United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/7th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 3
Chap. III.—An Act authorizing the discharge of Lawrence Erb from his confinement.
To be discharged from confinement.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the marshal of the district of Pennsylvania be authorized and directed to discharge Lawrence Erb, late a collector of the revenue of the United States, in the county of Northampton, in the district of Pennsylvania, from confinement, upon a judgment obtained against him in favor of the United States: Provided, That he take so much of an oath imposed upon persons imprisoned for debt by the second section of the act, entitled,1800, ch. 4. "An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt," as relates to his not having transferred his property with an intent to defraud the United States; and that he shall assign and convey all the estate, real and personal, which he may now own, or be entitled to, to some person or persons for the use and benefit of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, also, That the said judgment shall remain in full force against any estate, real or personal, which the said Lawrence Erb may hereafter acquire, and that process may, at any time, be thereupon issued against the same.
Approved, February 3, 1802.