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PUBLIC GENERAL LAW.
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the direction of. the governor and council, to be paid for on de-
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livery— 1817, ch. 156, sec. 1, .......
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679
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Such banks may be relieved therefrom by paying annually fifteen thou-
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sand dollars in advance — 1817, ch. 156, sec. 1, .
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679
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Penalty on the officers offending against this act, and on persons hav-
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ing any agency in circulating notes as aforesaid not stamped—
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1817, ch. 156, sec. 2, .........
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679
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Any person holding a note of a bank of this state under fifty dollars,
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may on demand, and refusal or neglect to pay, recover judgment
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for the same before a justice of the peace — 1818, ch. 177, sec. 1,
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695
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Directions as to the proceedings — 1818, ch. 177, sec. 2, .
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695
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Any bank neglecting or refusing to pay its debts, to pay interest from
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the time of demand, &c. — 1818, ch. 177, sec. 3, .
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695
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On application to a county court, on affidavit stating a refusal to pay
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specie, scire facias may issue to show cause why the charter should
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not be forfeited— 1818, ch. 177, sec. 4, . .
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695
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The court empowered on investigation so to adjudge — 1818, ch. 177,
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sec. 5, .........
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On such judgment commissioners to be appointed, and an order made
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on the president, &c. to deliver up the books and property — 1818,
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ch. 177, sec. 6, ...........
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The court to determine the manner of proceeding by the commission-
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ers, collecting debts to the bank, attending to the interests of credi-
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tors, &c. — 1818, ch. 177, sec. 7, .
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696
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Bond with security to be given by the commissioners — 1818, ch, 177,
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sec. 7, ...........
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696
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Suits may be brought thereon by persons aggrieved — 1818, ch. 177,
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sec. 8, ...........
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696
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Officers or directors refusing to deliver up any books or property, lia-
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ble to suit and treble damages — 1818, ch. 177, sec. 9,
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696
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The commissioners may recover debts due to the bank in its corporate
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name— 1818, ch. 177, sec. 10, . .
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696
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A commission not exceeding five per cent, to be allowed such commis-
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sioners — 1818, ch. 177, sec. 11, . .
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696
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In payment of any debt to, or judgment obtained by, any bank in this
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state, or by the commissioners, the notes of the bank shall be re-
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ceived in payment at the full value expressed — 1818, ch. 177,
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sec. 13, ...........
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Declared unlawful for any president, director, &c. of a bank, to deal
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in buying or selling or exchanging any bank notes of this state, for
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less than their nominal value, or to employ for that purpose any
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broker, &c — 1818, ch. 191, sec, 1, ......
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698
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On conviction of a violation the forfeiture to be double the amount of
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the notes— 1818, ch. 191, sec. 1, ......
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698
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Same as to other persons or corporations — 1818, ch. 191, sec. 2,
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698
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Incorporated banks excepted from the prohibition of buying coin for a
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higher sum in notes — 1818, ch. 191, sec. 3, ....
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The courts to consider this act remedial, Sec. in the construction
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thereof— 1818, ch. 191, sec. 6, .......
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