The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 48William B. Dana F. Hunt, 1863 - Commerce |
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... propriety of her guaranteeing the national currency . Such a guaranty would in fact only be a promise that the government , in case of the failure of some corporation to whom she 30 [ January , A Uniform National Currency .
... propriety of her guaranteeing the national currency . Such a guaranty would in fact only be a promise that the government , in case of the failure of some corporation to whom she 30 [ January , A Uniform National Currency .
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... promise to pay . In Massachusetts and New York the inconvenience is comparatively trifling , for the bank currency is composed of the issues of New England and Middle States ; but in the West the people have suffered for years from the ...
... promise to pay . In Massachusetts and New York the inconvenience is comparatively trifling , for the bank currency is composed of the issues of New England and Middle States ; but in the West the people have suffered for years from the ...
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... promises are capital , instead of being only the medium in which capital is transfered . His view was as follows : " The government can resort to borrowing , only when the issue of notes has become sufficiently large to warrant a just ...
... promises are capital , instead of being only the medium in which capital is transfered . His view was as follows : " The government can resort to borrowing , only when the issue of notes has become sufficiently large to warrant a just ...
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... promises to double every twenty years . This large future demand calls as urgently for some new sources of supply , as does that of cotton . Not only the mere quantity of tea requires to be looked after , but the quality , since a large ...
... promises to double every twenty years . This large future demand calls as urgently for some new sources of supply , as does that of cotton . Not only the mere quantity of tea requires to be looked after , but the quality , since a large ...
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... promises to pay . To what extent the currency has been inflated by these means , beyond the legiti- mate wants of commerce , it is impossible to know . So far as the new paper issues merely take the place of the specie and convertible ...
... promises to pay . To what extent the currency has been inflated by these means , beyond the legiti- mate wants of commerce , it is impossible to know . So far as the new paper issues merely take the place of the specie and convertible ...
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Page 329 - ... way liable, to an amount exceeding the amount of its capital stock at such time actually paid in and remaining undiminished by losses or otherwise, except on account of demands of the nature following: First.
Page 332 - ... false entry in any book, report or statement of the association, with intent in either case to injure or defraud the association or any other company, body politic or corporate, or any individual person, or to deceive any officer of the association, or any agent appointed...
Page 321 - ... as may be required to supply the associations entitled to receive the same. Such notes shall express upon their face that they are secured by United States bonds, deposited with the Treasurer of the United States, by the written or engraved signatures of the Treasurer and Register, and by the imprint of the seal of the Treasury...
Page 332 - ... who shall have power to make a thorough examination into all the affairs of the association, and, in doing so, to examine any of the officers and agents thereof on oath ; and shall make a full and detailed report of the condition of the association to the Comptroller.
Page 325 - Currency shall give to any such association powers of attorney to receive and appropriate to its own use the interest on the bonds which it has so transferred to the Treasurer; but such powers shall become inoperative whenever such association fails to redeem its circulating notes.
Page 179 - Act, which is similar, either in material, quality, texture, or the use to which it may be applied, to any article enumerated in this Act as chargeable with duty, shall pay the same rate of duty which is levied on the enumerated article which it most resembles in any of the particulars before mentioned...
Page 333 - Treasury note, issued as aforesaid, knowing the same to be falsely altered, every such person shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, and, being thereof convicted by due course of law, shall be sentenced...
Page 458 - ... to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of office of...
Page 333 - ... or cause or suffer the same to be used in forging or counterfeiting any of the notes...
Page 185 - That if any person or persons shall make, sign, or issue, or cause to be made, signed, or issued, any instrument, document, or paper of any kind or description whatsoever, without the same being duly stamped, for denoting the tax hereby imposed thereon, or without having thereupon an adhesive stamp to denote said tax...