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... COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY , EX - SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKING DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK , VICE - PRESIDENT CHASE NATIONAL BANK LIF UNIVEROHA F CALIFORN New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON : MACMILLAN & CO . , LTD . 1903 All ...
... COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY , EX - SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKING DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK , VICE - PRESIDENT CHASE NATIONAL BANK LIF UNIVEROHA F CALIFORN New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON : MACMILLAN & CO . , LTD . 1903 All ...
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... Comptroller of the state of New York ( 1848 ) . The legislature felt impelled to waive the penalty of forfeiture of charters , on account First free banking law . Bond considered . of suspension THE PAPER CURRENCY 135.
... Comptroller of the state of New York ( 1848 ) . The legislature felt impelled to waive the penalty of forfeiture of charters , on account First free banking law . Bond considered . of suspension THE PAPER CURRENCY 135.
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... comptroller stocks of the United States , of the state of New York , or of any other state approved by the comptroller and by valuation made equal to a 5 per cent stock of the state of New York ; or by depos- iting bonds bearing not ...
... comptroller stocks of the United States , of the state of New York , or of any other state approved by the comptroller and by valuation made equal to a 5 per cent stock of the state of New York ; or by depos- iting bonds bearing not ...
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... Comptroller of the Currency James H. Eckels : - treasury . " The government in its Treasury Department by force of law Eckels on undertakes to be a bank , but the futility of the undertaking becomes manifest when it is known that it is ...
... Comptroller of the Currency James H. Eckels : - treasury . " The government in its Treasury Department by force of law Eckels on undertakes to be a bank , but the futility of the undertaking becomes manifest when it is known that it is ...
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... Comptroller of the Currency under the national banking law , peculiarly fitted him for the great work . A brief review and correlation of the portentous events crowded into this short space of four years is requisite . Chase was the ...
... Comptroller of the Currency under the national banking law , peculiarly fitted him for the great work . A brief review and correlation of the portentous events crowded into this short space of four years is requisite . Chase was the ...
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Page 458 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in courts of record, or any other place whatsoever : and also to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew, at their pleasure ; and also to...
Page 68 - ... for carrying them into execution. The word "necessary" is considered as controlling the whole sentence, and as limiting the right to pass laws for the execution of the granted powers to such as are indispensable, and without which the power would be nugatory...
Page 554 - 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; and the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the world shall be estimated quarterly by the Director of the Mint and be proclaimed by the Secretary of the Treasury quarterly on the 1st day of January, April, July, and October in each year.
Page 65 - States, namely, that every power vested in a government is in its nature sovereign, and includes, by force of the term, a right to employ all the means requisite and fairly applicable to the attainment of the ends of such power, and which are not precluded by restrictions and exceptions specified in the constitution, or not immoral, or not contrary to the essential ends of political society.
Page 505 - ... 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 493 - AN ACT providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the Territory NORTHWEST of the Ohio, and above the mouth of the Kentucky river...
Page 515 - ... 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 574 - 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; and the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the world shall be estimated annually by the Director of the Mint, and be proclaimed on the first day of January by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 459 - That in case it should at any time happen, that an election of directors should not be made on any day when, pursuant to this Act, it ought to have been made, the said corporation shall not, for that cause, be deemed to be dissolved, but...
Page 67 - The result is a conviction that the states have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress to carry into execution the powers vested in the general government.