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a certificate of his having taken the following Oath before
such Justice as aforesaid the Sheriff shall not for that year
take the Body nor the Goods or Chattels of such person in
Execution for more than what he has declared upon his
said Oath he is capable of paying and the Remainder of all
such debts unpaid shall remain in the same Circumstances
until next Year as to the matter of Law as they are in at the
time of the Debtors taking such Oath and in all such cases
where the Debtor has Tobacco sufficient only to pay part
of such debts as aforesaid and that they are indebted to
sundry persons in manner aforesaid that it be at the Election
of the Debtor to apply what Payment he makes towards the
paying such of his said Creditors as he thinks meet.
The form of the Oath is proposed to be as followeth
I A B do declare that since I knew or heard the Act of As-
sembly was made entituled an Act . I have
not had nor now have any Tobacco belonging to me 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 toward such Debts as I am Indebted by Judgment
or upon execution to any person more than the Sum of
Except such Tobacco as I already have or must apply this
Year towards the Payment of my Levies the which Sum of
Tobacco aforesaid I will preserve and be ready to pay towards
the Satisfaction of such debts as aforesaid or some of them
And it is likewise the opinion of the Conferees that it will
render the Above provisions in respect to the second particu-
lar proposed much more effectual if such Goods as are at any
time taken in Execution for Officers fees be made liable to the
same manner of Appraisement as is directed in the Act of
Assembly for Appraising Goods taken in Execution by
Writts of fieri facias
All which is humbly Reported and Submitted to the Upper
and Lower Houses of Assembly as proper Heads for a Law
to be made for the present Relief of the country.
Signed p Order Richard Clagett Cl Confer.
A message from the Lower House by Captain King and
Captain Hooper Viz.
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