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 A. D. T760. Anno prlmo Georgii III. C. 17. 545 fill to and for the CommifRoners of the Treafury, or any three or more of them now being, or theTreafury impowered to High Treafurcr, or any three or more of the CommifTioners of the Treafury for the Time being, and j^"^"'^" Monies ih^n he or they is or are hereby impowered and diredted, out of the Monies arihng by this Aft, or out of ^ "'"7'^ ^°^^^ any other pubhck Stipplies granted, or to be granted, by f arhament, to caule lo much Money to beM,nts j^ England and applied as fhall be neceflary for defraying the Expences of the faid Mints of England and Scotland re- Scotland, fpeitiv'cly, by way of Impreft and upon Account for that Service, fo as the fame, together with thefoas, together with the Coinage Duties arifmg by this Ad, do not exceed, in any one Year, the Sum of fifteen thoufand^^^^^"J^^'^'^t^^'l' ."°'^'« Pounds, and fo as the faid Monies be ifTued out of the Exchequer of Great Britain to the Mafter of y^" &c'.^°^ ' '" ^^'^ the Mint in England, and to the Mailer of the Mint in Scotland refpedively, for the faid Purpofes. CAP. XVIF. An Afl for Relief of Infolvent Debtors. ' feverai A6ls of Parliament, have been difcharged on the Conditions in fuch A6ts mentioned : For the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this prefent Parliament aflembied, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the paffing of this A£l, all and every Alphabefua! Lifts to be Gaoler, or Keeper of any Prifon, in any County, Riding, Divifion, City, Town, Place, or Li- made out ot" Priioners iu berty, within this Kingdom, fhall, is, and are hereby required to make a true, exa£t, and perfect Cuftody for Debt on z 5 Lift-, alphabetically, of the Name or Names of all and every Perfon or Perfons who, upon the twen- ^^°'T'^ ^'^^°' °'^ '''*'* ty-fifth Day of October one thoufand feven hundred and fixty, was, or were, or at any Time fmce "' have been, and at the Time of making out every fuch Lift, fhall be, really an actual Prifoner or Prifoners, in the Cuflody of any Gaoler or Gaolers, or Keeper of any Prifon refpectively, upon any Procefs whatfoever, for or by reafon of any Debt, Damage, Cofls, Sum or Sums of Money, Con- tempt, or otherwife, and an Account of the Time when fuch Prifoner or Prifoners was or were re-^ith the Time when fpettively charged in Cuftody, or received in Prifon, together with the Name or Names of the Perfon charged, and at whole or Perfons at whofe Suit or Profecution fuch Prifoner or Prifoners is or are detained ; and fhall deliver Suit : the fame to the Juftices of the Peace, at their firfl or fecond General or General Qiiarter Seffion ofi'he fame to be delivered the Peace, to be held after the thirty-firfl Day oi March one thoufand feven hundred and ftxty-one, ^"^°^^«^*''"S«'^'o'^^' or at fome Adjournment thereof, for fuch County, Riding, Divifion, City, Town, Place, or Li- berty refpectively ' beft of my Knowledge and Belief, upon the twenty-fifth Day of OSlober one thoufand feven hun- '>ed in the fecond Part of the faid Lift now by me delivered in and fubfcribed as aforefaid, have fince ' who is or are in fuch Lift particularly mentioned and defcribed to have died, been difchar- ' one thoufand feven hundred and fixty ; and alfo except fuch Perfon or Perfons who is or are in fuch ' fcribed to have, upon the faid twenty-fifth Dav of 06iober one thoufand feven hundred and fixty, » or fince, been m the Rules of the faid Prifon [of the Fleet or King's Bench, as the Cafe Jhall be] Vol. Vm. 4 A ^ 'in
 * TT WHEREAS many Perfons, by LofTes and oiher Misfortunes, are rendered incapable of Preamble.
 * VV paying their whole Debts ; and though they are willing to make the utmoft Satisfadlion they
 * can, and many of them are able to ferve his Majelty by Sea or Land, yet are detained in Prifon by
 * their Creditors, or have been forced to go into foreign Parts out of this Realm : And whereas fuch
 * unhappy Debtors have always been deemed the proper Objefts of publick Compaflion ; and, by
 * the Relief therefore of Infolvent Prifoners and Fugitives who fhall comply with the Terms con-
 * tained in this Ail to be refpedlively obferved by them, and faithfully difcover, upon Oath, and de-
 * liver up and aflign, all their EffecSts and Eftates whatfoever for the Benefit of their Creditors ; and
 * to prevent, as far as poflible, the many Frauds and Abufes which, in a great meafure, have ob-
 * ftructed the good Ends of fuch A£ls;' Be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with
 * T J. B. upon my corporal Oath, in the Prefence of Almighty God, do folemnly fwear, profefs,
 * X and declare. That all and ev^ry Perfon and Perfons, whofe Name or Names is or inferted and
 * contained in the firft Part of the Lift by me now delivered in and fubfcribed, was and were, to the
 * dred and fixty, really and trulv Prifoners, in actual Cuftody, in the Prifon or Gaol oi[infert the Nafxie
 * of the Prifon] at the Suit or Suits of the feverai Perfon or Perfons therein refpectively mentioned ;
 * and alfo that all and every Perfon or Perfons, whofe Name or Names is or are inferted or contain-
 * the faid twenty-fifth Day of Of^oher one thoufand feven hundred and fixty, been committed or fur-
 * rendered to the faid Gaol or Prifon of infert the Name of the Gaol or Prifon] at the Suit or Suits of
 * the feverai Perfon or Perfons therein refpectively mentioned ; except fuch Perfon or Perfons
 * ged, or removed to fome other Prifon, by Procefs of Law, fince the faid twenty-fifth Day of O^ober
 * Lift particularly mentioned and defcribed to have been permitted to have gone out of the faid Pri-
 * fon, by Day Rules of the Court of [Common Pleas, cr King's Bench, as the Cafe foall be] fince
 * the faid twenty-fifth Day of OSJokr one thoufand feven hundred and fixty, to tranfact their Aftliirs ;
 * and alfo except fuch Perfon or Perfons who is or are therein alfo particularly mentioned and dc-
 * by Leave of the [Warden or Marjhal of the faid Prifon^ as the Cafe Jhall be] and h.;ve to the beft of
 * my Knowledge and Belief, really and truly, ever fijKe contiu.ued and remained in adual Cuftody