GASR_Colonial_Bills_176005_05

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Warrant shall amount with the ^(General) Assembly for the same.
And every such Person or Persons before receiving the said
Money shall enter into Bond with Good and Sufficient
Security to his Majesty his Heirs and Successors in double
the Sum he shall so received with Condition that he Will
Account with the General Assembly for the sum or Sums he shall
receive from the said Treasurer or either of them by Virtue of such
Warrant; Which Bond shall be taken by and lodged with The Trea=
=surer who pays such Money And in Case of a Breach of the Condi=
=tion Thereof may be put in Suit, and on judgment being obtained
Thereon The Money recovered Shall be applied towards defraying
the Contingent Charges of Government in such Manner as
the General Assembly shall direct, and to no other use what=
=soever.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
That the ^(said sum) sum of [crossed out] [five?] [end crossed out] ^([???] thousand Pounds shall by the Direction of
The Governor or Commander in Chief for the Time Being be
applied to the particular Purposes ^(herein before) by this act directed if Necessary
but if a less sum shall be found Sufficient for the same the
surplus shall be applied towards defraying the Contingent
Charges of Government [crossed out text] [???] [???] ^(by as deemed by) ^(allowed allowed or which shall hereafter) the General Assembly
[crossed out line of text] [illegible]. [end crossed out line of text] ^(and to no other Purpose)

And for the Greater encouragement of such per=
=sons as shall inlist [crossed out illegible] voluntarily to serve in the said Com=
=panies and other Inhabitants of this Province who should
undertake any Depredation against the said Cherokees and
other Indians in Alliance with the French. Be it further
enacted by the Authority aforesaid; That each of the said
Indians who shall be taken captive during the present war
by any persons as aforesaid, shall and is hereby declared to
be a Slave and the absolute right and property of him who
shall be Captor of Such Indian, and shall and may be pos=
=sessed pass go and remain to such Captor his Executors ad=
=ministrators and Assigns as ^(a) Chattel Personal. And each
of