18 Assembly Proceedings, October 6-November 4, 1724.

U. H. J.

Obliged to Give Attendance at their respective dwelling
Houses on the 5^th 6^th & 7^th days of January next to receive
such Certificates as have not been produced to them before
that time and that the Commissioners af^d shall before the
[twelfth] day of January next and that every Sheriff shall
by the same day of January next attend the said Commis-
sioners at the several County Court Houses where the said
Commissioners and Sheriff shall be Obliged to attend or at
some convenient time between the 7^th day of Jan^y next and the
said 12^th day of January next by them to be Agreed upon
where the Sheriff is obliged to lay his List of Taxables
together with his Charge of levies against every Debtor this
Year before the said Commissioners
Upon which the Commissioners shall proceed to make
a computation in this manner Viz. First how much the Total
Amount of the Levies Viz. Public County Parish & forty
per Poll amounts to in their respective Counties this Year
Then to compute what defalcations are to be made for the
relief of those that obtain Certificates and deduct the Sum of
the defalcation from the Sum Total of the Levies and to
Compute as near as they can without making Fractions of a
Pound of Tobacco how much p Cent such defalcation
amounts to and the said Commissioners shall in all three
days time from the said 12^th day of January certify to the
Sheriff under their Hands and Seals a list of what he shall
be Obliged to credit every Debtor for till next Year and also
that it shall be lawful to make the like Defalcation Deduction
p Cent from the Credits of every publick Creditor and shall
be Obliged to Allow the same proportion out of his own
Allowances whether the same be for Sallaries or otherwise
The form of which Oath is as followeth (viz)
I, A B do declare that since I knew or heard that the Act

of Assembly was made intituled an Act I have

not had nor now have any Tobacco belonging to me to
pay my Levies or any part thereof nor any publick or
County Allowance or debts due to me from the Sheriff of
this County to discount nor any debt or debts due to me
from any other Person or Persons that I can now get to pay
the same (in case the person has no Tobacco) but if he has
Tobacco and not enough, then to add, save only about the sum
of Pounds of Tobacco which I will take the best care I
can to preserve and pay in part of my said Levies when
thereunto Required

p. 110

As to the second and third particulars that all other To-
bacco Debts whether the same be for fees or otherwise more
than the Levies due upon Judgm^t or Execution where the
Debtor produces at any time before Payment to the Sheriff