642 Assembly Proceedings, May 1-June 4, 1744.

Liber
B. L. C.

directed to be made to the aforesaid Philip Smith and William Chap-
man or to either of them to give good and sufficient Security for the
Payment of the Principal only of such Residue accordingly and in
Case the said Heir at Law aforesaid shall dye before he attains the
Age of twenty one Years then and in such Case the aforesaid Resi-
due of the Consideration Money arising on the Sale aforesaid shall
be paid to the then Heir at Law of Humphry Wells Stokes

Chapter
XXVIII.

Session
Laws
P. 38

An Act for the Relief of Francis O Connor, Robert Noble, of Dor-
chester County, Planters, Joseph Richardson of the said County,
Shoemaker, languishing Prisoners in Dorchester County Goal;
Thomas Foy, a languishing Prisoner in Talbot County Goal;
Cornelius Mahany, of Ccecil County, Taylor, a languishing Pris-
oner in Ccecil County Goal.; and Robert Floyd, in Queen-Anne's
County Goal.

Preamble.

Whereas, the said Francis O Connor, Robert Noble, Joseph Rich-
ardson, Thomas Foy, Cornelius Mahany, and Robert Floyd, by their
humble Petition to this present General Assembly, have set forth,
that they have continued Prisoners for Debt in the Custody of the
Sheriffs of the several Counties aforesaid, and still continue in the
like deplorable Circumstances, and not being able to redeem their

Bodies with all the Estate or Interest that they have in the World,

which they would readily deliver up and part with to their several
and respective Creditors, if they would accept the same and grant
the said Petitioners their Liberty, which seems so unlikely for them
to obtain, that unless relieved by a particular Act Passed in their
Favours, which by their said Petition they have humbly prayed, they
must inevitably continue Prisoners for Life. And for that the Truth
of the said Petitioners Allegations are made appear to this present
General Assembly by sufficient Testimony, and that the said Peti-
tioners are fit Objects of Charity, and that their lying in Goal can
be no Benefit to their Creditors, it is humbly Prayed that the said
Petitioners may be Relieved according to their Prayers, and that it
may be Enacted ;

Creditors to
go to the
Sheriff in 20
Days, and
give security
for Fees, &c.

And be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprie-
tary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Gov-
ernor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Au-
thority of the same, That unless all or any of the Creditor or Credi-
tors of any of the said Prisoners, or the Attorney of such Creditors
aforesaid within this Province, shall, within Twenty Days after the
End of this Session of Assembly, go to the Sheriff, of the aforesaid
Counties of Dorchester, Talbot, Ccecil, and Queen-Anne's and give
good Security to pay the Imprisonment Fees the Sum of Ten Pounds
of Tobacco per Day, that shall or may become due from the said
Prisoners respectively, after the end of the said Twenty Days, and
also find the said Prisoners, sufficient Meat, Drink and Cloathing,
during their future Imprisonment; and in case they the said Prison-