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Sums of Money, or any Part thereof, the said Commissioners or
Trustees shall, and they are hereby obliged and required, imme-
diately on Demand, and such Order being produced, to pay the said
Agents, and regular Accounts thereof keep; and the Receipts of the
said Agents, or either of them, in Case of Sickness or Inability of
the other, shall be, for the said Payments, good and sufficient
Vouchers.
XXXVI. And be it further Enacted, That before the said Agents,
or either of them, enter upon any Part of his or their Duty in
Virtue of this Act, or shall receive any Money by this Act appointed
to be paid to them, they and each of them shall take the several
Oaths, directed and appointed by Act of Assembly to be taken to
the Government, subscribe the Oath of Abjuration, and repeat
and subscribe the Test, before some Justice of the Peace, who is
hereby impowered to administer the same; and shall enter into Bond
before Two Provincial Magistrates, with good and sufficient Securi-
ties, jointly and severally, to the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary of this Province, each in the Sum of Six Thousand Pounds
Current Money, with Condition to the said Bond in the following
Form, viz. "The Condition of the above Obligation is such, That if
the said shall and do at all Times, so long as he
shall continue in the Office of Agent, for the Purposes mentioned
and directed in the Act of Assembly, entituled, An Act for Granting
a Supply of Sixty Thousand Pounds for his Majesty's Service, and
for Defraying the Expences heretofore incurred for the Defence
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April 8
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and Security of the Frontier Inhabitants of this Province, and for
other Purposes therein mentioned, well and faithfully perform and
execute the Duty and Trust reposed in him by the said Act, and do,
from Time to Time, render to the General Assembly of this Prov-
ince, true, just, regular and perfect Accounts of his Transactions
and Proceedings in Virtue of the same Act, and of the several and
respective Sums of Money by him received from the Commissioners
or Trustees for Emitting the Bills of Credit, established by Act of
Assembly, and how and for what Particulars the same are laid out
and disposed of, as the General Assembly of this Province shall
direct, then the said Obligation to be void, else to be and remain in
full Force and Virtue."
XXXVII. And be it further Enacted, That in Case of the Death
of the said Agents, or either of them, or their or either of their
Refusal to execute the Trust aforesaid, that then and in every such
Case, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Horatio Sharpe,
Esq; or the Governor or Commander in Chief of this Province, for
the Time being, by Warrant under his Hand, to appoint one or more
fit Person or Persons to be Agent or Agents, in the Stead of such
Agent or Agents so dying or refusing as aforesaid, who shall have
all the Powers and Authorities by this Act given to the Agents
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