executors, and administrators, from such parts of the said Bills as the receipts do express.

And it is further Resolved and Directed, That the said Treasurers shall, respectively, sign the said Bills to them delivered; and, under the obligation of their oaths, or affirmations, for the due execution of their offices, pay them out accordingly, as they shall be directed, by this or any future order of the Provincial Congress, or Committee of Safety of this Colony, and no otherwise.

And it is further Resolved and Directed, That the Bills of Credit to be made and issued by virtue of this Ordinance, shall pass current, until the 21st day of December, which will be in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and shall be received in the said Treasuries, until the expiration of six months after the time last mentioned.

And it is further Resolved and Directed, That Samuel Tucker, Hendrick Fisher, Richard Smith, John Pope, and James Starling, Esquires, or any two of them, are hereby authorized and directed to agree with the Printer for the price to be paid him for printing the Bills according to the directions of this Ordinance, and shall be, and are hereby appointed Inspectors of the Press, to take care that the Printer of the Bills of Credit doth duly perform the duty hereby enjoined him.

And it is further Resolved and Directed, That there shall be paid to the Printer of the said Bills of Credit, such sum or sums of money for printing them, as the said Inspectors, or any two of them, shall certify under their hands, they had agreed to pay him for that service; and there shall be paid to the Treasurers, Inspectors, and Signers, such reward for their trouble, as the Congress or Committee of Safety for this Colony, shall deem reasonable. All which sums of money shall be paid by the Treasurers, or either of them, out of the money made current by virtue of this Ordinance, and shall take proper receipts for the same; which receipts, when laid before, and approved by the Provincial Congress, or Committee of Safety, shall discharge the said Treasurers, their heirs, executors, and administrators, for all sums by them paid pursuant to this Ordinance.

And it is further Resolved and Directed, That the said sum of fifty thousand Pounds five Shillings, when printed and signed as aforesaid, shall be delivered, one-half thereof to the Treasurer appointed by the Congress of New-Jersey, for the Eastern Division, and the other half to the Treasurer appointed as aforesaid, for the Western Division of this Colony; and each of the said Treasurers is hereby directed immediately after receiving said Bills, to sign as many of them as shall amount unto the sum of one thousand Pounds; and the said Treasurers, shall, respectively, from time to time, proceed to sign such further part of the said sum of fifty thousand Pounds five Shillings, as shall be sufficient to answer the publick uses of this Colony, ready to be issued as aforesaid; Provided, that not more than one thousand Pounds shall, after the issuing the above sums, be, at any one time, remaining in the hands of either of said Treasurers, signed by them as aforesaid.

And it is further Resolved and Directed, That Messrs. William Tucker, Abraham Hunt, Joseph Ellis, and Alexander Chambers be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for the Western Division; and that Hendrick Fisher, Azariah Dunham, Abraham Clark, and Caleb Camp be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for the Eastern Division of this Colony; which said Commissioners, or the major part of them, are hereby authorized and directed to receive of the Treasurers of this Colony for the time being, appointed by this Congress, or either of them, all such sum or sums of money as they shall, from time to time, find necessary to expend for the use of this Colony, pursuant to the Resolutions hereinafter mentioned.

And it is further Resolved and Directed, That the said Commissioners be, and they are hereby authorized and directed, to contract with Artificers for, or otherwise purchase, three thousand stand of Arms, on the most reasonable terms they possibly can; and, also, to purchase ten tons of Gunpowder, twenty tons of Lead, one thousand Cartouch-Boxes, at any price, not exceeding nine Shillings each; a quantity of Flints, Brushes, Priming-Wire, and Cartridge Paper, not exceeding one hundred Pounds in value; two

Chests of Medicine, with Chirurgical Instruments, not exceeding three hundred Pounds in value; four hundred Tents, with Camp Equipage, not exceeding one thousand eight hundred and seventy Pounds in value; two thousand Blankets, not exceeding one thousand five hundred Pounds in value; a number of Axes, Spades, and other intrenching tools, not exceeding three hundred Pounds in value; and a train of Artillery, consisting of twelve field-pieces, of such sizes as the said Commissioners shall judge most advantageous for the defence of the Province, together with the necessary Carriages, Ball, Shot, and Equipments.

And it is further Resolved and Directed, That the said Commissioners do supply the Troops of this Colony, when called to action in this or any of the neighbouring Colonies, with one month's subsistence, at one Shilling per day per man, or Provisions to that amount, if necessary: Provided, That the expense of such subsistence doth not exceed the sum of one thousand four hundred Pounds in value, and one month's pay for the Troops of this Colony, when called into actual service: Provided, that the Continental Congress do not make provision for the same; And provided also, that the pay of such Troops doth not exceed the sum of four thousand Pounds in value.

And it is further Resolved and Directed, That the Treasurers of this Colony be, and they are hereby enjoined to pay to the said Commissioners, or to any three of them, of the Eastern, or any three of the Western Division, or their orders, respectively, all such sum or sums of money as they may find necessary to expend for the purposes aforesaid: Provided always, that no three Commissioners of either Division, shall draw out of the Treasury, any greater sum than shall be sufficient for the purchasing and providing one-half of the articles, the said Commissioners are above authorized to purchase and provide, unless a major part of the said Commissioners give them joint orders therefor: And the receipt or receipts from the said Commissioners, respectively, for moneys received by them in manner above directed, shall be sufficient vouchers and discharges to the said Treasurers, or either of them, their executors, and administrators, for all moneys by them paid pursuant to this Ordinance.

And in order that the said sum of fifty thousand Pounds five Shillings, may be duly sunk, and the credit of the same thereby effectually secured,

It is Resolved, That the sum of ten thousand Pounds one Shilling, be levied and paid into the Treasury of this Colony, on the 21st day of December, in each and every of the years one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven; one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight; one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine; one thousand seven hundred and ninety; and one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-one: in order that the same may be inspected, cancelled, burnt, and destroyed by the Congress of this Colony, or, in their recess, the Committee of Safety.

And that the said sum of ten thousand Pounds one Shilling may be raised on the several inhabitants of this Colony in the most equitable manner, in each of the aforesaid years,

It is Resolved, That the same be raised m manner following:

All Householders, the tax of whose rateable estate, exclusive of certainties, does not amount to six Shillings, shall be rated at the discretion of the Assessors, not under two Shillings, nor above thirty Shillings.

All Merchants and Shopkeepers shall be rated at the discretion of the Assessors, not under five Shillings, nor above twenty Shillings for the same.

Every Ferry shall berated at the discretion of the Assessors, not under five Shillings, nor above five Pounds.

Every Coastin Sloop, Schooner, Shallop, Flat, Passage-Boat, Pilot-Boat, Wood-Boat, and Periaugur, shall be rated at the discretion of the Assessors, in proportion to their burden and business, not under three Shillings, nor above thirty Shillings.

Every Single Man, who works for hire, and keeps a Horse, Mare, or Gelding, shall be rated, not under four Shillings, nor above ten Shillings.

Every Single Man who works for hire, and does not keep a Horse, Mare, or Gelding, shall be rated, not under two Shillings, nor above six Shillings; Provided always, That if any Single Man, who works for hire, shall have any