Know all Men by these presents That We Nehemiah Somes Merchant and Andrew Gardner Mariner both of Boston in the County of Suffolk are held and Stand firmly bound and Obliged unto Henry Gardner Esqr Treasurer of the State of Massachusetts Bay and his Successors in said Office in the full and just Sum of Six hundred pounds to be paid unto the said Henry Gardner Treasurer as aforesaid or his Successors in said Office, to the which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs Executors and Administrators Jointly and Severally firmly by these presents Sealed with our Seals dated the Sixteenth day of April, in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven hundred & Seventy seven

The Condition of this present Obligation is Such That Whereas the Great & General Court of the State aforesaid on the Seventh of April Instant by their Resolve of that date did allow that the Inhabitants of any Town within said State who had raised their full proportion of the Continental Army to fit out private Vessels of War, but not to Ship or receive on board any Men that are the Inhabitants of any Town in said State that have not raised their proportion of said Army

If Therefore the said Nehemiah Somes & Andrew Gardner shall not Ship or receive any Men on board the Schooner Active whereof the said Gardner is Commander that are the Inhabitants of any Town within the said State that have not raised their proportion of the Continental Army, then the above written Obligation to be void, but in default thereof to remain in full force & Virtue