Chapter XX. to discharge Robert Sturgeon from his imprisonment
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Chap. XX.— An Act to discharge Robert Sturgeon from his imprisonment. April 5, 1800. *Be it enacted, &c., * Robert Sturgeon to be discharged from imprisonment. That the keeper of the prison in Lewistown, county of Mifflin, and State of Pennsylvania, be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to release Robert Sturgeon from imprisonment, on a process in favor of the United States, by virtue of which he is now Proviso.imprisoned: *Provided,* he obtains and produces to him, the said keeper, a certificate from the Secretary of the Treasury, that he the said Robert has assigned and conveyed all his estate, real and personal, in his possession, or to which he is entitled, to some person or persons, for the use of the United States, under the direction and to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, which certificate shall be sufficient authority for the keeper of said prison to release said Robert, so far as he is holden, by virtue of said process, in favour of the United States.
Proviso.*And provided also,* That the judgment obtained, or to be obtained on said process, shall remain in full force against any estate the said Robert may hereafter acquire. Approved, April 5, 1800.