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"Possession, or Reversion, Remainder; (the necessary Wearing
"Apparel for myself, Wife, and Children excepted,) And that I
" have not directly or indirectly, sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed,
" disposed of, or intrusted, all or any Part of my Estate, thereby to
" secure the same, to receive or expect any Profit or Advantage
" thereof." So help me God.
It shall and may be lawful for the Sheriffs of the respective Coun-
ties aforesaid, after the End of the said Twenty Days, and the said
Sheriffs are hereby required to discharge 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, out of
their Custody, and suffer them to go at Large.
And be it further Enacted, That upon 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, their com-
plying with what is required of them, by this Act, That they 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, and either of them, they, and either of their Heirs^ Execu-
tors, or Administrators, shall be, by Virtue of this Act, acquitted,
exonerated, released, and discharged, off and from all manners of
Debts, Duties, Claims, and Demands whatsoever that have been
severally contracted by them, or have arose due or become demand-
able from them at any Time before the Sitting of this present Gen-
eral Assembly: And that in case the said William Maria Farthing,
John Conoway, William Jones, John Cook, Samuel Glover, Law-
rence Hays, John Peddycoat, John Wood, Thomas Hill, Clarina
Gilly, John Glassington, and Avinio Butler, or either of them, shall,
after their Compliance and Discharge as aforesaid, be arrested' or
sued for any such their Debts or Duties as aforesaid, or that the
said Sheriffs should be sued for any Matter or Thing required of
them or either of them to be done by this Act: That then 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, or the said Sheriffs, or either of them whom it may concern,
may enter a Common Appearance or Appearances without Special
Bail to any such Action or Actions as shall be brought against them,
or either of them, and plead thereto the General Issue, and give this
Act, or the Exemplification thereof with the Special Matter thereon
arising in Evidence; and that in case the Plantiff or Plantiffs,
commencing and bringing such Action or Actions as aforesaid, shall
be Nonsuit, the Defendant or Defendants shall recover against him
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