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1780 125 (1780)

handle is hein.ssl/ssvt0065 and id is 1 raw text is: ACTS- AND LAWS. Currency eftablifhed. Fees Regulated. 125 ACTS and LA WS , Paffed by the General Affembly of the LReprefenta- tives of the State of VERMONT. at their Seffion at Reznnington, October 1780. An Act directing what Money and Bills of Credit fhall be a legal Currency in this State. W HEREAS, no particular Money, or Bills of Oredit, as yet have, by any Law of this State, been made legal Currency therein. And whereas, not only for determining what Money and Preamble. public Bills oif Credit fhall be legal Currency, but alfo to decide, as near as may be, at what Rate they feverally fhallpafs: E it Enaced, and it is hereby Enacted by the Reprefentatives of the Freemen of the State Of VrnIMoN', in General Af- fembly met, and by the Authority of the fame, That all genuine coined Gold, Silver, and Copper, fhall be legal Gold to pafs Mloney in this State ; viz;-Gold, at the Rate of Five ounce; ilver Pounds per Ounce ; Silver, at Six Shillings and Eight-pence per at 260& paper Ounce ; and coined Coppers, at Two-pence per Ounce. And that nontratIse- the Bills of Credit emitted by the United States of America, before the Eighteenth Day of laft March, be a legal Tender as Money, ac- cording to their current Value ; having Regard as well to their current Value at the Time of making all Contracts, as at the Time of rendering Judgments : To which all Courts in this State, in their refpective Jurifdictions, are to conform themfelves. Provided no Regard be had to the Value of faid Bills, at the Provifo. Timie of making any Contract which was or fhall be for Gold, Silver, or Money equal thereto ; or for Money. to be made good as before the War ; or for Money to be paid in any particular Thing or Things, at a certain Price ; any Thing in this Act to the contrary notwithftanding. An Act for regulating Fees. W HEREAS the Fees heretofore granted to Officers of Government, and others, have been flated in Continental Ourrency, which is Preamble, fo far depreciated, that it does not anfwer the Purpofe intended: And it is alfo found that the_ Fees, in fome Inftances, as formerly ftated, were not adequate to the Service: T H1 ER E F OR-E, B E it Enacted, and it is hereby Enacted by the Reprefentatives of the Freemen of the State of VERMONT, in General Afembly met, and by the Authority of the fame, That the eftablifhment of the Fees belonging to the feveral Officers of this State, be as follows, viz: Agiftants Digitized from Best Copy Available

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