United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/8th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 22
Chap. XXII.—An Act authorizing the discharge of John York from his imprisonment.
John York to be discharged from his imprisonment.Be it enacted, &c., That the marshal of the District of New York, be authorized and directed to discharge John York, late a collector of the direct tax, for the eighty-third collection district, in the State of New York, from his imprisonment, upon a warrant of distress issued against him, by the supervisor of said district: Provided, That he take, before any judge of the United States, or any judge or justice of the peace ofCondition prescribed.
Act of Jan. 6 1800, ch. 4. the State of New York, so much of an oath imposed upon persons imprisoned for debt, by the second section of the act, entitled “An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt,” as relates to his not having transferred his property, with intent to defraud the United States: And provided, That he shall assign and convey all the estate, real and personal, which he may own or be entitled to, to some person, for the use and benefit of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, also, That any estate, real or personal, which the said John York may hereafter acquire, shall be liable to be taken and sold, in the same manner, as if he had never been imprisoned and discharged, as aforesaid.
Approved, March 2, 1805.