That for providing for the defence of this Province, and for encouraging and promoting the manufacture of Saltpetre, 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 thereof 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 numbers 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 dollars 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 dollar 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 thousand five hundred and twelve bills of one dollar each, and ten thousand five hundred and twelve bills of two-thirds of a dollar each.

That the Supervisors shall use the best of their care and diligence that the said Bills, according to their respective denominations aforesaid, and according to the manner and form aforesaid, be forthwith printed; and that the number of any of the denominations thereof be not exceeded, or any clandestine or fraudulent practice used by the printer, his apprentices, servants, or others concerned in printing thereof.

That the printer and all his apprentices and servants, which he may employ in the said work, before he or they enter upon the same, take before some Justice of the Peace, in the presence of one or both of the Supervisors, the following oath, to wit: “I, A. B., do swear, that I will truly, faithfully and honestly perform the duty of printer of the Bills of Credit directed to be printed by a Resolve of the Convention of Maryland; and that I will not advisedly print or stamp a greater number of blank Bills of Credit than in that Resolve mentioned, or of any other denominations than therein expressed, except such sheets as may be so blotted, unfair or imperfect in the impressing or printing thereof, that the same shall be unfit for use. So help me God.”

That the printer shall not, by himself, servants, or any other person by him employed, print, stamp, stitch or bind the said Bills, or any of them, but in presence of one or both of said Supervisors; and in every intermission of the work the Supervisors shall safely and securely lock up the press and stamps with which the work shall be performed, and the impressions that shall be then made, in the room in which the printing and binding shall be done, and the keys of such room shall keep in their possession; and when all the said Bills shall be printed and stamped, the stamps shall be delivered by the printer to the said Supervisors, and by them to the Convention of this Province, or in their recess to the Council of Safety.

That Charles Wallace, Joseph Davidson, Nathan Hammond, Richard Tootel, James Brice, John Brice, Thomas Brook Hodgkin, John Duckett, Robert Lloyd Nicols, Samuel Sharpe, Richard Tilghman, Jr., James Hindman, Peregrine Tilghman, William Perry, Jeremiah Banning, and Joseph Bruff, be signers of the said Bills.

That the said Supervisors, as soon as the said Bills shall be printed, stamped, stitched and bound, shall deliver three fourth parts thereof in value to the Treasurer of the Western Shore, and the other fourth part thereof in value to the Treasurer of the Eastern Shore; and the said Treasurers shall deliver out to the Signers, residing on their respective Shore, sufficient of the said Bills, to be immediately numbered and signed by them, not only for payment of the money immediately demanded from them respectively, but also to the amount of three thousand Dollars over and beyond the same; and each of the same Bills shall be signed and numbered by some two of the said Signers, and returned again to the respective Treasurer; and so from time to time, shall the said Bills be delivered out, signed, numbered, and returned; either of the said Treasurers not keeping by him, at any one time, ready numbered and signed, more than three thousand Dollars beyond the said Moneys now payable.

That receipts of every delivery of the said Bills, before and after the numbering and signing the same, be given by the Treasurers and Signers.

That Thomas Harwood, Jun., be Treasurer for the Western, and William Hindman Treasurer for the Eastern Shore; who shall from time to time out of the said Bills of Credit, pay off and discharge all such drafts and orders as shall be made by order of this Convention, or the Council of Safety, or either branch thereof, as aforesaid.

That the Treasurer of the Western Shore, out of the Bills of Credit, pay to each of the Supervisors two dollars and two-thirds of a dollar for each day’s attendance as aforesaid; to the Engraver of the said bills, one hundred and ninety-two dollars for his services; and to the Printer four hundred dollars for his services, and the paper, ink, and other materials necessary for the said work.. And the said Treasurers shall also respectively pay to each Signer of every thousand of the said Bills, one dollar and one-third part of a dollar for his service.

That each of the said Treasurers shall retain, for his services, at the rate of one-half per cent, on all Moneys by him paid and delivered, and no more.

That the said Treasurer of the Western Shore shall give bond in the penalty of twelve thousand Pounds sterling, and the Treasurer of the Eastern Shore shall also give bond in the penalty of four thousand Pounds sterling; both of which bonds shall be with sufficient securities, to be approved of by any two of the obligees in the said bonds, and payable to the Honourable Matthew Tilghman and Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Esqs., and Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, and Edward Lloyd, Esqs., conditioned for such Treasurer’s faithful discharge of his trust.

That he will keep a just and true account of all Bills of Credit and Moneys which he shall receive or pay, and of the names of those to whom the same shall be paid or delivered; and that he will render a true and perfect account of all payments by him made to the Convention of Maryland, or the Council of Safety, or any other persons by a Convention of this Province appointed to examine his accounts; and that he will be answerable for all Bills of Credit and Moneys which he may receive, and pay all orders drawn by the Convention, or Council of Safety, or the branch thereof residing on his Shore.

That torn and defaced Bills shall be exchanged at reasonable and convenient times.

That the said Bills of Credit shall be redeemed and sunk, on or before the first day of January, 1786, by taxes, or other Legislative provision.

That this Convention bind their constituents, and pledge the faith of this Province, for the redemption of the said Bills, on or before the said first day of January, 1786.

Resolved, That the freeholders of each County in this Province, and other freemen having a visible estate of forty Pounds sterling, or qualified by law to vote for Burgesses, do on the second Tuesday of September next, meet together at the Court-Houses of their respective Counties, (except as herein after excepted,) and do there, under the inspection of their respective Delegates in this present Convention, or any three or more of them, to whom it is recommended to attend for that purpose, by a majority of the voices of such the said electors as shall be present, elect, of the most discreet and sensible of those who are qualified as aforesaid to vote, a Committee of Observation for each County respectively, for the term of one year then next following, to consist of the following numbers: that is to say, for St. Mary’s County twenty-four; for Charles County, thirty-two; for Calvert County, fifteen; for Prince-George’s County, thirty-three; for Anne-Arundel County, thirty-four; for Frederick County, fifty-three; for Baltimore County, thirty-seven; for Harford County, eighteen; for Worcester County, twenty-one; for Somerset County, twenty-one; for Dorchester County, nineteen; for