Volume 6
Private Law 12–XXVI
for the relief of John Redfield, Junior.
Approved February 24, 1813
Statutory text
An Act
for the relief of John Redfield, Junior.
Be it enacted, &c.,
That John Redfield, junior, of the city of New York, an insolvent debtor, now, and for a long time passed, confined in
To be discharged from imprisonment.
jail for debts due to the United States, which he is wholly unable to pay, be henceforth discharged from arrest and imprisonment, for and on account of the said debts, and all costs and charges touching the same: Provided, always, That all property, real, personal, or mixed, which
Proviso.
the said John Redfield, junior, now has, or hereafter may have or acquire, shall be liable to be taken in execution for and on account of the said debts and the costs; and nothing in this act shall be construed to impair the right of the United States to any estate which the said Redfield has assigned or conveyed to any person or persons whatever, nor to prevent the recovering of said estate for the satisfaction of said debts and costs: Provided, also, That nothing in this act shall operate
Proviso.
to discharge any person or persons whatever, except said Redfield, who may now be liable to the United States, in any manner or form, either in whole or in part, for said debts and costs.
Approved, .