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pen to come, shall forthwith deliver the same to One of the Commis-
sioners or Trustees aforesaid, who shall cause the Name of those
that delivered them, and of the Persons from whom they were taken,
to be Indorsed on the Back thereof; which Bills shall be safely kept
in the said Office, and be forth coming when there may be Occasion
thereof.
IV. And be it further Enacted, That the said Commissioners or
Trustees, before they enter upon the Execution of their Trust,
under this Act, shall each of them severally enter into Bond, with
sufficient Sureties, jointly and severally, to One of the Provincial
Treasurers, for the Time being, in the Penalty of Two Thousand
Pounds Sterling, payable to the Lord Proprietary, conditioned for
the Observance and faithful Discharge of the Trust hereby reposed
in them: And the said Treasurer shall immediately cause the said
Bonds to be proved by the Witnesses thereto, before One Provincial
Justice, who shall forthwith Indorse the Probate of the same Wit-
nesses on the Back thereof, and also, by an Order under his Hand,
on the Back of the same Bond, require the Clerk of the Provincial
Court immediately to record, among the Land-Records of his Office,
the said Bond, Probate, and Order; and the said Clerk shall imme-
diately after the Recording aforesaid, deliver the Original to the
Register of the Chancery Court, to be by him safely kept in the
Chancery Office; and an attested Copy of the said Bond and Probate,
from the said Provincial Records, shall be as good Evidence in Law,
to maintain an Action of Debt, for the Breach of the Condition
thereof, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the said Bond or Bonds
were actually produced and proved in Court; and shall also take the
following Oath, before some Provincial Justice (who is hereby im-
powered and required to administer the same) to wit, I A. B. do
swear, that I will, according to the best of my Skill and Knowledge,
faithfully, impartially, and truly demean myself, in Discharge of
the Trust committed to me, by an Act of General Assembly of this
Province, entituled, An Act for Granting a Supply of Twenty Thou-
sand Pounds for his Majesty's Service, and the more immediate
Defence and Security of the Frontier Inhabitants of this Province ;
and Emitting Ten Thousand Pounds thereof in Bills of Credit; and
Raising a Fund for Sinking and Replacing the Whole, by an equal
Assessment on all Estates, Real and Personal, and Lucrative Offices
and Employments, according to the Purport and Tenor of the same
Act; so that none may be prejudiced by my Consent, Privity, or
Procurement : So help me God.
V. And be it further Enacted, That the said Commissioners or
Trustees, shall keep true, separate, distinct and regular Accounts, as
well of the Bills of Credit, which they shall Sign, Emit, and Issue,
as aforesaid, as of the Money and Bills of Credit, which they shall
receive and pay pursuant to this Act, and of all other their Proceed-
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