524 Assembly Proceedings, May 10-June 9, 1692.

Lib. L. L.
No. 1.

in person or by Attorney appear to the said Originall Action
against him and make it appear that the said Plantiffe hath
been and is satisfied and paid the Debt or demand in the said
Action or otherwise in Court discount or bar the said Plantiffe
of the same or any part thereof; which said condemnation
and Execution of the said goods Chatties or Creditts of the
said defendant in the hands of the said Garnish or Garnishees
as aforesaid had and made shall be sufficient and pleadable in
Barr by the said Garnish or Garnishee in any Act" to be
brought against him or them by the said defend^t for the same
Provided alwayes that no Sherriff shall levy by way of Execu-
tion as aforesaid against any the said Garnish or Garnishees
any more then the Plantiffs debt and Costs nor against any
Garnishee or Garnishees then what the said Plantiffes in the
said Action shall make appear to the s^d respective Courts to
be of the Goods Chatties and Creditts of the said Defendant
in the hands of each respective Garnishe or Garnishees
together with such Costs only as such Garnish shall put the
Plantiff to by denying himself to be Indebted to such Defend-
ant and contesting the same Provided also that no Sherriff
in any County within this Province shall by any attachment or

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any other Execution had upon such Attachment or any other
Execution whatsoever out of any Court of this Province, Levy
Seize or take the Goods and chatties of any the Inhabitants
within this Province so far as to deprive them ol all Lively
hood for the future but that Corne for necessary maintenance
bedding gunn Ax potts and labourers necessary Tools with
such like houshold Implyments and Amunition for subsist-
ance shall be protected from all such Attachments and Execu-
tions whatsoever. Provided also that such as shall be found
by proof or other circumstances wilfully to absent themselvs
into the woods or Else where from the Sherriffs sight whereby
they canot be found to be brought to Tryall, and such also as
shall be absent by flight or prescription out of this Province to
be averred upon Oath, shall have noe benefitt of any favour-
able Interpretation of this Law And be it Enacted by the
Authority afores^d that from hence forth any person or persons
havg obtained any Judgement in any Court of this Province
or which shall hereafter obtain any Judgement in this Prov-
ince against any person or persons it shall and may be lawfull
to and for the s^d Plant, in the said Judgement at his will and
pleasure instead of any other Execution without those pre-

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vious requisitts as above in this Act prescribed and directed
to take out an Attachment against the Goods Chatties and
Creditts of the said Defendant in the said Judgement in the
said Plantiffs own hands or in the hands of any other person
or persons whatsoev^r which said Attachment shall likewise