Money and Banking, Illustrated by American History

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Ginn, 1908 - 465 pages

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Page 261 - unless the Secretary of the Treasury shall at any time otherwise order and direct; in which case the Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately lay before Congress, if in session, and if not, immediately after the commencement of the next session, the reasons of such order or direction. The bank was
Page 151 - the established policy of the United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other upon the present legal ratio or such ratio as may be established by law.
Page 146 - on and after January 1, 1879, redeem in coin the United States legal-tender notes then outstanding, on their presentation for redemption at the office of the assistant treasurer of the United States in the city of New York, in sums of not less than fifty dollars.
Page 87 - that each state, long ere this, has not hunted them down as pests to society and the greatest enemies we have to the happiness of America. I would to God that some one of the more atrocious in each state was hung in gibbets upon a gallows five times as high as the one prepared by Haman.
Page 176 - WE Curtis, assistant secretary of the Treasury, drew attention to the following clause of the Revised Statutes: SEC. 3700. The Secretary of the Treasury may purchase coin with any bonds or notes of the United States authorized by law, at such rates and upon such terms as he may deem most advantageous to the public interest.
Page 270 - in Jackson's first annual message to Congress, December 8, 1829, the following paragraph : The charter of the Bank of the United States expires in 1836, and its stockholders will most probably apply for a renewal of their privileges. In order to avoid the evils
Page 349 - state shall be taxed in the city or town where the bank is located and not elsewhere. The comptroller of the currency, with the approval of the Secretary of
Page 153 - an act to define and fix the standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes.
Page 348 - But the discount of bills of exchange drawn in good faith against actually existing values, and the discount of commercial or business paper actually owned by the
Page 126 - that the making of notes, or bills of credit, a legal tender in payment of preexisting debts is not a means appropriate, plainly adapted, or really calculated to carry into effect any express power vested in Congress ; is inconsistent with the spirit of the constitution and is prohibited by the constitution.

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