GASR_Colonial_Bills_176005_03

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Companies shall be compleated by inlisting others.

And be it further enacted, by the Authority
aforesaid, that each Captain of the said Three Companies
shall pay to each respective Non-Commissioned Officer &
soldier in his Company their respective pay by this act
allowed, and each Recruiting Officer and person inlisting
any Soldiers shall pay and Satisfy to the Soldiers whom he
[left margin] 3 [end left margin] shall inlist the the Sum of Twenty Shillings Proclamation
Money ^(Bounty as aforesaid) And every Captain Recruiting Officer and other
person neglecting so to do shall and are hereby declared to be
incapable Thereafter of having any Command or serving
as an Officer in either of the Said Companies. And in
Case he shall be thereafter continued in the said Service,
shall not be allowed any pay for the same nor have any
Claim on The Public on that Account.

And be it further enacted by the authority afore
=said, That no person in the said Service shall hold or enjoy
Two Commissions or posts; And if any person contrary
to the Intent and Meaning of this act shall have Several
Commissions or be appointed to act in Several Capacities
or discharge two or more duties in the same, he shall have
an allowance from the Public for one Service only [crossed out illegible]
[crossed out line of text] [illegible]

And whereas, there is not money in the
Public Treasury to answer the purposes aforesaid, and
the reduced state of the Province renders it impracticable
to raise the same by a Poll Tax. Be it therefore,
[left margin] 27 [end left margin] further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That Samuel
Swann, John Starkey Esquires are hereby authorized impow=
=ered and required to Stamp or Print and make out or Cause
to be stamped ^(or printed) & also to sign with their Hand Public Bills
of Credit to the amount of Ten ^(twelve) thousand pounds at the rate
of Proclamation Money, that is to say, One Thousand
of three pounds two thousand of two pounds, two thousand of
one