"in cash" vs "in lawful money. "place of business in the United States" vs "in this State".
Federal Reserve Notes -> cash.
place of business in the United States -> a bank in a Federal Reserve District.
Or did Georgia become a free, independent and sovereign state? Or is that the same thing?The General Assembly has operated continuously since 1777, when Georgia became one of the thirteen original states and revoked its status as a colony of Great Britain.