Acts. 339

Assembly where the Party Convicted was not heard in his Own
Defence by the Justice that determined the fact And to Affirm or
reverse such Judgment or Conviction according to the very Right of
the Case And to Award Restitution and Execution on the Reversall
or Affirmation of Any former Judgment or Conviction Any thing
in the said Acts or any Other Law Judgment or Other Matter or
thing to the Contrary Notwithstanding.

Liber LL, 5
Acts

And Whereas Severall Persons have lately that is to say since the
last day of June last Past been Convict of Severall Breaches of the
said Laws and their persons or Goods taken in Execution and Exe-
cutions awarded against the Persons and Goods of Others tho
not yet Executed And that it would be very Prejudicial to such of
them as have been Illegally Convict to Lye in Goal or have their
Goods kept from them Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority
aforesaid by and with the Advice and Consent aforesaid that where
any person is in Prison on Any such Conviction such Person shall
be forthwith discharged Out of Custody and where the Goods of
Any Persons are taken in Execution and remain in the sheriffs
Custody that they shall be Immediately delivered to the Person whose
Goods they were before Execution the Parties in Either Case giveing
good security to render his Body to Prison or to Pay the sum he
is in Prison for or deliver the Value of the Goods Executed in Case
the Judgment of the Justice of the Peace shall not be reversed by the
County Court And that where Executions are awarded but not
Executed whether they be against Person or Goods that all such
Executions shall be Superseeded untill the County Courts shall
hear and Determine the matter as aforesaid.
Provided that all Persons that shall neglect or refuse to Apply
to their respective County Courts next November or March Courts
shall not have any Benefit or Advantage of this Act Any thing therein
Contained to the Contrary Notwithstanding. And be it further
Enacted that the Expiration of the said Laws shall not hinder or
Impede the County Courts to Proceed in the Determination of Any
former Judgment or Conviction or in Awarding Restitution and
Execution According to the very Right of the Case the Expiration
of the said Laws or any other Cause or Matter to the Contrary
Notwithstanding.

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An Act to Cut off the Entaile of a Certain Tract of Land Called
Billingsley's Point, And to Enable John Jordan to make Sale of
the Same

Acts of 1724,
ch. 3

Whereas George Billingsley late of the Colony of Virginia de-
ceased was Seized in ffee of a Tract of Land Called Billingsley's
Point lying in Prince Georges County in the Province of Maryland
And by his last Will and Testament bearing Date the twenty first
Day of December Anno Domini One thousand Six hundred and

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