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tioned in the Statute of the 6.th of Queen Ann higher than they are
by that Statute rated as a Currency because such a Regulation hath
been Deemed in England to be repugnant to the said statute
When therefore we so clearly see a Rock, upon which, if not
avoided, the Law must be lost, we thought it the most Prudential
Part we could take in order to preserve An Act so beneficial to the
People, &, now become so necessary, to propose an Amendment, as
would not, in the Opinion of any one, contravene the Statute, and
make especially, as every Advantage would at the Same time be
Effectually secured by it to the People
Upon the whole Gentlemen, as a regard is due to the Opinion of
others without whose concurrence the Bill can't pass into a Law,
and all matters may be easily conciliated, and every essential advan-
tage secured to the Province, the affair rests with you for your
mature Consideration, whether you will agree to the Framing of a
Bill in such a manner as may bring about the passage of it, and
intitle the People to the Numberless Benefits They must derive from
it, or whether, because the mode you are inclined to adopt, cant be
established, You will chuse to drop the Law altogether, By which
Step not to mention the Difficulty there would then be of Complying
with the Statute of the 24.th of George the 2.d nor to enter into a
particular Enumeration of all the Disadvantages and mischiefs which
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Liber No. 36
Nov. 3
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would necessarily ensue from it, the Coins Specified in the Statute
of the 6..th Queen Ann would not pass at all, but, as a Currency at
the Rate of 33! upon it's intrinsick or Sterling Value, and by which
the Foundation, Whereon many of our commercial Transactions
stand, would, indeed, be destroyed,
signed p order John Ross Clk. Up. Ho.
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock
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Friday Morning 4th. November 1763
This house met again according to Adjournment
Present as yesterday
Adjourned till 3 of the Clock in the afternoon
Eodem Die Post Meridiem
This house met again according to Adjournment
Present as in the Morning
Read the Petition of Several the Inhabitants near the Frontiers
of Frederick County praying a Bill may be brought in to raise a
number of Men for the Defence of the Said Frontiers Passed and sent
by Ben.th Calvert Esq.r
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning ten of the Clock
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