Report of the Joint Committee on Banks and Banking, to the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, 1861 (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Report of the Joint Committee on Banks and Banking, to the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, 1861 In furtherance of their duty, your Committee append, as part of this re. Port, the various reports of the sub-committees appointed to count the coin in the several Banks. They also beg leave to report that they made a careful examination of the assets of the Consolidated Association, in liquidation, and are pleased to state that the assets will be found ample to meet the bonds of. The State as they fall due, and for which the State is liable for account of that institution. Too much praise cannot be awarded to the liquidating commissioners for the manner they have dispensed the duties of their ofiice. Your Committee also take pleasure in calling your attention to the re port of the Savings Institution of the city of New Orleans. It continues in a highly prosperous condition, as a perusal of the report will show. Such institutions, and so well managed, area credit to the commercial emporium of the Southern Confederacy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







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The Special Joint Committee, Appointed to Investigate the Doings of Any Or All the Banks in the Commonwealth, Having Considered the Instructions Given Them by the Legislature, on the Recommitment of Their First Report, as to what Further Legislation May be Necessary on the Subject Matter Thereof, Respectfully Report ...


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"That on mature consideration of the facts, developed by their investigation, your Committee are of opinion, that sundry banks have committed gross, and palpable violations of the laws. ... Your committee present, as worthy of further proceedings, the New England Bank, the City Bank, and the State Bank, in Boston, and the People's Bank, in Roxbury; and do respectfully recommend to the legislature, that they be severally proceeded against, according to the provisions of the 17th section, 96th chapter of the statutes of the year 1828."--Page 1, 4.