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Page 340 - Such as shall be conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings.
Page 266 - Upon the indorsement of any of its member banks, which shall be deemed a waiver of demand, notice and protest by such bank as to its own indorsement exclusively, any Federal reserve bank may discount notes, drafts, and bills of exchange arising out of actual commercial transactions...
Page 12 - States, and when so redeemed may be reissued ; but no greater or less amount of such notes shall be outstanding at any time than the cost of the silver bullion, and the standard silver dollars coined therefrom, then held in the treasury, purchased by such notes...
Page 345 - Each such report shall exhibit, in detail and under appropriate heads, the resources and liabilities of the association...
Page 9 - And It Is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to continue the use of both gold and silver as standard money, and to coin both gold and silver into money of equal Intrinsic and exchangeable value...
Page 327 - Third. To make contracts. Fourth. To sue and be sued, complain and defend, in any court of law or equity.
Page 327 - Sixth. 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.
Page 275 - Reserve notes, may, upon the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, be deposited in Federal Reserve Banks, which banks, when required by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall act as fiscal agents of the United States; and the revenues of the Government or any part thereof may be deposited in such banks, and disbursements may be made by checks drawn against such deposits.
Page 328 - Association, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and the Comptroller of the Currency.
Page 331 - Each director, when appointed or elected, shall take. an oath that he will, so far as the duty devolves on him, diligently and honestly administer the affairs of such association, and will not knowingly violate, or willingly permit to be violated, any of the provisions of this Title...