Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-02-25
Mr.. JACKSON'S BILL.


sa'sd paper currency within the limits of this stae
1. From and after the first day Of July,
in the year ls43, NO corporation, corporate
body, or body polite within the limits of
this State, 1.-THE Bank of the State Of Mis-
souri, and its Branches incusve,) nor any
Money Broker or Exchange dealer, or any
other person, shall pass or receive within
the limits of this State, any bank note, or
other paper currency Of any kind, promis.
ing or ordering the payment Of money or
other thing of less denomination than five
dollars, nor Of less denomination than ten
dollars from and after the first day of Janu-
airy in the year 1914.
5 2. From and after the first day Of July,
in the year l843. no corporation, corporate
body, or body p i,ic within the limits of
this State, (the Bank of the State Of Mis-
souri, and It's Branches inclusve,) nor any
Money Broker, or Exchange dealer, or any
other person shall pass or receive within
the limits Of this State, any suspended or
non.specie-paying bank note, or post note
issued as currency, or other deprecated pa
per currency Of any kind whatever.
| 5 8. All contracts and transactions what
ever, made by any corporation, corporate
body, or body polite, (the Bank Of the State
OF Missouri and its Branches inclusive,) or
any Money Broker, Exchange dealer, or
any other person within the limits OF this
State, founded upon loans or payments
made in such prohibited notes or currency,
after the respective days limited for the cir.
cuation OF the same, IN The two preceding
sections of this act, shall be null and void,
and Of no force or effect in any court IN this
State.
a. From and after the taking effect of
this act, no corporation, corporate body, or
body polite within the limits Of this State,
(the Bank Of the State of Missouri and its
; Branches excepled.) shall exercise any
banking privileges, either by issuing notes
or any species OF paper currency whatever,
or by receiving money on deposite, or by
discounting notes, bills, or bonds, or by
dealing in exchange, or by lending and col.
lectlng money, or by doing any other bank.
ing business whatever; and all enacments
and clauses in any charter, or in any act Of
a incorporation, supposed or purporting tc
confer such banking privileges, OF any one
;. Of them, on such corporation. or corporate
!; body, or body polite, rhe Bank of the State
It OF Missouri and Its Branches exceptcd,) are
hereby declared to be contrary to the con
stitution OF this State, and null and VOID
: and all acts done, or contracts made by vir
tue of such supposed privilege after the pas
sing of this act, by any such corporation
corporate body, or body polite, (the BanL
of the State Of Missouri and its Branche:
excepted.) shall be null and void, and nc
g cour, in this State shall admit or enforce
e the same.
a s S. All officers and members OF any
j. corporation, corporate body, body polite
It within the limits of this State, (the Bank o
the State Of Missouri and its branches in
clusiveJ offending against any Of the pro
visions of this act, shall Immediately forfei
their places therein, and shall not be reel
ected or re-appointed TO the same place, o
any other place in the same corporation
B. cor porate body, or body polite, and shall
moreover he subject to fine OF FIVE hun
bred dollars, and imprisonment in som
= county Jail not less than six, nor more thai
Twelve months, upon indictment and cor
rs Eviction Of any such offence.
asl 6. That every person elected or ap
rs pointed to any place in any corporation
ne Incorporate body, or body polite, within tn
h. limits of this State, (,he Bank of the Stat
IS, ot Missouri and its branches incusrve,) a
ter the passage of this act, small make an
subscribe declaration in writing, and swes
to the same, declaring that he has not, wi
fully and knowingly, violated or evaded. an
Is that he will not witully and knowingly VII
late or evade, any of the provisions Of tn
act, or Of the charter or statutes creatin
I'm m the corporation, corporate body, or bod
his polite, in which he has acted or is about
act; and for want of such declaration, s
his made and properly noted and filed with Il
CT Clerk OF the County Court of the count
Oh in which such corporation, corporate bod
or body polite may be situated, the said
, lection or appointment shall be null ar
: void, and all false swearing, in making SUI
declal alton, shall be perjury, and be punis
ow ed as such.
ss s z. The charters OF all corporation
corporate bodies, and bodies polite, with
the limits OF this State. (the Bank Of Il
Slate of Missouri, and its branches incl
sive,) violating or evadng any of the pr
visions of this act, shall be forfeited Tor al
such violation or evasion; and the fact
such forfeiture, or any evasion or vlolali
Of tins act, or any part Of this act, may
plead in bar to any suit brought by them
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