M'Culloch v. Maryland · ¶47

The branches, proceeding from the same stock, and being conducive to the complete accomplishment of the object, are equally constitutional. ' It would have been unwise to locate them in the charter, and it would be unnecessarily inconvenient to employ the legislative power in making those subordinate arrangements. The great duties of the bank are prescribed; those duties require branches; and the bank itself máy, we think, be safely trusted with the selection of places where those branches shall be fixed: re- \ ' 7 serving always to the government the right to require..., u U 11 u l * A u v r that a branch shall be located where it may be deemed necessary.

U. S. Reports, bound volume
U. S. Reports, volume 17, at 316 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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