Acts. 387

following, viz. I John Shubbard do swear, That the Goods, Debts
and Effects which I have delivered, assigned, and made over to the
Sheriff of Kent 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, Rever-
sion, or Remainder, (the necessary wearing Apparel for myself,
Wife and Children, and working Tools excepted) and that I have
not directly or indirectly, sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed, dis-
posed of, or intrusted, all, or any Part of my Estate, thereby to

defraud my Creditors, or to secure the game to receive or expect

any Profit or Advantage thereof: So help me God. It shall and
may be lawful for the Sheriff of the County aforesaid, after the
End of the said Five Days, and the said Sheriff is hereby required
to discharge the said John Shubbard out of his Custody, and suffer
him to go at large.

Liber H. S.
No. I

[The Oath.]

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That if the
said John Shubbard, shall hereafter be imprisoned by Reason of any
Judgment or Decree obtained for the Payment of any Debt, Damage
or Cost, contracted, occurred, or occasioned, owing or growing due
before the End of this Session of Assembly, upon every such Arrest,
on any such Judgment or Decree, or for any such Debt, Damage or
Cost, it shall and may be lawful for the Judge or Justices of the
County Court where any such Process shall issue, upon shewing a
Duplicate of the Discharge of the said John Shubbard, being; su
arrested, to Release and Discharge out of Custody the said John
Shubbard, provided the said John Shubbard being so arrested, shall
and do enter his Appearance, or procure some Attorney to appear
to every such Action and plead thereto. Provided, That the Dis-
charge of the said John Shubbard shall not acquit any other Person
from such Debt, Damage or Cost, or any Part thereof, but that all
such Persons shall be answerable for the same in such Manner as
they were before the passing this Act.

[To be dis-
charged
from future
Arrests on
Appearance,
&c.]

Provided always, and be it Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid,
That notwithstanding the Discharge of the said John Shubbard, all
and every Debt or Debts, due and owing from him, and all and every
Judgment had, or Decree obtained, against him, shall stand and be
good and effectual in Law, to all Intents and Purposes, against the
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, Goods and Chattels, of him
the said John Shubbard, and which he, or any other Person in Trust
for his Use, had at the Time of his Discharge, or which he at any
Time hereafter shall or may be seized or possessed of, or interested

[Debts to
stand good
in Case, &c.]

in, to his own Use, or in his proper Right, either in Law or Equity
(except the Wearing Apparel and Bedding, or Working Tools, of
him the said John Shubbard, not exceeding the Sum of Ten Pounds
Current Money), and it shall and may be lawful for any of his

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