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 548 C. ly. Anno primo Georgii III. A. D. 1760. A hT- tioning fuch Notice in each Gazette or News Paper, to be the firft, fecond or third Notir- a- fcrtio. f.ch Notices. ievcral Notices m the faid Gazette, or in any other News Paper, there (hall be paid, each Tiaie, bv Firft Notice to be iofert- tvery fuch Prifoncr, two Pence, and no more: The firft of which faid Notices fhall be fo inferte'd ed ;o Da:.s, and the laft in the faid Gazette, or in the faid other News Paper, as the Cafe may require, thirty Days at leaft ,oDa>^betoretheQ«ar- and the laft of the faid Noticcs ten Days at leaft, before any fuch firft or f/cond General or Quar' ter ^....wns, &.c. ^^^ Seffion, or Adjournment thereof fhall be held as aforefaid ; fo that as well all the Crcditors^vho have not charged the faid Prifoner or Prifoners in Cuftody, as thofe Creditors who have charged fuch Prifoner or Pnfoaers in Execution, or on mefne Procefs, or otherwife, may have fufficicnt Notice thereof. pfifoner being brouel.t ^^' ^"^ ^^ '^ further enabled, That cvcry fuch Prifoner as aforefaid, who, in purfuance of any into Court, duePubiica- fu<^h Warrant as aforefaid, ftiall be brought to any General or General Qj.iarter SeiTion, or any Ad- tion of tiie Notices le- journment thereof, flTall, in cafe it fhall be proved upon Oath, or by producing the faid three Ga- caireQ hani proved, &c. ^ettcs and News Papers before mentioned to the faid Jaftices at any fuch S-ffion, or the Adjournment thereof, that fuch Notices were fo infertcd in the London Gazette, and other News Papers, where rc- istode'ivcrin a Schedule quired, in manner as herein before is directed; and that the Perfon or Perfons fo petitioning, was or were cr bis Eftate, Deb:s ar.d adually a Prifoner or Prifoners on the faid twenty-fifth Day of Oi?lober one thoufand leven huiidred and fixty, or fince, in the Gaol or Prifon in which his, her, or their, Name or Names is or are fpe- cified in the Lift of Prifoners, there delivered in at any fuch firft or fecond Seffion, or any Adjourn- ment thereof as aforefaid, in purfuance of this Aft, ftiall, in open Court at the faid General or Quar- ter Seflion, or fome Adjournment thereof, fubfcribe and deliver in a true Schedule or Account of all his or her real Eftate, either in Poflefllon, Reverfion, Remainder, or Expeftancy ; and alfo of the Whole of his or her perfonal Eftate which he or fiie, or any Perfon or Perfons in Truft for him or her or for his or her Ufe, Benefit, or Advantage, is or are feifed of, interefteJ in, or intitled to, with the Names of his or herfeveral Debtors, and where they refpeftively live, or may be met with ; and the feveral Sums of Money from them refpe6tiv^ly owing, and how the fame refpe»Elively became due, and are fecured ; and if by Mortgage, Specialty, Contract, Note, or other Writing, then the Name and Names and Places of Abode of the feveral Witneffes who can prove fuch Debts or ContracSls (if there beany fuch) and ftiall alfo make Oath and fwear to the EfFeft following j (that is to fay) prifone.'s Oath on dell- 1 -J J, B. upon my corporal Oath, in the Prcfence of Almighty God, do folcmnly fwear, proteft, v.nng mthefa.d Sche-, J^ ^^j declare. That on the twenty-fifth Day oi OSlober one thoufand feven hundred and fixty, I ' of the faid Prifon of or within the Liberties thereof, at the Suit of > * nal, either in Pofl'effion, Reverfion, Remainder, or Expectancy, which I, or any Perfon in ' and that neither I, nor any other Perfon or Perfons in Truft for me, or for my Ufe, have any Lands, ' pedtancy, other than what are in the faid Schedule contained ; except Wearing Apparel, and Bed- So help me GOD: ScticJii" and Oathtobe A"^ the faid Schedule and Oath fhall be by every fuch Prifoner fubfcribed in the Prefence of the- fc.Vfcribcd in the Court; Juftices in open Seflion of the Peace as hereby is directed, and fhall be kept by, and remain with, and lo-iged with the tile Clerk of the Peacc for the County, City, Liberty, Divifion, Towri, or Place, where the (d.nvi Clerk of the Peace, for o,^]] ^^ fi,bferibed and taken, for the better Information of all the Creditors of fich Prifoner who the Eiaminatjooof the ^^^jj j^-c^g^ ^^ ^^y jj^vc Occafion, to rcfort thereto; and every fuch Creditor ftiall be at Liberty, at ^'* ''""• feafonablc Times in the Day-time, to pcrufc and examine over the fame. X. And 1
 * rnore"ro Zpl tr in! f.'^'^^'f^S^ the Time oi publiihing each of fuch Notices ; and for the infercing of each of which faid
 * was a Prifoner, or elfe, ai the Cafe may be, that, fince the twenty-fifth Day of OSiober one thou-
 * fand feven hundred and fixty, I have furrendered, or have been committed to the Prifon of
 * in difchargc of my Bail, or for Want of Bail, as the Cafe jhall be; and that I was atStually arrefted
 * before the faid twenty-fifth Day of Oft aber one thoufand feven hundred and fixty, in the Action or
 * Suit, Adlions or Suits, in which I furrendered, or was committed, as aforefaid, to the faid Gaol or
 * Prifon of and that I have, ever fince my faid Surrender or Commitment, continued
 * a Prifoner within the Prifon of in the actual Cuftody of the Gaoler or Keeper
 * and without any Fraud or Collufion whatfoevcr; and that the Shedule now delivered by me and
 * fubfcribed, doth contain, to the beft of my Knowledge, Remembrance, and Belief, a full, juft,
 * true, and perfect Account and Difcoveiy of all the Goods, EfFedts, and Eftates, real and perfo-
 * Truft for me, or for my Benefit or Advantage, am feifed or pofieil'ed of, intcrefted in, or intitled
 * to ; and of all Debts as are to me owing, or to any Perfon or Perfons in Truft for me ; and of
 * all the Securities and Contracts whereby any Money now is, or will or may hereafter become paya-
 * able, or any Benefit or Advantage may accrue to me, or to my Ufe, or to any Perfon or Perfons
 * in Truft for me ; and the Names and Places of Abode of the feveral Perfons from whom fuch Debts
 * are due and owing ; ai.d of the Witneftes that can prove fuch Debts or Contracts, if any fuch there be >
 * Money, Stock, or any Eftate, real or perfonal, in Pofleftion, Reverfion, or Remainder or Ex-
 * ding for myfelf and Family, Working Tools, and necefiary Implements for my Occupation and
 * Calling, and thefe in the whole not exceeding the Value of ten Pounds ; and that I have not, nor
 * nor any Body for me hath, dirc6tly or indirectly, fold, leftened, or othcrwife conveyed, difpofed
 * of in Truft, or concealed, all or any Part of my Lands, Money, Goods, Chattels, Stock, Debts,
 * Securities, Contracts, or Eftate, real or perfonal, whereby to fecure the fame, or to receive or
 * expe£t any Profit or Advantage thereof, or with Intent to defraud or deceive any Creditor or Cre-
 * ditors, to whom I am or was indebted in any wife whatfocver.