Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-02-02

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sembly, now pending before the General
Assembly, be & the same are hereby re-
ferred to the Sup Jud. Court be heard
& tried in the counties in which the petit
TONERS respectively resided, at the time
they preferred their petitions, or in which
such petitioners respectively might now
prefer petitions for the benefit of the act,
entitled "an act for the relief of insolv ent
debtors," That said petitioners be and
they are hereby permitted and directed
to take their petitions and documents ac-
companying the same, now pending be-
fore this Assembly, and file the same in
the clerks office of said court, in the
counties in which they are respectively
to be tried, three weeks at least before
the sitting Of the Court in the county
! where the same are to be tried. That
the creditors Of said respective petition
ers shall be notified of the tendency of
such petitions in the manner prescribed
III the first section of the act entitled Gan
act for the relief of insolvcnt dcbtors,"
passed at the January session, A.D. 1923 ;
and that said petitions respectively shall
be entered, proceeded on, and tried in
the same manner as if they had been
preferred to said Courts respectively, ac-
cording to the provisions of the act pas
sed at the present session ofthe General
Assembly, entitled "an act to revive the
act entitled ali act for the relief of insol-
vent debtors, and the act in amendment
thereof, and for other purposes. That
said petitioners be permitted to amend
their respective petitions, if need be, and
make them conformablc to the last men
toned act, and the acts thereby revived
and amended. That all such Of the a.
forcsaid petitioners as have been releas-
ed from Jail, on giving bond to return to
jail pursuant to any vote OF the General
Assembly, passed since the January ses-
sion of the General Assembly ,A.D. 1881 ;
and all such of the aforesaid petitioners
as now are, or before the sitting Of the
Court in the respective counties to which
their petitions are referred, shall be COM
mitted to jail for debt, and have taken or
shall take the oath prescribed by the 7th
section of the act entitled can act for the
reliefofpoor persons imprisoned for debt"
shall be severally liberated from Jail, on
! giving bond, with surety or sureties sat-
isfactory to the sheriff of the county in
which they shall severally stand commit
ted, conditioned to return to Jail in ten
days after the rising of the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court, at the next term thereof, in
the respective counties to which their pc
titions are respectively referred, unless
the petitioner shall, at such term, be dis
charged by the Court, and shall receive
a certificate thereof, by order and under
the seal Of said Court; or unless the pc
tition Of such petitioner shall be contin-
ued, and proceedings against the person
Of such petitioner shall be further stayed,
by order of such Court; and in case OF
such continuance and further stay Of pro-
ceedings, then to return to Jail in 10 days
after the rising of the Court, at which the
petition shall be finally disposed of, unless
the petitioner shall be discharged by the
cour, ,S shall receive certificate thereof,
| by order and under the seal Of said Court.
That all proceedings for debt be stay
ed against the bodies respectively Of such
| petitioners as shall be liberated from Jail
as aforesaid, from the time of such lber-
alton, until the rising of the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court, in the counties respectively
to which their petitions are referred; and
that all proceedings for debt be stayed,
until the rising of the said Court in the
counties respectively to which their Pc
titions are referred, against the bodies OF
such petitioners respectively as have ta-
ken the oath aforesaid, since the session
Of the General Assembly in January, A.
ID. 1881, although such petitioners may
now be at large: Provided, that any pc
titioner who is, or shall be confined for
debt, on the suits of more than one cred
itor, shall, before taking the said oath,
cause each of said creditors on whose
suit he is committed, to be notified as by
law provided, or otherwise shall take no
benefit from and under this vote: and
that any such petitioner who had a peti-
ton pending in the Supreme Judicial
Court, at the time Of the passage of the
act entitled can act to repeal certain
parts of an act entitled can act for the
relief Of insolvent debtors," passed in
January, A. ID. 1898, and paid all entry
thereon, be entitled to enter his petition
in said court without paying for the ell
try thereof True copy witness,
II HENRY Bowen, Scc'ry.