Saturday Morning 26 July 1740
This House met again according to Adjournment
Present as Yesterday except Coi Hammond
Read the second time the Bill Entituled an Act for the Relief of
Samuel Deavor Michael Taylor William Burroughs James Carter
Sarah Butcher and William Biggs languishing Prisoners for Debt
in the several Goals of this Province, and will pass with the following
Amendments, instead of the last Clause in the Bill put the following
One, And Be it further Enacted by the Authority afd that before
Michael Taylor One of the Prisoners intended to be relieved by this
Act shall be relieved and discharged from his Imprisonment by Virtue
of this Act he the said Michael Taylor shall enter into a Recognizance
to the Lord Proprietary in the sum of Two hundred Pounds Cur-
rency and also find two good sufficient Inhabitants of this Province
who shall on behalf of the said Michael Taylor enter before One
Provincial Justice of this Province or Two Justices of Prince Georges
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