Acts. 351

Charges of this province and all officers ffees which by the
Laws are rated in mony. And in Keguard there is at Present
litle other money in this province than the Dollars Commonly
Called dog dollars and they being neer such weight and fineness
as that they would by the forementioned proportion pass at
foure shillings and six pence. And the Inhabitants of this

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No. 64.

province being not so well acquainted with other fforreigne
Coynes nor at present Provided with weights and Scales it is
humbly pray'd that it may be Enacted.
And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid that
the said Dog dollars be Current in all payments as aforesaid
at four shillings and Six pence as Vsuall untill such time as
her Majesty her heires or Successors or the Generall Assembly
of this province shall otherways ordain and Enact.

The Table before Mentioned.

Sevill Pillar and Mexico peices of Eight being Seventeen
penny weight twelve graines and four Shillings and Six pence
intrinsick Vallue to pass at Six Shillings. Sevill peices of
Eight new Plate fourteen penny weight and three Shillings
Seven pence intrinsick Vallue to pass at foure Shillings and
nine pence.
Peru peices of Eight Seventeen penny weight twelve Graines
and four Shilling five pence intrinsick Vallue to pass at five
shillings and tenn pence. Cross Dollars Eighteen penny
weight four graines and foure Shillings foure pence three far-
things intrinsick Vallue to pass at five shillings and tenn pence.
Dukatoons of fflanders Twenty penny weight twenty one
Graines five shillings and six pence intrinsick Vallue to pass
at Seven Shillings and four pence Ecus of ffrance or Silver
Lewis Seventeen penny weight twelve Graines four shillings
six pence intrinsick Vallue to pass at Six Shillings Crusadoes
of Portugall Eleven penny weight four Graines two Shillings
tenn pence intrinsick Vallue to pass at three Shillings and
nine pence. Three Gilders peices of Holland twenty penny
weight seven Graines five Shillings two pence intrinsick
Vallue to pass at Six Shillings and Eleven pence. Old Rix
Dollars of the Empire Eighteen penny weight tenn Graines
four Shillings and six pence intrinsick Vallue to pass at six
shillings. The halfe Quarters and other parts in proportion
to the Denominations and light peices in proportion to their
weight and the Currancy of all other Silver Coyne of the same
or baser alloy shall after the said first Day of May stand regu-
lated according to their weight and finess according and in
proportion to the rate before limitted and sett for peices oi
Eight of Sevill Pillar and Mexico.

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