1306 INSOLVENTS. [ART. 47

erally of the insolvent by a notice inserted once in some news-
paper in the county of the debtor's residence and by two
insertions in some daily newspapers published in the city of
Baltimore when the debtor is a resident of 'such city. At the
the time and place named it shall be the duty of the clerk or
deputy clerk mentioned in sections 18 and 19, and of the
debtor and preliminary trustee to appear, and the said clerk or
deputy clerk shall preside at such meeting; thereupon the
creditors present having proven their claims in accordance
with the rules to be prescribed by the court as hereinafter pro-
vided shall proceed to¹ the election of a permanent trustee for
said estate, and the person who shall receive the votes of the-
greater number of said creditors and of those holding the
greater amount of indebtedness shall be elected such perma-
nent trustee, subject, however, to the approval of the court or
one of the judges thereof, and if the creditors fail to attend or
any person fails to obtain the requisite majority of number
and amount of creditors as before provided, or if the person
elected be in the opinion of the court an unsuitable person to
execute the duties of the office of trustee, the court shall
appoint some person to act as permanent trustee, and when
such person shall be elected and appointed as aforesaid or
appointed by the court he shall give bond in manner and form
as hereinbefore provided with respect to tho preliminary
trustee, and thereupon immediately upon the filing and
approval of such bond all said estate, property, rights and
claims shall vest in such permanent trustee, and such prelim-
inary trustee, if he be a different person from the permanent
trustee, shall execute to him a deed of the same, and duly
acknowledge the same; and it shall be th'e duty of the debtor
at such meeting to answer under oath any interrogatories of
the creditors or any of them touching his property and the
disposition of the same, his indebtedness, the judgments and
suits against him and as to any matter relating to his busi-
ness, and the said clerk or deputy clerk shall administer to
such debtor an oath that he will speak the whole truth without
concealment or evasion in answer to any interrogatories pro-
pounded to him at said meeting, and said clerk or deputy
clerk may adjourn said meeting from time to time.

State v Annan, 1 G. & J. 450. Winchester v. Union Bank, 2 G. & J 73
Glenn v Karthaus, 4 G & J 385. Repp v Repp, 12 G & J. 341. Powles v.
Dilley, 2 Md Ch 119 Alexander v Ghislmm, 5 Gill, 178. Somerville v.
Brown, 5 Gill, 425. Gatidner v Lewis, 7 Gill, 398 Hall v. Sewell, 9 Gill,
153. Waters v Dashiell, 1 Md. 472 State v Scott, 2 Md. 284 Manahan