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Detail of a plan for carrying that Measure into Execution
That Earl Bathurst, Master of His Majesty's Mint, shall be authorized to appoint the provost and Company of Moneyers, to examine, weigh, receive and deposit at, and in the Mint in the Tower, under the Controul [Control] of the three principal Officers thereof, such Old Tower Halfpence or others so nearly resembling the same, as not to be distinguished therefrom, except by very accurate Examination by professional persons, as shall be brought into the said Mint by the Brewers, Distillers, and other persons who, from the Nature of their Trade, are likely to be holders of considerable Quantities and are willing, on being paid for them, to deliver them at the Mint, in such manner