270 Assembly Proceedings, November id-December 23, 1773.

Liber R. G.

1773
[Stadt-
House to be
covered with
Copper in-
stead of
Slate, &c.]
[An Iron
Rod to be
fixed, &c.]

and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority of the same
That the said Stadt House shall be covered with Copper of the
Thickness of Eighteen Ounces four Penny Weight at the least to
every foot Square of the same Covering instead of Slate Tile or
Lead any thing in the said Act or Contract notwithstanding
And to guard the said Stadt House as far as may be against any
Accident from Lightning Be it further enacted that the said Under-
taker shall fix place and secure in the best Manner an Iron Rod
pointed with Silver or Gold of six feet at least above the Heights of
the Cupola of the said Building and conducted at least six fleet in
the Ground

[Allowance
to Charles
Wallace for
the differ-
ence of the
Expence.]

And be it further enacted That the Commissioners for emitting
Bills of Credit shall pay to the said Charles Wallace or his Order
out of the Bills of Credit be emitted in Virtue of the Act intitled
"An Act for emitting Bills of Credit and apply Part thereof passed
this present Session and by the same Act directed to be applied as the
General Assembly should appoint so many of the said Bills of Credit
as shall amount to one Thousand four hundred and fifty five Pounds
two Shillings and Eight Pence Sterling at the rate of four Shillings
and six pence Sterling per Dollar in full for the Difference of the
Expence between a Copper and Slate Covering and for the Expence
of the said Iron Rod

[Who is
to give
Security.]

And be it enacted that before the Commissioners of the Loan Office
shall deliver out the aforesaid Sum of fourteen hundred and fifty
five Pounds two Shillings and Eight Pence Sterling to the said
Charles Wallace they shall and are hereby required to take good
Security from said Undertaker in double the Sum so delivered out
with Condition that the said Sum of Sterling Money shall be repaid
into said Office with four per Cent Interest for the same for the
Benefit of the Public in Case a Coat of Copper be not put on said
Stadt House on or before the first Day of June seventeen hundred
and seventy five in a Compleat and Workmanlike manner so as to
answer the Purpose of a safe and secure Covering.

No. 33
[Commis-
sioners for
emitting
Bills of
Credit to
pay the pub-
lic Credi-
tors their
Allowances
on the Jour-

By the Upper House of
Assembly December 22.^d
1773 Read and Assented
to
Signed by Order
Jn.^o Duckett Cl. Lo. Ho...

5 Sides

On Behalf of the Right
Honble the Lord Pro-
prietary of this Province
I will this be a Law
Rob^t Eden

The great Seal
in Wax appendant

By the Upper House of
Assembly Decem.^r 22.^d
1773 Read and Assented
to
Signed by Order
U Scott. Cl. Up. Ho.

nal of Ac-
counts, as
soon as a
sufficient
Number of
Bills shall
be printed
and signed.]

An Act for Payment of the Public Creditors.
Be it enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary by
and with the Advice and Consent of his Governor and the Upper
and Lower Houses of Assembly and the Authority of the same That
as soon as a sufficient Number of the Bills of Credit to be emitted by