several acts to regulate the inspection of tobacco, and the said levy court shall ascertain his salary,
and provide weights and scales at the expence of the proprietor or proprietors aforesaid; and that
the said warehouse, when so erected, shall be in all respects under the same regulations as other 
warehouses in Baltimore county, except the building and keeping the same in repair, which shall be
done at the expence of the proprietor or proprietors. 

                                         CHAP. LXXXVIII.
An ACT for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors.    Lib. JG.
   No. 3. fol. 354. 

WHEREAS Benjamin Gwinn Cole, of Saint-Mary's county, Matthew Greentree, John Betts,
Hyland Gears, James Ringgold and St. Leger Meeks, of Kent county, Henry Gassaway,
Rezin Davidge, Dennis Griffith and John Beard, of Anne-Arundel county, Thomas B. Clements,
John Fendall Beall and Vernon Smith, of Charles county, Joseph Burneston, Job Garretson, senior,
John Kennedy, Alexander Coulter, Adam Murry Stewart and Christopher Limes, of Baltimore
county, James Wilson, junior, Daniel Powell Cox and William Sharp, of Talbot county, Medrod
Andrews and John Stanford, of Dorchester county, Jesse Reynolds and Jacob Bauldin, of Caecil
county, John Tilley, Charles Lecompte Nevitt, Richard Ponsonby, Thomas Nevitt, William Ma-
gruder, William Reily, Edward Boteler, James Wilson, John Tomas Frost, David Ross, Horatio
Ross, Redmond Grace and James Mewburn, of Prince-George's county, William Wootton Brewer,
John Rigby, George Jenings and John R. Bryce, of the city of Annapolis, Henry Tate, Joseph
McHard, Charles Ricketts, Samuel Brooks and Benjamin Skinner, of Queen-Anne's county, George
Boner, Daniel Cost, Theodore Beall, Josias Clements, John Balzer, Isaac Nesmith, Jacob Keller and
Andrew Havnar, of Frederick county, Benjamin Preston, Robert Gover, of Philip, Robert Harris,
Samuel Willetts, James Osborn, Nathan Hughes, John Chamberlaine, Samuel Chamberlaine, Samuel
W. Lee, Abraham Jarrett and John W. Wilson, of Harford county, Robert Dixon, James Coursey
and Levin Charles, of Caroline county, John Doyle, William Paine, junior, Alexander White, Ri-
chard Warner, William Myers, James Ash, Samuel Foudray, John Kirwan, John Deaver, Reuben
Allen, james Hutton, John Golston, Patrick Million, John Jenings, junior, John Young Daley,
Christian Krause, Richard Bevan, Casper Kline, William Askew, George Deagan, William Russell,
Henry Deagan, Lewis Bernard, Greenbury Neale, William H. Buell, John Brice, Walter S. Hunt,
William Stonall, Matthew Clarke, Archibald Campbell, David Lund, William Smith, Thomas
Buffey, Nathan Cregg Bryson, Robert Kent, John Chalabre, William Delafere and James Kerr, of
the city of Baltimore, Jonas McPherson, James McCardell and Richard Burrell, of Washington
county, John Yates, Robert E. Yates, William Robertson, William Frazer, John N. Lovejoy, Ber-
nard O'Neill, Edward Eno, John G. Hobbs, Evan Belt, John Fleming, John Long, Jonathan Brown-
ing, junior, Thomas Lingan, Thomas Nicholls, of John, Samuel Williams, William Smith and Jo-
seph Beck, of Montgomery county, Abel Sarjent, Samuel Selby, 3d, Peter D'Evecmon and Willi-
am W. Hoye, of Allegany county, William Branch, Thomas Y. Sprogell and Samuel Baker, of the
city of Washington, by their petitions to this general assembly have set forth, that by reason of ma-
ny misfortunes they are unable wholly to satisfy their creditors, and have prayed, that they may be
discharged, upon their delivering up all their property for the use of their creditors; and the prayer
of the said petitioners being found reasonable; therefore,

II. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That on application of either of the said
debtors to the chancellor, by petition in writing, offering to deliver to the use of his creditors all
his property, real, personal or mixed, to which he is any way entitled, a schedule whereof, (on
oath, or affirmation, as the case may require,) together with a list of the creditors of the person so
applying, on oath or affirmation, as far as he can ascertain them, shall be annexed to such petition,
the chancellor shall direct personal notice of such application to be given to the creditors, or
to as many of them as can be served therewith, or their agents or attornies, or direct notice of such
application to be inserted in the public news-papers for such time as he may think proper, which, in
case of there being a creditor or creditors beyond sea, shall not be less than six months, and on
their appearance, or neglect to appear on notice, at the time or times and place appointed, the
chancellor shall administer to the petitioning debotr the following oath, or affirmation, as the
case may require: "I, A. B. do swear, or solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm,
" that I will deliver up, convey and transfer, to my creditors, in such manner as the chancellor
" shall direct, all my property that I have, or claim any title to or interest in, at this time, and all
" debts, rights and claims, which I have, or am any way entitled to, in possession, reminder or 
" reversion, and that I have not, directly or indirectly, at any time, sold, conveyed, lessened or
" disposed of, for the use or benefit of any person or persons, or intrusted, any part of my money, or
                                  D d d d d d 2                                                                                " other

CHAP.
LXXXVI..
 
 
 
 

Passed 3d of
Jan. 1800.

Preamble.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Chancellor, on
application, to direct notice,
&c.