United States Notes: A History of the Various Issues of Paper Money by the Government of the United StatesC. Scribner's sons, 1884 - 247페이지 |
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... specie bank was also formed in 1739 , by Edward Hutchinson and others , which issued bills to the amount . £ 120,000 , redeemable in fifteen years in silver , at 20 shil- lings per ounce , or gold pro rata . The payment of these notes ...
... specie bank was also formed in 1739 , by Edward Hutchinson and others , which issued bills to the amount . £ 120,000 , redeemable in fifteen years in silver , at 20 shil- lings per ounce , or gold pro rata . The payment of these notes ...
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... specie , was as 40 to 1 . Congress now required the whole to be brought in for redemption at its market value in coin , and also author- ized the emission of new notes bearing interest at 5 per cent . , and payable six years from date ...
... specie , was as 40 to 1 . Congress now required the whole to be brought in for redemption at its market value in coin , and also author- ized the emission of new notes bearing interest at 5 per cent . , and payable six years from date ...
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... specie a ten- der in payment of debt . " This clause , after discussion , was finally so amended as to read as follows : " No State shall coin money , emit bills of credit , make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of ...
... specie a ten- der in payment of debt . " This clause , after discussion , was finally so amended as to read as follows : " No State shall coin money , emit bills of credit , make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of ...
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... specie circular " in 1836 , Daniel Webster said : " Most unquestionably there is no legal tender , and there can be no legal tender in this country , under the authority of this Government or any other , but gold and silver , either the ...
... specie circular " in 1836 , Daniel Webster said : " Most unquestionably there is no legal tender , and there can be no legal tender in this country , under the authority of this Government or any other , but gold and silver , either the ...
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... specie , as they could be kept as an interest - bearing reserve . They would have currency , being receivable in duties , taxes , and debts due the Government , and , as interest accumulated , they would increase in value . In reply to ...
... specie , as they could be kept as an interest - bearing reserve . They would have currency , being receivable in duties , taxes , and debts due the Government , and , as interest accumulated , they would increase in value . In reply to ...
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25th Congress act of February act of June act of March amendment authorized the issue bearing interest bills of credit bonds borrow money certificates Chief Justice clause coin money coinage Committee Constitution contracts court December December 26 demand notes denominations deposit depreciated duties emit bills exercise February 24 fifty millions five millions fractional currency fundable funds gold and silver Government House issue of treasury January January 28 July 17 June 23 June 30 legal tender legal-tender notes legislation less loan measure ment national banks necessity notes issued notes were issued October 12 opinion paid paper money passed payment of debts private debts prohibited Promise to pay public debt public dues rate of interest receivable in payment redeemable reissued revenue Secretary Senate silver coin silver dollar specie payments surplus tender in payment tion treas treasury notes United States notes Veazie Bank vote York
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125 페이지 - to raise and support Armies" and "to provide and maintain a Navy.
16 페이지 - Madison, who became satisfied that striking out the words would not disable the government from the use of public notes, so far as they could be safe and proper; and would only cut off the pretext for a paper currency, and particularly for making the bills a tender, either for public or private debts.
200 페이지 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the Government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the National Legislature that discretion with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it in the manner most beneficial to the people.
159 페이지 - Congress a power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises ; to pay the debts, and provide for the common defence, and general welfare of the United States, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States...
194 페이지 - July 14, 1890, are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract. United States notes are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt.
195 페이지 - And on and after the first day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 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.
15 페이지 - Mr. Ellsworth thought this a favorable moment to shut and bar the door against paper money. The mischiefs of the various experiments which had been made were now fresh in the public mind, and had excited the disgust of all the respectable part of America.
155 페이지 - States, in sums not less than ten dollars, and receive therefor certificates of not less than ten dollars each, corresponding with the denominations of the United States notes. The coin deposited for or representing the certificates shall be retained in the Treasury for the payment of the same on demand.
197 페이지 - If any one proposition could command the universal assent of mankind, we might expect it would be this: that the government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action.
158 페이지 - ... 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.