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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1825.

city and county of Baltimore, the said commissioners or any
one of them, shall be authorized, and the said commissioners or
some one of them are hereby required to administer to the peti-
tioning debtor, the following oath or affirmation-, as the case
may be: 'I, A. B. do swear, or solemnly and truly declare and
affirm, that I will deliver up, convey and transfer to my credi-
tors, in such manner as the commissioners of insolvent debtors
for the city and county of Baltimore shall direct, all my proper-
ty, that I have, or claim any title to, or interest in, and all debts,
rights and claims, which I have, or am any way entitled to, in
possession, remainder, or reversion, (the necessary wearing appa-
rel and bedding of myself and family excepted) and that I have
not directly or indirectly at any time, sold, conveyed, lessened
or disposed of, for the benefit of any person or persons, or en-
trusted any part of my moneys or other property, or debts,
rights or claims, thereby to defraud my creditors or any of them,
or to secure the same lo receive or expect any profits, benefits,
or advantages thereby.'

False
swearing
therein
made
perjury.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That in case any such insolvent
debtor shall at any time hereafter, upon an indictment found in
the city or county court of the city or county in which such
debtor may reside, or in the city or county where such oath or
affirmation shall have been taken or administered, be convicted
of wilfully, falsely and corruptly swearing or affirming, to any
matter or thing to which he shall swear or affirm by virtue of
this act, he shall suffer as in case of wilful and corrupt perjury,
and be forever debarred from any benefit of the insolvent laws
of this state.

When fraud
is proved
insolvent
debarred
and costs
provided for

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That if upon the answer of any
insolvent debtor to any interrogatories, or if upon the trial of
any issue or issues by a jury, upon allegations which may be
filed against any such debtor, such debtor shall be found guilty
of any fraud or deceit of his creditors, the county court in which
such interrogatories or allegations may or shall be filed, shall
give judgment for the creditor or creditors preferring such inter-
rogatories or allegations against such insolvent debtor for his
reasonable costs and charges iu that behalf sustained, and such
insolvent debtor shall be debarred from any benefit of the insol-
vent laws of this state.

Appeal
granted.

SEC. 6, And be it enacted, That upon the hearing of any
allegations which may hereafter be filed against any insolvent
debtor in any county court, the said insolvent may have a right
to appeal from any opinion of the said court, to the court of
appeals of the eastern or western shore of this state, as the case
may be, and the said appeal shall operate as a supersedeas upon

Provisos.

any judgment rendered in pursuance of the said opinion : Pro-
vided^ the said insolvent debtor shall give bond with security,