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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journals of the Continental Congress --FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1783.
Ordered, That a motion of Mr. Clark respecting certificates issued at the Treasury Office be referred to the Superintendant of Finance.2
[Note 2: 2 This order was entered only in the journal kept by the Secretary of Congress for the Superintendent of Finance: Morris Papers, Congressional Proceedings.]
That all certificates which may in future be issued from the Treasury Office on liquidated debts, be made payable to the bearer and transferable, in the same manner as certificates heretofore issued for money loaned; and that all certificates which may have been issued transferable only in the Treasury Office be renewed in manner above-said upon application of the present holders, and their returning those of the last description they at present hold.3
[Note 3: 3 This motion, in the writing of Abraham Clark, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 36, II, folio 63. According to the record in Committee Books No. 186 and No. 191, the report of the Superintendent of Finance, delivered August 5, 1783, was committed, January 6,1784, to Mr. [Elbridge] Gerry, Mr. [William] Ellery, and Mr. [Hugh] Williamson. Their report, delivered February 2, was acted upon April 15, 1784.]
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