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William Maria Farthing, in the Custody of the Sheriff of St. Mary's
County; John Conoway, William Jones, John Cook, Samuel Glover
and Lawrence Hays, in the Custody of the Sheriff of Anne-Arundel
County; and John Peddycoat, in the Custody of the Sheriff of Balte-
more County; John Wood, of Anne-Arundel County; Thomas Hill,
of Talbot County; Clarina Gilly, of Calvert County; John Glassing-
ton, of Baltemore County; and Avinio Butler, of Talbot County;
for a considerable Time past, and still continue in the like deplor-
able Circumstances, not being able to redeem their Bodies with all
their Estate or Interest they have in the World; which they would
readily surrender up and part with to their several and respective
Creditors, if they would accept of the same, and grant the said
Petitioners their Liberty, which seems so unlikely for them to ob-
tain; that (unless reliev'd by a particular Act to be past in their
Favour, which by their said Petitions they have humbly prayed,)
they must inevitably continue Prisoners for Life, and thereby their
Families utterly ruined; and for that the Truth of the said Peti-
tioners Allegations is made appear to this General Assembly by
sufficient Testimony, and that the said Petitioners, and their
Families are fit Objects of Charity, and that their lying in Goal
can be no Benefit to their Creditors: It is humbly prayed that the
said Petitioners may be relieved according to their Prayer. And
that it may be Enacted.
And be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprie-
tary, 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 unless all or any of the Creditors of
the said William Maria Farthing, John Conoway, William Jones,
John Cook, Samuel Glover, Lawrence Hays, John Peddycoat,
Avinio Butler, John Wood, Thomas Hill, Clarina Gilly and John
Glassington, or the Creditor or Creditors of any or either of them,
or the Attorney or Attorneys of such Creditor or Creditors afore-
said within this Province, shall within Twenty Days, after the End
of this Session of Assembly, go to the Sheriffs of the aforesaid
Counties of St. Mary's, Anne-Arundel, Baltemore, Talbot and Cal-
vert; and give good Security to pay the Imprisonment-Fees of Ten
Pounds of Tobacco per Day, that shall or may become due from
the said William Maria Farthing, John Conoway, William Jones,
John Cook, Samuel Glover, Lawrence Hays, John Peddycoat, John
Wood, Thomas Hill, Clarina Gilly, John Glassington, and Avinio
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Butler, after the End of the said Twenty Days; and also to find the
said William Maria Farthing, John Conoway, William Jones, John
Cook, Samuel Glover, Lawrence Hays, John Peddycoat, John
Wood, Thomas Hill, Clarina Gilly, John Glassington and Avinio
Butler, sufficient Meat, Drink, and Cloathing, during their future
imprisonment, in case they the said William Maria Farthing, John
Conoway, William Jones, John Cook, Samuel Glover, Lawrence
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