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338 Assembly Proceedings, September 25-November 2, 1770.
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Liber R. G.
1770
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or Creditors shall have or receive any share or part of the Estate
of the said Thomas Weems or of the Produce thereof
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[Notice of
the Sale of
his Estate
to be given.]
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And be it further Enacted that after Public Notice given by Ad-
vertisements set up at the Court House Door of the County thirty
Days at the least of the sale of any of the said Thomas Weems his
Lands and five Days at the least of the sale of any of the said Thomas
Weems his other Estate the said Sheriff to whom any of the said
Estate Real or Personal shall be Surrendered and Delivered up in
Pursuance of this Act shall set up and Expose such Estate to sale
by Way of Public Vendue in the presence of one Justice of the
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[The Pro-
duce, how to
be dis-
tributed.]
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peace and the Produce arising by such sale Shall be by the said
Sheriff in manner following paid and Satisfied that is to say after
Satisfaction of the aforesaid imprisonment ffees that the Estate and
interest of the aforesaid Thomas Weems upon which his Judgment
Creditors or any claiming or that shall claim under them by Assign-
ment or otherwise have or shall have any Lien or the Produce
thereof shall be in the first place after Satisfaction of the Sheriff as
aforesaid Applied to the discharge of the said Creditors according
to the Order and Priority of their Judgments & the Lien arising
therefrom and that the Residue of the Estate and interest of the
said Thomas Weems or the Produce thereof shall be distributed
among all his Creditors that shall apply therefor within thirty Days
after the aforesaid Sale in Equal Portion to their Demands
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[Accounts,
&c. to be
assigned to
the Sheriff.]
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And be it further enacted that all the Accounts Bonds Notes and
other Demands which the said Thomas Weems hath against any
person or persons whatsoever shall be by the said Thomas Weems
assigned to the Sheriff of the County aforesaid at the time of his
discharge and that the said Sheriff shall and May maintain an Action
or Actions on such demand as Assignee of the said Thomas Weems
in his own name
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[Proviso.]
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Provided always that such Creditor or Creditors require and
Demand the said Sheriff to sue and give to the said Sheriff a Bond to
indemnify him against any Charge that may accrue to him by
means of any such suit and in case of Recovery that then the Sheriff
of the County aforesaid make Distribution of what shall be Re-
covered to the Person or Persons giving him such security as
aforesaid
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