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I A. B. do affirm, or solemnly swear, That the Goods, Debts, and
Effects, which I have delivered, assigned, and made over, to the
Sheriff of .... County, and in Trust, for the use of my Creditors, is
the whole Estate both Real and Personal of my own, in Possession,
or have any Title to in the World; and that I have not any Estate,
Goods, or Effects, of any kind whatsoever left, either in Possession,
Reversion, or Remainder, (the necessary wearing Apparel for my
self, Wife and Children excepted:) And that I have not directly or
indirectly sold, leased, or otherwise conveied, disposed of, or intrusted,
all or any Part of my Estate, thereby to defraud my Creditors, or 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 Counties
aforesaid, after the End of the said Twenty Days, and the said Sher-
iffs are hereby required, to discharge the said Richard Smith, Wil-
liam Nimmo, George Clagett, William Burston, James Mason, John
Brooks, Benjamin Hilliard, William Robertson, Richard Roper, John
Norwood, Richard Sympson, Thomas Taylor, Edward Hyatt, Robert
Lynch, Richard Barrow, Thomas Brown, John Clark, William Aus-
tin, Robert Cardiff, Thomas Vernall, and Daniel Hall, out of their
Custody; and to suffer them to go at Large.
And Be It Further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the
said Richard Smith, William Nimmo, George Clagett, William Bur-
ston, James Mason, John Brooks, Benjamin Hilliard, William Rob-
ertson, Richard Roper, John Norwood, Richard Sympson, Thomas
Taylor, Edward Hyatt, Robert Lynch, Richard Barrow, Thomas
Brown, John Clark, William Austin, Robert Cardiff, Thomas Ver-
nall, and Daniel Hall, nor any of them, shall hereafter be imprisoned,
by Reason of any Judgment or Decree obtained for the Payment uf
any Debt, Damage, or Cost; or for, or by Reason of any Debt, Dam-
age or Cost contracted, occurred, occasioned, owing, or growing due
before the End of this Session of Assembly; but that upon every Ar-
rest on any such Judgment or Decree, or for any such Debt, Damage,
or Cost, it shall and may be lawful for the Judge or Justices of the
Court, where any Process shall issue, upon shewing a Duplicate of the
Discharge of the said Richard Smith, William Nimmo, George Cla-
gett, William Burston, James Mason, John Brooks, Benjamin Hil-
liard, William Robertson, Richard Roper, John Norwood, Richard
Sympson, Thomas Taylor, Edward Hyatt, Robert Lynch, Richard
Barrow, Thomas Brown, John Clark, William Austin, Robert Car-
cliff, Thomas Vernall, and Daniel Hall, or any of them that shall
be so arrested, to release and discharge out of Custody, the said
Richard Smith, William Nimmo, George Clagett, William Burston,
James Mason, John Brooks, Benjamin Hilliard, William Robert-
son, Richard Roper, John Norwood, Richard Sympson, Thomas
Taylor, Edward Hyatt, Robert Lynch, Richard Barrow, Thomas
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