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legally paid or received” “and it is stated from authority that it 
is not the intention of Government to propose any extension of 
the Le-al Tokens Act.” 
In the Chronicle of December 29th following, this advertisement 
appears :-— 
“BATH TOKENS. 
MESSRS CULVERHOUSE, ORCHARD & PHIPPS 
Respectfully inform the Holders of their Tokens, that they 
continue to exchange them for Notes, in quantities of Not less 
than One Pound, agreeably to their original engagement with the 
Public ; at No. 6 Margaret’s Buildings, every day in the present 
Week, between the hours of Eleven and Four, and afterwards on 
Saturdays only between the same hours. 
Bath, December 25th.” 
The stipulation that Tokens should be presented for redemption, 
in quantities of not less than One Pound, was in common use by 
Traders, and caused such inconvenience, especially to the poorer 
classes, that the question of the legality of this restriction was 
contested locally, and the Journa/ of January 2nd, 1815, mentions 
as to “LOCAL TOKENS. We announce to the holders of the Local 
Tokens that they can compel the payment of them, although it 
should happen that they have not the value of ONE POUND of 
them in their possession. A case of this kind was decided in the 
Court of Requests, in this City on Wednesday. The defendants, 
Messrs. Culverhouse and Co., contended that they could not be 
compelled, on the ground of their Tokens expressing that payment 
should be made in a ONE POUND NOTE for 20 shillings value, but — 
this was overruled by the Court, who decided that every single 
Token must be paid on presentation, Copper only excepted, at 
the same time remarking that if it were otherwise, it would be 
the greatest injustice—the law ow prohibiting the holder from — 
passing his Token to any but the original issuer.” ; 
