Albert Beveridge: “He held that the Missouri loan certificates were bills of credit…”

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He held that the Missouri loan certificates were bills of credit, which the National Constitution prohibited any State to issue.

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Beveridge discusses the Supreme Court's ruling on the constitutionality of state-issued loan certificates.

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Albert Beveridge: “He held that the Missouri loan certificates were bills of credit, which the National Constitution prohibited any State…”