Acts. 419

And be it further Enacted that such parts of an Act of Assembly
of this Province entitled an Act for the relief of Creditors and to
prevent Frauds and Deceits Occasioned by secret Sales, Mortgages
and Gifts of Goods and Chatties as relate to the issuing Attachments
shall from and after the first Day of December next be and are
hereby repealed and made Void any thing in the said Act or any
other Law, Usage or Custom to the Contrary notwithstanding

Liber R. G.
1773
[Part of an
Act for the
Relief of
Creditors,
&c. re-
pealed.]

Provided nevertheless and be it Enacted that this Act nor any
thing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to make
void or in any manner annul any attachment whatsoever already
Issued or that shall issue before the said first day of December next
or any proceeding whatsoever thereon But that all such Attachments
shall and may be proceeded on to Judgment and Execution as if this
Act had not been made any thing herein before contained to the
contrary notwithstanding

[Proviso.]

And be it further Enacted That this Act shall be construed bene-
ficially for the Creditors in all Courts of Justice within this Prov-
ince and be and remain in full force for and during the Term of
seven Years and unto the End of the next Session of Assembly
which shall happen after the expiration of the said seven Years.

[Construc-
tion and
Continuance
of this Act.]

By the Lower House of
Assembly July 2.^d 1773.
Read and Assented to.
Signed by Order
Jn.° Duckett Cl. Lo. Ho.

On Behalf of the Right
Honourable the Lord
Proprietary of this Prov-
ince I Will this be a Law
Rob.^t Eden

By the Upper House of
Assembly July 2.^d 1773.
Read and Assented to
Signed by Order
U Scott Cl. Up. Ho.

the great Seal
in Wax appendant

No. 15 An Act to enable the Representatives of Deceased Treasurers to
pay over the Ballances in their Hands

Whereas the Executors or Administrators of several of the late
Treasurers have Ballances of the Publick Money in their Hands
which they Neglect or Refuse to pay either to the Free schools or
otherwise alledging there is no Law to Justify them in so doing.

[Preamble.]

Be it therefore Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary by and with the Advice and Consent of his Governor and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the
same, that from and immediately after the end of this present session
of Assembly, the Executors, Administrators or other legal Repre-
sentatives of Deceased Treasurers shall and they and every of them
are hereby obliged and required to pay over all the Publick Money in
their Hands respectively to the Treasurers of the Eastern and West-
ern Shore for the Time being, and so in all Times to come upon the
Death or Removal of a Treasurer the Publick Money in his Hands
shall be and is hereby directed to be paid Over to the succeeding

[Representa-
tives of de-
ceased Trea-
surers to
pay the pub-
lick Money
in their
Hands to the
Treasurers
for the Time
being.]