The Western Journal and Civilian: Devoted to Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, Public Policy, and Polite Literature, Volume 12M. Tarver & H. Cobb, 1854 - Missouri |
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Page 229
... usury , and also those limiting the rate of interest , are mostly the offspring of ignorance , tyrany and superstition origin- ating in a social condition differing in almost all respects from that of the people of this country at the ...
... usury , and also those limiting the rate of interest , are mostly the offspring of ignorance , tyrany and superstition origin- ating in a social condition differing in almost all respects from that of the people of this country at the ...
Page 230
... usury and usurers were insiduously brought to bear upon the subject to promote the ends of individuals , it may be confidently affirmed that with accidental exceptions the money lender who evades the law is the only indi- vidual in the ...
... usury and usurers were insiduously brought to bear upon the subject to promote the ends of individuals , it may be confidently affirmed that with accidental exceptions the money lender who evades the law is the only indi- vidual in the ...
Page 231
... usury remained so strong that the law was repealed in the following reign . In 1571 , during the reign of Elisabeth , an act was passed violently condemning all usury ; but permitting ten per cent . interest to be paid . In noticing the ...
... usury remained so strong that the law was repealed in the following reign . In 1571 , during the reign of Elisabeth , an act was passed violently condemning all usury ; but permitting ten per cent . interest to be paid . In noticing the ...
Page 232
... usury , which formerly meant the taking of any interest for money , came now to express , only the taking of exorbitant and illegal interest . " In 1624 , interest was reduced to eight per cent . ; in 1672 , in the reign of Charles II ...
... usury , which formerly meant the taking of any interest for money , came now to express , only the taking of exorbitant and illegal interest . " In 1624 , interest was reduced to eight per cent . ; in 1672 , in the reign of Charles II ...
Page 233
... usury laws existed . money to increase his live stock , or improve his land , or for any other purpose , at a period when the government is borrowing money at above five per cent . , no one will then lend to the land- owner because his ...
... usury laws existed . money to increase his live stock , or improve his land , or for any other purpose , at a period when the government is borrowing money at above five per cent . , no one will then lend to the land- owner because his ...
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Page 311 - That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Page 313 - Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States: nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Page 314 - That the judicial power of said Territory shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, and in justices of the peace. The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and two associate justices, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum...
Page 382 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Page 313 - Representatives shall reside in and be inhabitants of the district, or county, or counties, for which they may be elected respectively. Previous to the first election, the Governor shall cause a census or enumeration of the inhabitants and qualified voters of the several counties and districts of the territory to be taken...
Page 417 - We cannot allow the colonies to check, or discourage in any degree, a traffic so beneficial to the nation.
Page 314 - The governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council, appoint all officers not herein otherwise provided for; and in the first instance the governor alone may appoint all said officers, who shall hold their offices until the end of the first session of the legislative assembly...
Page 312 - Secretary of said Territory, who shall reside therein, and hold his office for four years, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States ; he shall record and preserve all the laws and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly hereinafter constituted, and all the acts and proceedings of the governor in his executive department...
Page 315 - Writs of error, bills of exception, and appeals, shall be allowed in all cases from the final decisions of said district courts to the supreme court, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law; but in no case removed to the supreme court shall trial by jury be allowed in said court.
Page 318 - That when the lands in the said Territory shall be surveyed under the direction of the government of the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said Territory shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said Territory, and in the States and Territories hereafter to be erected out of the same.