Acts. 133

day of their then next succeeding November Courts the Number of
Taxable Persons which shall be in that part of Saint Pauls Parish
which Lieth in Queen Anne's County and in that part of the said
Parish which Lieth in Talbot County aforesaid respectively in each
of the said Years

Liber R. G.
1769
p. 13

By the Lower House of
Assembly Dec.^r 15.^th 1769.
Read & assented to
Signed by order.
T. Wright Cl. lo: ho:

On behalf of the Right
Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary of this Province,
I Will this be a Law
Rob.^t Eden

By the Upper House of
Assembly Dec.^r 16.^th Read
and assented to
Signed by order.
U Scott Cl. Up: Ho:

Great Seal in
Wax appendant

No. 14 An Act for emitting Bills of Credit and other Purposes therein
mentioned

Whereas an Emission of a Sum of Money in Bills of Credit is
at this Time of general Scarcity of Specie thought Expedient for
carrying on the Trade and commerce of this Province for circulating
whereof it is judged best to issue the same upon Loan

[Preamble.]

Be it Therefore Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the Advice & Consent of his Lordships Gov-
ernor and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Author-
ity of the same That Bills of Credit of the Denomination of Dollars
and parts of a Dollar to the amount of Three Hundred and Eighteen
Thousand Dollars shall be printed and Struck with all Convenient
speed on good Single paper under the Care & Direction of the Com-
missioners to be appointed by Virtue of this Act in Manner & form

[Bills of
Credit to be
printed, un-
der the Di-
rection of
Commission-
ers.]

following to wit "This indented Bill of shall entitle the Bearer
hereof to receive Bills of Exchange Payable in London or Gold and
Silver at the rate of four Shillings and sixpence Sterling per Dollar
for the said Bill according to the Directions of an Act of Assembly
of Maryland Dated in Annapolis this day of Anno Domini
" which Bills of Credit shall be Signed Numbered and Dated by
the Commissioners aforesaid as herein after Directed and the Num-
ber of Dollars or the parts or part of a Dollar by which each Bill
shall be Denominated shall be printed at the Top of such Bill in
Words at Length with the like Devices and marks on the Bills and
by the Like Stamps and Flowers as were used in Printing the
Bills of Credit last emitted in this Province as well readily to Dis-
tinguish their Several Denominations as to prevent Counterfeits

[Their

Tenor.]

the Number of which Bills as well as the Denominations thereof
shall be the following and no other to wit Twelve Thousand Bills of
Eight Dollars each. Twelve Thousand Bills of Six Dollars each,
Twelve Thousand Bills of Four Dollars each, Twenty one Thousand
Bills of Two Dollars each, Twenty one Thousand Bills of One Dollar
each, Twenty one Thousand Bills of Two-third parts of a Dollar

12

[Their Num-
ber and De-
nomination.]