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Whereas the said Daniel Hull, by his humble Petition to this
General Assembly, has set forth, That by sundry Misfortunes, he is
rendered altogether unable to discharge his just Debts, and has been
for some Time, a Prisoner in the Custody of the Sheriff of Talbot
County, and is likely to continue in that deplorable Circumstance,
although he has made frequent offers to make an equitable Distribu-
tion of his Effects among his Creditors, unless relieved by an Act
passed in his Favor: And whereas the Truth of the Facts, set forth
in the said Petition, are made appear to this present General Assem-
bly, and that the said Petitioner is really an Object of Compassion :
It is therefore prayed that it may be enacted,
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[Preamble.]
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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
Authority of the same, That unless all or any of the Creditors of the
said Daniel Hull, or the Attorney of such Creditors, within this
Province, shall, within Twenty Days after this Session of Assembly,
go to the Sheriff of Talbot County aforesaid, and give good Security
to pay the Imprisonment Fees that shall or may become due from the
said Daniel Hull, and also, find the said Daniel Hull sufficient Meat,
Drink, and Cloathing, during his future Imprisonment; and in Case
the said Daniel Hull shall deliver up and surrender, or cause to be
delivered up and surrendered, to the Sheriff of the County aforesaid,
in the Presence of Two Justices of the Peace of the said County,
whom the said Sheriff is hereby required to summon, on Request of
the said Daniel Hull, at some convenient Time after the Receipt of
this Act, not exceeding Five Days, all his real and personal Estate,
either in Possession, Reversion, Remainder, or in Trust, of, in, or
unto which he has any Claim or Interest whatsoever, and likewise
before the Day before mentioned, convey, assign, transfer, and make
over, unto the Sheriff of Talbot County, for the Use of the said
Creditors, all such his Estate, Interest or Claim as aforesaid, after
such Manner as by the said Sheriff, 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 be devised or
required, at the Costs and Charges of the Persons who shall claim
the Benefit thereof, so as the said Daniel Hull be not burthened with
any Warrantees thereby, other than from himself or those claiming
by, from or under him, and that the said Daniel Hull, at the Time of
such his surrendering and transferring his Estate as aforesaid, shall
take his solemn Affirmation, before the said Two Justices, to the
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[Daniel Hull
to be dis-
charged
from Prison,
on delivering
up his Ef-
fects, on his
Affirmation.]
p. 127
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