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U. H. J.
Liber No. 36
Nov. 30
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inclined to purchase the Time or Servitude of such Debtor or
Debtors & that the respective Sheriffs in whose Custody the aforesaid
Debtors or any of them shall be and are hereby authorized & obliged
to summon two Justices of the Peace in the respective Counties at
the request of the said Persons as soon as conveniently may be after
the receipt of this Act & after giving five Days Notice at the Court
Houses of the respective Counties of the intended Sale of such
Debtor or Debtors to expose to Sale in the Presence of the said
Justices such Debtor or Debtors and the Time of His or their
Servitude to the highest Bidder and the Money arising from such
Sale shall be as Effects of such Debtor or Debtors in the Hands of
the respective Sheriffs subject as aforesaid to a Distribution in
Manner aforesaid and the Sale and Service of such Debtor or Debtors
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as aforesaid is hereby directed to be taken as a full and sufficient
Acquittal & discharge against all Debts due from such Debtor or
Debtors before such Sale. Provided that in Case any of the said
Debtors have offered since their Confinement to make Satisfaction
to their Creditors by Servitude and that their Creditors have refused
to accept the same, that the Time such Debtors have been confined
in Prison shall be deemed and taken as part of the aforesaid Term
of Five Years & that they shall be obliged to serve for such Time
as shall complete five Years from the Day of their Commitment to
Prison and that in Case any such Single Persons as aforesaid have
been confined in Prison for Five Years or any longer Time that the
said Persons so confined shall be discharged upon the same Terms &
in the same Manner that Persons having Families are by this Act
directed to be discharged."
Should the Bill pass with the Clause none of the Objects of it
will have Reason to complain of any Hardship from the Law, for it
will be left to their Option to accept or refuse the Terms proposed,
and on their Refusal, they will remain in their present State, and
we presume that no Diversity of Opinion on this Head will obstruct
the Passage of the Bill, not only because its Miscarriage can be of
no possible Advantage to any of the Prisoners, but because it would
prevent such of the Prisoners, as are not involved or concerned in
the Clause, from receiving the Relief which their unhappy Situation,
and the Circumstances of their Connexions call for.
Signed p Order Upton Scott Cl: Up: Ho:
Adjourned until 10 oClock on Monday Morning
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