Practical Information Concerning the Public Debt of the United States: With the National Banking LawsW.H.& O.H. Morrison, 1873 - 208 pages |
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... destroyed by fire , shipwreck , and otherwise ; and by reason of the death of the owners , or other causes , all knowledge of the existence of the indebtedness has passed away from those who might be entitled to avail themselves of the ...
... destroyed by fire , shipwreck , and otherwise ; and by reason of the death of the owners , or other causes , all knowledge of the existence of the indebtedness has passed away from those who might be entitled to avail themselves of the ...
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... destroyed , there may be issued equal amounts of United States notes , such as are authorized by this act . * * * * * * And the holders of United States notes , issued under and by virtue of said acts , [ of February 25 and July 11 ...
... destroyed , there may be issued equal amounts of United States notes , such as are authorized by this act . * * * * * * And the holders of United States notes , issued under and by virtue of said acts , [ of February 25 and July 11 ...
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... destroyed in the office of the depositary at that place , and the Sec- retary increased the apparent circulation by that amount from the reserve , until , by the seventh section of the act of June 10 , 1872 , chapter 415 , Congress ...
... destroyed in the office of the depositary at that place , and the Sec- retary increased the apparent circulation by that amount from the reserve , until , by the seventh section of the act of June 10 , 1872 , chapter 415 , Congress ...
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... destroyed . Less than a hundred thousand dollars remain outstand- ing , and these , or all that are in existence , will soon be redeemed . They were dated August 10 , 1861 , were made payable on demand by the Assistant Treasurer at New ...
... destroyed . Less than a hundred thousand dollars remain outstand- ing , and these , or all that are in existence , will soon be redeemed . They were dated August 10 , 1861 , were made payable on demand by the Assistant Treasurer at New ...
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... destroyed in the hands of holders , and will never come in for redemption . None of it has been reissued for many years , and the Department has made great efforts to withdraw it from circulation ; but there are more than four millions ...
... destroyed in the hands of holders , and will never come in for redemption . None of it has been reissued for many years , and the Department has made great efforts to withdraw it from circulation ; but there are more than four millions ...
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1st day act of July act of March act to provide aforesaid America in Congress annum appointed assignment Assistant Treasurer asso attorney average amount bearing interest canceled capital stock centum certificates of deposit chapter ciation circulating notes Comptroller Congress assembled coupon bonds court defaced demand notes denominations Depositaries directors duplicate eighteen hundred entitled An act exceeding exchange February 25 fifty millions fractional currency Funded Loan further enacted gold Government holders hundred millions Jan'y July 14 June 30 lawful money less than five ment millions of dollars national currency notary public notes issued organization certificate outstanding paid payment person pledge of United public debt purchase receive redeemable registered bonds registered stock Secretary Senate and House six per cent Temporary loan thereof thousand dollars tion transfer Treasury Department treasury notes United States bonds United States notes Veazie Bank Wallace
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Page 36 - ... lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.
Page 119 - Loans (Sec. 5200). —The total liabilities to any association, of any person, or of any company, corporation, or firm for money borrowed, including in the liabilities of a company or firm the liabilities of the several members thereof, shall at no time exceed onetenth part of the amount of the capital stock of such association actually paid in.
Page 123 - No association shall make any loan or discount on the security of the shares of its own capital stock, nor be the purchaser or holder of any such shares, unless such security or purchase shall be necessary to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted in good faith...
Page 108 - ... shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts and engagements of such association to the extent of the amount of their stock therein at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares...
Page 120 - The taking, receiving, reserving, or charging a rate of interest greater than is allowed by the preceding section, when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid thereon.
Page 119 - Such as shall be conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings.
Page 137 - And in cases of such violation, every director who participated in or assented to the same shall be held liable in his personal and individual capacity, for all damages which the association, its shareholders, or any other person, shall have sustained in consequence of such violation.
Page 123 - No national banking association shall at any time be indebted, or in any way liable, to an amount exceeding the amount of its capital stock at such time actually paid in and remaining undiminished by losses or otherwise, except on account of demands of the nature following: "First.
Page 116 - And the same shall be received at par in all parts of the United States in payment of taxes, excises, public lands, and all other dues to the United States, except duties on imports; and also for all salaries and other debts and demands owing by the United States to individuals, corporations, and associations within the United States, except interest on the public debt, and in redemption of the national currency.
Page 152 - An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof...