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Alexander's British statutes in force in Maryland. 2d ed., 1912
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982 11 GEO- 2, CAP. 19, CLANDESTINE REMOVAL.
ing whereof any Rent is or shall be reserved, due, or made pay-
able, shall fraudulently or clandestinely convey away, or carry
off from such Premisses, his, her, or their Goods or Chattels,
732* to prevent the Landlord or Lessor, Landlords or Lessors,
from distraining the same for arrears of Rent so reserved, due,
or made payable; it shall and may be lawful to and for every
Landlord or Lessor, Landlords or Lessors, within that Part of
Great Britain called England, Dominion of Wales, or the Town
of Berwick upon Tweed, or any Person or Persons by him, her,
or them for that Purpose lawfully impowered, within the Space
of Thirty Days next ensuing such conveying away or carrying
off such Goods or Chattels as aforesaid, to take and seize such
Goods and Chattels, wherever the same shall be found, as a
Distress for the said Arrears of Rent; and the same to sell or
otherwise dispose of in such Manner, as if the said Goods and
Chattels had actually been distrained by such Lessor or Land-
lord, Lessors or Landlords in and upon such Premisses for
such Arrears of Rent; any Law, Custom, or Usage to the con-
trary in any wise notwithstanding.
II. Provided always, That no Landlord or Lessor, or other
Person intitled to such Arrears of Rent, shall take or seize any
such Goods or Chattels as a Distress for the same, which shall
be sold bona fide, and for a valuable Consideration, before such
Seizure made, to any Person or Persons not privy to such
Fraud as aforesaid; anything herein contained to the contrary
notwithstanding.
III. And to deter Tenants from such fraudulent conveying
away their Goods and Chattels, and others from wilfully aid-
ing or assisting therein, or concealing the same; Be it further
enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the
said Twenty fourth Day of June, if any such Tenant or Lessee
shall fraudulently remove and convey away his or her Goods or
Chattels, as aforesaid, or if any Person or Persons shall wil-
fully and knowingly aid or assist any such Tenant or Lessee
in such fraudulent conveying away or carrying off of any Part
of his or her Goods or Chattels, or in concealing the same; all
and every Person or Persons so offending shall forfeit and pay
to the Landlord or Landlords, Lessor or Lessors, from whose
Estate such Goods and Chattels were fraudulently carried off
as aforesaid, double the Value of the Goods by him, her or
them respectively carried off or concealed as aforesaid; to be

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