The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-15
Public General Laws.
CHAPTER 446.

AN ACT TO REPEAL AND RE-ENACT,
WITH AMENDMENTS, SECTIONS IA,
% AND "a OF ARTICLE Al OF THE
CODE OF PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS:
TITLE "INSOLVENTS."
Section l. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That sections ~.
~ and "a OF Article A OF tn, Cooe o.
General Laws, title .'Insolvenis, De ana
the same are hereby repealed anu re-
enacted, with amendments, SO as 10 real'
as follows: ,,.o.s -,
IA No deed or conveyance executed OF
lien created by any person being lEsoIF sii !
or in contemp alton of insolvency saN a.
hereinafter provided. shall be lawful OF
valid if the same shall contain any Pr
erences save such as result from opera
ton of law and save those for the "aSes
or salaries to clerks, Servants. iei
and employees contracted not more ..i IAN
three months anterior to the eNecusl oL
thereof; and all preferences, with t!le -
cepiions aforesaid, shall be void nov 81
ever the same may be mace ptoE,iii 49,
the srantor or party creating said ilei
or preference shall be proceeded aSaihS.
under Section % of this article, or shali
apply for the benefit of this arucle, uhIs e
Section l, within four mon.hs , aar1. or
the creation of said lien or preference
and shall be declared or shali peGoiile,
under the provisions OF TINS th; AIM in this
section shall apply so as 10 SET asiie VI
render invalid the lien OF any sttii ! uus
ments. mortgages or otnsr co,dar So,,s
executed by the debtor for money mona
fide loaned or paid a the time OF the elta-
ton of such judgments. mortgage OF eoii1
yeyance, but such shall remain Ealu
and subsisting lien, although inc aeploi
NAV be proceeded against or may Apply
for the benefit of this act;
% ANY person who shall depart from or
remain absent from the state. win me-.
to hinder, delay or defraud his creditors
or conceal himself to- avoid service upon
him in any action for the recovery o. "
debt, and any person VINO cohceais OF ie
moves any of his property, 10 preNent tils
same from being taken under legal pIc-
cess or makes an assignment. GIT, saie.
conveyance or transfer Of all OF par %
his estate or property, with the iittnt 10
DELAY. hinder or defraud his creJl1ors' or
Who when insolvent or in contemplation
of insolvency, executes deco OF con r
ance giving preferences, cr saranoes az
therein stated, or otherwise gives such
preferences. or when insolvent or IL con-
temptation of Insolvency, contesses any
INDICTMENT or allows any Judgment 10 De
entered against him by any connlVance,
or being a banker, broker mercnanl,
trader, builder or manufacturer. stops
payment of his negotiable paper fraudu,
lently, or suspends payment thereof, ana
fails to resume the same within twenty
DAYS, or, being a banker or broker shall
fail for twenty days to pay any deposltor
on demand lawfully made. shall be deemed
to have committed an act or acts OF IN
solyency, as the case may be: provided
the petition mentioned in the next sue
caed:ng section is fled within four montns
after The &C: of insolvency is committed.
"a. If any deed, conveyance, assignment,
gift. transfer or delivery be mace OF any
goods, chattels. moneys, chooses in actlon,
lands, tenements or other properly, or
lien created thereon when the srantor or
person creating the same is iEsolvent or
in contemplation of insolvency, the same
shall be prima facie intended to hinder
delay and defraud the creditors OF the
person by whom the same is made, and
the burthen of proof shall rest upon him
and the grantee to explain the same ana
show the bona fide thereof; provided, the
creditors of the grantor in such deeds.
conveyarces or assignments shall avaii
themselves of the provisions OF this
article.
Section ?. Ard be it enacted. That this
act shall take effect frum the date of its
passage.
Approved Apri. 4th 1896.
LLOYD LOWNDES. Governor.
WILLIAM ca BELL BRUCE,
SYDNEY z. MCDD.
Speaker of the House Of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforesoing
is correct copy of an Act of the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed January
session. 1896.
]. ROGER McSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate.
NJ NJ HIGGINS.
CHIEF Clerk Of the House of Delegates.