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[1] DS, DNA RG 46, Senate 37A F2; DS, DNA RG 233, House Executive Document No. 37. A bill (H.R. 659) to provide ways and means for the support of the government, introduced on January 8, was much amended and finally approved on March 3, 1863. It provided for issuance of $150,000,000 of U.S. notes for the payment of Army, Navy, and other creditors, for issuance of not more than $900,000,000 in bonds and $400,000,000 in Treasury notes, and that holders of U.S. notes issued under the Act of February 25, 1862, should turn them in for bonds by July 1, 1863. The act also put a tax on all banks, etc., issuing notes or bills for circulation as currency.