26 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION [1775.

That the council of safety continue such until the next conven-
tion, and no longer, and that they render an account of their pro-
ceedings, and always be subject to the control of the convention.

Resolved, In order to prevent an abuse of power from a contin-
uance thereof in the same persons, that at each convention, eight
members of the preceding council of safety, four residing on the
eastern and four on the western shore, shall be ineligible to the
succeeding council; and that the said eight persons, immediately
before the choice of the new council of safety, be ascertained by
ballot.

That for providing for the defence of this province, and for en-
couraging and promoting the manufacture of salt-petre, erecting
of a powder mill, and the several other purposes directed by this
convention, Resolved, That bills of credit of the denomination of
dollars and parts of a dollar, to the amount of 266, 666 dollars, and
two third parts of a dollar, be printed and struck with all convenient
speed, under the care and direction of Messrs. Thomas Hyde and
William Wilkins, supervisors, in manner and form following, to
wit:

"This bill of ———— shall entitle the bearer hereof, to receive gold
and silver, at the rate of four shillings and six pence sterling per
dollar, for the said bill, according to a resolve of the provincial
convention of Maryland, held at the city of Annapolis, on the
26th day of July, 1775. "

That the said bills shall have such devices and marks as the said
supervisors shall think proper, and the number of the said bills, as
well as the denominations thereof, shall be the following and no
other, to wit: seven thousand and ninety-six bills of sixteen dol-
lars each, seven thousand and ninety-six bills of eight dollars each,
seven thousand and ninety-six bills of four dollars each, seven
thousand and ninety-six bills of two dollars and two-thirds of a
dollar each, ten thousand five hundred and twelve bills of one dol-
lar and two-thirds of a dollar each, ten thousand five hundred and
twelve bills of one dollar and one-third of a dollar each, ten thou-
sand five hundred and twelve bills of one dollar each, and ten thou-
sand five hundred and twelve bills of two-thirds of a dollar each.

That the supervisors shall use the best of their care and dili-
gence that the said bills, according to their respective denomina-
tions aforesaid, and according to the manner and form aforesaid,
be forthwith printed; and that the number of any of the denomi-
nations thereof be not exceeded, or any clandestine or fraudulent
practice used by the printer, his apprentices, servants, or others
concerned in printing thereof.