Acts. 325

Councill and Assembly of this Province and the Authority
of the same that after the tenth day of May in any Year no
Execution shall issue out of any Court of this Province against
the body or Goods of any Person or Persons Inhabiting within
this Province till the tenth day of November next or untill the
tenth day of November in any year ensuing for any Debt or
Debts or upon any Accon Judgment or Judgments sued had
or recovered against the Inhabitants of or within this Province
in the Provincial or any County Courts of this Province for
any Cause Matter or thing whatsoever Provided such person
or persons against whom any such Judgment is obtain'd
together with two other persons such as the Justices shall
approve of come before one Justice or more of the Provincial
Court or two Justices or more of the Respective County
Courts where such Judgment is obtain'd as aforesaid and
shall confess Judgment for his Debt and Costs of Suite
adjudged with stay of execution till the tenth day of Novem-
ber next for this present year or untill the tenth day of
November in any other year next following and thereof pro-
cure Certificate under the hand of the same Justice or Justices
before whom such Judgment shall be Confessd and such
Certificate shall be a Sufficient Supersedeas to the Sheriff to
forbear serving execution upon the body or Goods of the
person so obtaining such Certificate. And if the party be
taken in execution before such Certificate be produced then
such Certificate being obtain'd afterwards as aforesaid shall

Lib. L. L.
No. 64.

be a sufficient Supersedeas to the Sheriff to Release of such
person out of prison upon that Execution the party paying
or giving Security to such Sheriff for his due ffees for that
Imprisonment And the Justice or Justices before whom such
Judgment shall be confessed as aforesaid shall return the
Judgment so confessd to the Clerk of the respective Court
where the first Judgment was obtain'd to be entred upon
Record for which entry the Clerk shall receive as a ffee five
pounds of Tobacco and no more And that after the said
tenth day of November it shall be lawfull to take out Execu-
tion upon the Judgment confessd as aforesaid without any
Scire facias or any other delay against either the principall or
the Security or all or either of them for such Judgment so
confess'd as aforesaid any Law usage or Custom to the Con-
trary in any wise notwithstanding

September 23^d 1704 September 26^th 1704

Read and assented to by the Read and assented to by her
house of Delegates Ma^tys hon^ble Councill
W Taylard Clk hD W Bladen Cl Concil.

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