Book excerpt: Excerpt from First Annual Report of the Board of Managers, of the Association of Banks, for the Suppression of Counterfeiting, 1854 The Banks of the principal cities and larger towns, out of the State, in New England, were also invited to join the Association. Eleven only became members. An effort should be made, the coming year, to extend a more general invitation to these Banks. No pains should be spared to unite all the Banks of New England against the common enemy, as it is only by energetic and united action, on the part of all the Banks, that any considerable check upon the Counterfeiting business can be maintained, to say nothing of its suppression. The Board of Managers have held seven meetings, at which reports of the doings of the Executive Committee have been presented, considered, and approved, and a general direction given to the affairs of the Association. The Executive Committee have performed the more active duties. A statement of some of the transactions occurring during the year, will show the nature of these duties, and at the same time, the extent of their operations. 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.