Newport, June 19th. 1751. Colony of Rhode-Island, &c. : In obedience to an act of the General Assembly of this colony, made and past at their present session ; the copy of a petition preferred to His Majesty, by sundry of the inhabitants of this colony, respecting the paper currency, with the petitioners names therto, together with the resolutions of the House of Commons thereon, and also a copy of the bill prepared in consequence thereof, and presented to the Parliament, are committed to the press .