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curred for the Defence and Security of the Frontier Inhabitants of
this Province, and for other Purposes therein mentioned: And for
raising the same by an equal assessment upon all Estates, real and
personal, and lucrative Offices and Employments, according to the
Purport and Tenor of the said Act, so that none may be prejudiced by
my Consent, Privity, or Procurement: So help me God."
X. And be it further Enacted, That the said Commissioners or
Trustees shall keep fair, separate, distinct and regular Accounts, as
well of the Bills of Credit which they shall Sign, Emit and Issue as
aforesaid, as of the Money and Bills of Credit, which they shall
receive and pay, pursuant to this Act, and of all other their Proceed-
ings in Consequence thereof; which several Accounts and Proceed-
ings, a Committee of both Houses of Assembly shall be appointed
every Session to inspect and examine. And the said Commissioners
or Trustees are hereby required and obliged to lay such Accounts as
aforesaid, and a full and fair State of their Proceedings, before such
Committee, to the End they may be satisfied, that the Sums, for
which Bills of Credit are directed by this Act to be Issued, are not
exceeded; and may be fully acquainted from Time to Time, with
the State of the whole Transactions and Affairs relating to the said
Office, and of the Management and Behaviour of the said Commis-
sioners or Trustees. And the said Committee shall every Session
Report to the General Assembly, the State and Condition of the said
Office, and the Conduct and Behaviour of the said Commissioners
or Trustees to the End that any Corruption or Mismanagement may
be timely guarded against and prevented.
XI. And be it further Enacted, That the Clerk, for the Time
being, to the Commissioners or Trustees aforesaid, shall keep the
Books of Accounts of all their Transactions, and of all their Pro-
ceedings, in Virtue of this Act; for which, and for every other Ser-
vice incident to his Office, in Virtue of this Act, he shall have the
Sum of Ten Pounds Current Money, per Annum, and no more, to
be paid by the said Commissioners or Trustees in the said Bills of
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Credit. But, before he shall enter upon the Execution of his said
Office, he shall take an Oath before some Justice of the Peace of this
Province (who is hereby impowered and required to administer the
same) in these Words: "I A. B. do Swear, that I will truly and
faithfully perform and execute the Office and Duty that is directed
and required of me, as Clerk to the Commissioners or Trustees for
emitting the Bills of Credit, established by Act of Assembly, by a
Law of this Province, entituled, An Act for granting a Supply of
Forty Five Thousand Pounds, for his Majesty's Service, and for
defraying the Expences heretofore incurred for the Defence and
Security of the Frontier Inhabitants of this Province, and for other
Purposes therein mentioned: And for raising the same by an equal
Assessment upon all Estates, real and personal, and lucrative Offices
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