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 404. C. 54, 55. Anno vicefimo quarto GEORcri II. A. D. 1751. ' heretofore created and ifTued within the faid Colonies and Plantations, or feme of them, on Loans anil ' Sums by them borrowed and received on Inch Loans ; without the Payment of -which Sums (in cafe any ' Acls, Orders, Votes or'Refolutions, by virtue vshereot the fame have been fo refpcctively iffued :' For the providing a Remedy for fuch Liconveniencics, be it further ena(3:ed by the Authority aforefaid, That all fuch Paper Bills, or Bills of Credit, of what Kind or Uenomination foever, which have at any Thiie Kills of Credit heretofore been created and iffued on fuch Loans, v.iiliin any of the faid Colonies or Plantations, be duly on Loans, to be called in, and difcharged and funk, according to the Tenor of the refpeftive Acts, Orders, Votes or Re- Bills, or Bills of Credit, already fubfifting withm the faid Colonies or Plantations, are herein before re- quired to be called in, difcharged and funk. Perfons wto yj_ ^^j jjg ;t further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That all Perfons who have borrowed and Jlonfy"™!!!^!!? tal^^en up any Sum or Sums of Money on Loans, for the Difcharge whereof they and their refpedive &c. compellable' Eftates ftand'bound, fhall be required and compelled, by a 1 due and legal Means, to fatisfy and difcharge to difcharge the the Sums by them borrowed, according to the 'I'erms of fuch Loans refpeftively, and the true Intent and fane. Meaning thereof, except as is herein before excepted ; and in cafe any Deficiency orLofs fhall happen by Failure of the Security fo taken on fuch Loans refpcftiyely, that the fame, and every Part thereof, fhall be fupplied and made good by an adequate Tax or Impofition, to be equally and rateably affeffed, levied and raifed within the faid Colonies or Plantations rei'peflively, where fuch Lofs or Deficiency fhall fo happen. No Paper Cur- Yj]_ ^^^d be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the tv/cnty-ninth Day dc"med°a leiral of September One thoufand feven hundred and fifty- one, no Paper Currency, or Bills of Credit, of any Kind Tender. or Denomination, which may be made, created or iflued in any of the fitid Colonies or Plantations, pur- fuant to the Provifions herein before made in this Aft, fhall be a legal Tender in Payment of any private Bargains, Contracts, Debts, Dues or Demands whatfoever, within the faid Colonies or Plantations, or any of them. VIIL Provided, That nothing herein contained fhall extend, or be conflrued to extend to make any of tl]e Bills now fubfifting in any of the faid Colonies a legal Tender. Penalty on Go- jjf _ ^j^^j jjg j^ further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Governor or Commander in Chief Af^nt to'any f°'' ^^^ Time being, in all or any of his Majefty's faid Colonies or Plantations, whether commiffioned by Aa contrary to his Majefty, or cletSled by the People, fhall, from and after the faid twenty-ninth Day of September one this Aft. thoufand feven hundred and fifty-one, give his Affent to any Aft of Aflembly, Order, Refolution or Vote, for the Emiffion or Iffuing of any Paper Bills, or Bills of Credit, of any Kind or Denomination what- foever J or for prolonging the Time limited for calling in and finking any fuch Paper Bills, or Bills of Credit, CmcermrgPiaii- J^g ^j-g j^ow fubfifting and paffing in Payment ; or for re-ifl'uing or depreciating the fame, contrary to the 17g«. 2. 7 5 true Intent and Meaning of this Aft ; fuch Aft, Order, Refolution or Vote, fhall be ipfo fcultf null and if 35." 30 Cw. void, and fuch Governor or Commander in Chief {hall be immediately difmilfed from his Governipent, and a. c. 9. . for ever after rendered incapable of any publick Office or Place of Truft, CAP. LIV. tqCm. j. e. 5, An Aft for explaining, continuing and enforcing feveral Laws therein mentioned, more effeftually to prc- ^Fa!thernmime'd ^^^^ '^^ fprcadjng of thcDiftemper which now rages amongft the Florned Cattle in this Kingdom. and amended iy 15 Gio, 2, c. 31. 26 Geo, 2. c, 34. 27 Gai, 2. c, 14, 30 Geo. 2. r, 20, CAP. LV. An Aft for amending and making more eflfediial a Claufe in an AC: pafled in the laft Sefllon of Parliament, for the apprehending of Perfons in any County or Place upon Warrants granted by Juftices of the Peace of any other County or Place. 33 Geo, 2, 0,26. ^■. l.U PI E R E A S by a Claufe in an Aft made in the twenty-third Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign / it is amongft other Things_ therein enafted. That from and afcer the twenty-fourth Day of Junl thoufand feven hundred and" fifty, in cafe any Perfon againft whom a legal Warrant ihall be ifilied by anyjultice orjuftices of the Peace, for any County, Riding, Divifi in," Cit)-, Liberty, Town or Place within this Kingdom, (hall cfcape or go into any other County, Riding, Divifion, City, Liberty^ Town or Place out of the Jurifdiftion of thejuftice or Jufticcs granting fuch Warrant as aforediid, it fhall and may be lawful for any Juftice of the Peace of the County, Riding, Divifion, City, Libertv Town or Place to which fuch Perfon Jhall have gone or cfcaped, to indorie kich ^Varrant, upon Appli- cation made to him for that Purpofe, and to caufe the Perfon againft whom the fame fhall have buta iffued, to be apprehended and font to the Juftice or Jufticcs who granted fuch Warrant, or to fomc
 * V. And whereas there are now fubfifting and psffing in Payment, within the Hiid Colonics ar.d Plan-
 * tations, divers Kinds of Paper Bills, or bills of Credit, of various Dcnomijiations, which have been
 * otherwife, whereby private Perfons und their Eftates rtand liable to, and bouiid for the Difcharge of the
 * Difficulty or ObftrucStion fhould ariie in the Payment thereof) fuch Paper Bills, or Bills of Credit to
 * iffiied on fuch Loans, cannot be called in, difcharged and funk, according to the Tenor of the refpcdtive
 * '' ' '"■ folutions, for creating and iffuing, or continuing the fame refpe£'tively, in like manner as all other Paper
 * - . " other