, 1840-12-19
Be it enacted by the General assembly 0

Be 1t enacted by the General Assembly o.
the State Of Missouri as ~follo,rs:
SEC. /. No person shall pass or receive
any bank note or paper currency ofany kline
within the limits of this State, Of less demon
~ination than five dollars from and alter the
first day of April in the year 1871. nor af
ter the first day of March. 1912, Off les.
denomination than ten dollars.
SIC. 2. No bank note, or other paper cur.
rency conference.-the denominations between
five dollars and ten dollars. and between ten
dollars and twenty dollars, shall be passed
or offered to be passed by any person with.
in this State from and after the first day OF
April, 1911.
SEC. 3. No person shall pass or receive
any bank note or paper currency payable
alter date, commonly called post notes, with.
In the limits oftlris State after the first day
OF April. in the year l84l.
SEC. 4. No person shall pass or receive
any bank note or paper currency issued by
any bank generally reputed and believed to
be in a state of suspension or non-payment
OF IFS Liabilities in specie. after the first day OF
April, 1&4I.
SEC. 5. No person shall pass or receive
any bank note or paper currency purporting
10 be issued by the President. Directors ard
Company of The Bank of the United States
after the first day of April, lS4I.
SEC. 6. No corporation or any officer or
director thereof shall pass or offer TO pass
within the limits ofthis Stae, any bank note
or paper currency of any denomination what.
ever after the first day Of April. 1871. and
which shall be issued beyond the limits of
this State, which shall not be equivalent TO
gold and silver in every part of this State.
and rs such convertible into specie without
delay ordiscount whatever; but such corpora
tons may receive such paper in payment of
existing debts until the first day Of April.
1912, and no longer.
Sec. 7. The Bank of Missouri. and every
corporation within the limits of this State.
shall be, and the same are hereby prohibited
from having any dealings or transactions
with any bank whatever which shall not
resume specie payments in the month of
January, 1841, or which shall thereafter sus-
pend specie payment; nor shall the said bank
or corporations receive the paper of any
such suspended institution except in payment
of existing debts until the first day of March.
1912, and no longer.
SEC. 8. No corporations within the limits
Of this State, except the Bank of Missouri
and its branches, shall not exercise any
banking privileges whatever, either by re-
monies on deposite. or BY discount
ing notes, or by lending money, or by COL
notes or drafts, or by luying or sell
ling bills Of exchange; and all clauses in their
supposed to confer such privileges
on any such corporation are hereby declared
10 be contrary TO the Constitution of this
State, and against its feeling and interest, and
ire hereby declared to be null and void: nor
shall any such corporation use any currency
shall not be bankable in the State Bank
Of Missouri.
SEC. 9. No individuals nor any corpora
within the limits of this State shall be-
;ome the agent, or branch or partner OF any
,ank within this State, or Of any territory,
,r of any foreign State, after the first day of
in the year l841. nor shall any per-
'ons ar any corporation which may have be-
come such agent or partner continue to be
% after the said first day Of April, I84l.
SEC. 10. Every officer and Director of the
5ank OF Missouri and its branches, and of
very corporation within this State who shall
'iolate tins act. or violate the charter un-
Ter which be acts, shall Immediately forfeit
us place by SO doing. and shall not be eligi- (
lie thereafter to any place in the said insti- I
ution to which he had belonged. and every I
oerson hereafter appointed or re-appointed a /
director or officer in said Bank or any cor S
'oration within this State, before commenc. r
ng The duties OF his place shall take and file d
N oa'h: and cause an entry thereof TO he f