840 INSOLVENTS—SALES—RECORD. [ART. 47.

1880, ch. 172, sec. 27.

26. It shall be the duty of the several clerks of the courts of
this State, wherein any proceedings in insolvency may be pending
under any of the provisions of this article, to have and keep a book
to be called " insolvent record," in addition to the book in which
he may keep docket entries of said proceedings, in which book of
"insolvent record," whenever any real estate shall have been sold
by said trustee, the said clerk shall record the petition of insol-
vent or creditors, as the case may be, all conveyances relating to
said insolvent estate, to the preliminary or permanent trustee; and
the trustee's report of the sale of said real estate, together with all
orders of the clerk or court, giving efficacy thereto, for which said
record the said clerk shall receive such fees as are now allowed
for recording sales of real estate under decrees of courts of
equity in this State; and in all sales of real or leasehold estate
to be made by the permanent trustee under the provisions of this
article, the same shall be made in the county or city wherever the
said real or leasehold estate is situated, and after due advertise-
ment of such sales in at least one newspaper published in such
county or city.

Ibid. sec. 28.

27. A discharge duly granted under this article may be pleaded
by a simple averment that, on the day of its date, such discharge
was granted to the party, and setting the same forth in its exact

words or according to legal effect; and a certified copy of said dis-
charge shall be sufficient evidence of the fact of said discharge.

1884, ch 295.

28. The provisions of this article shall apply to copartnerships

engaged in business in this State, of which any of the copartners
are residents of this State; the petition by or against said copart-
nership shall be filed in the court having insolvent jurisdiction in
the place where said copartnership business is carried on, or, if
such business is carried on in different places, the court in which
the petition is first filed shall have exclusive jurisdiction; all the
joint stock and property of the copartnership, and all the separate
estate of each of the partners shall vest in and be conveyed to the
preliminary and permanent trustees, except such parts as are
hereinbefore excepted; the creditors of the firm, and of the re-