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necessary wearing apparel and bedding of himself and family,
and such property as may by law be exempted from execution,
excepted; and that he has not at any time sold, lessened, trans-
ferred or disposed of any part of his money or other property
for the use or benefit of any person, or intrusted any part of
his money or other property, debts, rights or claims, thereby
intending to delay or defraud his creditors, or any of them, or
to secure the same so as to receive, or expect to receive any
profit, benefit or advantage himself therefrom; provided, that
the said applicant has at no time within two years previous to
said application been discharged under any insolvent law of
this State.

Bowie «. Jones, 1 Gill, 208. Teackle v Crosby, 14 Md. 14. State v.
Culler, 18 Md 432. Jaeger v. Requardt, 25 Md. 231. Bramble v. State. 41
Md. 435. Relief Bldg. Ass'n v. Schmidt, 55 Md. 97. Gable v. Scott, 66 Md.
183. State v. Boulden, 57 Md. 314.

1886, art. 47, sec 2. 1860, art. 48, sec. 2. 1854, ch. 193, sec. 2. 1880, ch. 172
2. The court, or one of the judges thereof, shall then
appoint a preliminary trustee, who shall give bond to the State,
with surety or sureties to be approved by the judges or clerk of
said court in such penalty as the court, or one of the judges
thereof, may prescribe, for the faithful discharge of his trust,
and the insolvent shall immediately convey to such trustee all
his property and estate of every description, and upon the
approval of such bond, whether such conveyance has been
made or not, all the property or every description, rights and
claims of the insolvent as well such as are enumerated and
described in his schedule, as also all other property, rights and
claims not so enumerated and described in his schedule, shall
vest in the said trustee, with the exceptions stated in the fore-
going section; and it shall be the duty of the said preliminary
trustee immediately to cause notice to be transmitted by mail
to each of the creditors mentioned in the schedule, addressed
to them at their respective places of abode or of business, so
far as mentioned in the schedule or known to him, giving
notice to such creditors of the pendency of proceedings in
insolvency in relation to the estate of the insolvent and requir-
ing them to appear at a place and time to be named not less
than five nor more than ten days from the mailing of the
notices, to choose a permanent trustee for the estate of such
insolvent, and the place of meeting shall be in the county
or city in which the debtor resides, and said preliminary
trustee shall cause like notice to be given to all creditors gen-

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