| Francis Newton Thorpe - 1894 - 382 էջ
...promises to pay made by the Federal Government. These notes are a legal tender f at their face value for all debts public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt. 234. National Bank-Notes. — The notes printed by the Government and issued by the national banks... | |
| Armistead Churchill Gordon - 1895 - 256 էջ
...is an inconvertible paper currency,1 reciting in terms that it is a legal tender at its face value for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports, and interest on the public debt ; and is made payable to the bearer, but not on demand, nor at any fixed time. It is a significant fact that... | |
| Edward Carroll - 1895 - 332 էջ
...during the late Civil War, of which a fixed amount, $346,681,006, is outstanding. They are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt, but being redeemable upon demand in coin, the latter limitation of their legaltender quality is of... | |
| 1895 - 548 էջ
...outstanding — the remnant of the forced paper currency of the late Civil War. These notes are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt. Since 1879 they have been redeemable in "coin " (gold) ; and when redeemed are reissued. United States... | |
| 1895 - 558 էջ
...outstanding — the remnant of the forced paper currency of the late Civil War. These notes are legal tender for all debts, public and private; except duties on imports and interest on the public debt. Since 1879 they have been redeemable in "coin " (gold) ; and when redeemed are reissued. United States... | |
| Horace White - 1895 - 526 էջ
...that the back of each note bore a printed statement saying that it was legal tender for all payments, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public Dollar?* * debt. True, but the face of the note Said' "The United States w1ll pay the bearer dollars."... | |
| Henry V. Poor - 1898 - 360 էջ
...date March 1o, 1862, and on the back of them was printed these words: " This note is a legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt, and is exchangeable for United States six per cent- bonds, redeemable at the pleasure of the United States... | |
| F. M. Fogg - 1896 - 230 էջ
...greenbacks when first issued bore this clause of the law upon their backs: "This note is a legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt, and is receivable in payment of all loans made to the United States." The last clause made them payable... | |
| Henry Varnum Poor - 1896 - 216 էջ
...date March 1o, 1862, and on the back of them was printed these words: "This note is a legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt, and is exchangeable for United States six per cent, bonds, redeemable at the pleasure of the United States... | |
| United States. Department of the Treasury - 1896 - 68 էջ
...private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract. United States notes are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt. Gold certificates, silver certificates, and national-bank notes are not legal tender, but both classes... | |
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