Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 12 : Section 411


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 411. Issuance to reserve banks; nature of obligation; redemption

      Federal reserve notes, to be issued at the discretion of the
    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the purpose of
    making advances to Federal reserve banks through the Federal
    reserve agents as hereinafter set forth and for no other purpose,
    are authorized. The said notes shall be obligations of the United
    States and shall be receivable by all national and member banks and
    Federal reserve banks and for all taxes, customs, and other public
    dues. They shall be redeemed in lawful money on demand at the
    Treasury Department of the United States, in the city of
    Washington, District of Columbia, or at any Federal Reserve bank.



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