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THIS INDENTED BILL OF THREE SHILLINGS

Due from the Colony of Connecticut in New England to y Possessor thereof shall be in value equal to Money, And shall be accordingly accepted by the Treasurer & Receivers subordinate to him; and for any Stock at any time iny Treasury. Hartford July the twelfth Anno Dom 1709 By Order of y General Court

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John Eliot

John Haynes Comter

John Chester

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An Act for making and emitting Bills of Publick Credit. Forasmuch as by reason of the great scarcity of money, the payment of the publick debts and charges of this government, especially in the intended expedition to Canada, is made almost impracticable: for remedy whereof,

Be it enacted by the Governour, Council and Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That there be forthwith imprinted a certain number of bills of credit on this Colony, in suitable sums from two shillings to five pounds, which in the whole shall amount to the sum of eight thousand pounds and no more; which bills shall be indented and stamped with such stamps as the Governour and Council shall direct, and be signed by a committee appointed by this Court, they or any three of them, and of the tenor following, that is to say,

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This indented bill of twenty shillings due from the Colony of Connecticut in New England, to the possessor thereof, shall be in value equal to money, and shall be accordingly accepted by the treasurer and receivers subordinate to him, in all publick payments, and for any stock at any time in the treasury. Hartford, July the twelfth, Anno Dom. 1709. By order of the General Court.

J. C.

J. H. Committe.
J. E.

And so mutatis mutandis for a greater or lesser sum.

And the said committee are hereby impowred with the advice of the Governour, to take care as soon as may be, to imprint the said bills to the sum of eight thousand pounds as aforesaid, and to sign and deliver the sum of four thousand pounds thereof, and no more, to the treasurer, taking his receipt for the same; and to keep the other four thousand pounds unsigned in their own hands, until further order from [77] this Court; and || the said committee shall be under oath for the faithful management of the affair aforesaid, and trust in them reposed.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the treasurer be, and hereby is ordered and impowred to issue forth and emit the said bills towards payment of the publick debts of the Colony already contracted, and the further necessary charge thereof, according to such order as shall from time to time be given him according to law. And the said bills shall pass out of the treasury at the value therein expressed, equivalent to money, and shall be taken and accepted in all

publick payments at the advance of twelve pence on the pound

more.

And be it further enacted and declared by the authority aforesaid, That as a fund and security for the repayment and drawing in of the said bills to the treasury again, and for defraying any further charge of the Colony, this Court grants a rate of ten pence on the pound in money; one moiety thereof to be levyed according to the next list of heads and estates, and shall be paid into the treasurer on or before the first day of May in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and ten; and the other half to be levyed according to the list of heads and estates to be made in the year 1710, and to be paid into the treasurer on or before the first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eleven. And liberty is granted for any person to pay his rate either in bills of credit, silver money, or in pork at fifty shillings per barrel, or beef at thirty shillings per barrel, winter wheat at four shillings per bushel, rye at two shillings four pence per bushel, and Indian corn at two shillings per bushel; the grain to be all good and merchantable, and the pork and beef to be good and well repackt, with the packers mark thereon; and no person shall have liberty to pay above two thirds of his rate in rye and Indian corn.

And it is further provided and enacted by this Court and the authority thereof, That no person to whom the Colony is or shall be indebted shall be obliged to receive out of the treasury any grain or other provision but what is good and merchantable; and if any dispute shall at any time arise about the merchantableness of the grain or other provision tendred to the constables or receivers of the rate, or that happens to be damnified after it is received, it shall be determined by the judg ment of one indifferent person under oath, to be appointed and sworn by the next assistant or justice of the peace.

And Major John Chester, Mr. John Haines, Mr. Caleb Stanly, Secretary, Mr. John Eliot, and Mr. Joseph Talcott, are by this Assembly appointed a committee, they or any three of them, to sign the said bills of credit which are to be emitted as aforesaid, and to take care of the same.

This Assembly doth grant and allow to the gentlemen who shall be employed chaplins for the army on the expedition against Canada, captains wages, for their service therein.

This Assembly doth desire that the officers and souldiers going on the expedition to Canada, out of this Colony, do make choice of the chirurgeon that is yet wanting, and that the honbl the Governour do give order for his attending the service.

Major John Chester is by this Assembly appointed to be a member of the Committee of War, appointed in the county of Hartford in October last.

[78] This Assembly doth allow twelve shillings to the Speaker, and eight shillings to the Clerk, for their service in the House of Representatives at this present session.

The whole record of the several acts, grants and orders of this Assembly, as they stand in the pages of this book next preceding, was read in the presence of both Houses, and ordered to be signed by the Secretary as perfect and compleat. CALEB STANLY, Secry. June 11th, 1709. This Assembly is adjourn'd until the Governour or Deputy Governour shall see cause to call them to meet again.

CONNECTICUT
COLONY.

A GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOLDEN AT NEW HAVEN, IN HER MAJES

TIES COLONY OF CONNECTICUT, IN NEW ENGLAND, ON THURSDAY, THE 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER, IN THE EIGHTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF OUR SOVEREIGN LADY ANNE, QUEEN OF GREAT BRIT TAIN, &C., ANNO DOм., 1709.

Present at this Assembly,

The Honourable Nathan Gold, Esq', Deputy Governour.

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Deputies or Representatives that were present and attended at this Assembly were as hereafter followeth, viz:

Capt. Joseph Talcott, Mr. Nathanael Hooker, for Hartford.
Mr. John Todd, Mr. John Bassett, for Newhaven.

Mr. James Rogers, Mr. Joshua Hempstead, for New London.
Mr. Theophilus Hull, Mr. David Shermon, for Fairfield.
Mr. Samuell Avery, Mr. Joshua Bill, for Groton.
Mr. James Wells, Mr. Thomas Gates, for Haddam.
Mr. Miles Murwine, Mr. Joseph Garnsey, for Milford.
Mr. John Mitchell, for Woodbury.

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