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the bills of credit emitted by virtue of the resolves of the last con-
vention, for the encouragement of manufactories within this pro-
vince, and for other purposes resolved upon in convention, bills of
credit of the denomination of dollars and parts of a dollar, to the
amount of five hundred and thirty-five thousand one hundred and
eleven dollars and one-ninth part of a dollar, be printed and struck
with all convenient speed, under the care and direction of such per-
sons as shall be appointed by the council of safety for that purpose,
in manner and form following, to wit, "This bill of —————————
shall entitle the bearer hereof to receive gold or silver, at the
rate of four shillings and six-pence sterling per dollar for the said
bill according to a resolve of the provincial convention of Mary-
land, held at the city of Annapolis, the 7th day of December, 1775."

That the plates for striking the said bills of credit, be procured
to be cut in copper, by some skilful person in the city of Philadel-
phia, at the expense of this province, by the deputies of this pro-
vince in congress, or some two of them, and shall have such de-
vices and marks as the said deputies or such two of them shall direct,
and the number and denomination of the said bills shall be the fol-
lowing and no other, to wit; sixteen thousand bills of eight dollars
each, sixteen thousand bills of four dollars each, sixteen thousand
bills of two dollars and two third parts of a dollar each, thirty-two
thousand bills of two dollars each, thirty-two thousand bills of one
dollar and one third part of a dollar each, thirty-two thousand bills
of one dollar each, thirty-two thousand bills of two third parts of
a dollar each, forty thousand bills of half dollar each, forty thou-
sand bills of one third part of a dollar each, forty thousand bills of
one sixth part of a dollar each, and forty thousand bills of one ninth
part of a dollar each.

That the said deputies or any two of them also purchase and pro-
vide a sufficient quantity of proper paper, on which to print and
strike the said bills of credit, and that they or some of them do as
soon as conveniently may be, transmit the said plates and paper to
the council of safety aforesaid, and that the said council of safety
do forthwith cause the said bills of credit to be printed and struck,
under the direction of two discreet and sober freemen of this pro-
vince, to be by them appointed to that service, who shall be called
supervisors.

That the said supervisors shall use the best of their care and dil-
igence that the said bills, according to their respective denomina-
tions aforesaid, and according to the manner and form aforesaid,
be forthwith printed and struck, and that the number of the de-
nominations thereof be not exceeded, nor any clandestine or fraudu-