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creditor shall acquire a lien by fieri facias or attachment, unless
the same be levied before the filing of his petition.

Selby v. Magruder, 6 H. & J. 459. McCulloh v. Dashiell, 1 H. & G. 97.
Larrabee v. Talbott, 5 Gill 426. Evans v. Sprigg, 2 Md. 459. Jones v. Horsey,
4 Md. 406. Poe v. Duck, 5 Md. 1. Glenn B. Glass Co , 7 Md. 387. Teackle v.
Gibson, 8 Md. 70. Buckey v. Snouffer, 10 Md. 149. State v. Mayhugh, 13 Md.
371. Willis B Wright, 22 Md. 373. Syester v. Brewer, 27 Md 288. Dowler
v. Cushwa, 27 Md. 366. Clarke v. Meixsell, 29 Md. 221. Walsh v. Boyle, 30
Md. 262. Estate of Leiman, 32 Md. 225. Weaver v. Leiman, 52 Md. 708.
Robinson v. Con. R. E & F. Ins. Co., 55 Md. 105. Becker v. Whitehill, 55 Md.
572. Hignutt v. Garey, 62 Md. 192. Pinckney v. Lanahan, 62 Md. 447. Third
National Bank v. Lanahan, 66 Md. 469.

P. G. L , (1860,) art. 48, sec. 11. 1854, ch. 193, sec. 11.

12. The said courts, or the judge thereof in the recess, may
remove any trustee for misconduct, or may, at discretion, dis-
charge a trustee who applies to be discharged.

Ibid. sec. 12. 1854, ch. 193, sec. 12. 1880, ch. 172.

13. The said courts, or judges thereof, shall prescribe the
penalty of the bonds of the trustees and approve the security
therein, and may order a new bond or a new security or securities
to be given, and may remove any trustee on failure in compliance
or for incompetency or neglect of duty, and shall have all the
powers over the trustees, under this article, which courts of
equity have over trustees appointed by decree to sell property;
and the said courts shall, by their rules, provide the method and
forms for the proof of claims against the estate of insolvents.

Leiman's Estate, 32 Md. 225.

Ibid. sec. 13. 1854, ch. 193, sec. 13. 1880, ch. 172. 1884, ch. 295. 1886, ch. 298.

14. No deed or conveyance executed, or lien created by any
banker, stock broker, merchant, manufacturer or trader being
insolvent, or in contemplation of insolvency, shall be lawful or
valid if the same shall contain any preferences, save such as re-
sult from operation of law, and save those for the wages or
salaries to clerks, servants and employees contracted not more
than three months anterior to the execution thereof; and all
preferences, with the exceptions aforesaid, shall be void, howso-
ever the same may be made; provided, the grantor or party
creating said lien or preference shall be proceeded against under
section 23, or shall apply for the benefit of this article under
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