During his second term, he vetoed the renewal of the charter for the independent Second Bank of the United States, a private institution that kept the federal government's deposits interest-free, and issued uniform paper currency.

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In 1660, the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge was founded by Royal Charter of King Charles the Second.

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For the early part of their six-hour charter from San Francisco to Newark, the Giants reveled in their second Super Bowl berth in four years.

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