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CHAP. 298
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seven hundred and seventy-five dollars, in three equal
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annual payments, the first of said payments to he made
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within thirty days after the said bank shall have gone
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into operation, and a further bonus on the capital which
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the said bank shall at any time have, over or above the
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sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, at and
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after the rate of three dollars and seventy-five cents
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on each one. hundred dollars thereof, and which bonus
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shall be paid on the first day of January next, after such
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capital shall have been received by the said bank.
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Failure to pay
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SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That if at any time the
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its notes, &c
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said hank shall neglect or refuse to pay in gold and
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silver, any of its notes, bills, obligations or any money
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received on deposite, in violation of the contract, pro-
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mise or undertaking of said bank; vhe person or per-
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sons entitled to demand and receive such payment,
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shall respectively receive and recover interest on said
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bills, notes, obligations and deposites, until the same
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shall be fully paid and satisfied, at the rate of twelve
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per centum per annum, from the time of such demand;
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Extra interest
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Provided, and so far as the assets of said bank shall be
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sufficient to pay over and above the sum of its debts and
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common interest thereon, the said extra rate of inte-
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rest.
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Bights of debtor or creditor
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SEC. 13, And be it enacted, That if the said bank .
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shall neglect or refuse to pay as aforesaid, any of its
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notes, bills, obligations, or money received on depo-
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site, the holder of such note, bill or obligation, or the
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person or persons entitled to demand and receive such
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money, shall be respectively entitled only to demand
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and receive as creditor, or as debtor to claim and set
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off, such parts of the sum of its assets, as shall be ac-
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tually distributable and payable to such creditor or
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debtor, at the time when such claim or demand may be
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Proviso
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made; Provided, the concerns of said bank shall be-
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fore any such demand is made or set off attempted,
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be or become in process of being wound up for equi-
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table distribution of its assets among all its creditors.
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Distribution of as-
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SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That if the said bank
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sets
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shall at any time suspend its payments, the assets which
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said bank may hold, or be in any wise entitled to, at
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the time of such suspension of payment, shall be rate-
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