188 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 4
Acts

And be it Enacted by the Kings most Excellent Majesty by and
with the Advice and Consent of his Majestys Governour Council and
Assembly of this pvince and the Authority of the same that unless
all or any of the Creditors of the said Peter Sawell or their Att^ry or
Attornys within this pvince within three months after the End of
this Sessions of Assembly go to the Sherriffe of Calvert County and
Give good Security to pay the Imprisonment Fees at tenn pounds of

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Tobacco per day that shall or may become due from the said Peter
Sawell after the End of the said three months and also to find the
said Peter Sawell Sufficient meat drink and Cloathing dureing his
future Imprisonment In case the said Peter Sawell shall Deliver up
and Surrender or Cause to be Delivered up and Surrendred to the
Sherriffe of Calvert County in the presence of two Justices of the
peace in the said County whome the said Sherriff is hereby required
to Summons on the Request of the said Peter at the said Peters now
Dwelling Plantation at some Convenient Tyme betwixt the tenth
day of June and the tenth day of August next all his real and Personal
Estate Either in possession Revertion remainder or in Trust or In
or unto Which he hath any Claim or Interest whatsoever and do
Likewise betwix the days aforementioned Convey Assigne Transfer
and make over unto the said sherriffe of Calvert County for the use
of his the said Peters Creditors all such his Estate Interest or Claime
as af^d after such manner as by the said Sherriffe and the Major part
of the Creditors of the said Peter [or] such of them as shall think fit
to direct therein or his or their Council Learned in the Law shall
reasonably devise or require at the Cost and Charges of such persons
as shall Claime the benefit thereof so as the said Peter Sawell be not
burthened with any warrantees thereby other than from himselfe and
those that Claime by from or under him and that the said Peter
at the tyme of such his Surrender and Transfering of his Estate as
af^d shall Take his solemn Oath or Test before the said two Justices
so to be summoned as af^d to the Effect following Videlicet
I Peter Sawell do solemnly Swear that the goods debts and Effects
which I have delivered Assigned and made over to the sherriffe of
Calvert County and Intrust for the use of my Creditors is the whole
Estate both real and personall of my owne 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 Revertion
or remainder the necessary wearing Apparell for myselfe wife &
Children Excepted and that I have not Directly or Indirectly sold
Leased or otherwise Conveyed disposed of or Intrusted all or any

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parte of my Estate thereby to Secure the same to receive or Expect
any proffitt or Advantage thereof So help me God. It shall and may
be Lawfull for the Sherriffe of Calvert County after the End of the
said three months And the said sherriffe is hereby Required to