Acts. 209

Benjamin Berry, Thomas Reynolds, and Edward Dogan, at some
convenient Time after the Receipt of this Act, not exceeding Five
Days, all their real and personal Estate, either in Possession, Rever-
sion or Remainder, or in Trust, or in, or unto which they have, or
any, or either of them, hath, any Claim or Interest whatsoever, and
do likewise, before the Day before mentioned, convey, assign, trans-
fer, and make over, unto the said Sheriffs of the Counties aforesaid,
for the Use of their said Creditors, all such their Estate, Interest
or Claim, as aforesaid, after such Manner as by the said Sheriffs,
and the major Part of the said Creditors, or of such of them as shall
think fit to direct therein, or their Council learned in the Law, shall
reasonably devise or require, at the Costs and Charges of such Per-
sons as shall claim the Benefit thereof, so as the said Thomas Lamb-
den, Nathan Brittingham, Thomas Todd, Jasper Hall, Daniel Wells,
Benjamin Berry, Thomas Reynolds, and Edward Dogan, be not
burthened with any Warranties thereby, other than from themselves,
or those that claim by, from or under them, and that the said
Thomas Lambden, Nathan Brittingham, Thomas Todd, Jasper Hall,
Daniel Wells, Benjamin Berry, Thomas Reynolds, and Edward
Dogan, and either of them, at the Time of such their surrender and
transferring their Estate as aforesaid, shall take his or their solemn
Oath or Oaths, (or Affirmation, if a Quaker), before the said two
Justices of the respective Counties aforesaid, to be summoned as

Liber H. S.

No. 1

aforesaid, to the Effect following, viz. I A. B. do affirm, or sol-
emnly swear, That the Goods, Debts and Effects which I have deliv-
ered, assigned, and made over to the Sheriff of 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, Reversion, or Remainder, (the
necessary wearing Apparel for myself, Wife and Children excepted)
and that I have not directly or indirectly, sold, leased, or otherwise
conveyed, disposed of, or intrusted, all, or any Part of my Estate,
thereby to secure the same to receive or expect any Profit or Advan-
tage thereof; So help me God: It shall and may be lawful for the

[The Oath.]

Sheriffs of the respective Counties aforesaid, after the End of the
said Twenty Days, and the said Sheriffs are hereby required to
discharge the said Thomas Lambden, Nathan Brittingham, Thomas
Todd, Jasper Hall, Daniel Wells, Benjamin Berry, Thomas Reyn-
olds, and Edward Dogan, out of their Custody, and to suffer
them to go at large.
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That the

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said Thomas Lambden, Nathan Brittingham, Thomas Todd, Jasper
Hall, Daniel Wells, Benjamin Berry, Thomas Reynolds, and Edward
Dogan, nor any of them, shall hereafter be imprisoned by reason of
any judgment or Decree obtained for the Payment of any Debt,
Damage or Cost, or for or by reason of any Debt, Damage or Cost,

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