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pose of repaying the same, shall be paid into the hands of the said
commissioners, to be by them let out upon interest (except so much
thereof as hath been expended, in the same manner as by the said
act they are directed to let out on interest the bills of credit of this
province; and that the said sum of money so collected, or to be
hereafter collected, of the said inhabitants (except so much thereof
as hath been expended) with interest thereon accruing, ought to be
appropiated to such use of the said county as shall be ordered and
directed by the legislative authority for the time being.

That the supervisors of the said roads in said county shall re-
spectively render to the said commissioners, by them to be laid be-
fore the legislative authority for the time being, a true, full and fair
account, on oath, of all monies by them respectively laid out and
expended by virtue of the said act of assembly, and to whom and
for what the same shall have been paid and expended.

That the sum of money collected or to be collected in said county
for the building of a prison and court house in Harford county, &c.
ought to be paid into the hands of the commissioners of Harford
county aforesaid, and be by them put out on interest for the use of
the same county, until the dispute in the same county relative to the
place where said prison and court house, &c. shall be erected and
built, be hereafter determined by the legislative authority for the
time being.

All which is submitted to the consideration of the honorable
house.

After consideration of the same, the question was put, That the
house concur therewith? Resolved, in the affirmative.

Convention adjourns till to-morrow morning half after 9 o'clock.

WEDNESDAY, January, 17, 1776.

Convention met. All members present as on yesterday, except
Mr. J. Dashiell, and Mr. Ware. The proceedings of yesterday
were read.

On motion, Resolved, That the residue of the sum of money di-
rected by act of assembly to be assessed and levied on the inhabi-
tants of Harford county, for building the court house, prison, &c.,
be pursuant to said act, assessed and levied by the justices of said
county on the inhabitants thereof; but if trade and commerce shall
not be. restored, so as to enable the people of said county to dis-
charge the said tax, the legislative authority for the time being will
suspend the payment of the same, or otherwise order therein, as to
them shall seem expedient.

That the money already collected, or hereafter to be collected for
the same, shall be paid into the hands of the commissioners of Har-
ford county aforesaid, and be by them put out on interest for the
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