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Exchequer bills defaced to be exchanged for new bills.
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14. In case any of such Exchequer bills shall by any accident be defaced, it shall be lawful for the Treasury from time to time to cause a new bill or new bills to be made out in lieu of the bill or bills which shall be so defaced, which bill or bills so defaced shall be cancelled; and such bill or bills so to be made out in lieu thereof shall have a like currency, and shall in all respects be subject to the same rules and continuance, as the bills or bills so defaced, and shall bear the same numbers, dates, and principal sums, and carry the like interest, as was borne and carried by the bill or bills so cancelled respectively.
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