GASR_Colonial_Bills_176005_04

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one pound, two thousand of ten shillings & four thousand
of five shillings each. and shall receive for Stamping [torn]
Printing & making out [illegible] signing the same two [torn]
=Cent and no more.

And be it further enacted by the authority afore
=said, That the said Bills of Credit when so stamped or
printed and signed as aforesaid shall be delivered ^(in) to the Pub[torn]
Treasury of This Province, that is to say, five thousand
Pounds thereof to the said John Starkey ^([crossed out word]) Public Treasurer of [torn]
Southern district and the other five Thousand Pounds to Thomas
Barker [crossed out] Esquire [end crossed out] Public Treasurer of the Northern District. And
shall be applied to the uses and Purposes by this Act directed.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid
That the said Bills of Credit shall be Current and a Lawful
tender in all Payments whatsoever as Proclamation Money
at the Proportion of four Shillings Proclamation Money for
three Shillings sterling, and shall intitle the Possessor Passage
to the Sum Specific in each of them to be paid by the Publick
sterling money at the rate aforesaid on the tenth Day of November
which shall be in the year one thousand seven hundred & Sixty
Three in Manner herein after directed.

And be it further enacted by The Authority Afore[torn]
That the said Public Treasurer when directed, until the sum [torn]
Five ^([faded text]) Thousand Pounds by this Act granted for raising, pay[torn]
and Subsisting the three Companies aforementioned shall [torn]
fully paid shall make payment in the said Bills of Credit
to such Person or Persons as the Governor or Commander
in Chief by his Warrant shall order and appoint to receive
the same.

And be it further enacted by the Authority afor[torn]
=said. That the Person or Persons, who shall receive the [torn]
Sum of Five thousand Pounds by Virtue of any Such a
Warra[torn]