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IX. And be it further Enacted, That any Person tendering or
offering the Bills of Credit, by this Act to be Emitted, in Discharge
of any such Debts or Contracts as aforesaid, or in Payment and
Discharge of any such Levies, Fees, Penalties, Bounties, Rewards,
and Allowances, Fines, Forfeitures, Rates, Duties, and Impositions,
as aforesaid, shall have and receive the same Benefit and Advantage
from and by such Tender, as if such Tender was made in Gold or
Silver, or Tobacco in Specie, or of the Bills of Credit heretofore
Emitted and made Current in this Province; and Law, Usage, or
Custom, to the contrary, notwithstanding.
X. And be it further Enacted, That if at any Time pending any
Action or Suit, for the Payment of Current Money, payable by Bond,
Bill, Note, Account, or other Contract, the Defendant shall bring into
Court, where the Action or Suit shall be depending, all the principal
Money and Interest due on such Bond, Bill, Note, Account, or other
Contract, and pay all Costs, which shall arise due on such Action or
Suit, and shall tender the same Bills of Credit, upon such Tender,
and paying the Costs, as aforesaid, the Defendant or Defendants in
any such Action or Suit, shall be by the Court absolutely discharged
therefrom.
XI. And be it further Enacted, That upon Application, during the
Continuance of this Act, to the Commissioners or Trustees aforesaid,
by any Person or Persons, having any of the Bills of Credit, by this
Act to be Emitted or made Current, which are torn or defaced, and
not fit to pass, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Com-
missioners or Trustees, and they are hereby required, without Fee
or Reward, in Lieu of such torn or defaced Bill or Bills, to deliver
unto such Person or Persons any Bills of Credit, which may be
received and paid into the said Office in Virtue of this Act, and which
may be in their Hands unapplied, for the Same Value for which such
torn or defaced Bill or Bills shall pass Current at the Time of bring-
ing the same to the said Commissioners or Trustees, and to keep and
retain such torn Bill or Bills as shall be brought in : And they shall,
and are hereby directed and required to keep separate and distinct
Accounts of all such torn or defaced Bills, so by them taken and
received, and of the Bills of Credit delivered out in Lieu thereof.
XII. And be it further Enacted, That the Commissioners or Trus-
tees aforesaid, after the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds in Bills of
Credit, herein before directed to be paid and delivered out, and the
Sum of Five Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty-four Pounds
Fourteen Shillings, directed to be paid out by the Act, for Granting
a Supply of Forty Thousand Pounds for his Majesty's Service; and
striking Thirty-four Thousand and Fifteen Pounds Six Shillings
thereof in Bills of Credit; and Raising a Fund for Sinking the same,
are repaid and replaced into their said Office, according to the Direc-
tions of this, and the several Acts for that Purpose, shall retain and
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