The Gold Clause CasesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1934 - Gold |
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... acquired his gold certificates , the pe- tition averring merely that " for a long time prior to January 17 , 1934 , the plaintiff was the owner and holder " of the gold certificates upon which the suit is brought . The Government's ...
... acquired his gold certificates , the pe- tition averring merely that " for a long time prior to January 17 , 1934 , the plaintiff was the owner and holder " of the gold certificates upon which the suit is brought . The Government's ...
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... acquired only under license issued by the Secre- tary of the Treasury , while the order of the Secre- tary of the Treasury of December 28 , 1933 , re- quired the delivery to the Treasurer of the United States of all gold coin and of all ...
... acquired only under license issued by the Secre- tary of the Treasury , while the order of the Secre- tary of the Treasury of December 28 , 1933 , re- quired the delivery to the Treasurer of the United States of all gold coin and of all ...
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... acquire gold . Had the plain- tiff held any gold or gold coin , he would have been obliged to exchange it , just as he was obliged to exchange his gold certificates . In the hands of persons like the plaintiff , who did not possess a ...
... acquire gold . Had the plain- tiff held any gold or gold coin , he would have been obliged to exchange it , just as he was obliged to exchange his gold certificates . In the hands of persons like the plaintiff , who did not possess a ...
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United States. Supreme Court. license to acquire , to hold , or to export gold , gold coin was worth its face amount and gold bullion $ 20.67 an ounce . CURRENCY OF THE UNITED STATES It may be helpful to give a brief summary of the ...
United States. Supreme Court. license to acquire , to hold , or to export gold , gold coin was worth its face amount and gold bullion $ 20.67 an ounce . CURRENCY OF THE UNITED STATES It may be helpful to give a brief summary of the ...
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... acquire gold coin in any instance or gold bullion other than scrap gold from persons not licensed to hold the same . The only amount that he could have received for gold coin was the face value thereof or for gold bullion , $ 20.67 an ...
... acquire gold coin in any instance or gold bullion other than scrap gold from persons not licensed to hold the same . The only amount that he could have received for gold coin was the face value thereof or for gold bullion , $ 20.67 an ...
Common terms and phrases
48 Stat Act of March amount of gold application ARTICLE assay office August 28 authorized bonds brief claimant coin or bullion coin or gold coinage coins and currencies commerce Congress Constitution contracts corporation Court of Claims declared deemed deposits dual monetary system earmarked effect equivalent Executive Order exercise export of gold face amount Federal Reserve bank Federal Reserve notes Fifth Amendment filed foreign exchange gold bullion gold certificates gold clause gold coin gold content gold dollar Gold Reserve Act gold-clause obligations Government held hereby hoarding January January 17 Joint Resolution June lawful money legal tender Legal Tender Acts legislation license issued March 9 ment Order of April parity payable payment in gold person place subject plaintiff prescribe President proclamation purposes regulate the value rency Secretary Section silver specified standard supra thereof tion United States mint United States notes weight
Popular passages
Page 10 - ... the faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equivalent of all the obligations of the United States...
Page 42 - Act, but the repeal of existing laws or modifications thereof embraced in this Act shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause before...
Page 64 - Whoever willfully violates any of the provisions of this subdivision or of any license, order, rule or regulation issued thereunder, shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $10,000 or, if a natural person, may be imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both; and any officer, director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly participates in such violation may be punished by a like fine, imprisonment, or both. As used in this subdivision the term "person" means an individual, partnership,...
Page 33 - That (a) every provision con38 tained in or made with respect to any obligation which purports to give the obligee a right to require payment in gold or a particular kind of coin or currency, or in an amount in money of the United States measured thereby...
Page 83 - And the guaranty of due process, as has often been held, demands only that the law shall not be unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious, and that the means selected shall have a real and substantial relation to the object sought to be attained.
Page 45 - It is obvious that there may be matters of the sharpest exigency for the national well being that an act of Congress could not deal with but that a treaty followed by such an act could, and it is not lightly to be assumed that, in matters requiring national action, ' ' a power which must belong to and somewhere reside in every civilized government,
Page 36 - ... (2) In the case of a civil action by a corporation under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 1346, in the judicial district m which is located the principal place of business...
Page 40 - For the purpose of expanding foreign markets for the products of the United States (as a means of assisting in the present emergency in restoring the American standard of living, in overcoming domestic unemployment and the present economic depression, in increasing the purchasing power of the American...
Page 53 - Not only are existing laws read into contracts in order to fix obligations as between the parties, but the reservation of essential attributes of sovereign power is also read into contracts as a postulate of the legal order.
Page 21 - States to continue the use of both gold and silver as standard money, and to coin both gold and silver into money of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, such equality to be secured through international agreement or by such safeguards of legislation as will insure the maintenance of the parity in value of the coins of the two metals, and the equal power of every dollar at all times, in the markets and in the payment of debts.