The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-02-12
AN ACT providing for the further limitation of certain
actions and for othefpurposes-

actions, and for 0thef purPoses-
Whereas by an act entitled "Rn Act repeating
tain therein named, passed March wentyr in
the year thousand eight hundred ami wenty-one
the for providing and regulating Of prisons, passed
February twenty first, in the yeu thousand seven
hundred aud eightyfve and differs other acts in adj
dition to- and III amendment theteof; and act CON
corning poor prisoners and Othef persons, passed Feb
ruary twenty 1ourth i'll the yedE one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen, are rcpGlcd-And whereas,
since the passing Of said repeating act, many debtors
commirted 10 prison. have been permitted the liberty
or the sOn yards established before the passing Of
said peang act, upon giving bond as then provided
by law and many poor dtUtors may have been dis
cha reed from gaol and allowed 10 home, first
having taken the oath and conformed 70 the require
prescribed by the laws IN orce PRIOR TO the pass
Ing Of said repeating Aud 2ereas the laws OF this
State have but recently been published and many Of
The citizens ignorant OF wh-t laws Of MassaChn
sets il force in this State th8 adoption Of The Con-
stiuton, had been repealed and what of them cOntin
ued in force, and many escapes from gaol may have
been permitted, and the conditions Of bonds Tor the
liberty Oh gaol yards in many IN tanCes have been
Internationally broken and wlhIcds il is tbs duty OF
the Legislature protect the Cizcus against forfeit
ure arising from the want OF sufficient PRONUNCIATION
Of the laws:
Sect. L. BE it enacted bu the Senate and House Of
Representatives ia Legislature assembled, That from
and after the passing OF this act, action shall be
maintained against any sherifor keeper of any gaol,
for the escape of any prisoner wherein the escape
charged and proved shall havd been suffered by such
sheriff or keeper of the gaol, after having taken bono
for the liberty of the gaol yard provided by the
laws prior the passing of saia act, entitled an Act
repeating certain acts therein manned, passed March
twenty hrst in the year one thousand eight hundred
and Eeuv-one unless said actlun he commenced with
in three DAYS from the passing OF tins act or within
five DAYS after such cause, if action snail accrue.
Sect. 2. BE 1t further elncte1 That from and after
fine pa sing of this act no ACTON shall be maintained
for the breach Of any bond given OF 10 be gveo by a.
nv person imprisoned for debtf obtain the liberty Of
the gaol yard where the breach complained of ana
proved snail arise from such ersons being without the
walls of the prison aud within the exterior limits Of the
eaol ward as established bei0Fe the passing u said
pealing act from such parsons departing without
such eyte nor limits after having been discharged from
prison pursuant to the provisions Of the act OF tie
Legislature of Massachusetts, entitled Actor the
relief of poor prisoners who are committed BY
ton for debt" passed Move nOer twenty-hfth il the
year thousand eight hundred and sixteen, unless
! such action be commenced withn TWO days from tie
passing Of this act within i've days Iom and alter
such breach.
Sect. g. BE II further enackd That the geo yards
in the several counties in thisState, established be-
fore the passing OF said repeating act be, and they are
hereby established, and tl:eE limits and bounds con-
| 6rned, and that all personsF committed upon mesne
process execution for taxes shall he entitled 10 the
liberties OF such gao yards 1aving given hereafter
giving bond as provided by lH prior the passing Of
said repeating act And that all the laws relating
the establishment Of prison yards giving poor debt
ors tine liberty Of such yards and providing for their
Discharge from prison, upon Eaking the poor debtors
oath they before the passing OF said repeating
act be, and they are hereby revived, and shall be
deemed and taken law within this State, until other
wise provided for any thingn said Act for repeal
ing certain therein named 10 the contrary not
| Withstandlng.
Approved, January 19, 1892.