30 Assembly Proceedings, May 29-June 8, 1717.

U. H. J.

Read at this Board the petition of George Walls of Charles
County seting forth that he hath resided within the County
af^d for the space of thirty years in all which time he hath
behaved himself Industriously frugally & honestly and hath
Endeavoured by all Lawfull means to support himself &
family & to pay & Satisfy all his Just debts, But such are his
unhappy Circumstances that through the Providence of Al-
mighty God by losses at Sea, by being brought in Debt for
several Quantities of Tob^o shipt by him in very bad times &
by several other disappointments he is become indebted to
several psons in Considerable sums of mony and Tob^o for
recovery whereof several of the Cr^s af^d have psecuted him to
finall Judgm^t & Execution by force whereof he has been de-
tained in the Custody of the Sherriffe of the s^d County for
near two years last past And still continues without the least
hopes of Redemption whereby his family Consisting of a
wife & severall small Children are reduced to great want &
penury, Wherefore he humbly supplicates his Excellency &
this house that leave be given him to bring in a Bill for his
relief he being willing to surrender & Deliver up all his Estate
of what nature soever to the Creditors af^d And Submitt him-
self Intirely to such Orders & Rules for the Effecting thereof
as to his Excy & this House shall seem Expedient.
Which was thus endorst Viz.

By the up Ho: of Assembly June 5. 1717

The within Petition is referred to the Lower house of As-
sembly.
Signed p order Jn^o Beard Cl Up ho.

p. 48

Read at this Board the Petition of Thomas Mackeel as fo;l.

To the honourable the Justices of the
Provinciall Court now Sitting

The humble Petition of Tho^s Mackeel

Humbly Sheweth That whereas I your Honours Pet^r was
sumoned as a Juror to Attend this said Court about two years
Past by the Sheriffe of our County And I your said Petitioner
makeing the said Sheriffe sensible that I had served four
Courts runing before as a Juror did begg of the said Sherriffe
that I might be Exempted at that time and He promiseing that
I shoud not be returned on the said Pannell but Multiplicity of
business of the s^d Sherriffe which Caused me your Hon^rs Pet^r
to be Returned And I trusting to the promise of the said
Sherriffe which caus'd me not to give my Attendance at the
same time And for my so doing I your said Pet^r am fined One