Excerpt from The Laws of the United States Relating to National Banks: As Amended, With Cognate Statutes and the Federal Reserve Act After the downfall of the second United States Bank, several nu successful attempts were made to establish a National Bank. During the administration of President Tyler, Congress passed a bill creating such a bank. This bill was vetoed by him because of certain features which he alleged' were objectionable; yet notwithstanding the removal by Con gress of the objectionable features from the bill, be vetoed it a second time. The Treasury Department was established September 2, 1789. The Government began its existence by assuming debts amounting in the aggregate to of which was foreign, and was domestic debt of the Confederation, and was debt of the States. 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.