Acts. 655

wit, Three Thousand Pound Weight of Powder, Three Thousand
Pound Weight of Bar Lead, One Thousand Stand of Arms, consist-
ing of a Musket, Bayonet, Belt, and Cartouch-Box, one Set of Bullet-
Moulds, and Ten Thousand best Oil Flints, for the maintaining a
Magazine, for the better Defence of this Province. And that the said
Arms and Ammunition shall be distributed by the Governor or Com-
mander in Chief of this Province, for the Time being, in such Man-
ner as he shall direct or appoint.
And be it Enacted, That the said Agents shall keep clear and dis-

Liber H. S.
No. 1

tinct Accounts of the several Sorts of Arms and Ammunition pur-
chased by Virtue of this Act, which Accounts shall, when and as
often as thereto required, be rendered to the General Assembly of this
Province for their Inspection.

And be it further Enacted, That the Armourer, for the Time

[Agents to
keep Ac-
counts of the
Arms, &c.]

being, shall, and is hereby required to keep full and just Accounts of
such of the said Arms and Ammunition as shall be received by him
into the Public Magazine, and to whom, by whose Order, and to what
Use or Uses, the same shall be given out or distributed; and such
Accounts, with Vouchers, lay before the General Assembly yearly,
sworn to before one Provincial or County Magistrate.
And be it further Enacted, That the Agents appointed by the afore-

[The Ar-
mourer to
keep exact
Accounts.]

said recited Act, or their Successors, or any Two of them, by Order
of his Excellency the Governor, for the Time being, in Writing,
expressing for what Service, shall and may call for, demand and
receive, from the Commissioners or Trustees aforesaid, the several
and respective Sums of Money aforesaid, unless otherwise above
directed, and the same lay out and apply to the respective Purposes
aforesaid.

[Agents to
draw on the
Commis-
sioners.]

And be it also Enacted, That the Agents aforesaid shall, and they
are hereby required and directed to keep fair, distinct, and regular
Accounts of all such Sums of Money as they shall receive in Virtue
of this Act, and to what Purpose or Service the same shall be applied,
to be by them, upon Oath, at every Session, laid before the General
Assembly of this Province. And the said Agents, for their Trouble

in executing and performing their Duly, according to the Intent and

Meaning of this Act, shall and may retain in their Hands a Commis-

p. 296

[Agents to
keep fair
Accounts of
all Sums of
Money.]

sion of Three Pounds per Cent, on all such Sums of Money as they
shall, in Virtue of this Act, receive and apply as aforesaid. And that
the Bonds given by the Agents, in Virtue and according to the Direc-
tions of the aforesaid recited Act, shall stand as, and be deemed to be,
a Security for their Performance of their Duty by this Act required;

[Their
Allowance.]

and that such Bonds shall or may be put in Suit, in case of any
Failure of Duty in any of the Matters by this Act required, as such
Bonds might be in case of Failure of Duty in any of the Matters
directed to be done by them in Virtue of the aforesaid recited Act.

[Their
former
Bonds
liable.]