 | Massachusetts Currency Reform Act (1749) |  |
[SECT. 10.]
That if any person, from and after the thirty-first day of March, one thousand seven hundred and fifty, shall account, receive, take or pay any bill or bills of credit of either of the governments of Connecticut, New Hampshire or Rhode Island, in discharge of any contract or bargain, or for any valuable consideration whatsoever, every such person so accounting, receiving, taking or paying the same, shall forfeit the sum of fifty pounds for every offence, to be recovered and applied in like manner with the forfeiture or penalty for receiving or paying silver coin at a higher rate than is regulated by this act.
And be it further enacted,
| Massachusetts Currency Reform Act (1749) | |