It shall be the duty of the board of fund commissioners to compare the bond or bonds or coupons so surrendered with the register of bonds in the office of the fund commissioners, and if satisfied that the original bonds or coupons, according to said register, have been surrendered for renewal, bonds or coupons of a similar character with those surrendered shall be issued, signed and registered, in conformity to the several acts under which the original bonds or coupons were issued, respectively.