History of Coinage and Currency in the United States and the Perennial Contest for Sound Money, Volume 10 |
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... greater and graver problem of creating a government , based upon the consent of the governed , evidenced by popular suf- frage , must first be solved , in order that it might in turn bring order , credit and prosperity out of existing ...
... greater and graver problem of creating a government , based upon the consent of the governed , evidenced by popular suf- frage , must first be solved , in order that it might in turn bring order , credit and prosperity out of existing ...
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... greater or less quantities of the respective metals . " Section 12 fixes the standard of fineness for the gold coins at eleven - twelfths , the British standard , equal to .9163 , the alloy to be silver and copper , not to exceed one ...
... greater or less quantities of the respective metals . " Section 12 fixes the standard of fineness for the gold coins at eleven - twelfths , the British standard , equal to .9163 , the alloy to be silver and copper , not to exceed one ...
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... greater fineness of the gold coin of the first - mentioned countries . Silver coins were rated as follows : the Spanish dollar if weighing 17 pennyweight 7 grains , at 100 cents , and proportionately for smaller coins ; French crowns at ...
... greater fineness of the gold coin of the first - mentioned countries . Silver coins were rated as follows : the Spanish dollar if weighing 17 pennyweight 7 grains , at 100 cents , and proportionately for smaller coins ; French crowns at ...
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... greater part of the coin in the country consisted of French silver pieces , which , it will be recalled , had full legal tender power . It was upon the recommendation of this committee that this power was continued until 1827 . In the ...
... greater part of the coin in the country consisted of French silver pieces , which , it will be recalled , had full legal tender power . It was upon the recommendation of this committee that this power was continued until 1827 . In the ...
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... greater premium before it could be exported , and was the only means of suppressing small notes , the worst form of paper currency . Very valuable statistical and other data relative to exchange , premium on gold , coins , etc ...
... greater premium before it could be exported , and was the only means of suppressing small notes , the worst form of paper currency . Very valuable statistical and other data relative to exchange , premium on gold , coins , etc ...
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Page 458 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in courts of record, or any other place whatsoever : and also to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew, at their pleasure ; and also to ordain...
Page 68 - ... for carrying them into execution. The word "necessary" is considered as controlling the whole sentence, and as limiting the right to pass laws for the execution of the granted powers to such as are indispensable, and without which the power would be nugatory...
Page 554 - That the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value; and the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the world shall be estimated quarterly by the Director of the Mint and be proclaimed by the Secretary of the Treasury quarterly on the 1st day of January, April, July, and October in each year.
Page 528 - Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent all the shares in any of the said associations, held by any person or body corporate, from being included in the valuation of the personal property of such person or corporation in the assessment of taxes imposed by or under State authority at the place where such bank is located, and not elsewhere...
Page 65 - States, namely, that every power vested in a government is in its nature sovereign, and includes, by force of the term, a right to employ all the means requisite and fairly applicable to the attainment of the ends of such power, and which are not precluded by restrictions and exceptions specified in the constitution, or not immoral, or not contrary to the essential ends of political society.
Page 505 - ... lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.
Page 66 - If any one proposition could command the universal assent of mankind, we might expect it would be this : that the government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action.
Page 493 - AN ACT providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the Territory NORTHWEST of the Ohio, and above the mouth of the Kentucky river...
Page 515 - ... shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such association to the extent of the amount of their stock therein at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares...
Page 574 - The value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value; and the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the world shall be estimated annually by the Director of the Mint, and be proclaimed on the first day of January by the Secretary of the Treasury.