Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-29

printing the Bills of Credit now by
me delivered to you, until the same
bills were printed, and the letters
unset and put in the boxes again, |
went at no time out of the room in
which the said letters were, without
locking them up, so as they could
not be came at, without violence, a
false key, or other art then unknown
to me; and therefore to the best of
my knowledge NJ copies were print
ed off but in my presence; and that
all the blotters and other papers
whatsoever, printed by the said let
ters, while set for printing the said
bills, to the best of my knowledge
are here delivered to you, together
with the stamps Tor the indents." 1t
was particularly set forth that the
printer should have a copy of the
oath, so that he could govern him
self accordingly.
This issue of DO, 900 pounds was
allotted to ten counties into which
New Jersey was then divided and to
MiddleseX there came 4,116 pounds.
A loan office was established in each
county and commissioners named,
those for this county being Moses
Rolph, Esq, Mr.. John Leonard and
Ezekiel Bloomfield, ESQ" The COM
~missioners for each county were
made "a body politick and corpor-
ate"
The bills issued were let out to
such of the inhabitants as could give
security to the commissioners by
mortgage on lands, lots, houses or
other valuable improvements lying
in the same county. Interest was
collected at the rate of five per cent
per n for a term of twelve
years, no person being allotted more
than 100 pounds nor less than twelve
pounds, ten shillings. The yearly
/ salaries of the commissioners ranged
from nine to twenty-five pounds, ac-
cording to the size of the counties
and the consequent importance of
their duties. Those in Middlesex re-
ceived nineteen.
This same bill provided that for
the better credit and sooner sinking
the said Bills of Credit a a of 1000
pounds a year vac provided for ten
years. OF this Middlesex was re-
quired to raise ia pounds IS shill-
ings yearly. Wheat, 1T is particularly
set forth, was to be taken in the loan
offices, il offered. This act takes up
more than twenty-four of the print
ed pages of the Perth Amboy Brad
ford.
Another act concerns the duty of
the commissioners appointed to
manage the loan Offices and for a
remedy in case any of the signers
of the bills of credit should, by
death, or otherwise, be rendered in
capable of performing their duties.
When a mortgage was given to the
loan commissioners it was drawn to
cover not only the land, but "all
manner of Woods, Underwoods,
Trees, Mines, Minerals, Quarries,
Hawkings, Huntings, F~owlings, Fish
ings, Buildings, Fences, Improve
ments," and the usual "Heredita-
ments and Appurtenances whatso-
ever to the same belonging" 1t
specifies that the printer shall bind
up eel books of clean paper, one for
the use OF each loan Office and to
contain about two-third parts of the
bigness of the Book of Mortgages for
the same county. On the neat page
following this provision, it duly sets
forth that the printer shall also bind
up "other ten books of clean paper"
again two-third parts of bigness of
the book of mortgages, and therein
the commissioners shall keep the
"accompts" of the loan Office.
The third act of the Perth Amboy
imprint furnishes a little variety. 1t
fills one page, the last printed one,
and is entitled IAN act for the better
and more effectual putting in Execu-
tion an Act of Assembly of this
Province, made in the 12th and 18th
years of the Reign of her late mag
isty, entituled, An Act for Regulat-
ing Fences" This amendment, or
supplement, was apparently made
necessary by the fact that many dis
turbances and differences frequently
happened among the people of the
province because sheep broke
through the fences hat were made
In accordance with the original law.
1t seems that it was a question
among the people as to whether
sheep were or were not to be con
sidered Meat Cattle, within the
meanings of the law. To remove all
doubts and make possible recovery
for damages done by sheep, this
supplementary act was passed.
From and after the passage of
this act "All Sheep Breaking
Through, Creeping Under, Climbing
or Jumping over Fences that ere