The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
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... silver could be agreed upon by the conference . The general conclusion was reached that it is necessary to maintain in the world the monetary functions of silver as well as of gold , leaving the selection of the use of one or the other ...
... silver could be agreed upon by the conference . The general conclusion was reached that it is necessary to maintain in the world the monetary functions of silver as well as of gold , leaving the selection of the use of one or the other ...
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... silver dollars , under the act passed February 28 , 1878 , amounted on the 23d of November , 1878 , to $ 19,814,550 , of which amount $ 4,984,947 are in circulation , and the balance , $ 14,829,603 , is still in the possession of the ...
... silver dollars , under the act passed February 28 , 1878 , amounted on the 23d of November , 1878 , to $ 19,814,550 , of which amount $ 4,984,947 are in circulation , and the balance , $ 14,829,603 , is still in the possession of the ...
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... silver coin , from its weight and bulk , will naturally seek such a safe deposit , while notes redeemable in coin , from their superior convenience , will be circu- lated instead . After resumption the distinction between coin and ...
... silver coin , from its weight and bulk , will naturally seek such a safe deposit , while notes redeemable in coin , from their superior convenience , will be circu- lated instead . After resumption the distinction between coin and ...
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... silver coin of full legal tender could then be lawfully issued . The only silver coin provided was frac- tional coin , which was a legal tender for five dollars only . The act approved February 28 , 1878 , made a very important change ...
... silver coin of full legal tender could then be lawfully issued . The only silver coin provided was frac- tional coin , which was a legal tender for five dollars only . The act approved February 28 , 1878 , made a very important change ...
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... silver coin may be maintained in circulation at par with gold , though of less intrinsic bullion value . It was , no doubt , the intention of Congress to provide a coin in silver which would answer a multitude of the purposes of ...
... silver coin may be maintained in circulation at par with gold , though of less intrinsic bullion value . It was , no doubt , the intention of Congress to provide a coin in silver which would answer a multitude of the purposes of ...
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Page 168 - To exercise by its board of directors or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; by receiving deposits; by buying and selling exchange, coin, and bullion; by loaning money on personal security; and by obtaining, issuing, and circulating notes according to the provisions of this title.
Page 284 - From and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful to employ any part of the Army of the United States, as a posse comitatus or otherwise, for the purpose of executing the laws, except in such cases and under such circumstances as such employment of said force may be expressly authorized by the Constitution or by act of Congress...
Page 7 - ... the President shall invite the governments of the countries composing the Latin Union, so called, and of such other European nations as he may deem advisable, to join the United States in a conference to adopt a common ratio between gold and silver, for the purpose of establishing internationally the use of bimetallic money, and securing fixity of relative value between those metals...
Page 600 - States, shall be and are hereby authorized and permitted to fell and remove, for building, agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, any timber or other trees growing or being on the public lands, said lands being mineral, and not subject to entry under existing laws of the United States, except for mineral entry...
Page 140 - That the government and the people will derive great benefit from this change in the banking systems of the country can hardly be questioned. The national system will create a reliable and permanent influence in support of the national credit, and protect the people against losses in the use of paper money. Whether or not any further legislation is advisable for the suppression of State bank issues, it will be for Congress to determine.
Page 600 - That, all citizens of the United States and other persons, bona fide residents of the State of Colorado or Nevada, or either of the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Dakota, Idaho, or Montana, and all other mineral districts of the United States, shall be and are hereby, authorized and permitted to fell and remove, for building, agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes, any timber or other trees growing or being on the public lands, said lands being mineral, and not subject...
Page 855 - The countries between which the present Convention is concluded, as well as those which may adhere to it hereafter, form, under the title of Universal Postal Union, a single postal territory for the reciprocal exchange of correspondence between their Post Offices.
Page 386 - I have the honor to present for your information the following report upon the duties and operations of the Engineer Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878 : OFFICERS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
Page 17 - It will not be doubted that with reference either to individual or national welfare agriculture is of primary importance. In proportion as nations advance in population and other circumstances of maturity this truth becomes more apparent, and renders the cultivation of the soil more and more an object of public patronage. Institutions for promoting it grow up, supported by the public purse; and to what object can it be dedicated with greater propriety...
Page 170 - ... made after the commission of an act of insolvency, or in contemplation thereof, with a view to prevent the application of its assets in the manner prescribed by this act, 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.