Laws of the United States Relating to Currency, Finance, and Banking from 1789 to 1896 |
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... Half yearly dividends shall be made of so much of the profits of the bank , as shall appear to the directors advisable ; and once in every three years , the directors shall lay before the stockholders , at a general meeting , for their ...
... Half yearly dividends shall be made of so much of the profits of the bank , as shall appear to the directors advisable ; and once in every three years , the directors shall lay before the stockholders , at a general meeting , for their ...
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... half thereof to the use of the informer , and the other half thereof to the use of the United States , to be recovered with costs of suit . SEC . 9. And be it further enacted , That if the said cor- poration shall advance or lend any ...
... half thereof to the use of the informer , and the other half thereof to the use of the United States , to be recovered with costs of suit . SEC . 9. And be it further enacted , That if the said cor- poration shall advance or lend any ...
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... half the value of the latter , and re- serving to the subscribers who shall have paid three per cent . stock , the privilege of redeeming the same with six per cent . stock , at the above rate of computation , at any time before the ...
... half the value of the latter , and re- serving to the subscribers who shall have paid three per cent . stock , the privilege of redeeming the same with six per cent . stock , at the above rate of computation , at any time before the ...
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... half of one per cent . per annum , and the principal to be reimbursable at pleasure . The new loan is to be entered on the books of the treasury in like manner as the domestic funded debt , and to be transferable in like manner ; and ...
... half of one per cent . per annum , and the principal to be reimbursable at pleasure . The new loan is to be entered on the books of the treasury in like manner as the domestic funded debt , and to be transferable in like manner ; and ...
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... half per centum upon the original capital . Sec- ondly , by dividends to be made on the last day of December for the present year , and from the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety - seven , to the year one thousand eight hundred ...
... half per centum upon the original capital . Sec- ondly , by dividends to be made on the last day of December for the present year , and from the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety - seven , to the year one thousand eight hundred ...
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accruing Act authorizing Act of June Act to authorize aforesaid amount appropriated Approved authorize the issuing authorizing a loan BANK ACT banking association bearing an interest bearing interest bonds borrow bullion capital stock cent centum per annum certificates of deposit Chap circulating notes coinage Comptroller corporation currency deem denominations deposit directors duties eighteen hundred entitled An act exceed exchange February 25 further enacted gold and silver gold coins hereafter hereby authorized heretofore holder hundred thousand dollars INDEPENDENT TREASURY ACT issuing of Treasury July July 14 lawful money legal tender less March millions of dollars national bank paid par value payable payment prescribed President public debt public moneys purchase purpose received redeemed redemption reimbursement repealed respectively Secretary silver coin sinking fund six per centum Statutes at Large stockholders subscribed subscription sum not exceeding thereof thousand eight hundred tion transfer treasury notes United States notes
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Page 190 - ... shall be liable in like manner, and to the same extent as the testator or intestate. or the ward or person interested in such trust fund would have been, if he had been living and competent to act, and held the same stock in his own name.
Page 84 - States," and shall so continue until the third day of March^ in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and by that name shall be, and are hereby, made able and capable, in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy, and retain, to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels and effects, of...
Page 189 - ... 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 202 - ... the faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equivalent of all the obligations of the United States...
Page 25 - ... requisite for its immediate accommodation, in relation to the convenient transacting of its business, and such as shall have been bona fide mortgaged to it by way of security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts, previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgments which shall have been obtained for such debts.
Page 186 - No national banking association shall at any time be indebted, or in any 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 :
Page 178 - 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 176 - An Act to Provide Internal Revenue to Support the Government, to pay Interest on the Public Debt, and for Other Purposes...
Page 172 - Act have been complied with, such bank or banking association, and all its stockholders, officers, and employees, shall have the same powers and privileges, and shall be subject to the same duties, liabilities, and regulations, in all respects, as shall have been prescribed by the Federal Reserve Act and by the national banking Act for associations originally organized as national banking associations.
Page 92 - The deposits of the money of the United States in places in which the said bank and branches thereof may be established shall be made in said bank or branches thereof unless the Secretary of the Treasury shall at any time otherwise order and direct, in which case the Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately lay before Congress, if in session, and, if not, immediately after the commencement of the next session, the reasons of such order or direction.