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	petition mentioned in the succeeding section is filed
	within sixty days after the act of insolvency is com-
	mitted.
	SEC. 24. A petition may be filed in any of said
	courts having the right to take jurisdiction of the
	debtor so committing any act of insolvency in the
	preceding section mentioned, by any one or more
	creditors, the aggregate of whose debts against the
	insolvent amount to at least the sum of two hundred
	and fifty dollars, at any time within sixty days after
	the recording of any of the conveyances, creation of
	liens, or committing of any of the acts of insolvency
	in this act specified. The said petition shall allege	Petition to
	the facts upon which the application is grounded,	allege facts
	and pray for process against the debtor, and an adju-
	dication of insolvency, and shall be verified by the
	affidavit of the petitioner; the court shall thereupon
	issue summons for the debtor, and require him to
	show cause within not less than five nor more than
	ten days, why such adjudication shall not be made.
	Upon any issue of fact which may arise, either party
	shall be entitled to a trial by jury, but the parties to
	said cause may waive the said jury trial, and be
	heard by the court on the issue of fact ; and the trial
	shall take place at the term during which the peti-
	tion was filed, and as speedily as may be; and pend-
	ing the determination of the application for such ad-
	judication, the court may, in its discretion, issue an
	order in the nature of an injunction, to restrain the	May issue in-
	debtor from disposing of his property, or such other	junction
	orders, and upon such terms and conditions as the
	court may deem necessary; and the court shall pos-
	sess power to allow any amendments necessary to
	present the rights of the matter. If the allegations
	of the petition shall not be sustained, the respondent
	shall recover a judgment for costs against the peti-
	tioner ; and if the allegations be sustained and are
	sufficient to warrant the same, an adjudication shall
	be made by the court, that the debtor is insolvent ;
	and thereupon, and by virtue of the adjudication,
	his right and power to dispose of any part of his es-
	tate and property shall cease, and when the court
	shall have appointed a preliminary trustee, all such estate and property shall, as soon as the bond of such
	trustee shall have been approved, be divested out of