The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1778-04-22 00:00:00, page 4

or personal goods and chattels, so to be discovered, as
they fhal| think fit and reasonable; and the fame (ball
be valid in law, so as the compofitioa-money be paid
to the said State Treasurer for the uie of the Stat& with
in the times limited by them ; and where any of the
said debts are secured by bonds or obligations with pe
nalties, or are due upon accounts not adjusted, the laid
President or Vice-President and Council are authorifed
to Rate and determine the fame; ard every person,
not being so indebted, or possessed of such personal
goods and chattels, who (hall at any time after one
month and before the expiration of four months after
such attainders relpe&ively, discover any such debts
er personal goods and chattels, concealed until the
time of futh difeovery, (hall be entitled to to much as
the said President or Vice President and Council (hall
judge Sufficient, not exceeding one fourth of such debts,
or of such pe fenal goods and chattels, or of the value
thereof after recovery of th , fame, to e paid over to bim
by warrant of the said President or Vice-President and
Council from time to tim on the Treasurer; and every
person who (hall, from and afterthe expiration of one
month and before the expiration of fix months after
such attainders refpe&ively, discover an, lands, tene
ments, rents, hereditaments and chattels real, for
feited as aforefaid and concealed until the time of such
discovery, (hall be entitled to such proportion of laid
lands, tenements, rents, hereditaments, and ofcbat
tels real, as the said President or Vice-President and
Council (hill judge to be rcafonable, not exceeding
one fourth part thereof, or of the value after recove
ry; and the Pefident or Vice President and Council
(ball deliver certificates und r their binds and seals to
every perlon who shall make such difeoveries, fpecify
ing the lands, tenements, hereditaments, chattels or
real effates, by him so difeovered, and thcproportion
thereof, or of the value, he ought to have in reiped
thereof; and (h ill cause to be paid, delivered or con
veyed by the President or Vice-President under theState
Seal, such parts and proportions o the said discover
ers, their heirs, executors, adminiftra ors and aligns
refpe&ively; and that as soon as conveniently may be
after the time (hall be elapsed for entering claims in
manner herein alter mentioned on th estates real or
personal so discovered, as for such estates real or per
sonal, upon which no claim (hail be entered; and as
soon as conveniently may be after such claims as (hall
be entered, relating to inch eftat^s real or personal re
fpe&ively, (hall be determined Provided always that
the fhaes of the estates, real or peril,nd, that ihall be
allowed to the difeoverers, do fuffer a deduction pro
portionable to the claims refpe&ively which (hall be
made and affirmed thereout.
And be it further ena&ed by the authority aforefaid.
That the President or Vice-President and Council dull,
as soon as conveniently may be, secure all the goods
and personal chattels of the lail ,ofefh Galloway, John
Alien, Andrew Allen, William Allen, the younger,
James Rankin, Jacob Ducbf Gilbert Hicks, John Potts,
Nathaniel Vernon, Chrifian Fouts, Samuel Shoemaker,
Reynold Keen, and John Biddle, and also all goods and
personal chattels of the person or persons to be named
in any proclamation, to be issued as herein b fore di
re&ed, as soon as conveniently may be after the date
of such proclamation, in such places, and in the culto
dy of such persons, as (hall be thought most proper for
preventing the perilling, or any loss or embezzlement
thereof, and (h 11 m ke inventories thereof, contain
ing a paiticular account of all such goods and chattels,
to whom they belonged, and when and by whom they
were delivered to toe (aid President or Vice P efident
and Council, or persons by them appointed to receve
them ; and they shall also, as soon as conveniently
may be, front and after the day fixed by this A&, or
to be prefixed by the proclamations aforefaid for the
said rebels and traitors to render themselves, and a
bide their legal trial, if they do not render themfeives
accordingly, cause appraifement thereof to be made
upon the oths or affirmations of any two persons, to
be appointed by them for that purpose, and (hall fell,
or cause to be fold, all tuch goods and chattels so in
ventoried and ayprailed, and for that ptirpofe (hall
cause public notice to be given, ten days at least, of
the times and places of sale and of the federal particu
lars to be fold , and the fame (hall be fold by au&ion
to the belt bidder; and they shall cause an entry to
be made of the goods and chattels io fold, the buyers
names and places of abode, and the prices. And the
said President or Vice President and Council (hail give
a certificate under their hands and seals unto the buyers,
expressing the particulars, prices, and time of (ale, and
faall forthwith order the particulars bought and paid
for to be delivered to the buyers or their assigns.
And be it further endued by the authority aforefaid,
That the President or Vice President and Council may,
and they are hereby empowered to lett, or, by factors
or agents by them to be appointed as aforefaid, cause
to be lett, th, said for cited real estates, for any time
not exceeding two years, and (hall receive the rents,
grant acquittances thereof, pay the land-taxes there
out, and do all things necessary for managing the said
estates, until the fame (hall be fold in manner herein
iafter dire&ed.
And be it further enaßed by the authority aforefaid,
That the said President or Vice-President and Council
shall cause a register of the names of all persons so at
tainted of High Treason, and of all real and personal
estates and interests by this A6t vest d in the State, or
an authentic duplicate thereof to be kept by the Se
cretary, and the fame (hall be open to the infpe&ion
of all persons, gratis, who (hall demand the fame, be
twixt the hours of ten and twelve in the forenoon, on
any lawful day; and in the said ^regifter (hall be
expressed the dates when the entries of the said
estates real or personal were made ; and the said Secret
LANCASTER, Printed by JOHN DUNL A P.
tary ihall from time to time trehiinit ah authentic co-I
py of the said register to the justices of the Supreme I
Court, or one of them, as loon as conveniently may
be, apd also, within one month alter the date of such
entry, transmit another authentic copy thereof to the
Sheriff of the county, within the limits of wnich any
forfeited real estate is situated ; and every such Sheriff
shall inlert the lame in a book to be kept for that pur
pose, yvhich (hall be open to^any person, gratis, de
manding inipedion, upon any lawful day, between
the hours of ten and twelve in the forenoon § and all
the estates and interests entered in the said register by
the Secretary, upon which no claim (ball be elite ed
within the time and in the manner herein after pre
scribed, shall be deemed to be vetted in this State, by
virtue of this A&j and Inch of the said estates ard
interests, upon which claims (ball be entered) (hall in
like manner be deemed to be vested in this State, fub
jea o>ly to such burden, diminution and eviction, as
shall arise from the determination of the said claims.
And be it further enaßed b) the authority aforefaid,
That the said President or Vice-President and Council
may and shall, within twelve months after the debts
and claims upon the laid estate shall be refpe&ively
adjudged, or in case there shall be no claim, fell, or
caule the laid estates to be fold by au&ioh to the belt
and highest bidder, having pr^vioufly caused public
notice to be given, by advertisements in forme news
paper within this State, and alio in the county where
the lands he, thirty days at least, of the times and >
places of fde, and of the estates and interests to be
(old ; and after the said sale and the payment of the
purchase money, the said Preffdent or Vice President
in Council shall under his hand and the State Seal give
a deed or conveyance thereof unto the buyers, defend
ing the landsand interests fold, and expressing the
prices and time of i@le, and shall also c,ufe the posses
sion thereof to be delivered to the said buyers, or treir
assigns; and it any purchaser shall mak/ tdefault in
payment of the cohfideration-rponey, at the time fixed
tor the payni nt thereof, he mall forfeit one fourth
part of the fame, to be recovered in the name of the
State, to the use of the State, and a new tale of all
such estates may and (hall be made in Banner afofe
latd to any other perlon. All which monies so th be 1
received shall be paid to the Treasurer for the use of
the State, and by him be accounted for as other pub-
Ic monies, lubjt& neverthelef to the draughts of the
President or Vice-President and Council, for payment
of debts and claims .£&iog the lame, and for Hila
ries of inferior officers and incident charges.
And be it further ehafted by the authority aforefaid,
That the buyer or buyers of any lands, tenements,
hereditaments, pi chattels real, fold and conveyed by
virtue of this A& (hall be seized and pofleffed thereof
free and clear from all incumbrances and claims what
soever, of any person or persons whomsoever, the
quit or chief rents only excepted, according to the
contents of his, her, or their conveyance refpettive.
ly.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That all bodies, politic and corporate, and pe,mas
what oever ( xcept all tuch forfeiting persons as afore-.
f.;iJ, and ah persons having or claiming any thing in
the premiles to the use of or in trull for any such for
feiting persons, or their or any of their heirs, execu
tors, or administrators) having any estate, right, ti
tle, interest, use, fruit, peffeffion, reversion, remain
der, annuity, Service, rent, debt, benefit, charge, or
incumbrance whatsoever in law or equity upon any
meffuages, lands; tenements, rents, hereditaments,
or any real or personal eltate, or any other the pre
mfes herein or hereby vested or to be vested in this
S ate, by any Settlement, conveyance, judgment, re
cognisance, xtgnt, or other debt, change, or incum
brance, which was binding on the forfeiting persons,
and might have affected their estates, before the times
whereon the lame Shall be veiled in this State, by vir
tue of this A&; and alio all bodies politic and corpo
rate, and perlons whats ever, pretending right or ti
tle to any estate which shall be seized or taken by vir
tue of this A& for the use of the State, and who fh.ll
pretend that none of the persons attainted, or to be
attainted, in virtue of this A&; of High Treason,
was possessed of, or entitled unto, Such estate in his or
their own righty or to his or their own use, or any
other person iqtruft for them, on the said fourth dny
of July, One thousand Seven hundred and ft verity fix,
or at any time fibre, or that they have right or title
to such estate, Steal! within three months from the date
of the entry that Shall be made ia the register kept by
the Secretary, of any personal estate, and in case of
real estates, within fix months of the entry of the re
gister to be kept by the Sheriff of the county where
Such estate lies, of the estate or interest out of which
such claims and demands ought to be made, enter their
refpe£bve claims and demands beiorm the Justices of
the Supreme Court, in such manner as is herein after
mentioned, or in default thereof every such claim and
demand shall be null and void to all intents and pur
poses whatfoevCT, and the estate charged therewith
(hall bom theme be difehaaged from the fame. And
all Such claimsand demands of infants may be made
by their fathers or guardians, or any other persons in
theirbehalf; and all claims of femes covert by their
bulb, d~, or any other perlons in their behalf; and
all claims of madmen, ideots, or lunaticks, by the
perlons under fohofe care they shall be at the time of
entering Such claim; and all such claim shall be made
and tendered td the Justices of the laid Supreme Court
in teim time, or to the Chief Justice in the vacation,
written on parchment or paper, and signed by the
parties making the fame, or such other persons on
their behalf as aforefaid, or signed by the attornies or
factors of the party , and such signing Shall be teftified
by two or more credible witheffes, who shall fuhferibe their
Hames to a,teft the fame; and every claimant shall therein
particularly express wba! estate, right, title, ir.terei?, ufej
poheffion, reversion, remainder, annuity, service, rent,
debt, benefit, charge, cr ir/cumbtau^, he or (he claims on
any part of the premises, and under what grant, gift, fettled
merit, conveyance, Security, title, or incumbrance; and it
such claimant hath or claims any estate, right, title, or in
retell, to any part of the premises, by virtue of any incum^
brance or security, the dates and contents thereof, and the
witnesses thereto; and if the fame be recorded, when anq
where the fame wastntered; and whether such debt was and
really is due, and remains wholly unpaid, and what part
and how much thereof had bteen flushed by money paid,
perception of profits, or byay other ways and means what
soever ; and every such claim dials be tranfet ibed by order of
the said Court, and entered in books to be provided and
kept for that purpose ; and the fair Supreme Court shall
proceed in a fumbnary way, as well out of as in term time,
to hear and determine all such claims; and every decree cf
laid Court in the premises (ball be final and binding on all
parties, in case thirty days, which is hereby allowed to them
for reversing of amending such decrees, Shall elapse without
any proceedi: gs being had or commenced by either party fee
that pup fe.
And be it further enabled b, the authority aforefaid,
That the Attorney-General, or some Council by him author
rifed, shall provide for making properanfwers and defences
in behalf of the State, to all such claims as shall be offered
as aforefaid, and for reverting, affirming, or amending tie
decrees that shall be passed upon such ciarrhs, as he ffiallfce
cause.
And be it further enaßed by the authority aforefaid.
That the Judices of the Supreme Court shall, in a Summary
way, proceed, upon the testimony of witnesses and exami
nation of persons claiming, or otherwise interested, upon
their oaths or affiliations, mfpedioh and examination of
deeds, writings and records; or by all or any of the said
ways, or otherwise according to the , circumstances of the
case, ^ soon as convenient,y may be, to hear and determine
all claims Which shall be entered within the times aforefaid -
and the claimants shall (if required by the said Court, or by
the Attorney General) upon oath or affirmation answer to
the truth of bis, her or their claim, and to such proper in
to, rogatories as the Court, or Council for the State shall
think fit for tire clearing thereof; and upon oath or affirms^
tion produce before the said Court, all such deeds, writings
and evidences, as are in his, her or thei r custody or power
an, wife concerning the said claims, or the fubjed matter
tbcieof.
And be it further enaAed by the authority aforefaid;
That where the claim shall contain demands Of any sum of
firms of money any wife afledirg any of the said forfeited
estates, the said President or Vice-President and Council
shall issue out certificates to the claimants for the sums which
shall be determined io be due to them severally by the decrees
of the said Supreme Court, with legal interest; and the fame
(hall be paid without any deduction or fee by the said Trea-'
furers out of such rents ^nd profits as shall be paid into his
hands from the tcfpe&ivt eluates upon which the said claims
are allowed. And.where the claim (hall contain a demand
Of any lands, tenements, rents, feivices, rents-charge, he
reditaments, or other real estate whatsoever, or any inter est
therein, aid mail he dec eed d, abovefaid, to be just and le
gal, in that case the Supreme t it (hall order the Sheriff of
the lefpedive Counit, ^nere the ?r> e flrail lie, to cause
poss ffion to be delivered to fee : oa m^ t, his or her heirs,
executors, admindba^i \or face CT s, o to whom they or
any of them shall appoint; and eve y such claimant, his or
het heirs, executors, adn.iloratos r focceflors, shall en
joy the fame, cr such edne and rotten therein, refpe&ively,
as shall be adjudged and decreed as afrefaid,
And he it jurther enaaed by ib au bority aforefaid.
That ah conveyances and affura ces of any lands, tenements,
rents, hereditaments or real estate whats eer, made at ary
time alter the fourth day of July, in t e year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and seventy fix, b) any person
who shall be attainted in virtue of this Aft, for the use of or
in trull for hiknfelf, his wife; or ary f his children (other
than such as were made bonafile her ,re and in confideiation
of marriage, or in performance or fomt agreement reduced
into writing before or in confi.ieraron of marriage) and also
all other acutances and conveyances made at any time finer
the fourth day of July, One thousand seven hundred and
Seventy-fix, by any such person, are her eby declared to and
shall forever hereafter be deemed to be fraudulent; and no
claim shall hereafter be.allowed for the fame, excepting such
affiances and conveyances as have been made since the time
aforefaid, or shall be made to time coming, for just and va
luable carries, the said causes being always otherwise mani
fefted and proved than by the writings themfeives
And be it further enaaed by the authority aforefaid.
That the tenants of the said attainted persons, who shall
have paid their refpedlive rents due to them after the fourth
day of July, One thousand seven hundred and seventy-six,
and before the times of their refpedive attainders, without
fraud or collusion, shall be difeharged therefrom on due
proof of such adual payments refpeaively made.
Provided afuhys, and it is further enabled by the au
tbority aforefaid, That the said Justices of the Supreme Court
may and shall order and appropriate such parts of the said
forfeited estates, for the support of foch traitor's children,
or wife and children, if any, as to them may appear (effici
ent, agreeable to an A& of Gene al Assembly, passed the
eleventh day of February last, intitled, “ An Aid Declaring
what shall 6e treason, and what other crimes and practices
against the State shall be mfprifion of tieafon.''
- JOHN BAYARD, Speaker,
Enaßed into a Law at Ldn<afler, on Fri ay,
the fixAb day of March, in heyeara, our Lord
Onethoufandfeven hundred andfeveny eight
'JOHN MORRIS. Junior,
Clerk of the General Ass mi>ly.
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