II.  Be it Enacted, by  the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by and 
with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and the Upper and Lower
Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the same, That Col. Thomas Colvill,
Capt. Nicholas Hyland, Mr. Benjamin Pearce, Mr. Henry Baker, Mr. Zebulon
Hollingsworth, Mr. John Read, and Mr. Benjamin Chew, be, and are hereby
appointed Commissioners, for laying out the said Money so advanced and collected
as aforesaid; as also for receiving, collecting, and laying out all such
Sum or Sums of Money, that shall be advanced or give by any person or
Persons. for the said Uses; and that the said Commissioners, or the major
Part of them, be, and are hereby directed and impowered to lay out the said
public Money already received, or which shall be by them hereafter received,
in the most careful and speedy Manner, by agreeing with sufficient and able
Workmen, to build the said Public Wharf, Store-house, or Store-houses, in
such place and Manner on the Ground aforesaid, as to the said Commissioners,
or the major Part of them, shall seem most commodious for the
Trade and Advantage of the said Town.

    III.  And be it further Enacted, That no Commissioner shall directly or
indirectly be any way concerned in any Bargain or Contract, to be made with
any Workman or Workmen, for Building the said Wharf and Store-houses,
or any other public Buildings, so as to receive any profit or Advantage thereby,
on the Penalty of Fifty Pounds Current Money, to be recovered by Action
of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no Essoin, Protection,
or Wager of Law, shall be allowed, and applied to the Use of such public
Building; and that the said Workmen shall declare upon Oath (if required
by the said Commissioners) the Names of tall such Persons as are joined and
concerned with them, in the said Contracts or Agreements.

    IV.  And be it Enacted, by  the Authority, Advice and Consent aforesaid,
That the Commissioners aforesaid, or the Commissioners for the Time being,
shall keep a fair and particular Account of the Receipts and Disbursements of
this and all other public Money by them received for the Uses aforesaid, and
by the Commissioners, or the major Part of them, and which Account the
said Clerk shall Copy, and insert in he Record Book kept for the use of the
said Town, without Fee.

    V.  And be it also Enacted, That when the said Wharf and Store-house
and houses shall be built, the said Commissioners, or the major Part of them,
shall appoint a person of good Repute and Skill in the Goodness and Quality 
of Flour, Wheat, and other Grain, to be Wharfinger and Store-house-keeper
tot he said Wharf and Store-houses; which said Officer shall give
sufficient Security in the Name of the Lord Proprietary of this Province, in
the Sum of One Hundred Pounds Current Money, for the true and faithful
Discharge of his said Office, according to the true Intent and Meaning of this
Act hereafter expressed.

    VI.  And to secure the People living at a distance, as well as those in or
near the said Town, to have their Grain and other Commodities safely and
securely Stored, at reasonable Rates, and have utmost Assurance of punctual
 

Commissioners
appointed
to lay out
the same or
other Money
given for the
same Use, in
Building a
Public Wharf
and Store-houses.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

No Commissioner
to be
concerned in
any Contract
for Building
the same, on
Penalty of
50 l.
 
 
 
 
 

The Commissioners
annually to
lodge a fair
Account of
their Receipts
and Disbursements
with
the County
Clerk.

A Wharfinger
or Store-house-keeper
to be appointed;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

And furnished
with seal'd
Measures.