The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 521865 |
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... of governmental securities than the sum total of their capital stock . But all this amount , so liberally furnished , was but a small part of what 24 * was needful to meet the demand of the 1865. ] 23 The National Finances .
... of governmental securities than the sum total of their capital stock . But all this amount , so liberally furnished , was but a small part of what 24 * was needful to meet the demand of the 1865. ] 23 The National Finances .
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... finances . If the Government securities are repudiated , the banks are utterly ruined . That they must know very well . Other interests and institutions may 32 suffer much by a failure on the part of 1865. ] 31 The National Finances .
... finances . If the Government securities are repudiated , the banks are utterly ruined . That they must know very well . Other interests and institutions may 32 suffer much by a failure on the part of 1865. ] 31 The National Finances .
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... securities upon that basis , and thus greatly reduce public expenditures , and prevent an unwarrantable increase of the national debt . THE NATIONAL DEBT . But it may be said that we shall after all be left , when the war is closed ...
... securities upon that basis , and thus greatly reduce public expenditures , and prevent an unwarrantable increase of the national debt . THE NATIONAL DEBT . But it may be said that we shall after all be left , when the war is closed ...
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... securities . In the first place , there is no doubt whatever that the owner of a note has as good a right to sell it for the most he can get , as he has to sell any goods or wares which he owns . There is here no question of usury ...
... securities . In the first place , there is no doubt whatever that the owner of a note has as good a right to sell it for the most he can get , as he has to sell any goods or wares which he owns . There is here no question of usury ...
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... securities which he holds as property under no other restriction than that which attends the sale of merchan- dise , so we think that a man may sell his credit . The cases which relate to this question are far from harmonious . In the ...
... securities which he holds as property under no other restriction than that which attends the sale of merchan- dise , so we think that a man may sell his credit . The cases which relate to this question are far from harmonious . In the ...
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Page 236 - ... 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 299 - 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 241 - ... to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States...
Page 275 - ... the actual market value or wholesale price of such merchandise at the time of exportation to the United States, in the principal markets of the country from which the same has been imported...
Page 292 - States, whether residing at home or abroad, and every person residing therein, whether said gains, profits, or income be derived from any kind of property, rents, interest, dividends, or salaries, or from any profession, trade, employment, or vocation carried on in the United States or elsewhere, or from any other source whatever...
Page 175 - From the point on the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude where the. boundary laid down in existing treaties and conventions between the United States and Great Britain terminates, the line of boundary between the territories of the United States and those of Her Britannic Majesty shall be continued westward along the said...
Page 275 - ... the entry, then, in addition to the duties imposed by law on the same, there shall be levied, collected, and paid a duty of twenty per centum ad valorem on such appraised value : Provided, That the duty shall not be assessed upon an amount less than the invoice or entered value...
Page 241 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 275 - ... and if the appraised value thereof shall exceed by ten per centum or more the value so declared on the entry, then, in addition to the duties imposed by law on the same, there shall be levied, collected, and paid a duty of twenty per centum ad valorem on such appraised value...
Page 274 - No lower rate or amount of duty shall be levied, collected, and paid on brandy, spirits, and other spirituous beverages than that fixed by law for the description of first proof; but it shall be increased in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of first proof...