Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-02-02
STATE OF RuODE-IsLAND, &c.
In General AssemJLB Jan session ,A.D. 1882.

AN ACT to revive the act entitled Gan
act for the relief of insolyent debtors" I"
and the act in amendment thereof, and
for other purposes.
Sec. /. BE it enacted by the Gene
raj Assembly ,and by the authority there
of it is enacted, That the act entitled
san act for the relief of insolvcnt debt
ors," passed at the January session of
the General Assembly, A. ID. 1898; and
also the act entitled "an act explanatory
and III amendment of the act for the re-
lief of insolvcnt debtors, passed at the
January session of the General Assem-
bly,, A, ID. $780," be, and the same are
hereby revived.
Sec. q And be it further enacted,
That any petitioner, or any creditor OF
petitioner, for the benefit of the lnsolvent
act aforesaid, shall have right to appeal
from the final decision OF the Supreme
Judicial Court OH the petition, TO the
General Assembly, upon filing notice OF
such appeal in the clerks Office of tho
Supreme Judicial Court, in the county
in which such petition shall have been
tried and decided, within twenty days ai-
ter the rising of the Court, at the term in
which such petition shall have been so
tried and decided; and that the person so
appealing, shall file in the office of the
Secretary of State, on or before the first
day of the session of the General Assem-
bly, next after the filing of such notice, a
copy of the petition, and of the whole
case, as tried before the Supreme Judi
cial Court; and such petition shall be
proccede Oh and tried before said Cen
eral Assembly: and if, upon the trial of
such Yetition before the General Assem-
bly,, on the appeal of the petitioner, the
prayer thereof shall be granted, such Pc
titoner shall, on the second day Of the
next term Of the Court to which his Pc
tition was preferred, make an assignment
or assignments Of his estate and effects
in the same manner, and with the same
effect, as is provided in the third section
Of the aforesaid act, entitled can act for
the relief of insolvcnt debtors;" and in
all other respects the same proceedings
shall be had as are provided in and by
said third section; and such petitioner
shall thcrcupon be discharged, and re-
ceive certificate thereof, by order and
unCer the seal of said Court; and that
the effect thereof shall be the same, and
the rights, liabilities, duties, remedies,
and proceedings of such petitioner, and
of his creditors, asst gns and all others,
shall in all respects be the same as if
said petition had been granted by the
Supreme Judicial Court: and that if, up
on the appeal of creditor, the decision
of the Supreme Judicial Court shall be
reversed, or the petition be withdrawn,
dismissed, or voted out, the discharge
granted by the Supreme Judicial Court
shall be null and void; but the assig gn-
mcnt or assignments made in said court,
shall, nevertheless, be as valid, as if said
petition had been granted; s. the rights,
liabilities, duties, remedies, and procee d.
ings of the assignee or Of the creditors,
shall be the same as are provided by
said court when the petition is granted.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That when any creditor of a petitioner
shall file notice of an appeal from the de-
cision of the Supreme Judicial Court, in
manner aforesaid, if such creditor shall
neglect to file, in the Office Of Secretary
Of State, copy Of the petition and Of the
whole case, as provided in the second
section ofthis act; or if, upon the trial of
such petition, the prayer thereof shall be
granted by the General Assembly, the
decision Of the Supreme Judicial Court,
and the discharge granted by said court,
shall be as valid and efectual, to all in
tents and purposes, as if the same had
not been appealed from.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
That when the prayer Of the petition shall
have been granted by the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court, and the creditor shall APP
peal from the decision of said court, all
proceedings for debt against the person
of the petitioner shall be stayed until the
trial of the petition in the General As
sembly, or until the General Assembly
shall otherwise direct.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That the said court in their discretion, or
OH request of creditor, shall and may
examine into all matters, transactions,
conveyances, and other subjects men
toned in the second section of said act
hereby revived, entitled can act for the
relief of insolvent debtors," without lim-
tation to the period of three years, in
said section mentioned, and for and dur
ing any period, for the purpose of decid-
ing OH the whole merits of the petition;
any thing in said section to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
Sec. G. And be it further enacted,
That the said court, upon inspection Of
the inventory of the petitioner, may Or