VALUES OF FOREIGN MONETARY UNITS (AT PAR AS REGARDS GOLD UNITS; NONGOLD UNITS HAVE NO FIXED PAR WITH GOLD)—Continued Newfoundland and Canadian notes legal tender. Embargo on gold exports Nov. 13, 1931. 1931. U. S. money is principal circulating medium. Paraguayan paper currency is used; exchange control established June 28, 1932. Obligation to pay out gold deferred Mar. 13, 1932; exchange control established Mar. 1, 1936. Conversion of notes into gold suspended May 18, 1932. By act approved Mar. 16, 1935. Exchange control established Apr. 27, 1936. Gold exchange standard suspended Dec. 31, 1931. Conversion of notes into gold suspended Oct. 7, Conversion of notes into gold suspended May 11, 1932. British pound sterling and Straits dollar and half dollar legal tender. Conversion of notes into gold suspended Sept. 29, Order of Federal Council enacted Sept. 27, 1936, Conversion of notes into gold suspended Dec. 28, Conversion of notes into gold suspended Aug. 2, Exchange control established Dec. 12, 1936. (d) Quarter beginning October 1, 1939. The following estimates by the Director of the Mint of the values of foreign monetary units are hereby proclaimed to be the values of such units in terms of the money of account of the United States that are to be followed in estimating the value of all foreign merchandise exported to the United States during the quarter beginning Oct. 1, 1939, expressed in any such foreign monetary units: Provided, however, That if no such value has been proclaimed, or if the value so proclaimed varies by 5 percent or more from a value measured by the buying rate in the New York market at noon on the day of exportation, conversion shall be made at a value measured by such buying rate as determined and certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and published by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the provisions of section 522. title IV, of the Tariff Act of 1930. VALUES OF FOREIGN MONETARY UNITS (AT PAR AS REGARDS GOLD UNITS; NONGOLD UNITS HAVE NO FIXED PAR WITH GOLD) 1.6931 2060 .5714 7879 1.0000 .4537 1. 6931 .3386 Pound (100 piasters). 8. 3692 Germany. Reichsmark. Great Britain.. Pound Sterling. Greece. Guatemala. Drachma. Quetzal.. Haiti.. Gourde. Honduras.. Lempira. Hungary.... Pengö. .8466 .2961 India (British).. Rupee. Indo-China. Piaster.. Conversion of notes suspended. Exchange control established Oct. 15, 1931. Embargo on export of gold, Oct. 19, 1931; redemption of Conversion of notes into gold suspended Sept. 29, 1931. Exchange control established July 13, 1931. Obligation to sell gold at legal monetary par suspended Conversion of notes into gold suspended Apr. 26, 1932. Gold exports prohibited Mar. 27, 1931; lempira circulates as Exchange control established July 17, 1931. Piaster pegged to French franc at the rate of 1 plaster = 10 Conversion of notes into gold suspended Sept. 21, 1931. Embargo on gold exports Dec. 13, 1931. Currency pegged to sterling Sept. 28. 1936, at 2,522 lati£100. British money is principal circulating medium. Free export of gold suspended Oct. 1, 1935. Decree of Aug. 28, 1936, left the monetary unit, the peso, to be later defined by law. .6806 Suspension of convertibility of notes into gold and restrictions placed on free gold exports-Sept 26, 1936; gold export prohibition repealed by decree June 28, 1938. Newfoundland and Canadian notes legal tender. VALUES OF FOREIGN MONETARY UNITS (AT PAR AS REGARDS GOLD UNITS; NONGOLD UNITS HAVE NO FIXED PAR WITH GOLD)—Continued Remarks Conversion of notes into gold suspended and export of gold Conversion of notes into gold suspended Sept. 29, 1931. Paraguayan paper currency is used; exchange control Obligation to pay out gold deferred Mar. 13, 1932; exchange control established Mar. 1, 1936. Conversion of notes into gold suspended May 18, 1932. By act approved Mar. 16, 1935. Exchange control established Apr. 27, 1936. Gold exchange standard suspended Dec. 31, 1931. Exchange control established May 18, 1932. Conversion of notes into gold suspended Oct. 7, 1931. British pound sterling and Straits dollar and half dollar legal Conversion of notes into gold suspended Sept. 29, 1931. 100 piasters equal to the Turkish £; conversion of notes into Conversion of notes into gold suspended Aug. 2, 1914; ex- Exchange control established Dec. 12, 1936. (Sec. 25, 28 Stat. 552, sec. 522, 46 Stat. 739; 31 U.S.C. 372) [Dept. Circ. 1, Jan. 1, 1939, Apr. 1, 1939, July 1, 1939, Oct. 1, 1939; 4 F.R. 112, 1445, 2793, 4189] CHAPTER II-OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PART 204-ISSUE OF DUPLICATES1 or agent of the United States, the District INTRODUCTORY Sec. 204.0 Issuance and observance. 204.1 204.2 204.3 204.4 204.5 204.6 204.7 GENERAL REGULATIONS Advice of nonreceipt or loss. In case the officer or agent of the Recovery of original. INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXECUTING BOND 204.8 Names and residence. 204.9 Signature and seal. 204.10 Witnesses. 204.11 Corporation as principal. 204.13 of Columbia, or the District Unemployment Compensation Board, on their behalf against an account or funds of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the District Unemployment Compensation Board, including instruments issued by any corporation or other entity owned or controlled by the United States, the funds of which are deposited and covered into the Treasury of the United States or deposited with the Treasurer of the United States are hereby established pursuant to the provisions of section 3646 of the Revised Statutes as amended by section 9 of the Government Losses in Shipment Act (50 Stat. 482), and by the Act of August 10, 1939 (53 Stat. 1359; 31 U.S.C., Sup., 528), and section 3647 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 119), as amended. The requirements contained herein must be strictly observed except as the Secretary of the Treasury, being satisfied that observance thereof is not necessary to carry out the purposes of the law and the regulations in this part may waive or modify any such requirement.*† *§§ 204.0 to 204.18, inclusive, issued under the authority contained in R.S. 3646, sec. 9, 50 Stat. 482, secs. 5-7, 53 Stat. 1359, R.S. 3647, 35 Stat. 644, sec. 304, 42 Stat. 24; 31 U.S.C., § 204.0 Issuance and observance. The Sup., 528, 31 U.S.C. 119. regulations and instructions in this part governing the issuance of duplicates of checks drawn by a duly authorized officer 1 The word "duplicate" as used herein means a "substitute, marked duplicate" as provided in section 9 of the Government Losses in Shipment Act (50 Stat. 482) as amended by secs. 5-7 of the Act of August 10, 1939 (53 Stat. 1359; 31 U.S.C., Sup., 528). 2 All forms mentioned in this part were filed as a part of the original document with the Division of the Federal Register. Copies may be obtained upon request from the office of the Commissioner of Accounts, U. S. Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. trict of Columbia, the District Unem- | which it was issued, the drawer will preployment Compensation Board, or the corporation or entity, by whom the check was drawn, giving, if possible, its date, number, and amount, and requesting that payment be stopped. Upon receipt of such request, if the check is found to be outstanding, a bond of indemnity (Form No. 2244 or 2244a), or in appropriate cases an application (Form 2244b or 2244c) will be prepared in the Treasurer's office and transmitted for execution by the claimant. The bond of indemnity or application, when duly executed according to instructions, must be transmitted to the drawer of the original check.*† pare a duplicate, which must be an exact transcript of the original, special care being taken that the number, date and name of the payee correspond to those of the original. In the case of checks issued on account of public-debt obligations and transactions regarding the administration of banking and currency laws, duplicates may be issued without limitation of time. The drawer will then, without delay, forward the bond (Form 2244 or 2244a) or application (Form 2244b or 2244c) and the duplicate check to the Secretary of the Treasury (Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants). The bond or application and the information ob§ 204.2 Affidavit of nonreceipt or loss. tained shall be examined by the Division An affidavit in substantially the form of Bookkeeping and Warrants, and if prescribed, Form 2244, 2244a, 2244b, or satisfactory, shall be approved and the 2244c, as the case may be, must be exe- duplicate check certified, by direction of cuted by the claimant and submitted to the Secretary, by the Chief or the Assistthe drawer of the original check, to- ant Chief, Division of Bookkeeping and gether with the bond of indemnity (Form Warrants. In the event the claimant is someone other than the payee of the 2244 or 2244a), or application (Form 2244b or 2244c), giving the claimant's original check, he should present clear name and residence in full, describing and satisfactory evidence of his ownerthe check, and all endorsements thereon, ship to the Division of Bookkeeping and showing the claimant's interest therein Warrants. Upon a finding by the Chief and detailing the circumstances attend- or the Assistant Chief of the Division ing its nonreceipt or loss. The affidavit must be made and signed before a notary public or other officer authorized by law to administer oaths for general purposes, who must certify that he administered the oath. If executed in a foreign country, the affidavit must be made before a notary public or before a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States. If a corporation, joint stock company, business trust, or association is the claimant, an officer thereof must make and sign the affidavit individually, but on behalf of such corporation, joint stock company, business trust, or association. If a partnership is the claimant, the instruction in the last sentence of § 204.13 should be followed. If the check is owned jointly, any joint owner having personal knowledge of the facts may execute the affidavit.*† § 204.3 Issuance of duplicate. After the expiration of 30 days from the date of the original check, except in the case of certain mutilated checks mentioned hereinafter, and before the close of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in that the claimant is the lawful owner of the original check, a duplicate may be issued to the claimant, payable to such claimant through an endorsement on behalf of the Secretary to that effect. Certification of approval shall be made in writing on the application or bond as well as on the duplicate check. Any duplicate issued pursuant to the regulations and instructions in this part, and certified as provided above, may, if properly endorsed, be paid subject to the same rules and regulations as apply to payment of original checks; but no duplicate shall be paid if the original has already been paid. No bond of indemnity shall be required in any of the following classes of cases except as hereinafter provided: is satisfied that the loss, theft, destruc(a) If the Secretary of the Treasury tion, mutilation, or defacement, as the case may be, occurred without fault of the owner or holder and while the check was in the custody or control of the United States including the Postal Service when carrying mail for any officer, employee, agent, or agency of the United |