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Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860
Volume 805, Page 188   View pdf image
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account of all fees placed in his hands for collection within the time
limited by law and shall also well and truly pay all sums of money received
by him and also collect and pay all public dues fines and forfeitures which are
due or belonging to the State and shall also well and faithfully execute and return
all writs process and warrants to him directed and delivered and shall also pay
and deliver to the person or persons entitled to receive the Same all sum or sums
of money, tobacco goods, chattels or property by him levied seized or taken agreeably
to the directions of the writ process or warrants under which the same shall
have been levied seized or taken agreeably to the directions of the Writ process
or warrant under which the same shall have been levied seized or taken and
also shall keep and detain in Safe custody all and every person or persons
Committed to his custody or by him taken in execution or who shall be committed
for the want of bail without suffering them or any of them to escape or depart
from his custody and shall also satisfy and pay all Judgments which shall
execute and perform the several duties required of or imposed upon him by the
laws of this State then the above obligation to be void and of none effect
otherwise to remain in full force and virtue in law.
Signed sealed and delivered                              Robert Bell               (seal)
    in the presence of                                          Tho. H. Hicks           (seal)
       Thomas A. Spence                                     John W. Dail             (seal)
Circuit Judge for the Eighth                                Robert G. Rawleigh   (seal)
Judicial Circuit of Maryland                               Slater D. Twilley        (seal)
                                                                         John W. Brohawn      (seal)
                                                                         Jos. R. Stewart          (seal)

The aforegoing bond was this day executed before the undersigned who has
attested the same and doth hereby approve thereof and expresses his satisfaction
with the sufficiency of the security to cover the penalty therein.      Witness my
hand this 11th day of December 1855                           Thomas A. Spence


Aaron J. Westervelt      Be it remembered and it is hereby certified that
paid      from   xd          the following Bill of Sale was received and recorded
Bennet Fentress            on the 13th day of December 1855 to wit:
                                           Know all men by these presents that I Bennet
Fentress of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland for and in consideration
of the sum of five thousand six hundred and four dollars and
forty eight cents current money of which amount the sum of four thousand
dollars has this day been to me in hand paid by Aaron J. Westervelt
of the City of New York at and before the sealing and delivery of these
presents the receipt of which I do hereby acknowledge and for the balance
thereof amounting to the sum of one thousand six Hundred and four dollars
and forty eight cents the said Aaron J Westervelt has executed and delivered
to me his promissory note payable twelve days after date have granted,
bargained and sold and by these presents do grant bargain and sell unto the
said Aaron J. Westervelt his Executors administrators and assigns eighty


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