Time: Wed Nov 13 16:31:13 1996
To: libertylaw@www.ultimate.org
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: Lawful Money
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At 03:06 PM 11/13/96 U, you wrote:
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>LIBERTY LAW - CROSS THE BAR & MAKE YOUR PLEA - FIRST VIRTUAL COURT, USA
>Presiding JOP: Tom Clark, Constable: Robert Happy, Clerk: Kerry Rushing
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>Good question, I do know that this is the current section in title 12.  It
>leads me to believe that this is the correct and true definition.  It is
>separate from the legal tender laws...of which gold and silver coin are also
>listed there.  There is a big difference between legal tender and lawful
>money.
>
>Also see Knox v Lee 12 Wall pg. 552; Mylan v US 524 F. 2d 629; and 102 US 792.
> 
>
>Does anyone have adjudicative fact of the definition or value of the dollar?
>besides the cites I quoted above?  Is there a definition in the US codes?  Any
>cite that FRNs are NOT dollars?  Your insight appreciated.
>
>John Edward

I can share with you the transcript
of Dr. Edwin J. Vieira, Jr.'s lecture
to the National Coalition to Reform
Money and Taxes in the fall of 1991.
I seem to remember him defining a
dollar very precisely in that transcript.
Do you want an attached copy, John Edward?

Before I do so, please tell me your
preferred encoding method:

1.  BinHex (my default)
2.  MIME
3.  Uuencode

/s/ Paul Mitchell


>
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>Date: 11/13/96 1:39 PM
>To: John Burr
>From: libertylaw@www.ultimate.org
>
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>LIBERTY LAW - CROSS THE BAR & MAKE YOUR PLEA - FIRST VIRTUAL COURT, USA
>Presiding JOP: Tom Clark, Constable: Robert Happy, Clerk: Kerry Rushing
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>Is this the Federal Reserve Act,
>as amended and codified?
>
>/s/ Paul Mitchell
>
>
>At 12:01 PM 11/13/96 U, you wrote:
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>>LIBERTY LAW - CROSS THE BAR & MAKE YOUR PLEA - FIRST VIRTUAL COURT, USA
>>Presiding JOP: Tom Clark, Constable: Robert Happy, Clerk: Kerry Rushing
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>>something for your enjoyment...
>>
>>UNITED STATES CODE 
>>          TITLE 12 - BANKS AND BANKING 
>>               CHAPTER 2 - NATIONAL BANKS 
>>                    SUBCHAPTER IX - FORMATION OF ASSOCIATIONS TO ISSUE GOLD
>>NOTES 
>>
>>
>>
>>Sec 152. Lawful money reserve of associations issuing gold notes; receiving
>>notes of other associations
>>
>>Every association organized under section 151 of this title shall at all
>times
>>keep on hand not less than 25 per centum of its outstanding
>>circulation, in gold or silver coin of the United States; and shall receive
>at
>>par in the payment of debts the gold notes of every other such association
>>which at the time of such payment is redeeming its circulating notes in gold
>>coin of the United States, and shall be subject to all the provisions of
>title
>>62 of the Revised Statutes: Provided, That, in applying the same to
>>associations organized for issuing gold notes, the terms ''lawful money'' and
>>''lawful money of the United States'' shall be construed to mean gold or
>>silver coin of the United States; and the circulation of such associations
>>shall not be within the limitation of circulation mentioned in title 62 of
>the
>>Revised Statutes. 
>>
>>Have fun
>>
>>John Edward
>
      

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