Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-16

considered bodies corporate and polite
within the meaning Of the same, and mt
other corporations, or bodies polite, OF
bodies corporate shall be considered within
its meaning.
A BILL to prevent the circulation OF
small notes and deprecated paper cur
rency within the limits of this State, anc
Il 10 preserve the standard of value in al
j contracts.
Be it enacted by the General assembly of he
State Of Missouri. as follows:
Sec. l. From and after the first day OF
April, in the year ls43, no bank note or
other paper currency Of any kind. proms.
ing or ordering the payment of money or
other thing, of less denomination than FIVE
dollars, shall be passed within the limits
of this State, and from and after The first
day of January,ln the year 1914, no such
note or paper currency of less denomina.
ton than ten dollars shall be so passed.
Provided, that a sale or delivery of such
notes or currency to be forthwith carried
out of the State, shall not be considered
passing thereof, within the meaning of
this act; and all contracts and transactions
of every kind, founded upon loans or pay
ments made in such prohibited notes or
currency, after the respective days limited
for their circulation, shall be null and void,
and of no force or effect in anv Court
whatever; and in all suits and trials in re.
lation TO such contracts or transactions, the
defendant shall have the right to interro.
gate the parties thereto, in order to discover
the kind of notes or currency on which the
same were founded, and whether this act
shall have been violated or evaded. But
no answer TO such interrogatory shall be
given in evidence in any criminal proceed
ing for violating this act.
Sec. 2. That from and after the first day
OF April, in the year 1S43, no suspended,
or non-specie paying mole, or postnote,
issued as currency, or other deprecated
paper currency of any kind, shall be passed
in this State. Provided, That a sale or
delivery of such notes or deprecated paper
for the purpose of being carried out of the
State, shall not be considered passing
thereof, within the meaning of ,ilfs act;
and all contracts and transactions Of every
kind, founded upon loans or payments made
in such suspended, or non-specie paying
bank nules, or post-note currency, or other
appreciated currency of any kind, which
is not equivalent to gold and silver coin.
after the first day of April, in the year
ls43, shall be null and void, and of no
force or effect in any Court whatever; and
in all suits and trials in relation to such
contracts or transactions, the defendant
shall have the right to interrogate the par
ties thereto, in order to discover the kind
of notes or currency on which the same
were founded, and whether this act shall
have been violated or evaded. But no an.
swer TO such interrogatory shall be given
in evidence in any criminal proceedings for
violating this act.
Sec. 8. No license shall be granted to
any person after the first day of April in
the year ls43, to follow any trade. pro-
fession, occupation, business or calling, un-
der the laws of this State, unless the said
person shall sign declaration on the back
or margin of said license, declaring tina,
they have not knowingly and wilfIlly yio. !
lated or evaded this act to prevent the |
circulation of small notes and deprecated
paper currency within the limits Of this
State, and the officers issuing such licenses
without such endorsement, shall be guilty of
a misdemcanor 10 office, and the party re-
ceiving The same shall be subject 10 ali The
penalties prescribed for following such
trade. profession, occupation, business or
calling, without a license.
Sec. 4. All persons elected or appointed
10 any office Of profit and emoulment {
within this State, and having the right to i
AXE fees or receive a per cenlum on mo. q
MES in virtue of their Office, shall take and /
a declaration under oath. declar- {
ng that such person has not knowingly and i
wilfully violated or evaded this act. And
n default of such declaration, such ap- {
continent or election shall be null and
'oid; and if untrue, the party so swearing Il
hall incur the guilt Of perjury; Provided, t
hat no ssIaried or per diem office shall be n
considered an Office of profit or emolument il
within the meaning Of this act. d
Sec. 5. Any person knowingly and vii, a
lily violating The provisions Of this act p
lal be subject to indictment. and 10 a fine
{ dollars for each offence, and il ]
nall be the duty of the Grand Jury to a
resent each person, who they shall know b
r have good reason to believe, have been Iii
utility of such violation. c
THE SECOND LooK.--Perhaps there is no P
eater compliment ever paid to ladv than
e second look of a strange passing gen. :,
eman. The first glimpse of beautiful II
ce or form is SO attractive that man y
ust have cold disposition indeed TO =,
'sist the temptation of taking a second u
ok ere it vanishes from MIN, perhaps for j.
'er. There is an mate desire in us all 10 ~
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