Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-03-07
MONDAY, MARCH Z, 1911.

SIC. a. Bet fp,ft.r s.s t4ts, That any cit
isen, of this Commonwealth, who ihali have
been ,nfolvent, and unable to pay his or her
iuf debts previous to tie psiIiag Of this All,
/ aud who fhall have been a citizen aud reii-
dent within this State two years at leah before
! that time, and Who ihall have been boss fde
indebted TO one or more perfons, in fun ex.
ceeding four hundred dollars, or any number
| OF eit,zens who have tfanlaeted buhnels under
any name OF firm OF copartner fbtp, aud who
thall have bsen indebted& unable 70 pay asa-
forefad; luth citizen OF citizens, or aoy one
or more of them, Competing or having COM
! poied zach copsrtnerlhi,, may preient Pc
| tition to any Jufice OF tbe Circuit Court of
| Common rieAs ~,thin the Circuit 10 which
tuch inlolvent citizen or citizens fh4il dwell,
| hat'ng MS or their inioivency, and praying
that Comniiilioa may idus according to this
| Act and alto Hating the name, aud places OF
abode OF all the creditors OF the fad citizen
or citizens, 10 tar as the fame arc TO him or
them known, aud the lums OF money in which
he or they are indebted to each OF fAid Credr
tors; md wherein ihal afo &c ltate d a the
eitste, real, perional or mixed and ali effects,
rights claims and demands OF tuch :uizsn or
citizens, or other perions, aud lhall make fol
emu oath before the Iultice 10 whom fuel,
, petition fhail ne preiented that the fame con-
:, tains .rue aud tsithtui hatemept OF all the
facts which are by this All required, 10 be
fsted according TO his bea knowledge aud
, belief Aud the fAid Juice ihsll endorle on
the laid petition the time when ,be lame Is
rcceivea by him, and thereupon the fa,d Jus
| uce fhall order lueh notice to be gwen tho
! petition and ftatement siorei aid, a he iliali
| fb srl. iisl
may appear q, the neIt Creui, Conr, oi Com
| mou Pleas to be holden in the fame County !;
! aud the Juftiees OF the fad Court, Al the next
| or any iubiequent term of laid Court, after
hearing all perions rnterelted, who may APP
pear, and finding iu CHI petition to have been
made and prti,nteo ~ conformity with this
Act, and the facts therein aaled to be tub-
fianiiaiy tiue, may i1ue A CommiGien to any
| three OF the Comma1onef. who may have
been appointed tor the County within which
| iuch citizen or citizens dwell, IN form follow
| ing;-
FORM OF COMMISSIONS
[LS.) s.. 70 co~-Isst,s .|I-jolveusy
! Spiibis fbe County sf
! WHaRrAs Ibsve inIr,f fbe name Of fbe Pefi
| fiorsr has (0r base petItfoned that Com
milton OF ,nioivency may he 'dued agzinii
4
Petition with the liatemeat accompanying lhe
lame are he.eunto snnered; you are hereby
appointed Con.m,flioners en- iald Petition,
add arc hefeby enjoIned and required TO CO
and perform all aud fnguIzr the duties pre-.
foribed TO be done and perfof med ny Com
m'tiiorers in and by the act entitleo an &C,
TOR the relief OF lnioivent Debtors,
Wnrsf, "A. B Efquire, this day of
~ the ,ear OF our LoRp Que thouiAnd eies
hundred and e. D. cls,l
And faid Commifloners may appon, pro
wifi nal aiignte or sai sutes, II lhey ihonld lee
ft 70 to do, toiake the co,,ody aud late keep.
ing OF the Debtors Glaze and eaeots, until an
assignee o. ASH nees iliall have been cholen OF
appointed pu,iuant 10 this acl; and iush
prov,honal assignee or assignee. ihAli give
bond With good and iutiieienl iureiie., to The
Commissioners, and to their acceptance, IN
iucb FUN As hey ihaii prclcr,be, Tor the uie
Of tie Creditors, with coudition thar he or
they will fznhiully keep aud prelerve all the
enaie OF ia'd Debtor or Debtors, Which may
come TO his hands or poiIes.ion, and delive r
the lame over TO iuch snee or ass,gnees as
may be choien or appointed 10 receive the
lame and fnch provisional assignee or as.
sgnees ihsll receive fueh realon.ble com
|
toners ihai think fit, while acting rs PROV.
sional assignee. PyoVid.i atzeay, That no
Commission fhall he issued uoess one third IN
number OF the perions named a. Creditors in
fad petition, ihaB have c, ruled TO the Ius.
ticc aoretaid that the faels IN faid petition
rated. arc true 10 lar as they know or behevc
aud ihall alio certify their confem thar a
Commission of IN. olvency fhould be ,fTued
| ii. r.. n
foo, or any number of perion,, sssoeia,ed as
copartners, fhill be ,mpriloned on any writ
of execution, tor lod,er tern, OF time than
iixry Gays, any FIVE OF the creditors OF such
perion r perlons, who are Creditors for a
greater fun thsn one hundred dollars each,
may petition any Julice OF the Circuit Court
of Common Pleas a. sforelaid. letting forth
the nature and amount of deh,s due to them,
the imprisonment and miolseney OF the debt.
or, or Debtors, and praying that Commits
son ci inioivency may he iGued aeaint iuch
| Debtor or Debtors and thereupon fAid Jus.
tice lhali order fad notice TO be given OF the
petition aforeiaid as he iha deem resionab,e,
that all seifons intereted may appear a, the
next Circuit Court OF Common Pleas, to be
holden IN the fame ounty, to lhew r.ulc
why the prayer o fAid petition a., nd not be
4 granted: and lhali ALTO caule the Deb,or or
DEBTORS to be notified. ny leaving with him or
them an atteited copy the petition and or.
der thereon; Aud II at The time aud place
appointed, 1t ihal be made to appear to fad
Court thar the facts aleds ed in fad petition
arc fubhan,ially true, nd tina, fuch Debtor OF
Debtors have been 10 imprifoned, the fsii
Court may at the fame or any judgement
term rhereupon award aud aur a commission
OF lniolvency Prsvidsd aivvsys, That luch