142 Assembly Proceedings, November i /'-December 20, 1769.

Liber R. G.
1769

p. 21

Act entitled an Act for the Payment of the Publick Claims for
emitting Bills of Credit and for other Purposes therein mentioned
or in Silver and Gold at the rates and Values following to wit.
Spanish Silver Dollars ................ @ .. 0.. 4..6 Sterling each
English Coined Silver at their Sterling
Rates and Values
English Guineas .................... @ .. 1 .. 1 ..0 ........ each
Half Johannes of Portugal Gold weigh-
ing 9 dwts..........................@... 1...16.............each
Moidores weighing 6.18.g.^rs............. @... 1.. 7.............each
Spanish Pistoles weighing 4-6 ...........@.......16..6..........each
And any other Gold Coin of the same
Fineness of Spanish or Portugal Coin
@ £3...17.. 6 Sterling per Oz...........

[Such Pay-
ments to be
let out again
on Loans,
except Bills
of Credit
emitted by a
former Act.]

And the said Commissioners are hereby directed and required to
receive the same accordingly either for Principal or Interest and so
received to Let out on Loan again in manner aforesaid except such
of the Bills of Credit as were heretofore issued by the Last mentioned
Act all which said last mentioned Bills of Credit the said Commis-
sioners are hereby Directed and required as they come in to keep
separate and safe in the said Iron Chest subject to the Inspection
of the Committee of Assembly as aforesaid —
And Whereas it is Directed and required by the said Act that the
Keys of the Repository and Iron Chest in the said Office should in
the Intervals of Assembly be delivered one to the Governor one to
the President of the Council and one to the Speaker of the Lower
House of Assembly to be by them respectively safe kept and also
that the Committee of Assembly should in Session Time have the
Possession thereof and should Change torn and Defaced Bills and
pay of such of the Publick Claims as should not have been paid by
the Commissioners appointed by the said recited Act within the Time
therein Limitted and also correspond with the Trustees in London —

[The Com-
missioners to
have the
Care and
Custody of
Keys, &c.
and out of
the Bills of
Credit now
in the Office,
Change torn
and defaced
Bills;]

fand also to
correspond
with the
Trustees in
London.]

Be it Nevertheless hereby Enacted That the said Commissioners
by this Act to be appointed shall have the Care and Custody of the
said Keys, Repository Iron Chest and Bills of Credit now in the
Office and shall at any Time hereafter on Application of any Person
or Persons having any of the said Bills of Credit issued as aforesaid
which shall be Torn or Defaced and unfit to pass without ffee or
Reward receive in such torn and Defaced Bills and them safe keep
to be Counted and Burnt by the Committee of Assembly delivering
to such Person or Persons Bills of Credit out of those now remaining

in the Iron Chests as aforesaid to the amount of ouch Torn and

Defaced Bills and pay off such of the said Publick Claims as are
still unpaid in the same manner as the said Committee were directed
to do — And the said Commissioners shall correspond with the Trus-
tees residing in London as the Committee of Assembly aforesaid were