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aforesaid Viz. the said Thomas Turner in the Custody of the Sheriff
of Charles County, the said Christopher Belrose, Thomas Cobb, John
Gould, Thomas Beezly John Ferrell and John Clements in the Cus-

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tody of the Sheriff of Ann Arundell County the said John Beldom
and John Hanley in the Custody of the Sheriff of Calvert County
and the said Joseph Gough in the Custody of the sheriff of Queen
Anns County for some Considerable time Past 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 Severall and
respective Creditors if they would Accept of the same And Grant
the said Petitioners their Liberty which seems so unlikely for them
to obtain that unless releived by a Particular Act to be past in their
favour (which they by their said Petitions they have humbly prayed)
they must Inevitably Continue Prisoners for Life and thereby their
familys Utterly ruined and for that the truth of the said Petitioners
Allegations is made Appear to this Generall Assembly by Sufficient
Testimony And for that the Said Petitioners and their familys are
fit Objects of Charity and that lying in Goal Can be no Benefit to
their Creditors It is humbly Prayed that the said Petitioners may be
releived according to their 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 Lordship's Governour
And the Upper and lower houses of Assembly and the Authority of
the same that unless all or any of the Creditors of the said Thomas
Turner Christopher Belrose Thomas Cobb John Gould Thomas
Beezly John Ferrell John Clements John Hanley John Beldom and
Joseph Gough or the Creditor or Creditors of any or Either of them
or the Attorney or Attorneys of such Creditor or Creditors or any
or Either of such Creditor or Creditors or any or Either of them
aforesaid within this Province within Twenty Days after the End
of this Sessions of Assembly go to the Sheriffs of the Severall
Counties of Charles, Ann Arundell Calvert Dorchester or Queen
Anns And Give good Security to pay the Imprisonment fees at Ten
pounds of Tobacco per Day that shall or may become Due from the
said Thomas Turner Christopher Belrose Thomas Cobb John Gould
Thomas Beezly John Ferrell John Clements John Hanley John
Beldam and Joseph Gough after the End of the said Twentv Days
and also to find the said Thomas Turner Christopher Belrose Thomas
Cobb. John Gould, Thomas Beezly John Ferrell John Clements, John
Hanley, John Beldom and Joseph Gough Sufficient Meat Drink and
Cloathing During their future Imprisonment in Case they or Any of
them the said Thomas Turner Christopher Belrose Thomas Cobb
John Gould Thomas Beezly John Ferrell John Clements John Hanley
John Beldom and Joseph Gough shall Deliver up and Surrender or

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