Acts. 137

Ways and Means to enquire into the Truth of the Matters to be deposed by Persons applying as aforesaid; any Thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding. This Act to continue in Force for and during the Term of Three Years from and after the End of this Session of Assembly.

Liber H. S. No. 1

	6th May 1757	On behalf of the Right	6th May 1757
	Read and assented to	Honourable the Lord	Read and assented to
	by the Lower house of	Proprietary of this Prov-	by the upper house of
	assembly	ince I will this be a Law	assembly
	Signed p order	Hor.o Sharpe	Signed p order
	MMacnemara Cl lo ho		JRoss Cl Up Ho
		The Great Seal
		in Wax app.t

	No. 15	An Act for the Relief of certain languishing Prisoners, in the several County Goals therein mentioned.
		Whereas Thomas Gay, George Benson, James Horn, and Alex- ander Macmullen, languishing Prisoners in Worcester County Goal ; Thomas Webb, John Bateman, and William Matherly, languishing Prisoners in Anne-Arundel County Goal; Pearce Tracey, John Barnat, Bigger Head, Jacob Tracey, and Thomas Thomson, languish- ing Prisoners in Frederick County Goal; James Fanning, Thomas Cloak, Edmund Low, Charles Mooney, Nicholas Seymore, and Nathaniel Wright, languishing Prisoners in Queen-Anne's County Goal; John Talbot, senior, a languishing Prisoner in Baltimore County Goal; Abraham Nivisson, a languishing Prisoner in Saint	[Preamble.]
		Mary's County Goal; and Nicholas Dawson, a languishing Prisoner in Prince-George's County Goal; by their Petitions 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, viz. Thomas Gay, George Benson, James Horn, and Alexander Macmullen, in the Custody of the Sheriff of Worcester County; Thomas Webb, John Bateman, and William Matherly, in the Custody of the Sheriff of Anne-Arundel County; Pearce Tracey, John Barnat, Bigger Head, Jacob Tracey, and Thomas Thomson, in the Custody of the Sheriff of Frederick County; James Fanning, Thomas Cloak, Edmund Low, Charles Mooney, Nicholas Seymore, and Nathaniel Wright, in the Custody of the Sheriff of Queen-Anne's County; John Talbot, senior, in the Custody of the Sheriff of Balti- more County; Abraham Nivisson, in the Custody of the Sheriff of Saint Mary's County; and Nicholas Dawson in the Custody of the Sheriff of Prince-George's County; for a considerable Time past, and still continue in the like deplorable Circumstances, not being able to redeem their Bodies with all the Estate and Interest they have in the World, which they would readily surrender up and part with to their several and respective Creditors, if they would accept of the same, and grant the said Petitioners their Liberty, which seems so 13	p. 327A