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	the property of every description, rights and claims
	of the insolvent, as well such as are enumerated
	and described in his schedule, as also all other prop-
	erty, rights and claims not so enumerated and de-
	scribed in his schedule, shall vest in the said trustee,
	with the exceptions stated in the foregoing section ;
	and it shall be the duty of the said preliminary	Duty of pre-
	trustee, immediately, to cause notice to be trans-	liminary trus-
	mitted by mail to each of the creditors mentioned	tees.
	in the schedule, addressed to them at their re-
	spective 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 pro-
	ceedings in insolvency in relation to the estate
	of the insolvent, and requiring 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 no-
	tices, to choose a permanent trustee for the estate of	Choose per-
	such insolvent, and the place of meeting shall be in	manent trus- tee
	the county or city in which the debtor resides; and
	said preliminary trustee shall cause like notice to be
	given to all creditors generally of the insolvent, by a
	notice inserted once in some newspaper in the county
	of the debtor's residence, and by two insertions in
	some daily newspapers published in the city of Bal- timore, when the debtor is a resident of such city. At
	the time and place named, it shall be the duty of the
	clerk or deputy clerk mentioned in sections sixteen
	and seventeen of this article, and of the debtor and
	the preliminary trustee, to appear, and the said clerk
	or deputy clerk shall preside at such meeting; there-
	upon the creditors present having proven their claims
	in accordance with the rules to be prescribed by the
	court as hereinafter provided, shall proceed to 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
	permanent 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	Court may
	to execute the duties of the office of trustee, the court	appoint
	shall appoint some person to act as permanent trustee;