Excerpt from Worcester Town Records: From 1753 to 1783 Be it further enacted, 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 Con necfticut, new-hampshire, or rhode-island, in discharge of any Con'traet or Bargain or for any valuable Consideration whatsoever, every such Person so accounting. Receiving taking or paying the same, shall feifeit 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 any higher Rate than is regulated by this Act. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.