834 INSOLVENTS—PREFERENCES. [ART. 47.

section 1, within four months after the recording of the deed or
conveyance, or the creation of said lien or preference, and shall
be declared, or shall become, under the provisions of this article,
an insolvent.

Maennel v. Murdoch, 13 Md 164. McColgan v. Hopkins, 17 Md. 395.
Mackintosh v. Corner, 33 Md 598. Wolfsheimer v. Rivinus, 64 Md. 230.
Liniweaver v. Slagle, 64 Md. 489.

1888, ch. 383.

15. Whenever any person or body corporate shall make an
assignment for the benefit of his, her or its creditors, or shall be
adjudicated insolvent upon his, her or its petition, or upon the
petition of any creditor or creditors, or shall have his, her or its
property or estate taken possession of by a receiver under a decree
of a court of equity, in the distribution of the property or estate
of such person or body corporate, all moneys due and owing from
such person or body corporate for wages or salaries to clerks,
servants or employees contracted not more than three months
anterior to the execution of such assignment, adjudication of
insolvency, or appointment of receiver, shall first be paid in
full out of such property or estate, after payment of the proper
and legitimate costs, expenses, taxes and commissions, and shall
be preferred to all claims against the property and estate of such
insolvent person or body corporate, except the lien claims of such
persons as shall hold liens upon such property or estate, recorded
at least three months prior to such assignment, adjudication or
decree.

P G. L., (1860,) art. 48, sec. 14. 1854, ch. 193, sec. 14. 1880, ch. 178.

16. If the notice to creditors hereby required shall not be given,
or if the insolvent shall fail to appear upon any occasion upon
which his appearance is required, the court may, in its discretion,
fix another day and order new notice.

Ibid sec 15. 1827, ch. 70, sec. 8. 1854, ch 193, sec. 15.

17. Any property or debts not mentioned in the schedule of
any insolvent may be taken under a fieri facias or attachment, at
the suit of any creditor, except such as may be exempted by law;
but nothing in this section shall be construed to impair the right
and title of the trustee to such property or claims as provided by