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56) to strengthen the public credit, and relating to contracts for the payment of
coin. The first section declares that in order to remove any doubt as to the
purpose of the Government to discharge all just obligations to the public creditors
, and to ...
56) to strengthen the public credit, and relating to contracts for the payment of
coin. The first section declares that in order to remove any doubt as to the
purpose of the Government to discharge all just obligations to the public creditors
, and to ...
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56) to strengthen the public credit, and relating to contracts for the payment of
coin, the pending question being on the amendment to the second section
proposed by Mr. HowARD, to add as a proviso: Provided. That such contract shall
be in ...
56) to strengthen the public credit, and relating to contracts for the payment of
coin, the pending question being on the amendment to the second section
proposed by Mr. HowARD, to add as a proviso: Provided. That such contract shall
be in ...
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A contract to pay a certain number of dollars in gold or silver coins is therefore, in
legal import, nothing else than an ... must be ascertained in the case of bullion by
assay and the scales, while in the case of coin it may be ascertained by count.
A contract to pay a certain number of dollars in gold or silver coins is therefore, in
legal import, nothing else than an ... must be ascertained in the case of bullion by
assay and the scales, while in the case of coin it may be ascertained by count.
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