302 Assembly Proceedings, March 20, 1734/5-April 24, 1735.

Session
Laws

Delivery of an Estate into the Hands of any Surety or Sureties, or
any of their Representatives, by Virtue of the said Act, shall in any
Manner be pursued, obeyed, or executed, or any Process thereon
be issued, before the said Surety or Sureties, or their Representa-
tives, obtaining such Order, have entered into a Bond or Recogni-
zance, to the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary of this Prov-
ince, before that Court, with Two sufficient Sureties, in such Sum
as the same Court shall judge necessary, under Condition to be void,
on the said Sureties, or their Representatives, their Delivery or Pay-
ment of all Goods and Chattels which shall come to their Possessions
by Virtue of or under such Order, or the Value of them, as the Laws
of this Province do require, to any Person or Persons who have
Right to demand the same, when they shall be thereunto lawfully
required.
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and with
the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That every such Surety and Sure-

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ties, and every of their Representatives, that have at any Time here-
tofore, by Order of any of the County Courts of this Province, taken
and possessed themselves of all or any Part of the said Estate, for the
Administration or Payment whereof the said Sureties have been
bound, and not given any Security for the due Payment or Delivery
of the same, according to Law, shall be compelled by the Justices of
the respective County Courts, by Summons, Attachment, and Dis-
tress, to enter into Bond or Recognizance, to the Right Honourable
the Lord Proprietary, with Two sufficient Sureties, in such Sum as
the same Justices shall judge necessary, under Condition to be void,
on the said Sureties, or their Representatives, their Delivery or Pay-
ment of all Goods and Chattels which have come to their Possessions
by Virtue of or under any such Order, or the full Value of them, as
the Laws of this Province do require, to any Person or Persons who
have a right to demand the same, when they shall be thereunto law-
fully required: Which Recognizances or Bonds shall be filed or
lodged in the Court wherein they are made, and shall be assignable
to, and may be sued by any Person or Persons who shall be injured
by the Non Performance of their several Conditions, in such Manner
as Testamentary or Administration Bonds now are assigned and
sued; any Law, Usage, or Custom, to the contrary, notwithstanding.

Chap.
XVIII
[Revives
1723, ch. 12,
and 1730,
ch. 10]

An Act for Reviving an Act of Assembly, intituled, An Act for the
Advancement of Justice: As also, An Act of Assembly, intituled,
A Supplementary Act to the Act for Advancement of Justice.

Be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
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 the above mentioned Act of Assembly, intituled,
An Act for the Advancement of Justice, made at a Session of As-