ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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and mixed, as may be obtained with the moneys aforesaid, and

also with any, every and all other funds that may come into its

possession in course of its business dealings, and the same may

To Invest
and dis-

sell, grant, mortgage, lease and dispose of, in its discretion and at

pose of.

its will and pleasure, and execute, acknowledge and deliver all

deeds and legal papers and any instruments concerning the same.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the said company shall be

and is hereby authorized and empowered to insure the fidelity of

persons holding places of trust or responsibility of any State, cor-

poration, company, person or per so as whatsoever; to endorse for

and to enter security and become security for the faithful per-

formance of any trust, office, duty, contract or agreement, and to

supersede any judgment, or to go upon any bond, to appeal from

any order, judgment or decree of any court of record; and it is

Insure
fidelity,&c

further authorized to become sole surety in all cases where by law

two or more sureties are required for the faithful performance of

any trust or office, and it shall and may be lawful for any court

to approve said compauy as sole surety in all such cases, and in

every such case the capital stock of the said company shall be

taken and considered as sufficient security therefor, but in such

cases the officers and affairs of said company shall be subject to

an examination, and its property and effects liable as aforesaid ;

and it shall be lawful for said company to stipulate and provide

for indemnity from the parties aforesaid for whom it shall so

become responsible, and to enforce any bond, contract, agreement,

pledge or other security made or given for that purpose.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That said company shall have power

to guarantee, endorse and secure the payments and punctual per-

formance and collections of notes, debts, bills of exchange, con-

tracts, bonds, accounts, claims, rents, annuities, mortgages, choses

To endorse

in action, evidences of debt, certificates of property or value, checks

and the titles to property, indebtedness of individuals of compa-

nies, partnerships, loans of States, cities, counties and municipal-

ities on such terms or commissions as may be agreed upon or

established by said company and the parties dealing therewith.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That said company may receive

upon storage, deposit or otherwise, merchandise, specie, plate,

bullion, stocks, promissory notes, certificates and evidences of

debt, contracts, and all other personal properties whatsoever, take

charge and custody of real and personal estates and securities and

To receive

advance money thereupon on such terms as may be established

or approved by said company; that in all cases in which public

officers or municipal or private corporations are authorized to

deposit money, stocks, bonds or evidences of debt, such deposits

by such, officers or corporations may be made with said company.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for said

company to sell at public auction or private sale in its discretion,