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- Title: Cooke Et Al. v. United States
- Author : United States Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 01, 1875
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The case was as follows:–– On the 3d of March, 1865, Congress authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow, on the credit of the United States, not exceeding six hundred millions of dollars, and to issue therefor bonds or treasury-notes of the United States, bearing interest not exceeding seven and three-tenths per centum per annum, payable semi-annually. 13 Stat. 468. Such notes were not made a legal tender. Under this act, treasury-notes to a large amount were issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, payable three years after date.