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	Currency - MSN Encarta
		The volume of currency needed to transact the business of a country is determined, basically, by the volume of commodities and services in circulation.
		The National Currency Act of 1863, later amended and renamed the National Banking Act, was enacted by Congress to establish a national banking system and a uniform national currency.
		Later experience revealed that this system was not sufficiently elastic in providing adequate amounts of currency during periods of prosperity and in contracting the volume of currency in slack times.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761579205/currency.html (630 words)

	Uniform Currency Act (1871): historical context, economic impact and related links
		Currency was mainly needed to facilitate trade between regions; day-to-day commerce depended mainly on barter.
		Currency became an issue because valuation and convertibility was not uniform throughout British North America.
		Denominations of currency in Canada were set as dollars, cents, and mills (a mill equalled one-tenth of a cent), and the British currency system was discontinued.
	canadianeconomy.gc.ca /english/economy/1871Uniform_Currency_Act.html (658 words)

	Currency Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Currency Act of 1764 is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (citation 4 Geo.
		The Currency Act is not actually one of the Intolerable Acts, although they are closely related.
		There was also a Currency Act in 1751 which limited the amount of currency the American colonies could produce.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Currency_Act (293 words)

	currency act
		The Act was intended to appease British merchants who had been suspicious of colonial currencies for decades.
		The Currency Act provoked widespread resentment and opposition, particularly in those colonies where the issuance of paper currency had been carefully controlled.
		The Act served “to add to the growing irritation of many Americans toward the mother country and to convince some that they would always be sacrificed to the interests of selfish British merchants” (Jensen, The Founding of a Nation).
	www.manhattanrarebooks-history.com /currency_act.htm (169 words)

	Acts and Legislation
		Act of Parliament granting freedom of worship to non-conformists.
		A series of four acts passed by the British Parliament in an effort to declare its right of colonial authority through suspension of a representative assembly and through strict collection of revenue duties.
		A compromise act that satisfied nobody, duties were lowered on a few items, but increased on most manufactured goods.
	www.angelfire.com /tx/sandersonAP/Acts.html (1441 words)

	U. S. Currency
		The fourth issue, authorized by an Act of Congress on March 3, 1863 were issued in denominations from $1 to $10,000.
		Due to the Silver Purchase Act of 1934, the redemption clause was changed to allow redemption in Silver Dollars or Silver bullion and in March 1964, the Secretary of the Treasury halted redemption in Silver Dollars.
		Gold Certificates were authorized by the Currency Act of March 3, 1863 and were issued in series from 1865 to 1934.
	www.bestcoin.com /us-currency.htm (1797 words)

	Darnell To Scott Convertion Chart
		With Currency Act of 1850 the Inspector-General for the Province of Canada, Francis Hincks, introduces a bill in Parliament, to amend the Currency Act of 1841, giving the Governor General the power to have coins struck for circulation in Canada.
		Colonial Secretary Earl Grey informs Lord Elgin that the Currency Act of 1850 should be disallowed, as it was not contingent on the acceptability of the British Government.
		The Currency Act, 1853, receives royal assent, allowing coins in denominations of dollars and cents to be struck for Canada, as well as shillings and pence.
	www.mannydarnell.com /canada1867 (945 words)

	History of Nova Scotia; Book.2; Part 2; Ch. 6., Acts of Parliament (1764-6)"
		This act of the British parliament required the local authorities in the colonies, where barracks were not available, to furnish quarters and supplies to British troops.
		It is no mystery as to the purpose of the act; it is set out in its preamble: it was to provide revenue to the British government by way of duties "in the British colonies and plantations in America, towards further defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the same.
		The act was not to immediately come into force but rather a period of time was to pass before its implementation; this would allow time for the collection mechanisms to get in place.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/NovaScotiaBk2/Part2/Ch06.htm (2417 words)

	Ministry of Finance
		The Brunei Currency Board (BCB) was established by the 1967 Currency Act in Chapter 32 of the Laws of Brunei.
		The currency issued by the Board is designated by Section 13 of the Act to serve as legal tender within the State.
		With the Board relinquishing its right to issue currency in the three countries, Bank Negara Malaysia, the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore and the Brunei Currency Board replaced the Board on 12th June 1967, as the sole currency issuing authorities in Malaysia, the Republic of Singapore and the State of Brunei respectively.
	www.finance.gov.bn /bcb/bcb_index.htm (542 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Outlines: American History (1990): Chapter Two: Taxation without representation at ...
		Later in the same year, Parliament enacted a Currency Act "to prevent paper bills of credit hereafter issued in any of His Majesty's colonies from being made legal tender." Since the colonies were a deficit trade area and were constantly short of "hard money," this added a serious burden to the colonial economy.
		Known to history as the "Stamp Act," it provided that revenue stamps be affixed to all newspapers, broadsides, pamphlets, licenses, leases, or other legal documents, the revenue (collected by American agents) to be used for "defending, protecting, and securing" the colonies.
		The act aroused the hostility of the most powerful and articulate groups in the population, journalists, lawyers, clergymen, merchants, and businessmen, north and south, east and west, for it bore equally on all sections of the country.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/H/1990/ch2_p6.htm (609 words)

	HIS 3690 Activity
		The passage of these five acts by Parliament (Sugar Act, Currency Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, and Tea Act) along with several others, proved to be the spark that lit the fire of revolution in the American colonies.
		Each of these acts, which were meant to increase revenue produced by the colonies, in turn did the exact opposite.
		The Currency Act was also passed in 1764 and did away with colonial currency.
	www.eiu.edu /~history/undergrad/constitution/3690_activity.htm (469 words)

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		Foreign currency means "any currency other than Guyana dollars and includes travelers' cheques in a foreign currency." The Ministry of Finance must approve each application for a license.
		A person contravening any part of the act that may not be specifically covered by the aforesaid fines, may be fined $5,000 and spend one year in prison.
		The reader is encouraged to review the Acts in their entirety with a competent authority, lawyer, accountant, etc. as the case may call for.
	www.goinvest.gov.gy /Acts/D04.doc (440 words)

	No. 2/1990: DECIMAL CURRENCY ACT, 1990
		—In this Act "the Principal Act" means the Decimal Currency Act, 1969.
		—(1) This Act may be cited as the Decimal Currency Act, 1990.
		(2) The Decimal Currency Acts, 1969 to 1989, and this Act may be cited together as the Decimal Currency Acts, 1969 to 1990, and shall be construed together as one Act.
	www.acts.ie /zza2y1990.1.html (531 words)

	National Banking Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It also established the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) as part of the Department of the Treasury.
		A later act, passed on March 3, 1865, imposed a tax of 10% on the notes of State banks to take effect on July 1, 1866.
		The tax effectively forced all non-federal currency from circulation and increased the number of national banks to 1,644 by October, 1866.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Currency_Act (262 words)

	CURRENCY ACT, 1927 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		—(1) The several enactments specified in the First Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in the third column of the said Schedule and as on and from the respective dates specified in the fourth column of the said Schedule.
		(2) Every mention or reference in the Coinage Act, 1926 (No. 14 of 1926) of or to the sovereign shall be construed as a mention of or reference to the Saorstát pound and the said Act shall have effect accordingly.
		(2) In this Act all references in point of time to the establishment of the Commission shall be construed as referring to the date on which the Commission is by virtue of this section deemed to have been established.
	www.irishstatutebook.ie /1927_32.html (6240 words)

	[No title]
		\par }\pard\plain \s15\fi-1134\li1134\sb180\sl260\slmult0\widctlpar\tqr\tx1021\adjustright \f4\fs22\lang3081\cgrid {\tab (2)\tab In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to coins made and issued under this Act shall be read as a reference to coins made and issued under the }{\i Currency Act 1965 }{or under that Act as amended and in force at any time.
		\par \tab (4)\tab The equivalent in the currency provided for by this Act of One sovereign or pound in the currency provided for by the repealed Acts is Two dollars, the like equivalent of One shilling is Ten cents and the like equivalent of One penny is five \_sixths of a cent.
		\par \tab (6)\tab A determination is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section\~46A of the }{\i Acts Interpretation Act 1901}{.
	scaleplus.law.gov.au /html/pasteact/0/64/rtf/Currency65.rtf (602 words)

	Currency Act
		The purpose of this Act is to establish a currency system for use within the United...
		America, 1755-1775, A Study in the Currency Act of 1764 and the Political Economy of...
		The laborers saw their hopes thwarted by the Currency Act and the wealthier merchant class was stung by the...
	www.ecurrency-exchange.com /money/Currency-Act.htm (993 words)

	NATIONAL CURRENCY ACT
		The chief officer of the said bureau shall be denominated the comptroller of the currency, and shall be under the general direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.
		The said certificate shall be acknowledged before a judge of some court of record or a notary public, and such certificate, with the acknowledgement thereof authenticated by the seal of such court or notary, shall be transmitted to the comptroller of the currency, who shall record and carefully preserve the same in his office.
		And be it further enacted, That all suits and proceedings arising out of the provisions of this act, in which the United States or its officers or agents shall be parties, shall be conducted by the district attorneys of the several districts, under the direction and supervision of the solicitor of the treasury.
	landru.i-link-2.net /monques/currencyact.html (2533 words)

	VOTE: Currency Act, 2004 - Message Board - ezboard.com
		This act shall be cited as the Currency Act, 2004.
		All public accounts established or maintained in Arminy or any member thereof shall be in the currency of Arminy, and any reference to money or monetary value in any indictment or other legal proceedings shall be stated in the currency of Arminy.
		The Currency Act, 2004 has hereby passed the Arminian Parliament assembled with the majority of favour thereof.
	p203.ezboard.com /farminyfrm26.showMessage?topicID=6.topic (419 words)

	fr08se97rf
		Currency transactions, like other transactions, between a bank and an exempt person remain subject to the suspicious activity reporting requirements of 31 CFR 103.21, as well as the suspicious activity reporting requirements of the federal bank supervisory agencies.
		Those objectives are reducing the burden of currency transaction reporting, requiring reporting only of information that is of value to law enforcement and regulatory authorities, and, perhaps most importantly, creating an exemption system that is cost-effective and that works.
		Regulatory Flexibility Act The provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act relating to an initial and final regulatory flexibility analysis (5 U.S.C. 604) are not applicable to this final rule because the agency was not required to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking under 5 U.S.C. 553 or any other law.
	www.fincen.gov /fr08se97rf.html (5601 words)

	SparkNotes: The American Revolution (1754–1781): The Sugar and Stamp Acts: 1763–1766
		The Sugar Act represented a significant change in policy: whereas previous colonial taxes had been levied to support local British officials, the tax on sugar was enacted solely to refill Parliament’s empty Treasury.
		Furthermore, the act declared that those who failed to pay the tax would be punished by the vice-admiralty courts without a trial by jury.
		It was during the aftermath of the Declaratory Act, from 1766 to 1773, that colonial resistance to the Crown intensified and became quite violent.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/american/revolution/section2.rhtml (1168 words)

	The Sugar Act
		The Sugar Act reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon, while Grenville took measures that the duty be strictly enforced.
		The act also listed more foreign goods to be taxed including sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambric and printed calico, and further, regulated the export of lumber and iron.
		This act, and the Currency Act, set the stage for the revolt at the imposition of the Stamp Act.
	www.ushistory.org /declaration/related/sugaract.htm (376 words)

	The Currency Act
		The act prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency.
		Parliament favored a "hard currency" system based on the pound sterling, but was not inclined to regulate the colonial bills.
		Another provision of the Currency Act established what amounted to a "superior" Vice-admiralty court, at the call of Navel [sic] commanders who wished to assure that persons suspected of smuggling or other violations of the customs laws would receive a hearing favorable to the British, and not the colonial, interests.
	www.ushistory.org /declaration/related/currencyact.htm (338 words)

	OH Charter #2604
		National Bank Notes were issued beginning with the National Currency Act of 1863, and were intended to stabilize the system of banking and currency in the United States.
		The Act of July 12, 1882 provided for the extension of these charters for another 20 years, and mandated a change in the designs of the National Bank Notes that were currently being issued.
		In 1908, an Emergency Currency Act known as the Aldrich-Vreeland Act amended the charters of existing National Banks, allowing them to issue notes that were not only backed by United States bonds, but by other securities as well.
	www.papermoneyfacts.com /national_currency/Ohio/oh_02604.htm (804 words)

	News>Chinese Currency Coalition
		The Chinese Currency Act of 2005 was introduced last week and would amend the U.S. countervailing duty statute and the China-specific, market-disruption statute to enable U.S. industries and workers to pursue relief against subsidized, injurious imports into the United States from China.
		The Stopping Overseas Subsidies Act (H.R. 1216) was introduced by Congressmen Phil English (R-PA) and Artur Davis (D-AL), and The Chinese Currency Act of 2005 (H.R. 1498) was introduced by Congressmen Tim Ryan (D-OH) and Duncan Hunter (R-CA).
		The China Currency Coalition is an alliance of industry, agriculture, and worker organizations whose mission is to support U.S. manufacturing by seeking an end to Chinese currency manipulation.
	www.chinacurrencycoalition.org /newsarticles/041405.html (350 words)

	McMorris (WA05) - Press Releases - McMorris Co-Sponsors the China Currency Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Congresswoman Cathy McMorris (WA-05) announced today that she is a co-sponsor of H.R. 1498, the China Currency Act, which will address China’s currency manipulation.
		Whereas most currencies are set by daily trading in financial markets and fluctuate considerably, the Chinese have artificially regulated its currency for the past tens years and remains undervalued by almost 40 percent.
		The China Currency Act is important to help prevent future job loss in Eastern Washington.
	www.house.gov /apps/list/press/wa05_mcmorris/chinacurrency.html (295 words)

	Digital History
		Violations of the Stamp Act would be tried in Vice-Admiralty Courts, which had traditionally been used only in cases involving maritime law.
		The Stamp Act Congress, which was the first united action by the colonies against unpopular British policies, acknowledged that Parliament had a right to regulate colonial trade.
		There is a violent spirit of opposition raised on the continent against the execution of the Stamp Act, the mob in Boston have carried it very high against the Secre[tar]y [Andrew Oliver]...for his acceptance of an office in consequence of that Act.
	www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=258 (775 words)

	USCURRENCYCOLLECTOR - History
		With the advent of the war and the Government's suspension of payment in gold or silver for the face value of a coin or bill, the value of the metallic content in circulating coinage soon became greater than the face value of the coins themselves.
		The small size Federal Reserve Bank Notes were an emergency currency issue authorized March 9, 1933, to inject cash into the economy to combat heavy withdrawals from the Federal Reserve System in the first months of that year.
		It was felt that even as late as 25 years after the Civil War, the use of Sherman's portrait on a currency note would inflame passions in the South.
	www.uscurrencycollector.com /history.php (3710 words)

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