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dred and Twenty Five, entituled, An Act for the Relief and Release
of poor distressed Prisoners for Debt; be and is hereby declared to
be repealed, made utterly void and of no Effect. (Saving always
the Benefit of the said Act to all and every such Person or Persons
who at any Time before the Thirtieth Day of June last, have ap-
plied to the Justices of any County Court within this Province, for
the Relief therein prescribed; and have had the Oath therein men-
tion'd administred to them.) And it shall and may be lawful to
and for such Justices so applied to, and having administred the Oath
within the Time aforesaid, notwithstanding this Act, to proceed to
relieve and release any such distressed Prisoner, according to the
Directions of the Act aforesaid, in the same manner as if this Act
had never been made; any Thing herein contained to contrary, not-
withstanding.

Session
Laws

An Act reviving and continuing an Act entituled, An Act for
Regulating of Ordinaries.

Be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietor, 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 the above-mentioned Act for regulating of Ordi-
naries, made at a Session of Assembly begun and held at the City
of Annapolis the Twenty Eighth Day of May, Anno Domini One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventeen; is hereby revived and
continued to be and remain in full Force, from the Twenty Ninth
Day of September next, until the End of the next Session of Assem-
bly that shall happen after the said Twenty Ninth Day of September,
and no longer.

1726
Chap. X
[Wm Parks
compilation.

1727, p. 293 ;
continues
1717, ch. 1]

An Act for the further Encouragement of Tillage and Husbandry.

Whereas it is humbly represented to this present General Assem-
bly, That sundry Families out of that Part of the Kingdom of
Great-Britain, called Wales, would transport themselves and Ser-
vants into this Province, and settle on the Back-Lands, and follow
Farming Business; but the great Charge that will attend in their
Transportation, the Difficulty of procuring Land, and other Acci-
dents Incident to New-Comers are great Discouragements to such
their Intention. For the better Encouragement therefore of the
said Families to transport themselves and Servants, and settle in
this Province, It is humbly prayed that it may be Enacted,
And be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprie-
tor, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Gover-
nour, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the
Authority of the same. That if any Person or Persons shall hereafter
transport themselves, their Families and Servants into this Prov-

1726
Chap. XI
[Wm Parks
compilation,
1727, p. 294]