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Appointment of officers at Denver and Boise City. (R. S., sec. 3559.)
Duties of assayers at assay-offices. (R. S., sec. 3560.).

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Bond and oath of office of assay-officers. (R. S., sec. 3561.)..
Laws relating to mints extended to assay-offices. (R. S., sec. 3562.) -
Money of account of the United States, how expressed. (R. S., sec. 3563.)..
Value of foreign coins, how ascertained. (R. S., sec. 3564.)
Value of the sovereign or pound sterling.
Recoinage of foreign gold and silver coins.
Spanish and Mexican coins, how received.
Spanish and Mexican coins, how transmitted to the mint. (R. S., sec. 3568.)..
Metric system authorized. (R S., sec. 3569 )....

(R. S., sec. 3565.)

(R. S., sec. 3566.)
(R. S., sec. 3567.)..

Tables of weights and measures of metric system. (R. S., sec. 3570.)
United States notes to be of denominations not less than one dollar. (R. S., sec.
3571.).

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Fractional currency not to exceed $50,000,000. (R. S., sec. 3572.).

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Fractional notes to be of denominations not less than ten cents. (R. S., sec. 3573.).
Franctional notes, the form and redemption thereof. (R. S., sec. 3574.). .
Fractional notes, Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the issue thereof. (R.
S., sec. 3575.)..

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Portraits of living persons placed upon United States securities prohibited. (R. S., sec. 3576.)..

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Notes to be engraved and printed in the Treasury. (R. S., sec. 3577.).
Notes, United States, expenses of issuing. (R. S., sec. 3578.).

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Notes, United States, may be reissued, when. (R. S., sec. 3579.)..

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Notes, United States, mutilated, to be replaced. (R. S., sec. 3580.)

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Notes, United States, mutilated, to be destroyed. (R. S., sec. 3581.).
Currency, reduction thereof suspended. (R. S., sec. 3582.).
Notes or obligations of less sum than one dollar prohibited (R. S., sec. 3583.)...
Foreign coins not legal tender in payment of debts. (R. S., sec. 3584.)
Gold coins of the United States legal tender. (R. S., sec. 3585.)
Silver coins of the United States legal tender, for what amount.
3586.).....

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Minor coins of the United States legal tender, for what amount. (R. S., sec. 3587.)..

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Notes, United States, legal tender, except. (R. S., sec. 3588.)...

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Demand notes legal tender, except. (R. S., sec. 3589.)

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Treasury notes, interest-bearing, legal tender, except. (R. S., sec. 3590.) ..
Permanent annual appropriations. (R. S., sec. 3689.).

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Public debt, faith of the United States, how pledged. (R. S., sec. 3693.).
Coin paid for duties, how applied. (R. S., sec. 3694.) -

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Bonds, United States, applied to sinking-fund to be canceled. (R. S., sec. 3695.).

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Interest on bonds of sinking-fund, how applied. (R. S., sec. 3696.).

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Five-twenty bonds, how redeemed. (R. S., sec. 3697.).

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Interest on the public debt, how paid. (R. S., sec. 3698.).

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Interest on the public debt may be anticipated. (R. S., sec. 3699.).

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Coin, how purchased. (R. S., sec. 3700.)

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Bonds and obligations exempt from taxation. (R. S., sec. 3701.) .

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Bonds, interest-bearing, destroyed, duplicates may be issued therefor. (R. S.,
sec. 3702.).....

Owner of destroyed bonds to file bond of indemnity. (R. S.,sec. 3703.)..
Bonds, registered, duplicate of lost bond may be issued. (R. S. sec. 3704.)
Owner of missing bonds to file bond of indemnity. (R. S., sec. 3705.)..
Bonds, registered, exchangeable for coupon bonds. (R. S., sec. 3706.)..
Officers to receive credit for stolen notes. (R. S., sec. 3707.)
United States securities, penalty for imitating.
Obligations or United States securities defined.

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United States securities, penalty for forging or counterfeiting. (R. S., sec. 5414.)
National-bank notes, penalty for counterfeiting. (R. S., sec. 5415.)

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Obligations, United States, penalty for using plates to print. (R. S., sec. 5430.).
Obligations, United States, penalty for passing, selling, or canceling.
5431.)...

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Obligations, United States, penalty for taking impressions of tools and instruments to print. (R. S., sec. 5432.)..

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Obligations, United States, penalty for having in possession tools to print. (R.
S., sec. 3433.)

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Obligations, United States, penalty for buying, selling, or dealing in. (R. S., sec. 5434)..

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Public stocks, United States, penalty for false personation of holder. (R. S., sec. 5435.)...

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Public stocks, United States, penalty for counterfeiting power of attorney to obtain. (R. S., sec. 5436.)

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Obligations, United States, penalty for embezzling. (R. S., sec. 5453.)
Gold or silver coins, penalty for counterfeiting. (R. S., sec. 5457.).
Minor coins, penalty for counterfeiting. (R. S., 5458.)

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Gold or silver coins, penalty for mutilating. (R. S., sec. 5459.)
Gold or silver coins, penalty for debasing. (R. S., sec. 5460.)..

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Gold or silver coins, penalty for uttering, in resemblance. (R. S., sec. 5461.)..
Minor coins, penalty for making or issuing devices. (R. S., sec. 5462.)......
Bonds, United States, redemption of. An act to provide for the redemption of the
loan of eightteen hundred and fifty eight. (Act of December 17, 1873.)..........
Foreign coinage. An act authorizing coinage to be executed at the mints of the
United States for foreign countries. (Act of January 29, 1874.).......
Securities, United States. An act making appropriations for the legislative, exec-
utive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other purposes. (Act
of June 20, 1874, registered.).

Bonds, United States registered. An act for the creation of a court for the adjudi-
cation and disposition of certain moneys received into the Treasury under
an award made by the tribunal of arbitration constituted by virtue of the
first article of the treaty concluded at Washington the eighth of May, anno
Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-one, between the United States of
America and the Queen of Great Britain. (Áct of June 23, 1874.)..
Specie resumption. An act to provide for the resumption of specie payments.
(Act of January 14, 1875.) ..

Sinking-fund. An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the
government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-six, and for other purposes. (Act of March 3, 1875.)..

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Bonds, United States, five per centum. An act making appropriations for the repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. (Act of March 3, 1875.) Coinage, twenty-cent piece authorized. An act authorizing the coinage of a twenty-cent piece of silver at the mints of the United States. (Act of 146 March 3, 1875.).

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Bonds, United States, registered five percentum. An act to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay judgments provided for in an act approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled "An act providing for the payment of judgments rendered under section 11 of chapter 459 of the laws of the first session of the Forty-third Congress. (Act of April 11, 1876.).

Silver in redemption of fractional currency. An act to provide for a deficiency in
the Printing and Engraving Bureau of the Treasury Department and for the
issue of silver coin of the United States in place of fractional currency.
(Act of April 17, 1876.)

Silver coin. [No. 177.] Joint resolution for the issue of silver coin. (Act of
July 22, 1876.)..

Coin, counterfeiting of. An act to amend section 5457 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States relating to counterfeiting. (Act of January 16, 1877.)....

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Coinage, standard silver dollar authorized. An act to authorize the coinage of
the standard silver dollar, and to restore its legal-tender character. (Act
of February 28, 1878.)..

Coinage, twenty-cent piece prohibited. [Public No. 51.] An act to prohibit the
coinage of the twenty-cent piece of silver. (Act of May 2, 1878.)......................
Notes, United States legal-tender. [Public No. 65.] An act to forbid the further
retirement of United States legal-tender notes. (Act of May 31 1878).....
Mints and assay-offices. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to con-
stitute superintendents of mints or assayers in assay-offices assistant treas-
urers of the United States. (Act of June 8, 1878.)..
National currency. An act to provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of
the United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption
thereof. (Act of June 3, 1864.)

National currency.
An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide a national
currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the
circulation and redemption thereof." (Act of March 3, 1865.)..
National banking associations. An act to prevent loaning money upon United
States notes. (Act of February 19, 1869.)

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National banking associations. An act regulating the reports of national banking associations. (Act of March 3, 1869.)

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National banking associations. An act to require national banks going into liqui-
dation to retire their circulating notes. (Act of July 14, 1870.).
National bank reserves. An act for the better security of bank reserves, and to
facilitate bank clearing-house exchanges. (Act of June 8, 1872.)
National banking associations. An act to require national banks to restore their
capital when impaired, and to amend the national currency act.
March 3, 1873.).

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Comptroller of the Currency, to make annual report. (R. S., sec. 333.)..........
Circulation, when exempt from taxation. (R. S., sec. 3411.).
Tax on notes of persons used for circulation. (R. S., sec. 3412.).
Tax on notes of city or corporation used for circulation. (R. S., sec. 3413.).
Bank associations to make semi-annual report of circulation. (R. S., sec. 3414.).
Penalty for failure to make semi-annual report. (R. S., sec. 3415.)..
Banking associations to make return and payment of tax of converted State
banks. (R. S., sec. 3416.)...

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Tax on circulation not to apply to national banks, except. (R. S., sec. 3417.)... National banking associations designated shall be depositaries of public money, except. (R. S., sec. 5153.)....

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Associations which are governed by chapters 2, 3, and 4. (R. S., sec. 5157.)....
United States bonds defined. (R. S., sec. 5158.)

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United States registered bonds to be deposited before commencing business. (R.
S., sec. 5159.)..

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Bonds to be increased upon increase of capital. (R. S., sec.5160.)...
Coupon bonds exchangeable for registered bonds. (R. S., sec. 5161.).

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United States bonds, how transferable by banking associations. (R. S., sec. 5162.) Annual examination to be made of bonds deposited with United States Treasurer. (R. S., sec. 5166.)..

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Bonds deposited by associations with Treasurer of the United States held for
security of its circulation. (R. S., sec. 5167.)
Banking associations entitled to circulating notes upon deposit of bonds.
S., sec. 5171.)..

Form and denomination of circulating notes. (R. S., sec.
Plates and dies for printing circulating notes, expense of.
Denomination of notes furnished to banking associations.
Circulation of certain banks limited. (R. S., sec. 5176.) -
Aggregate amount of circulating notes. (R. S., sec. 5177.).
Apportionment of circulating notes. (R. S., sec. 5178.)

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Banking associations to receive circulating notes, when. (R. S., sec. 5179.)
Procedure in withdrawing excess of circulation. (R. S., sec. 5180.)...

Removal of associations from States having excess of circulation. (R. S., sec. 5181.)

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Circulating notes, when may be issued by associations. (R. S., sec. 5182.)...... National banking associations prohibited from issuing certain notes. (R. S., sec. 5183.).

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Mutilated circulating notes to be replaced. (R. S., sec. 5184.)..
Organization of associations for issuing gold-notes. (R. S., sec. 5185.).
Reserve required on circulation of gold-notes, what amount. (R. S., sec. 5186.)..
Banking associations to transact business, where. (R. S., sec. 5190.).
Requirements as to lawful money reserve. (R. S., sec. 5191.)

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Redemption cities, amount of reserve which may be kept therein. (R. S., sec.
5192.)....

United States certificates of deposit, how may be issued. (R. S., sec. 5193.)
Limitation upon the issue of certificates of deposit. (R. S., sec. 5194)...................
Agents for redemption of circulating notes to be designated. (R. S., sec. 5195.).
National banks to receive notes of other national banks. (R. S., sec. 5196.)...
Circulating notes not to be hypothecated. (R. S., sec. 5203.).

Banking associations not to pay out uncurrent loans. (R. S., sec. 5206.) .
Associations not to offer or receive United States notes as collateral security.
(R. S., sec. 5207.)..

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Associations to pay duty upon circulation, deposits, and capital stock. (R. S., sec. 5214.)....

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Associations to make semi-annual return of circulation. (R. S., sec. 5215.). Associations failing to make semi-annual return to be assessed. (R. S., sec. 5216.)....

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Associations failing to pay the duties imposed, how collected. (R. S., sec. 5217.).
Associations paying duties in excess, how refunded. (R. S., sec. 5218.)
Associations going into liquidation. (R. S. sec. 5220.)

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Associations to deposit lawful money to redeem circulation. (R. S., sec. 5222.).. Associations consolidating with others exempt from making deposit. (R. S., sec. 5223.)..

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Associations to receive reassignment of bonds, when. (R. S., sec. 5224.)
Notes of an association closing business, after redemption, to be burned. (R. S.,
sec. 5225.)

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Association failing to redeem its circulating notes, mode of protesting. (R. S., sec. 5226.)

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Associations failing to redeem, bonds to be forfeited. (R. S., sec. 5227.).
Associations not to do business after notice of protest. (R. S., sec. 5228.).
Bonds of an association forfeited, Comptroller to give notice. (R. S., sec. 5229.)-
Association refusing to pay its circulating notes, bonds to be sold at public
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Bonds of an association may be sold at private sale, when. (R. S. sec. 5231.) .. Notes redeemed by the Treasury, disposition to be made of them. (R. S., sec. 5232.)....

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Association refusing to pay its circulating notes, receiver to be appointed. (R.
S., sec. 5234.)

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Dividends by Comptroller, to whom paid. (R. S., sec. 5236.).

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Injunction upon receivership, how obtained. (R. S., sec. 5237.)

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Expenses of protest and receivership. (R. S., sec. 5238.)

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Transfers, assignments, and judgments, when void. (R. S., sec. 5242.)

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Associations prohibited from using the word "national," when. (R. S., sec.

5243.)....

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Penalty for unlawfully countersigning notes. (R. S., sec. 5187.)

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Penalty for imitating national-bank notes. (R. S., sec. 5188.)..

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Penalty for mutilating national-bank notes. (R. S., sec. 5189.)

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Penalty for circulating notes of closed associations. (R. S., sec. 5437.)

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National bank currency. An act fixing the amount of United States notes, providing for a redistribution of the national-bank currency, and for other purposes. (Act of June 20, 1874.).

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National-bank notes, maceration of. Extract from "An act making appropria-
tions for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1875, and for other purposes." (Act of June 23, 1874.)
Circulation of gold-notes. An act to remove the limitation restricting the circula-
tion of banking associations issuing notes payable in gold. (Act of Jan. 19,
1875.)....

Tax on bank-checks. "An act to amend existing customs and internal-revenue laws,
and for other purposes." (Act of February 8, 1875.)...............
Revised Statutes. "An act to correct errors and to supply omissions in the Revised
Statutes of the United States." (Act of February 18, 1875.)....
National-bank examiners. An act to amend section five thousand two hundred
and forty of the Revised Statutes of the United States in relation to compen-
sation of national-bank examiners. (Act of February 19, 1875.).
Receivers of national banks. An act authorizing the appointment of receivers of
national banks and for other purposes. (Act of June 30, 1876.)...
Bonds, District of Columbia. An act for the government of the District of Colum-
bia and for other purposes. (Act of June 20, 1874.).
Bonds, District of Columbia. An act for the payment of interest on three-sixty-
five bonds of the District of Columbia. (Act of February 1, 1875.) ...
Bonds, District of Columbia. An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the
government of the District of Columbia and for other purposes," approved
June 20, 1874. (Act of February 20, 1875.).

Bonds. District of Columbia. An act for the support of the government of the
District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876, and for other
purposes. (Act of March 3, 1875.)

Bonds, District of Columbia. Joint resolution directing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to pay the interest on the bonds issued in pursuance of the act of Congress approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventyfour, out of any funds in the United States Treasury subject to the requisition of said Commissioners, and for other purposes. (Act of March 14, 1876.)... Sinking-fund, District of Columbia. [Public No. 80.] An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia. (Act of June 11, 1878.)......

Pacific Railroad bonds. An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and tele-
graph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the
government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes.
(Act of July 1, 1862.)

Pacific Railroad bonds. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to aid in the
construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the
Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal,
military, and other purposes," approved July 1, 1862. (Act of July 2, 1864.).
Pacific Railroad bonds. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act
entitled 'An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line
from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the govern-
ment the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes,' approved
July 1, 1862," approved July 2, 1864. (Act of July 3, 1866.).
Pacific Railroad bonds. An act to authorize the transfer of lands granted to the
Union Pacific Railway Company, eastern division, between Denver and the
point of its connection with the Union Pacific Railroad, to the Denver Pacific
Railway and Telegraph Company, and to expedite the completion of rail-
roads to Denver, in the Territory of Colorado. (Act of March 3, 1869.).............
Pacific Railroad bonds. Joint resolution for the protection of the interest of the
United States in the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Central Pacific
Railroad Company, and for other purposes. (Act of April 10, 1869.)
Pacific Railroad bonds. An act making appropriations for the legislative, execu-
tive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending June 30,
1874, and for other purposes. (Act of March 3, 1873.) ..
Pacific Railroad bonds. [Public No. 57.] An act to alter and amend the act enti-
tled "An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from
the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the government
the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," approved July
1, 1862; and also to alter and amend the act of Congress approved July 2,
1864, in amendment of the first-named act. (Act of May 7, 1878.).
Secretary of the Treasury to withhold payments to certain railroads. (R. S., sec.
5260.)...

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