Acts. 473

Misfortunes, Sickness, and other Casualties, he hath been much
reduced in his Fortune; and is advanced in Years, and feeble and
weak in Body; and hath, through the Inhumanity of his Brother in
Law, Hance Hanson, been confined in the common Goal of Caecil
County for near three Years last past, for a pretended Debt of one
hundred Pounds, or upwards; which Debt the said Philip Cazear
alleges he can make appear a considerable Part to be paid; in tender
Consideration whereof, it is prayed that it may be Enacted :

Liber B. L. C.

And be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprie-
tary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Gover-
nor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Au-
thority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the Sheriff
of Caecil County for the Time being, and he is hereby directed and
required, to release from his Prison and Confinement, and suffer to
go at large, the said Philip Cazear; any Execution, Commitment,
Statute, Law, Usage, or Custom, to the contrary in any wise not-
withstanding.

[The Sheriff
to set Philip
Cazear at
Liberty.]

Provided always, And it is the true Intent and Meaning of this
Act, that before the said Sheriff shall so as aforesaid release the
said Philip Cazear, he the said Philip shall give good Security, to
the Liking of the Justices of Caecil County Court, or the major Part
of them, that he the said Philip shall and will file a Bill in the High
Court of Chancery of this Province, in three Months after his Re-
leasement, against the said Hance Hanson, in order to bring the
Matter and Accounts, depending between him the said Philip Cazear
and the said Hance Hanson, to a fair and equitable Hearing in the
said Court; and pay what shall be there decreed.

p. 500

[The said
Cazear to
file a Bill
in Chancery
against
Hanson.]

And be it likewise Enacted, That in case the said Sheriff of Caecil
County, for the Time being, shall be sued, molested, or disturbed,
for releasing the said Philip Cazear, in Virtue of, and by Direction
of this Act; he shall and may plead the General Issue, and give this
Act and the special Matter in Evidence to such Action; and any
Person or Persons so molesting or suing him the said Sheriff, shall
pay him double Costs; any Law, Statute, Usage, or Custom, to the
contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

[Sheriff not
to be sued
for comply-
ing with
this Act.]

26^th May 1750
Read and Assented to
by the Lower House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
M. Macnemara Cl. lo ho.

On behalf of the Right
Honourable the Lord
Proprietary of this Prov-
ince I will this Be a Law
Sam. Ogle
the great Seal in
Wax appendant

I^st June 1750
Read and Assented to
by the Upper House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
J Ross. Cl Up Ho.