314 Assembly Proceedings, 1694-1728.

Liber LL, 4
Acts

it is Represented to this Present Generall Assembly, Susanah Thomas
of Charles County Widow Tho^s Pagett of Prince Georges County
and W^m Bruce of Calvert County have been Greatly Damnifyed
Be it Therefore Enacted by the R^t Honble the Lord Prop^ry by and
with the advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governeur and Lower
house of Assembly and the Authority of the same that all Executions
that are awarded or Executed in pursuance of the said Laws ag^t the
s^d Susannah Thomas Tho^s Pagett & W^m Bruce, shall be and are
hereby stayd untill the sitting of their Respective County Courts that
shall next happen after the publication, or of their haveing Due notice
of this Act, and that it Shall and may be Lawfull for the said Courts
in a summary way to Enquire into the Greivances of the said Susan-
nah Thomas; Tho^s Pagett and W^m Bruce and to Do therein as to the
Confirming or Reversing such proceedings and Execution as shall
be agreeable to the Intent of this and the af^d Laws whose Judgment
shall be finall

Acts of
Nov. 1722,
ch. 20
p. 576

An Act for the Relief of Jn^o McClester of Som^rsett County
Gentlemen.

Whereas the said Jn^o McClester in the year Seventeen hundred
and Nine became bound w^th John Bozman Late Sherr. of Somerset

County in the Penalty of two hundred thousand pounds of Tob^o for

the Due Execution of the s^d office which same Bozman Dyed some
years since very Considerably Indebted to the sev^ll psons for Tob^o
Received by him as sherr. & that the Creditors of the said Bozman
have Caused the said McClester to be sued on the said bond ag^t whome
Judgm^t is Recovered for the penalty thereof, And whereas the said
Bozman had but a very small psonall Estate and that what he Dyed
possessed of hath been already applyed to the payment of his Debts
so that nothing Remains whereby the said McClester may be In-
dempnified and that by the Laws of this Province the bond Entered
into by the said Bozman is not assignable to the said McClester nor
the heir at Law of the said Bozman Suable thereon, at his the said
McClesters Request Be it therefore Enacted by the R^t Honble
the Lord Prop^ry by and with the advice and Consent of his Lordships
Governeur & the Upper and Lower houses of Assembly and the
Authority of the same, that it shall and may be Lawfull for the
Governour of this province at the Instance and Request of the said
Jn^o McClester to Assigne the said John Bozmans bond to him the
said John McClester and that the said Jn^o shall be and is Enabled
by this Act to Crave an Action or Actions to be Commenced thereon
and the same to prosecute ag^t any pson whoever in the same manner
that hath been used by Publick Creditors his the said M^cClesters being

p. 577

bound in the said Bond or any Law or practice to the Contrary
Notwithstanding. Provided that the Other Surety of the said
John Bozman or his representatives shall be Entituled to the same