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I do not quite agree with the Senator from California in his position that because
the section contains the word “hereafter,” providing for contracts hereafter to be
made, any implication arises that contracts heretofore made are invalid.
I do not quite agree with the Senator from California in his position that because
the section contains the word “hereafter,” providing for contracts hereafter to be
made, any implication arises that contracts heretofore made are invalid.
Page 50
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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The case decided was a contract made prior to the enactment of the legal-tender
law, so that the decision is not authority for all cases of gold contracts. It is not
authority so that the courts would be bound to be governed by it; but it indicates ...
The case decided was a contract made prior to the enactment of the legal-tender
law, so that the decision is not authority for all cases of gold contracts. It is not
authority so that the courts would be bound to be governed by it; but it indicates ...
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