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their humble Petition to this present General Assembly) have sev-
erally set forth, That they have continued Prisoners for Debt, in
the Custody of the Sheriffs of the several Counties aforesaid, viz.
The said John Powel, John Nowel, Samuel Stevens, Mary Gordon,
and Thomas Price, under the Custody of the Sheriff of Anne-Arun-
del County; Thomas Hill and James Ward, under the Custody of
the Sheriff of Talbot County; Richard Edwards and Nathaniel
Wright, under the Custody of the Sheriff of Queen Anne's County ;
Christopher Bonfield, and Clarina Gilly, under the Custody of the
Sheriff of Calvert County; Kennith Mackensy, under the Custody
of the Sheriff of Charles County; Peter Bromfield, under the Cus-
tody of the Sheriff of Prince George's County; and Abel Van Bur-
kelo, under the Custody of the Sheriff of Cecil County; for a con-
siderable Time past, and still continue in the like deplorable Cir-
cumstances, not being able to redeem their Bodies, with all their
Estate or Interest they have in the World; which they would readily
surrender up and part with, to their several and respective Creditors,
if they would accept of the same, and grant the said Petitioners
their Liberty; which seems so unlikely for them to obtain, that (un-
less relieved by a particular Act to be past in their Favour, which
by their said Petitions they have humbly prayed) they must inevita-
bly continue Prisoners for Life; and thereby their Families utterly
ruined. And for that the Truth of the said Petitioners Allegations
is made appear to this General Assembly, by sufficient Testimony;
and that the said Petitioners, and their Families, are fit Objects of
Charity, and that their lying in Goal can be no Benefit to their Cred-
itors; It is humbly prayed, that the said Petitioners may be relieved
according to their Prayer, and that it may be Enacted,
And be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprie-
tary, by and with the Advice and Consent of His Lordship's Gover-
nour, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Au-
thority of the same, That unless all or any of the Creditors of the
said John Powel, John Nowel, Samuel Stevens, Mary Gordon,
Thomas Price, Thomas Hill, James Ward, Richard Edwards,
Nathaniel Wright, Christopher Bonfield, Clarina Gilly, Kennith
Mackensy, Peter Bromfield, and Abel Van Burkelo, or the Creditor
or Creditors of any or either of them, or the Attorney or Attorneys,
of such Creditor, or Creditors aforesaid, within this Province; shall,
within Twenty Days after the End of this Sessions of Assembly, go
to the Sheriffs of the aforesaid Counties of Anne-Arundel, Talbot,
Queen Anne's, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, and Cecil; and
give good Security to pay the Imprisonment Fees of Ten Pounds
of Tobacco per Day, that shall or may become due from the said
John Powel, John Nowel, Samuel Stevens, Mary Gordon, Thomas
Price, Thomas Hill, James Ward, Richard Edwards, Nathaniel
Wright, Christopher Bonfield, Clarina Gilly, Kennith Mackensy,
Peter Bromfield. and Abel Van Burkelo, after the End of the said
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