450 Assembly Proceedings, April 23-June 5, 1740.

U. H. J.
Calvert
Paper
No. 735

April the 3Oth, 1740
Present

The honourable Levin Gale Esq^r of the Upper House

Col Thomas Colvil M^r William Rumsey M^r Charles Hynson
Captⁿ Rich^d Caswall Captⁿ Tho^s Sheredine M^r Grun: Pemberton

of the Lower House

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Who make Choice of the honble Levin Gale Esq^r Chairman and
William Ghiselin their Clerk and agree to make the following
Report.
Your Committee have carefully inspected the State of the Office
for emitting the Paper Money and find the same in good Order, and
that the Comm^rs have, as was recommended to them, distinguished
the Interest received on Loans from the Principal Sums by a par-
ticular Account in a Separate Book kept for that Purpose, as also
the Office Charges and closed the Account of the Iron Chest
Ballance therein £5652 :6 :0 3/4
That there remains now in the Office unsigned Bills for

£ s. d.

5812 :10 :0 part of the 89990£ Principal Stock which makes the whole
Ballance 11464 :16 :0 3/4 as appears by the annexed Account
Your Committee further find that of the Twenty five Books of
Blank Bills mentioned in the last Report of the Committee of both
Houses to be in the Custody of the Commissioners to renew and
make good the torn and defaced Bills, the Comm^rs have emitted
One, containing 1250 Twenty shilling Bills in the Place and Stead
of that Book mentioned in the Report aforesaid to be Spoiled by
indenting with an Engine, and the said spoiled Book with the remain-
ing twenty four unsigned Books for renewing Money still continue
in the Office and are said to contain as follows

Two Books of twenty shillings Bills

1250

Each

£

2500

s.

:00:

d.

0

Three Ditto of 15^s Bills..........

1250

Each

2812

:10:

0

Three Ditto of 10^s Bills..........

1250

Each

1875.

.00 :

0

Four Ditto of 5^s Bills ...........

1250

Each

1250

:00:

0

Four Ditto of 2 :6 Bills ..........

1250

Each

625

:00:

0

Four Ditto of 1 :6 Bills...........

1250

Each

375

:00:

0

Four Ditto of I^s Bills............

1250

Each

250

:00:

0

9687

:10:

0

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Your Committee further beg Leave to recommend the passing an
Act of Assembly to oblige the Comm^rs to reserve all Money that
shall be changed to be destroyed in the presence of a Committee of
both Houses that no Frauds may be committed by remitting Money