1802.

NOVEMBER. L A W S OF MARYLAND.

CHAP.

XCVI.

in two years as aforesaid, then the money so paid to the levy court shall be applied to the use of the
county; provided, that any servant or slave sold as aforesaid shall not be carried or transported
out of this state until after two years have elapsed from the time of such sale and any person or
persons who shall carry, or cause to be carried out of this state, within the time limitted as afore-
said, any such servant or slave, shall incur and be subject to the like penalties as persons are who
shall transport or carry any free negro out of this state.

Penalty for ne-
glea.

IV. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any sheriff shall refuse or neglect to comply with the directions
of this act, he shall, for every such refusal or neglect, forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dol-
lars.

A&s repealed.

V. AND BE IT ENACTED, That an act, entitled, A supplement to the act relating to servants and
slaves, passed May session, seventeen hundred and nineteen, and an act, entitled, An act to restrain
the ill practices of sheriffs, and to direct their conduct respecting runaways, passed November ses-
sion, seventeen hundred and ninety-two, be and they are hereby severally repealed.

CHAP. XCVII.

Passed 8th of
January, 1803.
preamble.

An ACT for the relief of sundry Insolvent debtors.

WHEREAS John J. Sothoron, George Burroughs and Raphael Saxton, of Saint-Mary's county;
William Jones, of Kent county; Philip Jenkins, John War field and Samuel Godman, of
Anne-Arundel county; Charles Williamson, of Calvert county; John F. Beall, Philip T, Briscoe,
Henry Hagan,, Thomas L. Sothoron, Zachariah Sothoron and Joseph Boarman, of Raphael, of
Charles county; John Snrote, Zedekiah Snow, Christopher Shtote, William Greer, Matthew Cham-
bers, William Parsons, David Poe, Jacob Mordicai, Ralph M'Creery, John Johnson, Charles For-
man, Henry Reese, John Croxall, Thomas Paul, Robert Gourtnay, Barton Brashears, Thomas B.
Randall, John B. Darby, John Boase, junior, Lewis Geanty and Lewis Julien Delarue Legoux, of
Baltimore county; James Dudley, James Parrott, John Burgess, Solomon Hopkins,. Thomas. Gordon
and Philemon H. Abeil, of Talbot county; John Campbell and John Houston, of Somerset county ;
David Shippey, Samuel Mills, Robert Rolie and Levi Rue, of Dorchester county; Joseph Reynolds,
Andrew Gordon and Jacob Lum, of Caecil county; Isidore Hardy, Rinaldo Johnson, Edward L.
Boteler, Seth Hyatt, Aquila Hyatt, Wilkason Brashears and Francis Boone, of Prince-George's
county; Daniel Knock, Francis J. Wilson, Philemon Murphy and Philemon C. Blake, of Queen-
Anne's county; Francis Rosse, of Worcester county; John Marky, David M'Clary, Abraham Le-
master, senior, and John L. Dorsey, of Frederick county; John Lee, Randall Wallis, James Be-
ward, Ezekiel Williams, Robert White, Daniel N. Robinson, Thomas Robinson, Daniel Robinson,
senior, and James Johnson, of Harford county; Jane Green, William Boone and James Dickinson,
of Caroline county; Claudius Besse, Patrick Kelly, John C. Hatton, William Ashwell, Luke Usher,
Thomas Edwards, Nicholas W. Easton, Peter Gardner, Alexander F. Hall, William Everard, John
Phelan, John M'Coy, Owen Alien, William Jacobs, Dominick Jordan, Alexander Martin, Alexan-
der Kenny, Robert Doyne, Robert Colgate, John Michael, Benjamin Solomon, Jonathan Askew,
Archibald Smith-son, Salathlel Tuder, Benoet Castaing, John Bradley, William C. Bordley, Henry
Troup, Robert Strattoo, William Weary, David Porter, William Gibbons, John Lane, Christian
L. Junderman, William Owen, Peter D, Goverts and Robert Spencer, of the city of Baltimore;
John Wilson and James Chapline, of Washington county; John Thomas, 3d, of Montgomery coun-
ty; Samuel B. Beall, of Allegany county; by their petitions to this general assembly have set forth,
that by reason of many misfortunes they are unable wholly to pay their debts, and have prayed that
they may be discharged therefrom, upon their delivering up all their property for the use of their
creditors; and the prayer of the said petitioners being found reasonable, therefore,

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

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, (the necessary wearing apparel and bedding of himself
and his family excepted,) to which he is in. any way entitled, a schedule whereof, (on oath or af-
firmation, 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 or accompany such peti-
tion, 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 agent or attornies, or direct notice of such
application to be advertised in the most public places of the county where the said debtor resides, or
to be inserted in some news-paper for such time as he may think proper, and on the appearance of
the said creditor, or neglect to appear on notice, at the time or times and place appointed, the
chancellor shall administer to the petitioning debtor the following oath or affirmation, as the case
may