A Political Manual for 1866 [to 1870]Philp & Solomons, 1870 |
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Page 511
... circulation as dollars , if not directly by the legislation , yet indirectly and quite as effectually by the acts of the insurgent government . Considered in them- selves , and in the light of subsequent events , these notes had no real ...
... circulation as dollars , if not directly by the legislation , yet indirectly and quite as effectually by the acts of the insurgent government . Considered in them- selves , and in the light of subsequent events , these notes had no real ...
Page 512
... circulation , and protected against coun- terfeiting by suitable devices and penalties . The former possess intrinsic value , determined by the weight and fineness of the metal ; the lat- ter have no intrinsic value , but a purchasing ...
... circulation , and protected against coun- terfeiting by suitable devices and penalties . The former possess intrinsic value , determined by the weight and fineness of the metal ; the lat- ter have no intrinsic value , but a purchasing ...
Page 513
... circulation and the diminu- tion of confidence in the ability or disposition to redeem . Their appreciation follows the reversal of these conditions . No act making them a legal tender can change materially the operation of these laws ...
... circulation and the diminu- tion of confidence in the ability or disposition to redeem . Their appreciation follows the reversal of these conditions . No act making them a legal tender can change materially the operation of these laws ...
Page 515
... circulation as currency ; and yet that Congress was not clothed with the power to make these bills a legal tender in payment . And this court has recently held that the Con- gress under the Constitution , possesses as inci- dental to ...
... circulation as currency ; and yet that Congress was not clothed with the power to make these bills a legal tender in payment . And this court has recently held that the Con- gress under the Constitution , possesses as inci- dental to ...
Page 516
... circulation had been greatly reduced by receipt and cancellation . In * 12 United States Stats . , 259 , 313 , and 338. † 12 United States Stats . , 370 . 1862 and 1863 * the issue of $ 450,000,000 in United States notes , payable not ...
... circulation had been greatly reduced by receipt and cancellation . In * 12 United States Stats . , 259 , 313 , and 338. † 12 United States Stats . , 370 . 1862 and 1863 * the issue of $ 450,000,000 in United States notes , payable not ...
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Page 564 - An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes.
Page 622 - No county, city, township school district or other municipal corporation shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 599 - 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 554 - That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such person as he shall empower for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States...
Page 590 - ... to provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States stocks, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof...
Page 554 - All persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every state and territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue. be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and to no other.
Page 554 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 588 - States, shall (except to the extent permitted by rules and regulations prescribed by the Comptroller of the Currency, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury) be subject under this section to a limitation of 15 per centum of such capital and surplus in addition to such 10 per centum of such capital and surplus.
Page 548 - ... full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 520 - To have prescribed the means by which government should in all future time execute its powers would have been to change entirely the character of the instrument, and give it the properties of a legal code. It would have been an unwise attempt to provide, by immutable rules, for exigencies which, if foreseen at all, must have been seen dimly, and which can be best provided for as they occur.