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History of the Currency, 1848 - 1873 by Walter G. Watt, 1898

History of the Currency, 1848 - 1873 by Walter G. Watt, 1898, Page 32

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granted to that body as indicated in the following clause: "To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof." While this general clause is sighted as one under which Congress has the power to make paper money a legal tender, the court places it more specificly under its powers to borrow money and to provide a national currency. The court sights as an authority McCulloch v Maryland in which Chief Jusice Marshall says - "Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional. The case of Julliard v Greenman having been passed at a time when it could not be said, as was suggested about the earlier

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30. granted to that body as indicated in the following clause: "To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof." While this general clause is sighted as one under which Congress has the power to make paper money a legal tender, the court places it more specificly under its powers to borrow money and to provide a national currency. The court sights as an authority McCulloch v Maryland in which Chief Jusice Marshall says - "Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional. The case of Julliard v Greenman having been passed at a time when it could not be said, as was suggested about the earlier