368 Assembly Proceedings, May 1-June 12, 1739.

L. H. J.
Lib. No. 45

of their Vessels, their Several fees in Gold and Silver contrary to
A Clause in an Act of Assembly Entituled An Act for emitting and
making Current Ninety Thousand pounds current money of Mary-
land; part of which Clause is the following Words
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the
said Bills of Credit shall pass in payment Satisfaction and discharge
of all contracts to be made from and after the publication of this
Act within this province for current Money &c^a

[Parks's
Compilation
of 1727]

Your Committee likewise humbly observe that they conceive the
said Naval Officers fees Are Stated in the Current Money of this
Province if by any law by An Act Entituled A Supplementary Act
for limitation of officers fees as by the said Act in the printed Body
of Laws Folio 149 Relation thereunto being had may more fully
appear.
Your said Committee with great Submission most humbly con-
ceive that by the third Clause of the First mentioned Act the said
Bills of Credit are made equal in Value to proclamation current
money of America wherefore and inasmuch as the Entries and
Clearings of all Ships and Vessels after the said Act for emitting
and making current ninety Thousand pounds as aforesaid took place,
have been contracts within the meaning of the said Act payable in the
said Bills of Credit
Your committee therefore most humbly conceive that the Insist-
ing on and obliging the people Trading into this province to pay
in that case in other Specie than is provided for by Law, is destructive
to the Credit of the said Currency Emitted on the surest Foundation
this province could offer; and is a very great Aggrievance But is
humbly submitted to the consideration of your Honourable House
Signed p Order of the Committee S. Bordley Cl.

p. 864

the House concurs therewith
Doctor Carrol, M^r Calder, M^r George, M^r Stoughton, M^r Denton
and M^r Robert Jenkins Henry are appointed by this House to join

the members appointed by the Upper House in a Conference relating

to an Officers fee Bill
M^r Hynson hath leave of the House to go Home
An Ingrossed Bill Entituled An Act for the benefit of the poor
and Encouragement of Industry read and Assented to and sent to
the Upper House with the paper Bill by M^r Gale and M^r Pearce
M^r Mathews from the Committee of Aggrievances &c^a delivers
M^r Speaker the following Report

By the Committee of Aggrievances and Courts of Justice
May 30^th 1739

The first three paragraphs of this Report are taken from the Report
printed at pages 355 and 356.)