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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Proclamations, 1863-1865 KYR-0001-001-0015 BR1-368 to BR1-368-1

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1865-05-16 Proclamation/Legislation English Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Proclamation by the Governor Commonwealth of Kentucky Executive Department

Whereas The President and Cashier of the Commerical Bank of Ky have certified to me that the stockholders of said Bank at a ^regular^ meeting held at their Banking House in Paducah on the 4th day of May 1865, by resolutions unanimously adopted, accepted the provisions of the act of the General Assembly, "An act for the benefit of the Incorporated Banks of Issue of Kentucky," approved 22nd February 1865 as an amendment of the Charter of said Bank,

Now, therefore, I. Thomas E. Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in pursuance of the provisions of Section 6 of said act, do proclaim and make known that the Commerical Bank of Kentucky has ceased to be a Bank of Issue for the period of three years from and after the 16th day of May 1865, and that after ninety days from this date the Notes and Bills of the Commercial Bank of Ky shall no longer circulate as money or currency.

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set

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my hand, and caused the seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed. Done at Frankfort this the 16th day of May AD 1865. and in the 73rd year of the Commonwealth.

Thos E Bramlette By the Governor E. L. VanWinkle Secty of State

By Jas R. Page Asst Secty

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Proclamation Commercial Bank issued 16th May 1865

Publish 10 days & send bill to Bank for collection