The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-08-10
TO WHOMr MAY CONCERN.

The Illinois Lava "a inst the circulation
Shinplasters, gaesf,t to operation On Isl u Al
gust. This law i.pases q heavy hae on a.
persons who shall j Y out or receive the notes
OF Banks not legal, organized; il ais7 p-abi-
bits The circulstionc ali notes under FIVE col.
lars, except The ser.ed notes Of the Illinois
| Free Banks.
A supplemer, tahe Genera! Banking Law
Of Wisconsin, elseprtlhibi;s tie circulation Of
notes of Banks no.egaiiy orgGnla>d. On trial
the defendants are buad 10 show tia The foreign
| money which has ben passed is s'd iegGt issue
] # a legally Organnd Bdak.'
We refer to tIlisnhject, particularly Ct tbs
time, that our readss may be en- then guard
against ATLANTA INK NOTES
We charged ths the ATLANTA BAag Of
| Georgia, has 10 ieal exstance
In proof Of this posion We adduce the follow
ing facts:
lst The 18th seckn of is charter IS ms fol
lows:
Sec. l4th. Thahhe ATLANTA BANK shall
be permitted and lsaereby authorized 10 issue
bills or notes 81 crcat payable 10 bearer on de-
mand, signed by tie President rrd. counter
signed by the Cashtr-but The osl amount of
debts winch the san corporation shall 1T any
lime owe, whetherby bond, bill, note CT other
contracts, sEail nj exceed three tunes the
amour, of the Caplal Stock actually paid IL,
and IN case OF excss, upon the receip, of which
Il shaa ts the dutgg the Goesraor to isSae las
proclamation, declaring the Charter Of said
Bank, forfeited in @nsequence Of said excess,
and calling majoriy Of The Stockholders WHO
shall have power oil authority to adopt such
measures as may bedeemed prudent aud etfec-
tuai in bringing theatFars of said corporation to
speedy close; baisaid Baak shalt issue no
NILS mr. mfr 4
Thousand Dollars # the Casitol Stock hare
been actually paid q, in specie
I'd. The notes of The Bank were issued and
put into circulaiionby George Smith, the owner
aud director OF Tie Bank, and by his agents
at Peoria, and othcr places in April.
Sd, Cn the hrst June there was no organ
izauon OF the BaIk-no capital paid in-nor
any officer of the Bank within the boundary or
jurisdiction of the State of Georgia
lhis Migrant vocation of positive cond ion
OF the chatter, nulifies the whole instrument,
whether the Governor issues his proclamation
or not; and ,chocce rece,ccs or pags out Atlanta
Bank notes, in llli,ois or Wisconsin, violates
the laws Of those States, and is liable to the
pains and penalties imposed.
We beg to lay bore our readers the follow.
ing letter from Athena, it is written by our able
Legal adviser at that place
Atlanta. July 18th, 1883.
J. THoMpsor, ESQ.
You can prove by U. l. Wright
that some time say at least TWO weeks before
any Of the officers Of The ATLANTA BANK came
to this p!a:e, that en- dollars OF the .4ttanta
Bank bulls were se,t to han for collection You
can prove by Dr. JOS. Thompson the exact time
of the arrival OF tire officers OF the Bank at this
place, which he iniDrms me, has been about a
month prior TO thin day Enclosed you lind q
statement OF the coditi IN of the .4tianta Bans
which was made about the time the officers ar
rived. This statement purports 10 have been
made on the 9Th Of June and was sworn to on
the I'd Juiy.) If there ever has been dollar OF
The bills circulated in Georgia, am not able to
find it out.