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to satisfy their Creditors; but that they may be capable, having
Time given them, to satisfy their several Creditors,
Be it therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of His Lordship's
Governour, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and
the Authority of the same, That Mr. James Govane, Sheriff of
,Anne-Arundel County, do let the said Thomas Worsley at Large,
immediately after the End of this Session of Assembly, he satisfy-
ing Mr. Richard Snowden a Debt recovered against him, in Anne-
Arundel County Court, as he by his Petition has proposed, with
Cost; and giving the said Govane his own Bills of Exchange, or
Bond, at the Rate of Ten Shillings Sterling per Hundred, for Fees
due to the said Govane.
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And be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice and Consent
aforesaid, That the said Hezekiah Clark, and Benjamin Freeman,
be released from their Imprisonment, and be free from any Arrest
or Execution either against Body or Goods, for Debt or Damages
heretofore contracted for, and during the Space of Seven Years,
to be computed from the End of this present Session of Assembly,
they giving their Creditors Security not to depart this Province, or
send their Effects out of the same, for Eight Years after the End
of this Session of Assembly; and upon so doing, the said Govane
shall permit them to go at large: And lest their Creditors may not
approve of, or take Security, that then any Three of the Justices of
Anne-Arundel County Court, take such Security as they think fit,
in the Name of the Lord Proprietary, to and for the Use of their
Creditors; which shall be lodged with the Clerk of Anne-Arundel
County Court, for the Use of such Creditor or Creditors.
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice, and Con-
sent aforesaid, That if any of the Creditors of the aforesaid Persons
shall bring an Action or Actions of Escape against the said Sheriff
for any Matter or Thing by this Act required to be done by him,
the said Sheriff may enter a common Appearance or Appearances
to any such Action or Actions that may or shall be brought against
him, and plead thereto the General Issue; and give this Act, or the
Exemplification thereof, with the special Matter thereon arising, in
Evidence. And in Case, the Plantiff or Plantiffs be Nonsuit, the
Defendant shall recover double Costs of Suit: Any Law, Statute,
Usage, or Custom, to the contrary, notwithstanding.
Provided nevertheless, That none of the Persons herein before-
mentioned, shall have any Benefit or Advantage by Virtue of this
Act, unless such Person or Persons claiming to have any Benefit or
Advantage, shall, before he or they have such Benefit and Advan-
tage, pay and satisfy, or secure to be paid and satisfy'd, to the
Sheriff of Anne-Arundel County, all the Fees due to him, on Ac-
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