest was created to provide an accounting of interest paid at intervals of six months on scrip or certificates of debt issued to finance the project by the state treasurer.

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