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CAP. XVI.
An ACT for establishing a Tender in all Payments to be made in this Province.

Preamble.

WHEREAS it is necessary for the ascertaining of contracts, to determine the value of the coin in which all tenders may be lawfully made.

Value of coin at which to pass in all payments, viz. English guineas, at 23s. 4d. French crowns at 5s. 6d. Spanish dollars at 5s. Half joannes at 40s. and other gold and silver money in proportion.

Be it Enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, That an English Guinea shall pass current and be received for twenty-three shillings and four pence, and a silver English or French Crown piece for five shillings and six pence, and all other English gold and silver coin in the like proportion, and that Spanish mill'd Dollars shall pass current and be received for five shillings each, and a half Joannes for forty shillings, in all payments to be made within this Province.

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C. 16. Anno XXVI. Geo. III. A. D. 1786.

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Preamble.		WHEREAS it is necessary for the ascertaining of contracts, to determine the value of the coin in which all tenders may be lawfully made.
Value of coin at which to pass in all payments, viz. English guineas, at 23s. 4d. French crowns at 5s. 6d. Spanish dollars at 5s. Half joannes at 40s. and other gold and silver money in proportion.		Be it Enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, That an English Guinea shall pass current and be received for twenty-three shillings and four pence, and a silver English or French Crown piece for five shillings and six pence, and all other English gold and silver coin in the like proportion, and that Spanish mill'd Dollars shall pass current and be received for five shillings each, and a half Joannes for forty shillings, in all payments to be made within this Province.