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JOHN EAGER HOWARD, Esq; Governor.
other matter and thing necessary to the carrying the said act into execution
according
to the true intent and meaning thereof. |
1788.
CHAP.
XV. |
CHAP. XVI.
An ACT to repeal part of an act, entitled, An act to open the
courts of justice, and for other purposes, and to
fix the holding
of the general court for the eastern shore at Talbot. |
Passed December
22. |
BE it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That all that part of
an act of assembly, entitled, An act to open the courts of justice, and
for other purposes, which respects the laying out a town, the erection
of
a court-house and prison, at Dover, and the holding of the general court
for the
eastern shore there, be and is hereby repealed. |
Part of an act
repealed. |
II. And be it
enacted, That the judges of the general court, or any one of
them, shall hold their court for transacting and determining the business
of the
eastern shore at Talbot, in Talbot county, for ever hereafter; and
that the name
of the said town shall hereafter be called Easton. |
Judges to
hold court at
Talbot, &c. |
CHAP. XVII.
An ACT for the relief of Robert Long, James Rooney and Andrew
Stigar, of Baltimore county, confined in the gaol of
the said
county. |
Passed December
22. |
WHEREAS Robert Long, James Rooney and Andrew Stigar,
by
their petitions to this general assembly, have set forth, that they are
confined in Baltimore county gaol for debts, and that they are willing
to surrender up all their estates for the use and benefit of their creditors,
to obtain
a release from confinement; and as the allegation os the said petitioners
appear
to be true, and their remaining in gaol can be of no advantage to their
creditors:
And whereas also it is represented to this general assembly, that the said
Robert
Long is possessed of a considerable real estate, which, under prudent management,
might be sufficient to pay all his debts, if trustees were nominated and
appointed
to make sale thereof to the best advantage: |
Preamble. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That in case the said
Robert Long shall deliver up and surrender to Richard Ridgely, Daniel Bowley
and William McLaughlin, or any two of them, all his real and personal
estate,
either in possession, reversion, remainder or in trust, or in or unto which
he hath
any claim or interest, and likewise convey, assign, transfer and make over,
unto
the said Richard Ridgely, Daniel Bowley and William McLaughlin, or any
two
of them, their heirs and assigns, for ever, for the use of the creditors
of the said
Robert Long, all such his estate, interest or claim, as aforesaid;
and the said
Robert Long, at the time of such surrender and transfer of his estate as
aforesaid,
shall take an oath before some one of the justices of Baltimore county
to the following
effect: " I, Robert Long, do swear, that the lands, tenements, goods,
chattels, debts and effects, which I have delivered, assigned and made
over, to
Richard Ridgely, Daniel Bowley and William McLaughlin, or any two of them,
as the case may be, in trust for the use of my creditors, the whole estate
both
real and personal of mine in possession, or that I have any title to in
the world,
and that I have not any estate, goods or effects, of any kind whatsoever
left, either
in possession, reversion or remainder, (the necessary wearing apparel of
myself, wife
and children, and working tools, excepted) and that I have not directly
or indirectly
sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of, all or any of my estate, thereby
to defraud my
creditors, or to secure the same to receive or expect any profit or
advantage therefrom;"
and upon a certificate in writing from the said trustees, or any two of
them,
that the said Robert Long hath complied with this act, the said sheriff
of Baltimore
county shall discharge the said Robert Long, and suffer him to go at large. |
R. Long, on
delivering up
his estate, to
be discharged,
&c. |
III. And be
it enacted, That the said Robert Long, on his complying with
the terms aforesaid, shall be entitled to the same relief, and subject
to the same |
And entitled
to the same
relief, &c. |
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