Acts. 617

ing out all such Sum or Sums of Money, that shall be advanced or
given by any Person or Persons, for the said Uses; and that the said
Commissioners, or the major Part of them, do, and are hereby
directed and impowered to lay out the said public Money already
received, or which shall be by them hereafter received, in the most

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careful and speedy Manner, by agreeing with sufficient and able
Workmen, to build the said public Wharf, Storehouse, or Store-
houses, in such Place and Manner on the Ground aforesaid, as to the
said Commissioners, or the major Part of them, shall seem most
commodious for the Trade and Advantage of the said Town.

How the

same is to be
applied.

And be it further Enacted, That no Commissioner shall directly
or indirectly be any way concerned in any Bargain or Contract, to
be made with any Workman or Workmen, for building the said
Wharf and Storehouses, or any other public Buildings, so as to re-
ceive any Profit or Advantage thereby, on the Penalty of Fifty
Pounds Current Money, to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill,
Plaint, or Information, wherein no Essoin, Protection, or Wager of
Law, shall be allowed and applied to the Use of such public Build-
ing; and that the said Workmen shall declare upon Oath (if required
by the said Commissioners), the Names of all such Persons as are
joined and concerned with them, in the said Contracts or Agree-
ments.

Commis-
sioners not
to be con-
cerned in
Contracts,
whereby
advantage
may accrue
to them-
selves.

And be it Enacted by the Authority, Advice, and Consent afore-
said, That the Commissioners aforesaid, or the Commissioners for
the Time being, shall keep a fair and particular Account of the Re-
ceipts and Disbursements of this and all other public Money by them
received for the Uses aforesaid, and shall annually lodge a Copy
thereof with the Clerk of Caecil County, signed by the Commission-

Accounts of
public
Money to be
kept.

ers, or the major Part of them, and which Account the said Clerk
shall copy, and insert in the Record-Book kept for the Use of the
said Town, without Fee.

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And be it also Enacted, That when the said Wharf and Storehouse
and Houses shall be Built, the said Commissioners, or the major
Part of them, shall appoint a Person of good Repute and Skill in
the Goodness and Quality of Flour, Wheat, and other Grain, to be
Wharfinger and Storehousekeeper to the said Wharf and Store-
houses, which said Officer shall give sufficient Security in the Name
of the Lord Proprietary of this Province, in the Sum of One Hun-
dred Pounds Current Money, for the true and faithful Discharge
of his said Office, according to the true Intent and Meaning of this
Act hereafter expressed, and to secure the People living at a Dis-
tance, as well as those in or near the said Town, to have their Grain
and other Commodities safely and securely stored, at reasonable
Rates, and have utmost Assurance of punctual and honest Dealing.

A Wharf-
inger and
Storekeeper
to be
appointed.

Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Commis-
sioners shall provide for the said Officer, out of the public Money,

Measures
also to be
provided.