The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 481863 |
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... institutions to withdraw the circulation issued under State authority , and substitute that provided by the authority of the Union . Thus , through the voluntary action of the existing institutions , aided by wise legislation , the ...
... institutions to withdraw the circulation issued under State authority , and substitute that provided by the authority of the Union . Thus , through the voluntary action of the existing institutions , aided by wise legislation , the ...
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... as often as pliant and plastic legislators can be moved or moulded by the influence of monied institutions or corporations , until now both the banker and the bill - holder require 1863. ] 31 A Uniform National Currency .
... as often as pliant and plastic legislators can be moved or moulded by the influence of monied institutions or corporations , until now both the banker and the bill - holder require 1863. ] 31 A Uniform National Currency .
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... institutions of the country ; but with the exception of the name of the corporation , there is no reason why all the notes of the same denomination should not be precisely alike . In place of the ten thousand different bank notes now ...
... institutions of the country ; but with the exception of the name of the corporation , there is no reason why all the notes of the same denomination should not be precisely alike . In place of the ten thousand different bank notes now ...
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... institutions devoted to the accomplishment of temporal aid to mankind ; and the duration of life is the most expressive testimony to the success with which they accomplish their objects . Burdens are created , and costs entailed upon ...
... institutions devoted to the accomplishment of temporal aid to mankind ; and the duration of life is the most expressive testimony to the success with which they accomplish their objects . Burdens are created , and costs entailed upon ...
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... Institutions for Savings in Massachusetts , " for the year 1862 , pre- pared at the office of the Secretary of State . These returns represent the condition of the 183 banks in the commonwealth on the last Saturday of October , as ...
... Institutions for Savings in Massachusetts , " for the year 1862 , pre- pared at the office of the Secretary of State . These returns represent the condition of the 183 banks in the commonwealth on the last Saturday of October , as ...
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Page 330 - ... 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 177 - 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 329 - ... made after the commission of an act of insolvency, or in contemplation thereof, made with a view to prevent the application of its assets in the manner prescribed by this chapter, or with a View to the preference of one creditor to another, except in payment of its circulating notes, shall be utterly null and void...
Page 327 - ... 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 333 - An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof,
Page 329 - And in cases of such violation, every director who participated in or assented to the same shall be held liable in his personal and individual capacity for all damages which the association, its shareholders, or any other person, shall have sustained in consequence of such violation.
Page 319 - The plates and dies to be procured by the Comptroller of the Currency for the printing of such circulating notes shall remain under his control and direction, and the expenses necessarily incurred in executing the laws...
Page 331 - That suits, actions, and proceedings, against any association under this act, may be had in any circuit, district, or territorial court of the United States held within the district in which such association may be established; or in any state, county, or municipal court in the county or city in which said association is located, having jurisdiction in similar cases...
Page 319 - ... 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...
Page 326 - ... notice thereof in all cases having been given in a newspaper published in the city, town or county in which the association is located; and if no newspaper is published in such city, town or county, such notice shall be published in a newspaper published nearest thereto.