The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-08-24

the same is hereby amended by adding after the
word creditor" the following, ..Or creditors the
total of whose claim or claims shall amount to-"
and by striking out after the word creditor the
words "to the amount OF that said section
shall read as follows:
Section /. Every person owing debts TO the
amount of five hundred dollars who shall re-
fuse or fail TO make payment of any of his Just
demands for ten days after the same shall mature,
or who shall depart the kingdom with the intent
to hinder, delay or defraud his creditors, or who
shall secret himself, or keep his house to hinder,
delay, defraud or avoid his creditors, hinder
or delay the service of legal process for the col
lection OF any debts or who shall make any fraud
ulent or secret conveyance of his property to any
person or persons, or make any secret removal or
other disposition of his property, for the purpose
of hindering, delaying defraudng his creditors,
may, upon the petition to any Justice OF the 81,
preme Court by any creditor creditors the total
of whose claim or claims shall amount to two
hundred and fifty dollars, be declared bankrupt"
Section 2. That Section 6 of said Act be amend
ed by adding after the words exempt by law"
the words (which schedule and inventory shall
be made under OATH so that Section 6 shall read
as follows:
Section g. Whenever any person shall be de-
clared bankrupt, either upon his own petition or
that of his creditor or creditors he shall immedi
,ately file with the Clerk of the Supreme Court
schedule of all his creditors, with the amounts
due such creditor respectively, which such sche-
dule shall contain all secured and unsecured ac
counts and if secured the nature of such security
he shall also file inventory of all assets includ
ing such as may be exempt by law, which schedule
and inventory shall be made under oath"
Section 8. That Section y of said Act be and
the same is hereby amended by adding after the
words ARREST and imprisonment" the following.
IF any bankrupt shall refuse to deliver or sur
render up to the assignee assgness of his estate
any of his effects, books, property or papers, or
shall refuse TO answer any question tthat NAV be
legally put to him) upon any examination had in
his proceedings in bankruptcy, the Justice before
whom the proceedings are pending NAV commit
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very surrender or answer such questions SO
that Section 10 shall read as follows:
Section 10. Upon the filing of a petition as
provided i'll Sections and 2, all civil suits pend
ing in relation to and all executions or attach
ments laid upon the bankrupt's property shall
cease, determine and be stayed; provided, however
that any bankrupt may be arrested and imprison-
ed as fraudulent debtor upon the sworn petition
of any creditor setting forth sufficient cause for
such arrest and Imprisonment. If any bankrupt
shall refuse to deliver surrender up to the as
sienee or assgnees of his estate any of his effects
books, property or papers, or shall refuse to an
wer any question that may be legally put to him
upon any examination had in his proceedings in
bankruptcy, the Justice before whom the proceed
1pgS are pending may commit such bankrupt to
prison until he makes such delivery or surrender
answer such questions
Section 4. That new section to be called Sec
tion 15A, be added which section shall read as
follows.
Section 15A. Any person. being lnsolyent or
bankrupt or who IN contemplation of insolvency
OF bankruptcy shall seCrete or otherwise dispose
of his property for the purpose of hindering de-
laying defrauding his creditors or who shall
knowingly make any false statement in any sche-
dule of creditors ascets, shall be liable to fine
of not more than five hundred dollars, and i'm
prisonment at hard labor not more than two wears
and the Justice before whom the proceedings are
pending may IN his discretion take summary
jurisdiction of such offense."
Section 5. This Act shall become a law from
and after the date of its publication.
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have charge of the following bills viz relative to
) prisons, jails and houses of correction, ~ ad
hesive stamps, (3l agents to take acknowledge
ments to labor contracts; Representatives Ri
chardson, Thurston, Hayselden, Brown and the
Attorney General.
Rep. HaYselden reported from a committee hav-
ing the consideration of pension bills, ON two
bills, a. providing s., 600 per year for Hon. j. NJ.
Kapena (2l providing $500 per year for Mrs. E.
w. Barnard, recommending that the sum of $4,000
per year be pensoned on Hon. j. NJ. Kapena, and
that $500 per year be appropriated for Mira. Bar
nard. Tabled for consideration with bills.
At IL adjournment was had until 1,30 O'Clock.
AFTERNOON.
The Assembly recouVened at 1.45 o'clock and,