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manner herein before directed and in all eases where
assessments have been made in pursuance of the said warrant, the same shall be, and hereby are declared void
and the Constables and Collectors to whom the same have
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been or may be committed, are hereby prohibited and
forbidden to proceed in the collection thereof.
And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the
Assessors of those towns who are charged in this act with
the pay of the members of the House of Representatives,
be, and they are hereby directed, to assess the polls in
their several towns, an additional sum in proportion to
the sum set on the polls, on the sum of One hundred and
forty thousand pounds, as is herein before directed.
And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the
holders of the soldiers notes receivable in this tax, shall
be allowed interest for the same until the first day of
April, One thousand seven hundred and eighty-five.
July 9, 1784.
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26 AN ACT A s CERTAINING THE rates at which coined silver
AND GOLD, AND ENGLISH HALF-PENCE AND FARTHINGS,
MAY PASS WITHIN THIS COMMONWEALTH.
Wliereas the rate of gold has been altered by the legislature of several of the United States, and it now passes
at an higher rate in most, of them, titan it does in this
State, whereby the circulating currency here has been much
diminished, and. there is great danger that all the gold
will be sent out of the State; and it is also
useful to establish the rate of certain silver coins:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, That in the payment of all taxes which shall
hereafter be received into the treasury of this Commonwealth, and in the payment of all debts, coined gold and
silver shall be received, and be a lawful tender at the
rates following, to wit:
Rates at which
or French Crown, at six shillings and eight
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coined gold, &c.
shaii be a lawful pence, and all divisions ot such crowns in proportion.
Spanish milled Dollar, at six shillings, and all divisions of such dollars in proportion.
now passing
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English Guinea, of the weight of
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penny weight
and all divisions
live
six grains, at twenty-eight shillings,
of such guineas
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equal proportion.
French Guinea, of the weight of live penny weight
six
grains, at twenty-seven shillings and four
pence.
A
coin of Portugal, commonly called a Johannes, of
the weight of eighteen penny weight, at four pounds sixteen shillings, and all divisions of such Johannes in like
proportion.
A
Moidore, of the weight of six penny weight eighteen
grains, at thirty-six shillings, and all divisions of moidores in like proportion.
A four pistole piece, called a Doubloon, of the weight
of sixteen penny weight twelve grains, at four pounds
eight shillings, and all divisions of the same coin in like
proportion.
Three English farthings at a penny, and English halfpence in proportion.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That all pieces of coined gold, before herein enumerated,
and which shall weigh more or less than is by this act established as their current weight, shall be received in payment for the taxes hereafter to be received into the treasury
of this Commonwealth, and in all debts, for a sum proportioned to the value of gold as hereby stated, to ivit,
at five pounds six shillings and eight pence by the
ounce, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
former
And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so Two
acts rt* ealcd
much of an act, entitled, "An act for ascertaining the
rates at which coined silver and gold, and English halfpence and farthings, may pass within this Government,"
as respects the rate at which coin gold shall pass within
this State, and enacts a penalty for passing the same at an
higher rate than is in the said act established and also an
act, entitled, " An act in addition to an act made and
passed in the twenty-third year of his late Majesty,
George the second, entitled an act for ascertaining the
rates at which coined silver and gold, and English halfpence and farthings, may pass within this government,"
be, and the same are hereby repealed and made null and
void.
October 26, 1784.
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