Acts. 141

Public Places in the County of the Sale of Goods and Chattels of the
Time and place of such Sale and Thirty days Notice as aforesaid
and Three Weeks Publication thereof in the Maryland Gazette of

Liber R. G.
1769

the Sale of Lands & Tenements set up and Expose to Sale in the
most Publick Manner such Goods or Chattels Lands or Tenements
to the Highest Bidder for Gold or Silver at the Rates specified in
this Act or Bills of Credit any Law usage or Custom to the Contrary
in any wise Notwithstanding — And so much of the Money arising by

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such Sale as shall be sufficient for that purpose shall be and the same
is hereby directed and required to be by the said Sheriff or Coroner
forthwith paid and satisfied to the said Commissioners towards the
discharge and Payment of the Principal Money and Interest which
shall be due on the said Bond or Bonds and Costs — And in case there
shall be any Residue over and above sufficient for the Purposes
aforesaid such residue shall be and is hereby directed to be by the
said Sheriff or Coroner returned to the said Defendant or Debtor
and for all Monies that shall come to the Hands of any Sheriff or
wherewith he shall be chargeable on any process issued by Virtue of
this Act the Office Bond of such Sheriff and his Sureties therein is
hereby declared to be Liable —

[and so much
of Produce
to be paid
to the Com-
missioners as
will satisfy
the Sum due
on Bond,
&c.]

And be it further Enacted That in all Cases where the Surety or
Sureties in any Bond or Bonds for Loans to be made by Virtue of this
Act his her or their Heirs Executors Administrators Devisees or
Allenees shall be called upon for the Payment of the Principal Money
& Interest due thereon and shall actually pay the same the Commis-
sioners aforesaid for the Time being shall and may and they are
hereby required to Assign the same Bond or Bonds to the person or
persons paying the same by Writing under their Hands and Seals by
Virtue of which Payment and Assignment the Person or Persons so
paying or discharging the same shall be entitled to have in his her or
their own Name or Names the Like process and Execution against the
Body Goods Chattels Lands Tenements and Hereditaments of the
Principal Debtor his Heirs Executors Administrators Devisees or
Allenees as the Commissioners themselves might have had in Cases
of Non Payment — And that the Borrowers in the said Office and
their Sureties may be the better known to all Persons who may
incline to make Purchases of Land within this Province or have
other Dealings therein —

[The Surety
or Sureties,
&c. discharg-
ing any
Bond or
Bonds when
called
upon, to be
entitled to
the same
Process as
the Commis-
sioners might
have had in
case of Non-
payment.]

Be it enacted That the Commissioners aforesaid shall at all Times
when they are attending the said Office during the Continuance of
this Act make known the Names of any Debtor or Debtors and their
Sureties and the Sum or Sums they may be indebted to any Person
applying for the same without fifee or Reward —
And be it further Enacted That any Debtor to the said Office
on Loan as aforesaid for the Bills of Credit so to be Lent out may
discharge his Debt and Interest due to the said Office either in the
said Bills of Credit or Bills of Credit heretofore Issued by the

[The Name
or Names of
any Debtor,
&c. to be
made known
on applica-
tion.]

[Debts to
the Loan
Office, how
to be dis-
charged.]