| John Fitch Cleveland, F. J. Ottarson, Alexander Jacob Schem, Edward McPherson, Henry Eckford Rhoades - 1891 - 740 pages
...dollar coined therefrom, then held in the Treasury purchased by such notes ; and such Treasury notes shall be a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, excep't , , where otherwise, expressly stipulated In the contract, and shall be receivable for cus... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1862 - 896 pages
...United States to individuals, corporations, and associations, within the United States, and shall also be a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, and shall be exchangeable at any time at their par value, the same as coin,... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1909 - 746 pages
...to contracts between the government and the citizen. The act of 1862 declares that the notes issued shall be a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, with the exception of duties on imports and interest on the public debt. If they are a legal tender... | |
| Elbridge Gerry Spaulding - 1869 - 268 pages
...after providing for the issue of treasury notes, contains ie this clause, "and which treasury notes shall be a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States," and you desire my opinion whether this clause is, or is not, constitutional.... | |
| Elbridge Gerry Spaulding - 1869 - 292 pages
...individuals, corporations, and associations within the United States ; and such treasury notes shall also be a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, and shall be exchangeable at any time at their par value, the same as coin,... | |
| Henry Oldright - 1870 - 896 pages
...little more than half its value as expressed upon its face. The Act of Congress declares the notes to be a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest, &c.; but it cannot be said that the... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1872 - 192 pages
...to contracts between the government and the citizen. The act of 1862 declares that the notes issued shall be a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, with the exception of duties on imports and interest on the public debt. If they are a legal tender... | |
| D. C. Cloud - 1873 - 556 pages
...objection to the act does not lie in these features; it lies in the provision which declares that the notes shall be " a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private," so far at> that provision applies to private debts, and debts owing by the United States. In considering... | |
| D. C. Cloud - 1873 - 494 pages
...to the act does not lie in these features ; it lies in the provision which declares that the notes shall be " a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private," so far ag that provision applies to private debts, and debts owing by the United States. In considering... | |
| D. C. Cloud - 1873 - 488 pages
...contracts between the government and the citizen. The act of 1862 declares that the notes issued sha'l be a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, with the exception of duties on imports and interest on the public debt. If they are a legal tender... | |
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