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 124 C. 33. . Anno vicefimo primo Georgii II. q A, D. 1748. CAP. XXXIII. An AG: to continue and amend feveral Laws for the Relief of Debtors with refpeft to the Im- piifonment; of their Perfons ; and to rectify a Miftake in an Aft pafled in the lall Sefiion of Parliament for continuing feveral Laws therein mentioned ; and to continue two Afts, the one palfed in the nineteenth Year, the other in the twentieth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, to prevent the i'preading of the Diftemper amongft the Horned Cattle. HE RE AS the Laws hereinafter-mentioned (which have by Experience been found ufeful and beneficial) are near expiring ;' May it therefore pleafe your Majefty, that it may be enacted ; and be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent A'lajefty, by and with the Advice and Conient of the Lords Spiritual and Tenaporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTembled, and by the Authority of the s-JS?"' *•<=•"• fame, That an Ad: made in the fecond Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, yin A£i for the n^K^^''^*^"^ R-cl'rf of Debtors tvith refpe^ to the Iinprijonment of their Perfons ; which was ta continue in Force for the tinu5d"o'i"lune Term of five Years, and from thence to the End of the then next SefHon of Parliament ; and was explain- 1754, &C. ed and amended by an A61 made in the third Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty ; and which by ano- jGco. 2. c. zy. ther Ai£t made in the eighth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, was further explained and amended, 8 Ceo. z. c. 24. and continued, until the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and forty, and from thence i4Geo. a.c. 34. j.^ ^^ g^^j ^i- ^^ Szi next Seffion of Parliament; and which by another Aft made in the fourteenth Year gee farther of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, with the feveral Claufes and Articles therein contained (except the 32 G«. a. c,z%, Claufe in the faid laft-mentioned KGt, for fetting mutual Debts one againft the other, which by the faid Adt is made perpetual) was further continued, from the Expiration thereof, until the firft Day of fune one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parlia- ment ; and the feveral Articles and Claufes therein contained, not hereby altered, except the Claufe for fet- ting mutual Debts one againft the other, which is already made perpetual, fliall, together with the Altera- tions and Amendments lierein after made, be and remain in full Force and Virtue, until the firft Day of fune one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-four, and from thence to the End of the then next SefTion of Par- liament. PeffoBs claiming . H. And for the better preventing Perfons who take the Benefit of the faid recited A61, made in the fecond Benefit oi the Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, from concealing or fraudulently difpofing of their Effects, Be it en-' fec"fortif an Ac- ^^ed by the Authority aforefaid. That from and immediately after the Expiration of this prefent Sefiion of £oiintof their Parliament, every Perfon v»'ho fhall exhibit a Petition in purfUance of the faid recited Act, fliall, in fuch Rent and Per- Petition, not only fet forth an Account of all the Real and Perfonal Eftate, which fuch Perfon fo petition-. fonal Eflate, jjig was intitled to at the Time of his or her Petition, but alfo of all the Real and Perfonal Eftate which he or fhe was inritled to at the Time of his or her firft Imprifonment, in the Action in which fuch Perfon is and take the fol- charged in Execution ; and every Perfon fo petitioning'fhall, inftead of the Oath required by the faid recited loivingOath. _^£|-^ taice, and the Court fliall adminifter an Oath to the £ftc(5i following, videlicet; J. B. do fwear, in the Prefence of Almighty God, That the Account by me delivered into this Ho- nourable Court, in my Petition to this Court, doth contain a true and full Account of all the Real and Perfonal Eftate, Debts, Credits and Effefls whatfoever, which I or any in Truft for me, at the Time of ' feffion, Reverfion or P.emainder (except the Wearing Apparel and Bedding for me and my Family, and ' and alfo an Account how much of fuch Real and Perfonal Eftate, Debts, Credits or Effeifts, hath been ' fince difpofed of, relcafed or difcharged, and how, to whom and on what Confideration, and for what ' had, or am or was in any refpeifl intitled to in Poilinion, Remainder or Reverfion; and that I have not, ' at any Time before or fince my Imprifonment, directly or inJiredly fold, leafed, aligned, mortgaged, ' pawned or otherwife difpofed of, or made over in Truft for myfelf, or othervvii'e than is mentioned in ' fuch Account, any Part of my Lands, Eftatcs, Goods, Stock, iiioncy. Debts or other Real or Perfonal whom, I am indebted.' .( % Geo. I. c. iS, * ni. And whereas an Aft made in the eighth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, intituled, An jiSi CI iitinuL'd to I '•to prevent the clandfine Running of Goods, and the Danger of Lfediicn thereby ; and to prevent Shifis breaking June 1:54, &c. ' their ^uarentir.e ; and to fidjett Copper Ore of the Production of the Y'-.xm'ia. PLiniations, tofuch'Regu'.r.iions ' as other enumerated Commodities of the like Produttion arc fubjeit ; which was to be in Force for two Years, ' from the twenty-fifth Day of /(//(jrc/; one thoufand feven hundred and tv.-enty-two, and from thence to ' the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament ; and by feveral fubfeq-.icnt Afts (except the Claufe ' obliging all Ships and Veflels to perfo ni Quarentine) was to have furth.r Continuance, to the firft D;.y ' of y«?7t' one thoufand feven himdred and forty- feven, and from thence to the Kr.d of the then next Sei- goG,eo.2.c.47. ' f'on of Parliament : And whereas by an Aft made in the twentieth Year of the Reign of his prellmt IIa- fardvr ccnlnueJ ' jefty-i the faid Aft was intended to be further continued to the firit Day of June one thoul'and feven hun- tyilGco-z. ' drcd and fifty-four, but by Miftake, the Year one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven was inferted f. iS. and J therein, inftead of the faid Year one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-four;' Therefore for reftifvina: the 33 w». 2. .-, lb. ^^[(,1 iviifiake, Be it further cnafted by the Authority aforefaid, That the fajd Aft fhall be, and is hereby fur- ther
 * my firft Imprifonment in this Adtion, or at any Time fince, had or was in any refpL'iSt intitled to in Pof-
 * the Tools or Inftruments of my Trade or Calling, not exceeding ten Pounds in Value in the VVhole)
 * Purpole, and how much thereof, 1 <-t any in Truft for me h.-v«, or at the Time of n-.y faid Petition
 * Eftate, whereby to have or expeft any Benefit or Profit to myfelf, or to defraud any of my Creditors to