 | John Jay Knox - 1884 - 280 pages
...conclusion was stated by Chief Justice Chase, and repeated by the present Chief Justice, in these words : " Having thus, in the exercise of undisputed constitutional...and uniform currency for the country must be futile " (8 Wall., 549 ; 101 US, 6). By the Constitution of the United States the several States are prohibited... | |
 | 1884 - 554 pages
...conclusion was stated by Chief Justice Chase, and repeated by the present chief justice, in these words: "Having thus, in the exercise of undisputed constitutional...uniform currency for the country must be futile." 8 Wall. 549; 101 US 6. By the Constitution of the United States, the several States ¡ire prohibited... | |
 | 1884 - 552 pages
...constitutionally, secure the benefit of it to the people by appropriate legislation. To this end. Congress bos denied the quality of legal tender to foreign coins,...uniform currency for the country must be futile." 8 Wall. 549; 101 U. 8.6. By the Constitution of the United States, the several States are prohibited... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1884 - 732 pages
...secure the benefit of it to the people by appropriate legislation. To this end, congress has denied th« quality of legal tender to foreign coins, and has...attempts to secure a sound and uniform currency for the countrv must be futile. " 8 Wall, 549; 101 US 6. By the constitution of the United States, the several... | |
 | 1885 - 890 pages
...national currency congress can regulate and restrain all currency not issued tinder its own authority. Having thus, in the exercise of undisputed constitutional...and uniform currency for the country must be futile. Viewed in this light, as well as in the other light of a duty on contracts or property, we cannot doubt... | |
 | John Innes Clark Hare - 1889 - 744 pages
...tender to foreign coins and has provided by law against the imposition of counterfeit and base coins on the community. To the same end Congress may restrain...uniform currency for the country must be futile." For like reasons, notes issued by a State or municipal corporation, and used as a circulating medium,... | |
 | John Borden - 1890 - 154 pages
...Congress may restrain by suitable enactments the circulation as money of any notes not issued under its authority. Without this power, indeed, its attempts...uniform currency for the country must be futile." In his report in 1861, as Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Chase said: " It has been well questioned... | |
 | Lawrence Boyd Evans - 1898 - 702 pages
...community, in respect to a circulating medium, as perfectly as any mixed currency that can be devised. Having thus, in the exercise of undisputed constitutional...and uniform currency for the country must be futile. Viewed in this light, as well as in the other light of a duty on contracts or property, we cannot doubt... | |
 | Emlin McClain - 1900 - 1126 pages
...community, in respect to a circulating medium, as perfectly as any mixed currency that can be devised. Having thus, in the exercise of undisputed constitutional...and uniform currency for the country must be futile. Viewed in this light, as well as in the other light of a duty on contracts or property, we cannot doubt... | |
 | Canada. Department of Labour - 1923 - 1422 pages
...currency for the whole country, it can not be questioned that Congress may, constitutionally, secure _the benefit of it to the people by appropriate legislation....and uniform currency for the country must be futile. The next case is that of McCray v. The United States, 195 US 27. That, like the Veazie Bank case, was... | |
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Having thus, in the exercise of undisputed constitutional powers, undertaken to provide a currency for the whole country, it cannot be questioned that Congress may, constitutionally, secure the benefit of it to the people by appropriate legislation. To... 
