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discover, under oath, who are indebted to said corporation and
the amount and consideration of such indebtedness, and for the
purpose of such discovery, all or any of the officers of said cor-
poration may be made defendants, and any of the parties in
said causes shall be entitled to an appeal, as allowed in cases in
equity.

DEEDS.

23. In case any deed shall be executed, to the validity of which
recording is necessary by law, and such deed hath not been re-
corded agreeably to law, without any fraudulent intention of the
party claiming under such deed, the court shall have full power
and authority, upon application of the party claiming under such
deed, and upon such notice being given to the party making such
deed, his heir, devisee, executor or administrator as the court
may direct, and being satisfied that the party claiming under
such deed has a fair and equitable claim to the premises therein
mentioned, to order and decree, without the appearance or hear-
ing of the defendant, that such deed shall be recorded, and when
such deed is recorded, it shall, in pursuance of such decree, be
taken and considered in all courts of law and equity against the
party making such deed, his heirs, devisees, executors and admi-
nistrators, in the same state, and to have the same effect and
consequences to all intents and purposes, as if such deed had
been recorded within the time prescribed by law; but such deed
shall not destroy, or in any manner affect, the title of any pur-
chaser of the same thing or premises in case of a purchase made
after the date of such deed, and without notice of such deed by
the person making such after purchase, whether such purchase
be by contract or by deed recorded agreeably to law, nor shall
such deed, though recorded as aforesaid, in any manner affect
the creditors of the party making such deed, who may trust such
party after the date of the said deed. The provisions of this sec-
tion to apply to non-residents as well as to residents, and to
infants and persons of unsound mind.

DIVORCES.

24. The courts of equity of this State shall have jurisdiction
of all applications for divorce and any person desiring a divorce
shall file his or her bill in the court either where the party com-
plainant or defendant^ resides, or if the party against whom the
bill is filed be a non-resident, then such bill may be filed in the

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