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" ... lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid. "
Synopsis of Sundry Decisions of the Treasury Department on the Construction ... - Page 653
by United States. Department of the Treasury - 1879
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The North American Review, Volume 163

North American review - 1896 - 818 pages
...1&63, and July 11, 1863, provided for the issuing of Treasury notes, and declared that the same should be lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public or private, except in certain specified cases. The constitutionality of this legislation came up for...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 42

Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 806 pages
...declares that the treasury-notes issued under that act shall " be lawful money, and a legal-tender in the payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest" due the United States. — 2 Brightly's Digest, 108. The contract in...
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History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 4

Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...notes of denominations not less than five dollars each, not bearing interest, and creating tho same a legal tender in payment of all debts public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports, and payments by the government of interest on bonds and notes, which was required...
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 37

Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...the receipts from customs being devoted to this purpose ; and these notes were to be lawful money and legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, with the exceptions above mentioned, and they were to be received at par in exchange for Government...
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The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 46

William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1862 - 618 pages
...kind whatsoever, except for interest upon bonds and notes, whichrshall be paid in coin, and shall also be lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all...public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid. And any holders of said United States notes depositing...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 24

Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - American literature - 1862 - 896 pages
...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, at the Treasury of the...
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1863 - 758 pages
...every kind whatsoever, except for interest upon bonds, which shall be paid in coin, and shall also be lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all...public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid: Provided, That no interest shall be deemed due and payable...
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Arguments of Counsel in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York: Upon ...

New York (State). Court of Appeals - Legal tender - 1863 - 254 pages
...kind whatsoever, except for interest upon bonds or notes, which shall be paid in coin, and shall le lawful money, and a legal tender in payment of all...public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid." It is difficult to over estimate the importance of the...
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Practice Reports in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, Volume 25

Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1863 - 606 pages
...compulsory legal tender in payment of public and private debts. The provision of the statute is, that they " shall be lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private." Most clearly they are not money. Upon their face they are mere promises to pay money. Each of these...
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Constitutional Law: Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States ...

United States. Supreme Court - Banks and banking - 1863 - 76 pages
...compulsory legal tender in payment of public and private debts. The provision of the statute is, that they " shall be lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private." Most clearly they are not money. •Upon their face they are mere promises to pay money. Each of these...
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