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their Account in depreciating them, and the Restriction
already mentioned to prevent their affecting the British Trade,

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have so far prevailed as to affect the Credit of them to such
a Degree, as to render it impossible to make any certain Es-
timate of their Value in British Money, altho' the Exchange
has generally been for some time past from 200 to 230 for
One hundred Pounds Sterling.
The Collection of the Acts of Assembly which Your Lord-
ships require will take some time to compleat, and no Endeav-
ours of mine shall be wanting to transmit it to you with all
possible speed
There is no Thought of emitting any more Bills of Credit
within this Province, those already mentioned being sufficient
for all the Uses to which they are applicable. If any Attempt
of the kind should be made I shall take Care to obey his
Majestys Commands
I am My Lords
Your Lordships
To Most Obedient & Most hble serv'
The R' Honble Sam: Ogle
the L^ds Com^rs for Trade and
Plantations.

At a Council held at the House of his Excellency the Gov-
ernor in the City of Annapolis on Wednesday the 18^th Day of
February in the twenty sixth Year of his Lordships Dominion
Annoq Domini 1740
Present

His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r Governor

Benjamin Tasker Esq^r
The honourable
Col Charles Hammond

The following Proclamations being prepared are read and
approved of and Ordered to issue.

Maryland ss.

By His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r Governor & Com-
mander in Chief in & over the Province of
Maryland.

A Proclamation

Whereas His Majestys Royal Pleasure hath been signifyed
to me by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle One of his Majestys
Principal Secretarys of State his Letter of the 18^th of April last

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past that I should cause an Act which passed the last Session
of Parliament for the more effectual securing & encouraging