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of the Sheriff of St. Mary's County, and still continue in the like
deplorable Circumstances, not being able to redeem their Bodies, with
all the 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 Pe-
titioners their Liberty; which seems so unlikely for them to obtain,
that (unless relieved by a particular Act to be passed 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 Petitioners
Allegations is made appear to this present General Assembly, by
sufficient Testimony, and that the said Petitioners, and their Families,
are fit Objects of Charity; and that their lying in Gaol can be no
Benefit to their Creditors, It is humbly prayed, that the said Peti-
tioners may be relieved, according to their Prayer: And that it may be
Enacted,
And be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the
same, That unless all or any of the Creditor or Creditors of the said
Alexander Simms, and Archibald Johnson, or the Creditor or Cred-
itors of any, or either of them, nr the Attorney or Attornies of such
Creditor or Creditors aforesaid, within this Province, shall, within
Twenty Days after the End of this Session of Assembly, go to the
Sheriff of the aforesaid County of Saint Mary's, and give good
Security to pay the Imprisonment Fees, the Sum of Ten Pounds of
Tobacco per Day, that shall or may become due from the said Alex-
ander Simms, and Archibald Johnson, after the End of the said
Twenty Days; and also find the said Alexander Simms, and Archi-
bald Johnson, or any, or either of them, sufficient Meat, Drink, and
Cloathing, during their future Imprisonment: And in Case, they the
said Alexander Simms, and Archibald Johnson, shall deliver up and
surrender, or cause to be delivered up and surrendered, to the Sheriff
of the County aforesaid, in the Presence of Two Justices of the
Peace of the said County, whom the said Sheriff is hereby required to
Summon, on the Request of the said Alexander Simms, and Archi-
bald Johnson, at some convenient Time after the Receipt of this Act,
not exceeding Ten Days, all their Real and Personal Estate, either in
Possession, Reversion, or Remainder, or in Trust, or in, or unto which
they have or any, or either of them, hath any Claim or Interest what-
soever, And likewise before the Day before mentioned, convey, assign,
transfer, and make over unto the Sheriff of Saint Mary's County, for
the Use of the said Creditors, all such their Estate, Interest, or Claim
as aforesaid, after such Manner as by the said Sheriff, and the major
Part of the said Creditors, or of such of them, as shall think fit to
direct therein, or their Council learned in the Law, shall reasonably
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