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Sec.
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the State for 1841, authorized to issue orders
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on the treasurer in denominations not less
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than $1, and not exceeding the amount ad-
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vanced, &c. orders to be receivable by the
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collectors and by the treasurer in payment
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of tax levied under the act of March 1841,
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ch. 23, &c.
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BANKS. Holder of said checks or orders other than
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the collectors, &c. upon presentation to the
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treasurer, to receive an equal sum of specie,
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treasurer authorized to redeem any check
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&c. made on him, not required however to
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redeem said orders until alter the expiration
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of the time at which the loan would be pay-
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able, &c.
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Before any bank shall issue, &c. any
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such orders, notice to be given to the trea-
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surer of the amount proposed to be raised,
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treasurer to charge said bank with the amount
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so proposed to be issued, said amount to be
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deemed as of that day in part payment of the
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loan, &c.
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Form of said orders to be prescribed by
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the treasurer, signed by president and cash-
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ier of the bank, &c.
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Said orders not to be re-issued when re-
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ceived by treasurer, &c.
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If any of said banks make a new issue of
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said order without notice or a greater amount
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than it may have notified to the treasurer,
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president and cashier of said bank, to be
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deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and may
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be indicted and found n sum not less than
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$50 for every order, &c.
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See Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Com-
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pany; Tax.
The several banks to pay specie on de-
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mand for their liabilities, and authorized to
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issue notes of any denomination not less than
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$1 to be redeemed in specie, &c.
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No bank to issue or pay out notes, &c. of
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'ess denomination than $5, to an amount
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greater than 5 per cent of capital paid in,
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such notes not to be issued after 1st Novem-
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ber,
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On refusal or neglect to comply with this
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