582 Assembly Proceedings, April 23-June 5, 1740.

Lib. B. L. C.

where such ffreeman shall reside thereby giving Publick notice that
such Freeman or ffreemen hath or have Misted him or themselves
as Soldiers in his Majesty's Service with such Captain or other
Superior Officer & requesting all the Creditors of such ffreeman or
ffreemen within ten Days after such Notice to lay their several
Claims or debts before the Agent of the County & if the Claims or
debts of any one Freeman Misting as af^d shall not in the whole
Amount to more than five pounds then such Agent shall pay the five
pounds due by Virtue of this Act or so much thereof as the said
Debts shall Amount unto to such Creditor or Creditors respectively
According to their Several Claims & if any dispute should Arise
between the debtor & Creditor concerning the Justice of any such
Claim or Debt the same shall be determined by such Agent who is
hereby Impowered in a Summary way to hear & determine the same
but if upon the Claims af^d of the Creditor or Creditor's it shall Appear
to such Agent that any Misted Freeman af^d owes more than five
pounds in the whole then such Freemen whose debts Amount to
above five pounds shall not be Entitled to the bounty af^d & shall be
Equally liable to his Creditors as if this Act had never been made
And be it further Enacted that every ffreeman Inlisted as af^d shall
by Virtue of this Act be free & Exempted from any arrest for debt
from the time of Setting up the Advertisements af^d for the space of
ten Days from thence next following And that no Person whatsoever
shall Sue Arrest or Implead any Freeman Inlisted as af^d for any
Claim or debt not Claimed or Produced to such Agent within the
ten Days af^d And be it further Enacted by the Authority af^d that
in case the said intended Expedition shall be put off by his Majesty
& that the Commissioners mentioned in the af^d letter of his Grace
the Duke of New Castle shall not be sent into this province for the
Misting men as af^d for his Majesty's Service under the Command
of General Spotswood or other General Appointed by his Majesty at
or before the fifteenth Day of May One thousand Seven hundred &
forty One or that in case the said Expedition shall be prosecuted &
Commissions shall be Sent in as af^d and that Contrary to the hopes
& desire of this Present General Assembly the number of Men cannot
be had who may Voluntarily Inlist themselves for his Majesty's
Service within this Province as af^d whereby the said Sum shall not
be wholly Applyed as herein before directed that then & in such Case
the said Severall & respective Agents herein before named for the
Severall & respective Counties of this Province shall be & are hereby
Obliged to repay into the said Office unto the said Commissioners or
Trustees Appointed for Emitting the bills of Credit Established by
Act of Assembly for the time being the said Severall & respective
Sums so as af^d by them received or such Ballance or Ballances as shall
remain in their or either of their hands respectively & unpaid or
unapplyed to the uses or Purposes af^d and that such Commissioners
be hereby Obliged to Sign receipts to the said Agents respectively