...notes of denominations not less than five dollars each, not bearing interest, and creating tho same a legal tender in payment of all debts public and private,...within the United States, except duties on imports, and payments by the government of interest on bonds and notes, which was required to be paid in coin. This...

...be paid in coin, the receipts from customs being devoted to this purpose ; and these notes were to be lawful money and legal tender in payment of all...debts, public and private, within the United States, with the exceptions above mentioned, and they were to be received at par in exchange for Government...

...States to individuals, corporations, and associations, within the United States, and shall also be a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, and shall be exchangeable at any time at their par value, the same as coin, at the Treasury of the...

...$150,000,000 of United States notes, not bearing interest, which notes so issued should be lawful money, and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except for duties on imports and interest on the public debt. Thus, on the 3d of March, 1863, by the concurrent...

...denominations, not less than one dollar, as he may prescribe, which notes so issued shall be lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except for duties on imports and interest on the public debt ; and any of the said notes, when returned to...

...notes, of denominations not less than five dollars each, not bearing interest, and creating the same a legal tender in payment of all debts public and private,...within the United States, except duties on imports, and payments by the' government of interest on bonds and notes, which was required to be paid in coin....

...Treasury notes, called United States notes, were authorized to be issued by the act of February 25th, 1862, to the amount of $150,000,000, on the credit...they were not to bear interest, and were to be made * 6 SUt. at Large, 187. f » Id. 897. J 10 Id 160 Dissenting opinions. — Opinion of Clifford, J....

...and discharging the mortgage debt due to him, declare that such notes "shall be lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except for duties on imports, and interest on the public debt." (US Stat. at Large, vol.11, 345, § 1 ; 532,...

...1862 (12 US Stat. at L., 711), making the notes issued by the United States, "la-wful money, and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United Wilson v. Morgan. States ;" — a contract for the payment of a sum in gold and silver dollars is satisfied...

...1862, Congress declared by law that treasury notes without interest, authorized by that act, should be legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States. An annual remittance of $30,000, less stipulated expenses, accrues to claimants under the convention...