The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01
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NnSpUoE ooOs
AN ACT To amend Chapter ons hundred and
thirteen OF the Revised Statutes, and Chapter
one hundred aud thirty seven of the Public
Laws of eighteen hundred aud elghty-seYen,
as amended by Chapter three hundred and
thirteen OF the Public Laws OF eighteen
hundred and ninety three, relating TO the
appointment and duties OF disclosure CON-
missoners.
SECT /. Chapter ono hundred and thirteen,
section hfty-one, OF tho revised statutes is
hereby repealed and the following 10 enacted
la place thereof.
section 81. The governor shall from time to
time appoint commissioners I'm different locali-
tes;within ana forieach county OF the state who
shall have Jurisdiction within the county for
winch they are appointed and snail perform
the duties required by the fifteen following sec.
tons. such commissioners shall be attorneys
at law and shall be sworn aid shsll hold oillco
for the torn OF seven years. They shall have
an of1clal seal which shall have engraved
thereon the name Of the commissioner, tho
words "dlseloBilre commiss oner" and the
word "Mdue" and tho name of the county and
tho town or city where the commissioner re-
sides. Each town or city of not more than five
thousand inhabitants as shown by tho last pre-.
ceding census Of the United States, shall be en-
titled to ono such commissioner and not moro
than one, and for every additional five thous-
and inhabitants thus shown, an addition l en-
missioner shall be allowed. provided that the
total number OF commissioners Ia any one
ONCE Of disclosure commissioner az hereto
fore created under the former provisions of
TINS section Is DOEeDy hOOHA1cU, bn nothing
In this act shall be construed 10 affect the
validity of executions or certificates thereon
heretofore issued by such commissioners. Any
commissioners appointed urder this act shall
have power TO renew executions heretofore
Issued by any former commissioner within
and for the Same county, and executions here
toforo issued by himself.
SEcT. ?. The commissioner appointed under
said section fifty-one OF chapter Quo hundred
aud thirteen OF the revised statutes, ma amend.
ed by this act, shall perform the duties requir.
ed by chapter one hundred and thirty seven
of the public laws OF eighteen hundred and
eighty seven, and acts amendAtory thereof
and additional thereto.
SKcr. 3. Chapter ono hundred and thirty
seven, section tive OF the public laws Of egh-
teeH hundred and eighty seven, is hereby
amended by striking out In the first line OF
said section the words ''such o." and substitu-
ting therefor the word any and by striking
out the words "a Judgment debtors business
affairs" and substituting therefor the words
the business and property affairs of any judg-
ment debtor and also by adding to said sec
tion the following words but married women
thus cited shall not be arrested except for con
tempt or upon capias Issued TO bring them
before the magistrate as provided by section
fourteen so that said section, as amended.
shall read as follows
Section 3. The owner of any Judgment re-
manning unsatisied in any part may have a
disclosure OF the business and property affairs
OF any Judgment debtor, at any time, by pro-
oeedings as hereinafter provided, but married
women thus cited shall not be arrested except
them before the magistrate as provided by
section fourteen
SECT. 1. Section four of said chapter 10
hereby amended by inserting between the word
county" and "at' in the third hne thereof,
the words In the town In which, ths debtor,