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Excerpt from Message From the Governor of Pennsylvania to Both Houses of the Legislature, at the Commencement of the Session: January, 1840
I also recommend the prohibition, by law, of the pernicious prac tice of issuing, what is denominated post notes, by the banks, or notes payable at a future day. This is a violation of, the spirit and principles of all judicious banking; - it is a dangerous power to be exercised by the banks, and it will, ultimately, enable them to evade most of our penal laws. It calls for effectual extirpation. 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.
