Legislative and Documentary History of the Bank of the United States: Including the Original Bank of North America |
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... limited to fifteen millions of dollars , including the amount of its capital or original stock . The lands and tenements which it shall be permitted to hold , shall be only such as shall be requisite for the immediate accommodation of ...
... limited to fifteen millions of dollars , including the amount of its capital or original stock . The lands and tenements which it shall be permitted to hold , shall be only such as shall be requisite for the immediate accommodation of ...
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... limited . It is not only a general grant out of which particular powers are excepted ; it is a grant of particular powers , leaving the general mass in other hands . So it had been understood by its friends and its foes ; and so it was ...
... limited . It is not only a general grant out of which particular powers are excepted ; it is a grant of particular powers , leaving the general mass in other hands . So it had been understood by its friends and its foes ; and so it was ...
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... limited to acts laying taxes for them ; and the general purposes themselves were limited and ex- plained by the particular enumerations subjoined . To understand these terms in any sense that would justify the power in question , would ...
... limited to acts laying taxes for them ; and the general purposes themselves were limited and ex- plained by the particular enumerations subjoined . To understand these terms in any sense that would justify the power in question , would ...
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... limited to means necessary to the end , and incident to the nature , of the specified powers . The clause is , in fact , merely declaratory of what would have resulted , by unavoidable implication , as the appropriate , as it were ...
... limited to means necessary to the end , and incident to the nature , of the specified powers . The clause is , in fact , merely declaratory of what would have resulted , by unavoidable implication , as the appropriate , as it were ...
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... limited ; and to apply the meaning strictly , it would prove , perhaps , that all the laws which had been passed , were unconstitutional ; for few , if any , of them , could be proved indispensable to the existence of the Government ...
... limited ; and to apply the meaning strictly , it would prove , perhaps , that all the laws which had been passed , were unconstitutional ; for few , if any , of them , could be proved indispensable to the existence of the Government ...
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Page 127 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in courts of record, or any other place whatsoever, and also to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, and renew at their pleasure; and also to ordain, establish, and put in execution such by-laws, ordinances, and regulations as shall...
Page 130 - ... requisite for its immediate accommodation, in relation to the convenient transacting of its business, and such as shall have been bona fide mortgaged to it by way of security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts, previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgments which shall have been obtained for such debts.
Page 347 - Resolved, That the Senators of this State in the Congress of the United States...
Page 599 - America," and shall so continue until the third day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five ; and by that name shall be, and are hereby made, able and capable in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy, and retain, to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, and effects, of...
Page 422 - ... regulations respecting the territory and other property of the United States.
Page 425 - ... it being unjust and impolitic that debts and engagements contracted and made by individuals, having confidence in each other and in their respective governments, should ever be destroyed or impaired by national authority on account of national differences and discontents.
Page 95 - States, namely — that every power vested in a Government is in its nature sovereign, and includes by force of the term, a right to employ all the means requisite, and fairly applicable to the attainment of the ends of such power; and which are not precluded by restrictions and exceptions specified in the constitution, or not immoral, or not contrary to the essential ends of political society.
Page 518 - ... and of the debts due to the same; of the moneys deposited therein; of the notes in circulation, and of the cash in hand; and shall have a right to inspect such general accounts in the books of the bank as shall relate to the said statements: Provided, That this shall not be construed to imply a right of inspecting the account of any private individual or individuals with the bank.
Page 600 - For one share, and not more than two shares, one vote ; for every two shares above two, and not exceeding ten, one vote; for every four shares above ten, and not exceeding thirty, one vote ; for every six shares above thirty, and not exceeding sixty, one vote; for every eight shares above sixty, and not exceeding one hundred, one vote ; and for every ten shares above one hundred, one vote ; but no person, copartnership, or body politic, shall be entitled to a greater number than thirty votes.
Page 629 - ... SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of this act, and whenever required by the Secretary of the Treasury, the said corporation shall give the necessary facilities for transferring the public funds from place to place, within the United States, or the territories thereof, and for distributing the same in payment of the public creditors, without charging commissions or claiming allowance...