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the principal Officers, and shall then be deposited in the Strong-Hold, under the Locks and Keys of the principal Officers, and the Moneyers, and the Proprietor shall be paid at the Rate of £6.8.4 a Bag, unless there has been reason to suspect, that any Bag contains fewer Tokens by Tale, in which Case, the Tokens must have been counted and will paid for accordingly.
In all Cases, the Scale containing the Coin, to preponderate against a weight of 56 lb
4.th..... The persons who bring in Tokens, to be paid the value of them by Drafts upon the Bank, signed by the Mint Officers, empowered to put their Signatures to the same; the person so paid, to endorse his name, on the back of the Draft, and to give the Mint Officers a Receipt for the Amount, specifying the Sum received, the number of Bags delivered, and the Average of the Number of pieces to the lb, each Bag was found to contain.
That the Chief Officers of His Majesty's Mint, and the prevost and Company of Moneyers, should be remunerate for