Sound CurrencySound Currency Committee of the Reform Club, 1895 |
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... enacted , etc. , That a Mint for the purpose of a national coinage be and the same is established ; to be situate ... further enacted , That in addition to the authority vested in the President of the United States by a resolution of the ...
... enacted , etc. , That a Mint for the purpose of a national coinage be and the same is established ; to be situate ... further enacted , That in addition to the authority vested in the President of the United States by a resolution of the ...
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SEC . 12. And be it further enacted , That the standard for all gold coins of the United States shall be eleven parts fine to one part alloy ; and accordingly that eleven parts in twelve of the entire weight of each of the said coins ...
SEC . 12. And be it further enacted , That the standard for all gold coins of the United States shall be eleven parts fine to one part alloy ; and accordingly that eleven parts in twelve of the entire weight of each of the said coins ...
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... further enacted , That if any of the gold or silver coins which shall be struck or coined at the said Mint shall be debased or made worse as to the proportion of fine gold or fine silver therein contained , or shall be of less weight or ...
... further enacted , That if any of the gold or silver coins which shall be struck or coined at the said Mint shall be debased or made worse as to the proportion of fine gold or fine silver therein contained , or shall be of less weight or ...
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SEC . 2. Provided always , and be it further enacted , That at the expiration of three years next ensuing the time when the coinage of gold and silver , agreeably to the act entitled " An act establishing a Mint , and regulating the ...
SEC . 2. Provided always , and be it further enacted , That at the expiration of three years next ensuing the time when the coinage of gold and silver , agreeably to the act entitled " An act establishing a Mint , and regulating the ...
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... further enacted , That all standard gold or silver deposited for coinage after the thirty - first of July next , shall be paid for in coin under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury , within five days from the making of such ...
... further enacted , That all standard gold or silver deposited for coinage after the thirty - first of July next , shall be paid for in coin under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury , within five days from the making of such ...
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Page 38 - The shareholders of each association formed under the provisions of this act, and of each existing bank or banking association that may accept the provisions of this act, 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 460 - Be brave then ; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be, in England, seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny : the threehooped pot shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass.
Page 37 - An act to provide a National currency, secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof," approved June third, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 466 - And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship ; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
Page 20 - States, of like weight and fineness, shall be a legal tender at their nominal value, for all debts and dues public and private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract.
Page 18 - That the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value...
Page 31 - And the United States also solemnly pledges its faith to make provision at the earliest practicable period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin.
Page 26 - ... 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 465 - Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands : so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought...
Page 122 - But methinks he should stand in fear of fire, being burnt i' the hand for stealing of sheep. CADE Be brave, then; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny: the three-hooped pot; shall have ten hoops and I will make it felony to drink small beer...