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Deavor, Michael Taylor, William Burros, James Carter, Sarah
Butcher, and William Biggs, shall deliver up and surrender, or cause
to be delivered up and surrendered to the Sheriffs of the Counties
aforesaid, in the presence of Two Justices of the Peace of the said
Counties, whom the said Sheriffs are hereby required to Summon
on the request of the said Samuel Deavor, Michael Taylor, William
Burros, James Carter, Sarah Butcher, and William Biggs, at some
convenient time after the receipt of this Act, not exceeding Ten
Days, all their Real and Personal Estate, either in Possession, Re-
version, Remainder or in Trust, or in or unto which they have any
Claim or Interest whatsoever, and likewise before the Day before
mentioned, convey, assign, transfer, and make over, unto the Sheriffs
of Ann-Arundel, Prince George's, Kent, Cecil, Dorchester, and St.
Mary's, Counties, for the use of the said Creditors, all such their
Estate, Interest or Claim as aforesaid, after such manner as by the
said Sheriffs, and by the major part of such Creditors, or of such of
them as shall think fit to direct therein, or their Council Learned in
the Law, shall reasonably devise or require, at the Costs and Charges
of the Persons as shall claim the Benefit thereof, so as the said
Samuel Deavor, Michael Taylor., William Burros, James Carter,
Sarah Butcher, and William Biggs, be not burthened with any War-
ranties thereby, other than from themselves or those claiming by,
from or under them, and that the said Samuel Deavor, Michael
Taylor, William Burros, James Carter, Sarah Butcher and William
Biggs, at the Time of such their Surrender and Transferring their
Estate as aforesaid, shall take their solemn Oaths (or Affirmation if
Quakers) before the said Two Justices of the Courts aforesaid, to
the Effect following, Viz.
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I A. B. do Affirm, or solemnly Swear, that the Goods, Debts and
Effects which I have delivered, assigned, and made over to the ,
Sheriff of County, and in Trust for the use of my Creditors,
is the whole Estate both Real and Personal of my Own in Possession
or have any Title to in the World, and that I have not any Estate,
Goods or Effects of any kind whatsoever, left either in Possession,
Reversion or Remainder (the necessary Wearing Apparel for my
self, Wife and Children, and Working Tools, excepted) and that I
have not directly or indirectly sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed,
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disposed of, or intrusted, all, or any part of my Estate, thereby to ;
defraud my Creditors, or to secure the same to receive or expect any
Profit or Advantage thereof. So help me God.
It shall and may be lawful for the Sheriffs of the Counties afore-
said, after the end of the said Twenty Days, and the said Sheriffs
are hereby required to Discharge the said Samuel Deavor, Michael
Taylor, William Burros, James Carter, Sarah Butcher, and William
Biggs, out of their Custody, and suffer them to go at large.
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