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Las diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. rata D lelure, id J 32X 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 A mff\ >EB ■1^ 4 A B S * II A C f OF T u% L A W S if \ 0^r T H I fu Jmmcm StatiSrmw in Force^ 1L%% itTtiri TO >EBTS DOE TO LOVALISTS, SinUECrS OF OREilt BIOTAm^ • • •♦ «*M >iM|M|i««i«i • ■ . • , '"Iv • • i w i mi i(|ii .| i ^ i ^C-« r i»i i w^» "V * • ;,••' L O N D O ff. minBier-tit TKi^riifc ii,iK;C4.xxxix. t B |cnts li';c B S T R A C T, &c. I N G E O RG I A, HE Kftates, Real and Pcrfonal. of Bri- tifh Subjects, incliuling Debts due to 1, arc coufircatctl, and veiled in the .V SOUTH CAROLINA, kiTISH Subjcfts are rcHrained from re- iiing ilicir Dkiits, otlicrwifc thau by In- fcjits of Onc-lifth Part thereof annually, live Years. .12 JX * 'Vi ^ '' tl.- . ,- . ■ ■ ■ ^mI '\6&ff-'S5d^^^ J I ^rERSONS 6»iag Aii«gk«e to the ttog or Gre« BriuuB, »e«|j«4p^ ^^ ^ JJ rreafon ^„ft th« Su.e.«l fltail liifetikiL and Forfeiture of Eftate. IN VlRGiNrA. ^1 A.? ' Gr«»-Bri,am, are fejoeftere* »na Aiton indemnified agdnft fuel, &m Cr«4 aitor^ on paying the Di.x. by them otriw ■ntothe Loan Office* And in .;87. hy m Aa of the firnc Legifl«ure. ce«ain Bridfl* Subjea* arc proI»il»teAltei^«,teri«g into the iwte. under the Pai^de. therein menriowttt NotvitWUndi.^ by .he 5.h Arti^ ofihe B*fe nxive Treaty, it i, agreed, that ^y bM bwC L.be«y to go to any Fut or ftn. of the ««'d States Md therein to lenuiin TVelve Month, wmooteicdi. thd? En&^our. to e^A»n Indemnifod, on papn» k Debts thef o«re to lii^ Sd^ into the [rcaftiry of die &al<5* ivPiiii IN NMW yERSEr, [THE CommlikiQm of Foffdtttre vm^m^ iL*!fiP:: mmmn^ m Dtatt ihieto them for iheUfc oltbeSu^.*-- All Payments of foch Dbbh ate ^laml vali4| fiMl bar the Cfcifiior firom any Ilecoirary. /N NEW'XORK, THE £ftatcs. Real aiid Pcrfonal, of the Adherents to the Crown of Great Britain, are confifcatcd to, and veflicd in the State. An4 Briiifli Subjefts not attainted, who were rcfi- dont in Places within the Protection of hit Ma - jetty's Troops, arc precluded from recovering any InUreJl on Debts contraEled before the Firft of January, 1776, till the Firft Day of May, 1786. IN RHODE ISLAND, ALL theEftates and Interefts of fuch Per- fons as joined or took Prme^bit mi^f hit Majefty's Forces, are formated to the tffe awd Bencfitof the State. Under m\ II Uor a lec \ri t :ra ice. rc( It Ide tl: lor [ti :o mppiipppp rnder thefe Uin|| ^e£ftttes idf luf if^ [y*» faithful ^lj(^ iN^ikiikrif iiie^>^^ m Merchaiitf»lmve \mn {^i^€oMmmi» fold» and Dkbts due to ihgm tiave b^n into the refpeaive State Treaftifiei t and Uors are indemnified agatnft their Credit. f, and the Loyal Subjed is thereby thus pre* led from any Poflibiyty of recovering die ITS due to him before the American War, or living any Co^penfation therefor, t:it the Juftict ^ the Brittfh Nation. And 'hefe Laws bdng unrepealed, are in their :ration dire31y in the Face of the Treaty o^ ice. By the 4th, 5th, and 6th Articles Ircof ARTICLE IV. It is agreed. That Creditors on either jde fliall meet with no lawful Impediment the Recovery of the fiill Value in Sterling loney, of all dma fide Debts heretofore fmrafclcd." ART I C L E V. p is agreed, Tha . «he CcBigreKs fhallearneftly ommend it toTf ^e Lcgliaiui^of ^^^^ '^i vc Stated to provide lor the Reftitution ** of ^m. •B»tofli Saigea»i and dlb of tte £«,„, • m Diftn& in the Pofciteintf jij M«jelhr^ •• Aran, and who have aoi bcKni4 AMtVininft - th« feid United Suw,j i«^that Perihn. if •a»y other Ddcription IbM ha«.ifl«. fj- - berty to go to any Pin ot Jftm of an* of - the Thirteen United States a«f,he«i« tl«. nam iVelveMonth* nntorfefted in their En- "deavour. to obtain the Reftitution of fuch "of their £««««% Rightii tad Prdpertie* a. - may have been owfifcated t and that Con "greli ftallalfaearneftly xecommted to th* reveial StatM,« Reconfideration and Revl- " fion of Aa. or Law. perfcaij, confiftent. m« only wuh Juttice .hd Eq„i^, b„, ^j.^ ,h„ Spiru of ConciUation. wWch. on the Return of tbeBlefling,of Peace, ffioulc uoiver&lly prevail. And that Cong,«6 ftaSl alfo w- ;; "^ •^■"""■end to the fcvend &.ttt. that •• alS:r *.W P«^"««tf flK:h ^ tafeaenuoncd Pci&w ftall be refto«d n» „^hey refan^ .„ «,y p,,ro„, who* e di^on- " tinued,** /^^^^^S^Mvebmi commenced and I tried, K^m^ in Korih Carolina, the odier in ^'.- _ -A ^ Tim Firfl ( k ) Firft. The Firft wherein George Rome and Richard Rome were Plaintiffs, and Mary Dalling, Exe- cutrix of Samuel Dalling^ deceafed^ Defen- dant. This was an ABion of Debt on a Bond executed by the Tcftator, on the lath Novem-» ber, 1775, and tried in the Court of Common Picas in Chowan County, in June Scflions« 1788. The Defendant pleaded in Bar, the Plaintiffs* IDilability to recover their Debt, as they had left the State in the Year 1777, without taking the Oaths required by the A6lof Affcmbly,and that therefore the faid Bond was void and of na force ill Law. To this Plea the Plaintiffs, in 'their Replication, ilated the 4th, 5th, and 6th Articles of the Provilionai Articles of Peace between Great Britain and the Thirteen United States. — And Juiiher, that by an Act of AJfem" bly of the Jatd SlaU of North Carolina, p<^JJ(^ in the Year 1787, the ArticUs 0/ the Definitive Treaty between the United States of America and dhe King of Great Britain, were declared to beth§ Law of the Land, and that the Courts of Law and Equity were in all Caufes and Queflions cognizable ty them to judge accordingly. In D "i «* I it tt n a "li "iti ! w m ( J«^ ) '? recover this Debt, already vcftcd by Qx/MtM-m ** (ion in the State of Connedicuu" From thdc Adjudicaiions, the Nan Repeal of the Laws confifcating Ocbti^ as well as other Property, the Debts due and paid into the Treafuries or Loan OHices of the diBFerent Sutcs, and the Indemnity that is by Law af-* forded to the American Subject, Debtor lo the Loyal Creditor, it evidendy appears that no other Mode of Relief can be obtained but through the Jullice and Humanity of the Bri* tiOi Nation, to vhom the Sufferers now apply for that Relief which thejvare rcfufed ia the States of America. Another Circumftance may not be unwor* thy of Attention, namely, that Gentlemen who during the kte War, from their Loyalty and Attachn.ent to his Majefty and the Britifh Go- vernment, accepted Commiflions in the King's Service, have been made rcfponfible in their private Capacities Tar Prc^erty taken by the Army during die War, and when on Duty ii» an Enemy's Couiury. iJany A£lioits,hy Attachment, andoihec«rU<^ kave been comu»cnced againfl the Servant* of th« t.i 3] ti ei fl C I t! J \r m i mmm ( 3CV ) the Crown in North Carolina, and particularly againd Colonel John Hamilton, v^ho command- ed a Provincial Corps, for Property ufcd, fciz- fd, or deftroy cd, belonging to the Subje£ls of that State, during the Time he was under the Orders of, and with the Army cohimanded by Lord Cornwallis and other General Officers ; the PlaintifFs in fuch Anions have recoven:d Judginents igainft Cq|one} Hamilton, payable «)ut of his confifcated Properly, for Atts done in the Execution of his Duty, and in Obedi- ence to the Orders of his fupcrior Officer. I N By 'J arc vc flOi riz » i « O > IN GEORGIA. /?y " An Adifor attainting fuch Per- Mar. i. fons as are herein mentioned^ of High Treafon, and Jor conjifcating their JEJlaieSy real and perJonaU to the UJe of this State, for ejlablijfjing Boards ofComrniJfwnersfor the Sale of fuch EJlatesl' &C, . % ALL and every the Dtht^ or Suins of Mone)\ of ^ ^ any Pcrfon or Perfons thereby attainted, arc forfeited to the State, and declared to be vcfledin the Government thereof; andCommif- fioncrs are appointed and empowered to autho- rize the SherifFof each County to feizc the l-ftatcs, both real and pcrfonal, of fuch Perfons; B which \ m »'-f: u Fl«9^ ( • ) . nv'bich are to be fold, and the Monies arifnig from fuch Sales to be paid into the Trcafury of the State. ' All Pcrfons rcTurmgor neglclling to difcovcr to the CommifTioncrs the MHs or Sums of Money due hy them to the Perjom uhojt Ejlatei are Jorfc'Uei, fliiill forfeit double the Sum, to be re- covered in Courfe of Law, in the refpeftiv^ Counties. Alfo Pcrfons re fufing to difcovcr the Goods and Chattels of any Pcrfon attainted, ' fhall forfeit double the Value. And tbe Coni« miffioners are thereby required to fecure im- mediately all the Goods, Chattels, and Debts, belonging or owing to the attainted Perfons. jlay 4, ■ B) " An aE^for ivfiSlivg Penalties on and con- ** Jifcating the Ejiates of Juch Perfuns as are herein " declared guiliy of Tree [on, and for other Pvrpofei ** therein mentioned ;** M' Two Hundred and Seventy- feven Pcrfons, by Name, are declared to be banifhed from the State for ever; and if any, or either of thera^ are found therein. Sixty Days after the paffing this A£>, are declared guiliy of Felony, and on Conviction fliall fuffcr Death without Benefit -of Clergy. — And, ** all and fingular " the Eftiitc, real and pcrfonal, of each and " every of the faid Pcrfons, together with all :t.i i or any other of the United Stales, who was or were concerned in Trade, or Copartncrlbip with any Pcrfon or Perfons named or com- prehended in the Aa of Confifcation and At- tainder, ^/ whom DehU wert dut and owing, fuch rcroainUg or furviving Copartner or Copart- ners, in whofe Hands or Pofleffion the Bonds, KoUs, or Books ofJcamnt may be, fliall, and they, or cither of them, are hereby vetted with full Power and Authority, to ajk, demand, ftufor, and recover, all DehU of every Nature and Kind whatever, that was of may become due to fuch Concern or Ccpartncn, or others; alfo to demand, fue for, and tike into Pofleffion, any Unds or other real Eftate in which the Concern was intcrettcd or had a. right. «« Provided ncvcrthclefs, and be it Enafted, That all fuch furviving or remaining Copart- <« ners, or others of the aforcfaid Dcfcription, ^ JhalldelivertotheClcrkofthcCounty where «he « ;■"-' ., ami:''; ■;"" Nov. 4, <« An A£l to regulate the Payment and Re- '^^^' ^ '^ ccvery of Debts:* ^. " X^HEREAS the Laws heretofore made • • concerning the Recovery of Debts, ** are found inadequate to the R-*lief of the *• Diftrefles of the People of this State; i H ** I, Be it therefore Enacted hy ihi Honourable the «• Senate and Houfe of Reprefenlatives now met and *^ fitting in General ijjembly, and by the Authority ^' of the fame^ That aii Debts whatfoever con- " trafted previous to the Firft day of January, ** in the Year of our Lord 1787, (except ** Debts hereinafter excepted) fhall be recover- ^"able by Inftalments only, to be paid in pro- ** portion and manaer hereinafter follov/ing, *' that ■' 1 1 ' ' 1 i If . ( 7 ) ** ihal is to fay t That the Debtor (hall, on the <* 25th Day of March, A. D. 1789, pay to his ** Creditor, oht^jijlh pari of the amount of «* ihc principal and intercft of the Debt, and " fliall, on the 25th day of March, in the " Year j 790, pay to his Creditor oru other fifth ** part of the Debt, with the Intcreft that fhall ** have acciued on the laid Debt, and fliall, ** on the 25th day of March, in the Year 1791^ ** pay to his Creditor one other fifth part of '* fuch Debt, with the Intercft which ihall •vc accrued on the faid Debt, and (hall, '* on the 25th Day of March, in the Year J 792, pay to his Creditor one other fifth part of fuch Debt, with the Intereft which " Ihall have accrued on the faid Debt, and " fiiall, on the 25th day of March, in the Year " 1793, pay to his Creditor the Balance of the "faid Debt, with the Intercft thereon : Pro- " vided, Tliat whatever Sum fliall be paid on " Acr 'uw. of any Inftalment, ftiall be in the *' Fi:f "t applied to the Extinguifliment of *'- the InttrjL tv « (f I -i 1 '■ j tt II. And be it further Enacted, That all " Bonds or Notes which have been given fincc * the lirft Day of January, in th'- Year 1787, "■. Debts ooDtrafted previous to that dayj "and I' ( « ) * and all Bondi or Nofci which have been *' given, payable according to the Inftalments ff. prefcribed by any former A^ (hall be no ^ otherwife recoverable than in the manner •* above directed. *• III. And be itfvarther £n&cied. That in all Cafes where cny Sum has been paid fince the aSth day of March, 1787, on Account of any Debt contra^^td prior to the firft day of January^ iVS/, fuch Sum ihall be allowed the Debtor in the Payment of any *< Inflalmcnt which fliall become due under «« this Aa « «f «{ «< «< «c <« « «( 4C «< M M «• IV. And he it further Enacted, That all Cafh Contrads, Monies had and received by one Perfon for the Ufe of another i all Monies paid by a Surety for a Principal ; all Monies due on Policies of and Premiums for Infu- ^ance, fubfe^uent to the 14th day of De- cember, A. D. 178a ; all Monies due on proteded Bills of Exchange, Provided Ncver^ ihelefs, that it extend not to Bills or Orders drawn by one Perfon on another, within the State, or Bills of Exchange draw n for Car- goes of Negroes, or Bills of Exchange drawn previous to the ^d 14th day of De- *' ccmber ( 9 > " ccmbcr, A. D. 178ft; all Monies payable by " Exccuiors, Guardians, or Truftccii, by virtue " of any Decree or Judgment of any Court, " for the education, ntaintenance, and fupport "of Orphans; all Debts tontraded for the •* boarding, fchoolingi or tuition of youth; the " interefl dutf on the paper medium ; all fums <* !uc for taxes and daties to the public; all " Debts due upon the fates of lots of Land in " the town of Columbia; all Debts contracted' ** payable in principal and fpecial indents; all " Sums not exceeding Five Pounds ; all alliens " of trefpafs vi ct artms, ejectment, a£lions of ** trovefi aftions for rent* fid tam aclions, ac- tions of flander, or malicious profecutions, or adions of aflauk or battery, or falfe iroprifon- ** ment, adiotis ifi nature of a6lions for deceit ** or breach of covenant, or other actions of •* mere tort or injury, be excepted out of this " law. Provided always^ That nothing in this " claufc contained (hall be cdnftrued to except " out of the c^ration of this law all duties "due to the public prior to the 12th day of ** Oaober, 1785, orfuch Debts payable to the *' public in money as were incurred for the «* purchafe of Confilcalcd Property fold for the " benefit of Creditors, or fuch amercemeais "as may be Hill due to the public, but the ^ C " iamc <« «( w I <: i; ( to ) ■ «• fame (hall be recoverable by Inftalmcni* •* only. •« V. And he it further FMa£led,Thzi the Crc- •* ditor in every cafe may infill on having fuffi- •* cicnt fccurify for the w liolc I>jbt, payable by •* Inllalmcnis as aforefaid ; and after demand, «* either perftxially or in writing by him, her, *• or his or her atioine\ , if the Debtor /hall fail within thirty days to give fuch fecurity within the County or Parifh in which he fhall rcfidc, as any one or more of the Judges of the Superior Court, any one or more of the " Jullices of the County Courts, any one or "more of the Juftices of the Peace of, the " County or Parifh, any one or more of the •• Commiflioners of Special Bail, not exceeding •• three refpcftivcly, at the option of the Crc- ** ditor, fhall deem fufficient, then and in fuch " cafe the Creditor may forthwith Commence a " fuit againft the Debtor for the recovery of the whole Debt : Provided always^ That if ade- quate fecurity, as above prefcribed, fhall " after the commencement of fuch fuit, be tendered by the Debtor to the Creditor, at any time pending the fame, or before the Sale *' under Execution, then the InRalment due on *' fuch Debt (hall be recoverable, and no more^ " till (C bdtJbalt1>eMfifrifia rffh^ /oHi dnJfor praviJing Pmii/bmaits M. Suate to Crimes tf hotb Ctqffis, and fir prtvcHting the Dangtrt that may arM frm Perfimt £fqgeaiit do. Ihdl depart Weft r/ " ^"^ ^"y"' *■»' Europe or ,te « Nival ^ "' "* ^"^"'^ (^"^'fl«»>* a^i S .h r« ^''''" ""Pf«'« "" Attorney tc fdl their £vithdrawn himfcif from thii or any of the United States, and remained H^ithout the Limits of the United States, *' are •* declared to be confifcatcd to the Ufe of thi* •* State," unlefs fuch Perfon fhalJ appear at the next General Aflembly, and be reftored to the Privilege of % Citizen of this State, and to the Propeny which to him once belonged within the fame. I o. An AS was paflTcd to carry the laft-mtn-: tioned Aft into EfFc£l. By this Aa it is Enafted, •* That all Lands< ** Tenements, Hereditament8,and Perfonal Pro- •* pertyof William Tryon, Efq. (and others *• therein named) and all others who come " within m ( «7 ) '* withiii the Meaning of the Confifcation, and " this Ad J and all and every the Rights Title, •* and Intcreft, which all or each of the Pcrfons v ** aforefaidniay have had therein on the raid4th •* Day of July, 1776^ or at any Time fince, fhall ** be and are hereby declared to be Confifcat-' •* ed, fully and abfolutely Forfeited to this State, *• and fhall be veiled in the Hands of Commif. (ioncrs, who are directed, empowered, and authorized to take Pofleflionofall Lands, &c. " Monies, Debts, whether due by Judgment, Bond, " Bill, Note, Account, or othcrwije, and all Per- " fonal Property of the Perfons aforcfaid, ia " the Name and for the Ufe of the State ; and ** fhall give Receipts and Difcharges, which ** fhall forever indemnify and acquit the Per- •* fons dtliverinr or paying the fame, their Heirs, " Executors, and Adtniniflrators, againft any ** future Claim for the Articles or Money men-' ** tioned in fuch Receipts or Difcharges.'* «c «f And in order to difcover the forfeited Pro- perty, the Commiffioncrs are authorized to fum- mon any of the Inhabitants to give in, on Oath, an Account of fuch Property forfeited by that or the preceding Act ;--and on Refufal to obey fuch Summons, or make fuch Difcovcry, to D commit i Bit Commit fr S Pcrfons to Gaol, uniii he or fiic fhtdl render fuch Account on Oath, And the CommiflionerB, in their Vefpe^ve Counties, are empowered " to demand make ** DiftreHi for, and receive all Sams of Modiy, '* due and owing by the Inhabitants thereof, •• and declared to be fbrfeited to the State hf *'thisAa." Perfons who by the Aft of the 4th May, 1777, were permitted to fell their Eftates, not having, hnd Jide, and for a valuable Confide- ' ration aaually paid, fold and difpofcd thereof, and all Debts, Money, and Perfonal Property belonging to fuch Perfons not then colleQed, are declared to be Confifcated ; and the Com- milTioncrs are thereby dircfted to proceed on fuch Real and PerPjnal Eftates, an on the Kftates of the Perfons firft racntioneri in this Aa. ' IN '\Kf^t'' 111 i « fi ft i ( *9 ) JN VIRGINIA. JT ii enaftwj. - That ,hc jj^^,^ -^ q« ft«ed .«» ehe Htn* of CbmmSffiaMr^ N«ne of tfce ftppricor,, to Kceive and re- « I ' Sc« J 775 chap, 1 I StdBL^v f M ) It » aifo EiMa«!d. « That it liuill and may be ^ I«r&I for a«y Citizen of tl,i, ComnK>o. ^ wealth, rwing Money to a SiAjctt of Great " Britain, to p^ ike fame, oranj Pan thcicof, " mto tbfi Lo.in.Office.".~Tisai ibe Loan-Offi- wr a Certificate, and the Receipt of tlu: Cover- nor and Council. « fhdl <^ifck^rBe him from Uic Debt, or fo mudi theirof a» OaU be then "paid." ^%. « ^. l^^:^.ff!^ ^'^ ^^ ^^- r «ijc 9^ ** .'-ra/r&f» a,T^ lii^ji^,** Sc^2» cc Sea, 3. It h Ertaacd, « That all the Property Real and Perfoiial. within thi* Commo«4altI». bdo.gmg at thi. Time, or wbicb did kkmg ^tozny Annth Subjea, fl^ail l>e df«.«,ed to ^ fe« vcftcd in ifeia Cnr itT ^t ** any of tffi^Uithicd Statga-onA e-ft M tAtlii^v^ •^ of Aprit and not f nd^^Mltt die ^ve J3k» ** fcription. «c i • I At '5 uy If 1; I • 3'« ^ .n. It }'• »;» ■■' J. / ■'.■> t; 4 ^r ,'■ '1' ' ■"■' m -'i 5i - , 1 i '...■ . i " ■ !^ "': 'M iJ • ' 1 ( M ) * fcrip*:;#n, who ire at prefent prohibited by ** Law from migrating to this State, (hall bc« •• anii they arc hereby pcrmiued to migrate * into, and enjoy all the Rights of Citixcnihip, •■ except that they (hall not be capable of voting •• for Members of cither Houfe of Aflembly, •* or oi' holding or exercifing any Office of "* Truftor Profit, civil or military. Provided ** that nothing herein contained fhall be con« * ftmed fo ns to contuvene the Treaty of * Peace widi Great Britain." ^-gy. By * An Afl to explain, amend, and rrduce * into cne AB, ihefeveral ABs for the Admijfion •* of Emigrants to the Rights of Citizanfhip, and * prohibiting the Migration of certain Ferfons to ^ this Commonwealth i* f;' All Perfons prohibited in the laft-mendoned AGt, from migrating to this Commonwealth, if found within the (ame, fhaliand may beprofe- cuted as for a Mifdemeanor } and, if found guil- ty, fhall be imprifoned in the common Gaol, for a Term not exceeding Si* Months, and be fined at the Difcretion of the Court, in any Sum not exceeding One Hundred Pounds ; and if fuch Perfon be foun^ at large in this Commonwealth after One Year from the Time ■ Ik 1i !P. !S,- * K^ tj ( H ) Time of Convi&ion, or of One Month from the Time of his Enlargement from G» l» he (hall be committed to the' public Gaol ; and, upon Proof of the Identity of fuch Pcrfon, he fhall be thereafter Imprifoned in the public Gaol fur ihe Space of Five Yeart» and forfeit all hit Goods and Chattels Lands and Tcnc« mcnts for the Ufe of the Commonwealth. — And it is Enafted, «• That if any Perfon prohi- *• bi ted by this Aft, from migrating to this Com- ** monwealth, (hall inftitute any Suit or A£tion ** whatfoevcr, in any of the Court* in this Com- •* monwealth, againft any Citizen ofthis Com- •• monwealth, or other Perfon by Law entitled •* to become a Citizen thereof, the Defendant •* or Defendants, may plead thi^ Aft in Bar of •' fuch Aftion or Suit : and if upon Trial of ** the Caufc, it fhall appear that the Plaintiff is •• by thk Aft prohibited from migrating to this « Commbnwealth, and that the Caufe of Ac- " tion arofe within the fame, after the Com- •*mcncement of this Aft, the Jury (hall find *• for the Defendant or Defendants, and there- •* upon JaHgment (hall be given againft the ••Plaintiff, widi treble Cofts of Suit ^ and <• that the Clerkj>ftl^Cci^rt, in which (uch ** Caufe fliaU b^ tried, (hali, within One Month ^ thcrealtciv tteJiajt a G<*py of the Re<:drd» K ** togetlicv .a-aJialJS:.- :.-; ,;' H • litv V t — «( '■'•■ 'H ■'■ I- ■Vi J -a '.. \: .1 4|f» ; ( fi? ) IN MARYLAND. % ** A» AB ic Seize ^ Cpnfijcaie^ and Ap^ ijn> propridie 4iil Eriiifi Pmpertymtbm this **** TT is Ena^^ed ajd Ocdared, « That al! Pr©- ^ *« perty wkhiR this State, (Debts only ex- it^Qi) belonging to Britiih Subjeas, lliall be " ferged, aud is hereby CanBfcatcd to iht Ufc ^f the State.** By ** An e, and they are hereby directed to •* appoint t proper Perfon in their County, to ** take into their Poffeirion the Books, Ac- " counts, and mhcr Papers, belonging to Per- ** fons Convided sls aforefaid ; and (hat the faid •* PcrfoR ^.'\ n tt u « C( << «i K tt « tt ( ^9 ) Perfon fo appointed, fhall be, and U hereby authorized to coUea ; and, if need be, to Sue for, and Recover, in the Name of this Sute, all fuch Debis, Dua, and Demsndi, as he flial! di (cover to be due iii his County, to fuch Conviaed Perfon, and to pay the fame f^ter deduaing his CommifiTioni, Sec.) into the Treafury of hi:* Shore j and tliat the iVlonies fo paid in fhail be conhdered as Part of tlic Eaaie of rhe Perfon to whom due, and apphcd towards difcharging the Claims againft fuch Eftate." IX i*^^ ii: :a''. : is.il Ma chap & Scfl ( tfi ) IN PENSYLVANIA. Mar. 6, 1772. chap. 49. By *• A/i A^ for the Attainder of divers I'raitors, if they render not tbemf elves by a certain day, and for vejling their EJlates in this Commonwealth^ and for more effetlu^ ally difcovering the fame, and for qfcer^ taming andfatisfying the larjfui Debts and Claims thereupon ;** Sea 5. TT is Enaaed; " That all and every the -■" " JLandS) Tenements, Hcrcditamf»nts, Debts " or Sums of Money, or Goods or Chattels what* ** foevcr, and generally the Eftatts, Real and ** Perfonal, of what Naiare or Kind focvtr *' they be, within this State^ whereof the aforc- ** fftid (Jofc^h Galloway, tnd otkeii} feaH have •• been poflfeff^ o^ iaa*re^d i% Or eBtitlcd ** unto. >;n ft-; I ■I Hi! ^ y S I ^ ( 81 ) ^ unto, on the 4th Day of July, 1776, or m, ^ any Time afterwards, in t^cir ^ilii^ht, 0$ *• I© their Ufe, or which any Pcrfon or^rtei^ " fhall have been pofleffed of, interefled in^ of ** entitled unto, to the Ufc of, or in Truft for ** them, or any of them, Ihall according to the " refpcaive Eftates and Imcrefti which the «• Pcrfons aforcfaid, or any in Truft for them, •' fhall have had therein; (land and be forfeited *' to this State, from and after the Twentieth " Day of April next enfuing, unlefs they fhall *' refpeaivcly render themfclvcs on or before f* the fame Day, and abide their legal Trial, at *• herein direBed. And that all and every the ^* Lands, Sec, which any other Perfon or Per- •• fons, who fhair be attainted of High Treafon, •• by Virtue or in Confequence of this Aa (in f' like Manner) ftand and be forfeited to this ^' State, without any Office or Inquifition here- f after to be taken or found." Enaas, That the Prefident, or Vice-Prefi- SeA.&^ dent, and Supreme Executive Council, (hall . inquire into all fuch Eftatcs, Real and Perfonal, and caufe the Rents, i I ' «r «« ( 4S i " IhMll be en.c«d. or ifltll? "l"'*''""" ♦• rtiw«L^ .1^ "** *""* »^ ^me Mi ■ 4' \ i ) V, y »/ lA 17- chap.' Sect. 1, ( 36 ) IN NEW YORK. «, By '• A» AB for the Forfeiture and Sale of >!• " the EJlates ofPerfons -jibo have adhered " 10 the Enemies of this Slate, and for de- '• during the Sovereignty of the People •' of this State in nffetj to all Property " let ibin the fame i" JT is Enaaed. « That John Murray. Earl of ^ "Dunmore (and others therein named) be, and each of them are hereby feverally "declared .0 be.-#>?.. ^tainted of th« „ ?"'"" -f»«f»i4 aria that all and fmgular the tfta.e. both Real and Pcrfonal, held or claimed by them the faid Perfons, feverally and^refpetliyely. whether in PoffelBon^ Re- vcrfton. or Remainder, within tW* State, on 'he Day of thepaffing of thi. m^ito^Jit^ «f If fc tt -&^. t m f 87 ) •^.ndbcwby ii declared to be foffelted « ^ and vcft^#l {« .1. . *"* •^«^f lira tOL "•«», wtthomacueft of Ciei^. « iUii^im . "»OMo« after the paOiiiir or -^^^^'Zm^fMiMfi, Due.^dl JI»i»^B,b^ «»ue from ~^ "" liiaijijcd^ 4 -i&'.'^i^''.«i»*=tt> A '§ ( 38 ) A •' w " maincd with, or went into the Kuciii\ '« ** Power or Lines, ;'nd wliofe Kllatcs have hccii " rcfjictliv •' (or'c'Jed to ilic I'coplc of this •* Siutc, l>y tii** or t!.t ,i Attainder or Convic- ** tioii Tv{\> o«*'e?y, :>, niul, in adi'ilion to the Set urilics " aV.ovc mcnlioncd, |);t;' unto the faid Trca- ** lurcr the likr Certificates or Notes, and ho " diichar^^cd fV»)in any Intcrell^vhich may have " become due (>n f'uch Dcbis, as is directed hy "an Ad of '.he i2ih July, tjSa, (fo wit, frtnn •* the I ft Day of January, 1776, to tlie ift Day •* of |aniiary, 17^4) and upon Payment of fuch ** Debts, 6cc. as aforefaid, the faid Trealurer " Ihall '^In e his Receipt, whicli Receipt Oi.dl be " a fufiicient Difcharge for fo much of the faid •* Dfbb^ Dacf^ and Demands. — liiat from and •* after the Kxp^ration of the faid Six Months, " ii fiiall and may be lawful ir) and for the faid *' Commillh'ner or Commiihoners of Forfeit *' tare, wiihin iiis or tljeir refpceiivc Diilricts, ** to a'k, demand, fue for, and recover in his *' or their own Name or Names, all Debts, &c. •* which are owing, due, and payable to any ** Perfon ov Perfons whofc EiUtc, Real and ** Perfonal, is or are by the Attainder or Con- " \i(;tion forfeited to the People of tliis Su^te, I'uwcr "or Lines, fc r ! ..h Subjeth <.; tins Slate, " not in the Power c r Lines of the Kn.my io •• indebted, fhall be and hereby arc difi raigcd *• from any Inteu!^ which may have become " due on fucii Contrad, Bill, Obb,i;aiion, " Mortgage or Securities, fince tiie Firll Day *? of January £776, to the 1 lift Day of Janu- " ary which liiall fbllo" next after the O'l.CtU- ** fion of the prefeiu Vvai : any Law, Lfii^c, " or Oiflom to the Contrary iiov..i:!in-itKbn^»." By <;,. 1 til Se r %> :;| b ^; I" •'ilS It ■ ' I April to, chap. 94« ( 40 ) Bv ** An AH h amend an A^eniUkd, " An AU relative to Debts due to Perjom within the Ene^ •* mfi Lines ;** ani another Act entitled^ ** An Act to ixphin and amend the Act eniUhdt ** An Act relative to Debts due to Pcrfons mlhin the Cnemfs * Lines, pajfed the xtth Jdy, 1782 ;" «. Cf «f « Sea u <> , and the Executors and Admiiiillrators ** of fuch Perfons, indebted by ftmpk Conlvdct^ Bill Jingle or penal, or any other Obligation, Mortgage, Security^ or Demand wkalfccver^ to ** any Perfon or Pcrfons dcfcribed in the faid •* Fifth Se6lion of the A6t aforcfaid, or the Ex- ** editors or Adminiftrators of fuch Perfon or *' Pcrfons, fliall be and hereby are dijcharged from any Interejl which may have become due upon any fuch ContraH, Bill, Obligation, Mort^ gage or Securities, fmce the Firftday of Janu- " ary, 1776, inclufively, to the Firft day of « May, 1786.'* Provifo, That this Claufe (hall not operate as a Difcharge of any Intereft M^hich may have accrued on any Bill, &c. executed fince the Firft day of January, 1777. And cc And it ii further Enacied, « Thai the faid sca.| " Perlbns fo indebted as aforeraid* their £xc* '* cuiors or Adminiftrators, liiall be obliged to ** pay the Debts or Sums by them owing (after ** fuch Deduction of Intcreft as aforcfaid) to *• the Pcrfon or Pcrfons aforeiaid, their Exccu- ** tors or Adminiftrators, in the lawful Curieiit V Money of this State, in Three Yearly Inftal- *' ments, and not otherwife, to wit. One, ** Third Part thereof on or before the k uft day «* of May, 1768. Another Third Part thcre- ** of on or before the Firft day of May, 1789 : " and the other Third Part thereof on or *» before the Firft day of May, 1790, with In- •' tereft upon the Amount of fuch Debts or ^* 3ums now due (after fuch Deduttion as afore- " faid) from the faid Firft day of May, 1786, •* any Law, Contra6t, or Ufage to the Con- ** trary thereof in any wife noiwithftanding.** JProvifo, That in cafe Default fliaU be iDttde in the Payment of either of the fdd Yearly Inftalments, and not fooner, it (hall and m i^ be lawful for the Creditor to profe- ciit« for his Debt or Demand, but that there ^ILrot be levied by Virtue of any Execution upon any J udginent, Sentence^or Degree therc« upon ottaincdy any other or greater Sum ^han C the ,«. ..vis ^. \ the Arnoont of the Inftahnefit or JbifiifanemiL with the Intereft thereon, in rtfpt& to wht^ Dcftult A«l) !i«reliec« i|>.d<% tmi no Fo». clolurc of tny Mortgage ftt* ojpeirtett a fitf to any Equity of Redemption. tiH after the ift of May. «790; but it flialj be lawful in every fuch Cafe for the Chancellor to dircaa Sale of fo much of the mortgaged ftertiifef ai will be fwlL ficient to fatisly the Inftalmcnt or Inftahnenta which fhall have become due. and the Imerei Ihereon. IN • ( 43 } IN RHODE ISLAND AND J -■ PROVlDlNCE PLANTATIONS. iii yki By^'AnAaforconfi/caiingsbeEftatesof o^ " certain Perfons iberein dejcrihed;** 1779^ TT is Enaacd, « fhat every Inhabitant and ^ «• Member of the late Colony, now State of " Rhode Ifland and Providence Plantatioins, oi" " of any other of the late Colonies or Ptovin- ** CCf V now tJnited States of America, who fince ** the S9th day of April, A. D. 1775, hath le- ** vied Wai, or confpired to levy War againft '* any of the (aid Provinces or Colonies, or ^* United Slates, or who hath adhered to the ^V^id f(aii|l>f Orm Britain, his Fleets or "^W" •'Armies, ij.\*Ssfwl. . 4 I* 'VI. V •< «c «c ( 44 ) ••Armies, Enemies of ihc (kid Provincct or " Colonies or Unilctl States, hereby aflfurdtng •• ihcm Aid or Comfort, or who fincc the fa'.d •* i9ih day of April, A., D. 1775, haih wiih- •• drawn v ithoui ihc Pcrmiflitm of the I^gid •* laiurc or Executive Authority of this or •* fomc other of the (aid Colonies or Provinces, •• or United States from any of them, into Parts or Places under the acknowledged Au- thority and Dominion of the faid King of Great Britain, or into any other Parts or " Places within the Limits of any of the faid " Provinces or Colonies, or United States, •• being in the a6lual Pon'eflTion, and under the *• Power of the Fleets or Armies of the faid King, and who have died in any of the faid Parts or Places, or hath not returned into ** fome one of the faid United States, and been '* received as a Subjetl thereof, or hath conti- " nued to rcfidc in Places invefted by, or in " the Power of the faid Enemies, and have voluntarily aided, aflTiIlcd, or abette'd thcoi, (Iiall be held, taken, deemed and jtl^||ed " to have voluntarily renounced all Civil and Political Relation ^ each and every of the '* faid United States, and be confidered as an «Alico.*«— Aad « c« «c « « V 1> ' 1' ^^i . '^f' I V •vT a \ Mm* ( 15 ) And it is further Enaaid,— " That all and •• every the Lands, Sec. and all Goodi and •• Chaiicis, Rt^^i and Crrdtti, of every Kind, *' and aU other EftaUi and Inltrejls xohatfoever, of •* which any of tic Pcrfon* herein-bcforc dc- •• fcribcd were fcifcd or pofTcfTed, or were *• entitled to have and demand, »o and for their *' Ufc, Benefit, and Behoof, fhali be forfeited, " inure and accrue to the Governor and Com- " pany of this Sutc, and accordingly ' are '• hereby declared fo to be forfeited, inure •• and accrue, to be and remain for their fole " Ufe, Benefit, and Behoof, in as full and " ample Manner as the Perfons aforefaid •• w<»re,or wcrc.eniitled lo be feifcd or pofleflT- '*cdof the fame." 1 H E E X a