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1743-1744 345 (1743)

handle is hein.ssl/ssma0533 and id is 1 raw text is: Am R , GEOR F!, 71 eim FPtimo. 17--4. ........... &~ry An Ad Paffed by the Great and General Court or Affembly of Hi,; Miajetly'slrovin( Of the Merajfichufetts-Bay in New-Englad B gun and i eld at Ro/lon upon Wednefday the twenty-fifth Day of May 174 -,, and continuied by Adjourn- ment and Prorogation to Thurfday the t\wentech of OtMber following. C -1 A P. 11. An A& for the more fpeedy finifhing of the Land Bank orManufatory Scheme. W HEREAS notwithflanding the Direors and Partn:rs of the late Land Bank Company hate in general publickly reaanc th:r Schc7n, and great Numbers of them have redeemed'iheir juft Propo rtit of the fid late Company's Bills, and delivered than up to be co/;:l.ned, .yt many ef the Partners fjill negleff to do it, by Means whereof thefe zchj ha ve paid a due Obedience to the Law, in this Regard fill remain expfed to the Achns of the Pofefors of the faid late Company's Bills, commonly called the AkntfaoryBi!s, which are now ouflianding, and many of them have ff'ered gcat Lefs ihro' the Default of their Partners, who contemptuoufy refuj to redeem their due Propor- tions of the' faid Bills. Now for the more rpeedy fini(hing of the fhid Scheme in as equitable a Man- ner as may be, and preventing fich of the Direftors and Partners as have complied with the Law from fuffering Ruin or Dammage thro' the Oh- flinacy or Negle6t of their delinquent Partners Te it enatice bp the Ootetnou, touncil an Soufe of Uepitc commili7 fentatibCe., That John Jefries, Samuel Dinforth, and John Chandler, Efqrs; nersrfIiA be Commimioners to receive Commiffion for the Purpofes hereafter mentioned 1 . from the Governour, and thefaid Commifmloners or any two of them, fhall by Virtue of this Aft, have full Power effecually to order and adjuit all the Affairs and Bufinefks neceffary for the juft and equal finithi.ng of the faid Land Bank and Manufaftory Scheme , which Commirnoners before their entring Their Power. upon the Execution of the faid Trufit, fhall take the following Oath, viz. Zz Digitized from Best Copy Available