Note 194-5 — Chapter IV

Compare J. J. Becher, Polit. Discurs, 1668, 219; v. Schröder, F. Schatz- und Rentkammer, Bd. §§ 123, 133 ff. The first montes pictatis were expressly intended to check the usury of the Jews. Thus, in Florence, in 1495, after the expulsion of the Jews, voluntary contributions were made to found a municipal loaning establishment. Similarly, Tiberius, Tacit. Ann., VI, 16 seq. Count Soden, Nat-Oek., IV, 57; V, 319, advises that all contracts for interest should be recorded in a public registry, under pain of their being held not actionable.