Acts. 251

An Act for the Relief of Samuel Lyle of Calvert County, of Christo-
pher Bateman Robert Gray and John Budd of Kent County Lan-
guishing Prisoners.

Whereas Samuel Lyle of Calvert County has by his humble Pe-
tition to this Generall Assembly set forth that he has Continued
a Prisoner for Debt in the Custody of the Sherriff of Calvert County
Ever since the Seventeenth of May Anno Dom. one thousand seven
hundred and Eighteen through many Losses at Sea and Great Ex-
pences which he was at to Docters for their Medicens and attendance
and haveing for many Years Laboured under many Diseases in his
body, And at which time haveing a Family to maintain is become
Indebted to Severall persons in this province in many large Sums
of money and Tobacco of Long standing And that altho at the time of
the Makeing of the Act of Assembly for the relief of Poor Debtors
and Languishing prisoners the said Lyle was a prisoner in the Cus-
tody of the Sherriff of Calvert County for Severall of his Just Debts
which he then .... to Severall of his Creditors and was one of the
Prisoners w^ch petitioned for the makeing of the said Act and might
undoubtedly have had the same Benefitt therby as Others had Yet
he would not take the Advantage thereof for his relief being minded
to Endeavour and hopeing to Clear himself from all his Just Debts
by his Care and Labour if his Creditors would but Give him time and
for that the truth of the said Sam^l Lyle's Allegations is made Appear
to this Generall Assembly by Sufficient testimony and also that the
said Samuel has not fallen under such Circumstances by any Idleness
or Extravagancy of his Owne haveing been always an Industrious
painstakeing Planter but meerly by the Occasions aforesaid And also
that the said Samuel is a Man of an Honest Sober Conversation And

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Acts
Acts of
May, 1719,
ch. 10

therefore for that the said Samuell and his family Are thought fitt
Objects of Charity and that his Lying in Goall can be no Benefitt to
his Creditors tho it may Prove a ruin to his family and burthen to the
County it is humbly praid that the said Samuel may be relieved
According to his Prayer and that it may be Enacted. And be it
Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietor by and with
the Advice and Consent of his Lordships Governeur and the upper
and Lower houses of Assembly and by the Authority of the same
that unless all or any of the Creditors of the said Samuel Lyle or their
Attorny or Attorneys within this Province with in three Months
after the End of this Session of Assembly go to the Sherriff of
Calvert County and Give Good Security to pay the Imprisonment
fees, at ten pounds of Tobacco p Day that shall or may become Due
from the said Sam^ll Lyle after the End of the said Three months and
also to find the said Samuel Lyle Sufficient meat Drink and Clotheing
dureing his future Imprisonment in Case the said Samuel Lyle shall
deliver up and Surrender or Cause to be delivered up and Surrendered
to the Sherriff of Calvert County in the psence of Two Justices of

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