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... Government , who are furnished with every assistance in the shape of legal advice , & c . , should be the most competent power to con- trol the operations of those institutions which are intrusted to an unlimited extent by the people ...
... Government , who are furnished with every assistance in the shape of legal advice , & c . , should be the most competent power to con- trol the operations of those institutions which are intrusted to an unlimited extent by the people ...
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... might be imposed upon them by an undue mixture of alloy , and which is obtained by means of the Government stamp when metallic money is used , how much more necessary is such protection when paper money forms the whole BANKING .
... might be imposed upon them by an undue mixture of alloy , and which is obtained by means of the Government stamp when metallic money is used , how much more necessary is such protection when paper money forms the whole BANKING .
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... Government should use its power to protect the community from the loss of one shilling in a guinea , but does not interfere to protect them from the loss of the whole twenty shillings in a one - pound note ? In the case of the Bank of ...
... Government should use its power to protect the community from the loss of one shilling in a guinea , but does not interfere to protect them from the loss of the whole twenty shillings in a one - pound note ? In the case of the Bank of ...
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Arthur Crump. also agrees that the interference of Government is justifiable in two cases ; first , to prevent fraud ... governments has of late years consisted in encouraging the issue of small notes , by sanctioning the establishment of ...
Arthur Crump. also agrees that the interference of Government is justifiable in two cases ; first , to prevent fraud ... governments has of late years consisted in encouraging the issue of small notes , by sanctioning the establishment of ...
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... government . If a partner - or , as he is generally termed , a shareholder - die , his shares are simply transferred , and the capital undergoes no alteration . A joint - stock bank is directed by a board of gentlemen , drawn from ...
... government . If a partner - or , as he is generally termed , a shareholder - die , his shares are simply transferred , and the capital undergoes no alteration . A joint - stock bank is directed by a board of gentlemen , drawn from ...
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