A Graded Banking System Formed by the Incorporation of Clearing Houses Under Federal Law: With Power to Issue a Clearing House Currency Secured by Pledge of Bank Assets : for the Protection and Support of Commercial Credit, and the Equalization of Rates of Interest Throughout the Nation

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Houghton, Mifflin, 1898 - 238 pages
 

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Page 136 - That in all elections of directors, and in deciding all questions at meetings of shareholders, each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote on each share of stock held by him. Shareholders may vote by proxies duly authorized in writing : but no officer, clerk, teller, or book-keeper of such association shall act as proxy ; and no shareholder whose liability is past due and unpaid shall be allowed to vote.
Page 132 - ... shall transact no business except such as may be incidental to its organization and necessarily preliminary, until authorized by the comptroller of the currency to commence the business of banking.
Page 108 - Credit is the vital air of the system of modern commerce. It has done more, a thousand times, to enrich nations, than all the mines of all the world.
Page 147 - Act, or shall pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to pass, utter, or publish, any false, forged, or counterfeited...
Page 146 - ... any order or bill of exchange, makes any acceptance, assigns any note, bond, draft, bill of exchange, mortgage, judgment or decree ; or who makes any false entry in any book, report or statement...
Page 136 - That if, upon a careful examination of the facts so reported and of any other facts which may come to the knowledge of the comptroller, whether by means of a special commission appointed by him for the purpose of inquiring into the condition of such association, or otherwise...
Page 147 - ... shall falsely alter, or cause or procure to be falsely altered, or willingly aid or assist in falsely altering, any...
Page 145 - Second. Such as shall be mortgaged to it in good faith by way of security for debts previously contracted. Third. Such as shall be conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings.
Page 145 - Fourth. Such as it shall purchase at sales under judgments, decrees, or mortgages held by such association, or shall purchase to secure debts due to said association.
Page 133 - To prescribe, by its board of directors, by-laws not inconsistent with law, regulating the manner in which its stock shall be transferred, its directors elected or appointed, its officers appointed, its property transferred, its general business conducted, and the privileges granted to it by law exercised and enjoyed.

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