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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

lic General Laws, title "Insolvents," be and the

same are hereby repealed, and re enacted with'

amendments, so as to read as follows :

1. Any person being insolvent may apply, by

Insolvent to
apply by peti-
tion.

petition, to the Circuit Court for the county where
such insolvent resides, or to the Court of Common

Pleas of Baltimore city, if the insolvent resides in

the city of Baltimore, stating that he is insolvent,

and offering to deliver up for the benefit of his

creditors all his property, real and personal, and ex-
hibiting therewith a schedule of his property, and

a list of the debts due from and owing to him, with

the names of his debtors and creditors, and their

respective places of business or residence, so far as

known to the insolvent, all verified by affidavit, and

shall annex to his petition an affidavit that he will

deliver up and convey to such trustee as may be

appointed, for the benefit of his creditors, all the

property, estate, rights and claims of every de-

scription, to which he is in any manner entitled;

the necessary wearing apparel and bedding of him-

self arid family, and such property as may, by law,

be exempted from execution, excepted ; and that he

Convey to

has not at any time sold, lessened, transferred or

trustee

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 pre-

vious to said application, been discharged under any

insolvent law of this State.

2. The court, or one of the judges thereof, shall

Appoint a

then appoint a preliminary trustee, who shall give

preliminary

bond to the State, with surety or sureties to be ap-

trustee.

proved 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 de-

scription; and upon the approval of such bond,

whether such conveyance has been made or not, all