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| the register, pro rata, among the creditors of
schedules as amended by order of the Judge.
and such other creditors as shall have proved
their claims before such distribution, in part
satisfaction of their respective debts.
The Judge and register shall be allowed the
| same fees for their services under this section
as they are allowed for similar services in
other insolvency proceedings, and when any
person is appointed by the judge to take the
examination herein before provided, the judge
shall allow him a reasonable compensation
shall be paid out OF the debtors assets if
4 they are sufficient; otherwise such fees and
| compensation, or such part thereof as remains
unsatisfed, shall be paid by the debtor before
| he shall be entitled to take the oath heretofore
| provided. And in all cases arising under this
section the judge may require a reasonable
sum OF money to be by him specified, to be
deposited with the register by the debtor at
| the time the assignment and petition is filed,
as security for the payment of said fees and
compensation. When any PERSONS appointed
| by the judge to take the examination herein
before provided, such person has the same
powers as the judge to exclude immaterial or
| irrelevant questions to the debtor
| SECT. 16. Any inhabitant of the state owing
| debts contracted while such inhabitant, may
apply by petition to the judge for the county
within (which he resides, setting forth his
inability to pay all his debts and stating there
| i'll that by a written assignment executed by
and between him and the required majority of
his creditors he has assigned to some suitable
| person specified i'll said agreement all his es-
tate and effects not exempt by law from at
tachment and seizure on execution, forthe ben
cit OF his creditors, and praying that due pro-
| ccedings may be had hereinafter provided.
He shall file with said petition a full
schedule of his creditors and list of his assets
as specified in section fifteen of chapter seventy
of the revised statutes, amended, together
with said written agreement executed by him
| and his said creditors. Thereupon the judge
| shall order notice as provided in section six
teen of said chapter, so far as applicable to be
given by the register to all creditors named in
| said schedule who have not signed the articles
of agreement, and a hearing shall be had as to
| whether the same have been executed by the
required majority and whether the allegations
| OF said petition are true If upon hearing it is
SO determined and that the same have been
executed IN GOOD faith by said debtor and MS
creditors, the judge may approve the same,
| and may require the assignee to give bond and
| settle his account the same as in insolvency
proceedings: and the Judge shall give the debt
or a discharge as in section sixty two of said
| chapter, as amended, from all debts named in
! the debtors said schedules. The same fees
| shall be taxed for these proceedings as for
similar services under this chapter.
SECT. H. Section one of chapter one hundred
and eighty-two of the public laws Of eighteen
u ana mn Is hereby AN En- te
eighth line thereof, 80 that said section shall
read follows:
Section /. The Judge Of the court of insolven-
| cy having jurisdiction of the case, may, In his
discretion, on sufficient cause shown, author
| ize the assignee OF such insolvent estate to
carry on the business Of the insolvent or any
| part thereof, under the direction of the :ourt,
when such judge shall determine, after the
notice and hearing provided in section three
Of this act; that the interests OF the estate and
/ Scot 49, This act shall take effect July one
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. 1t shall
not apply to cases where the petitions are fled
| prior to that date. lApproved Mar. 27.]
| Chapter 32s.
AN ACT to amend Section eight OF Chapter
| twenty-four of the Revised Statutes, as
amended by Chapter sixty of the Public
! Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-one,
| support.
SECT 1. Section eight, chapter twenty four
| of the revised statutes as amended by chapter
sixty of the public laws of eighteen hundred
/ and ninety-one, Is hereby amended by strik-
| ing out the words ''their families in the
eleventh line of said section as amended, and
inserting in lieu thereof the words his family,
and by adding after the word family SO IN
serted the following: "The word family here
used shall be held to include the soldier or
sailor, his wife, his unmarried minor children
| living with him, and dependent upon him for
support, and such other unmarried children
| of his dependent upon him for support who by
reason Of mental incapacity or physical dis
ability are unable to provide for themselves. %
And In the hfteenth line OF said section, as
In cas- case Of the Violation Of this
act, the overseers of the poor shall be subject
to a fine of twenty five dollars, and for every
day they allow them to remain in such poor
subject to a further fine of five dollars per day,
| to be recovered by complaint or Indictment
| SO that said section as amended, shall read as
| follows:
Section 8. No soldier or sailor VINO served
| by enlistment in the army or navy Of the
United States, in the war OF eighteen hundred
| able discharge from said service, and who has
| or may become dependent upon any town,
shall be considered pauper or, be subject to
| Acknowledgement for that cause; but the time
| during which said soldier or sailor is SO de-
pendent shall not be included in the period of
residence necessary to change his settlement;
and Overseers of the poor shall not have
authority to remove to, or support in, the poor
| house, any such dependent soldier or sailor or
his family; the word family here used shall
| be held to include the soldier or sailor, his
wife, his unmarried minor children living with
him and dependent upon him for support, and
such other unmarried children of his depend
emit upon him for support, who by reason of
mental incapacity or physical disability are
unable 10 provide for themselves; but the
town of his settlement shall support them at
his own home in the town Of his settlement or
residence, or in such suitable place other than
| the poor house, as the overseers of the town of
his settlement may deem right and proper.
| In case of violation OF this act the overseers
of the poor shall be subject to a fine of twenty
five dollars. And for every day they allow
them to remain in such poor house, after rea-
sonabie notice, they shall be subject to a
further fine Of five dollars per day, to be
recovered by complaint or indictment. This
section shall not be SO construed as to deprive
| and support such dependent soldier or sailor
and his family in the town Of his settlement as
herein provided [Approved Mar. 27l
Chapter 327.
AN ACT to amend Section eighteen of Chapter
eleven of the Revised Statutes of eighteen
| hundred eighty three, as now amended, re-
lating to election, qualifications and compen.
sation of School Committees.
SECT. l. Section eighteen of chapter eleven
| of the revised statutes, as amended by chapter
two hundred sixteen of the public laws of
eighteen hundred ninety three, is hereby
amended by striking out OF the third line there
of the words s'ive or seven unless already
done," SO that said section, as amended, shall
read as follows:
Section 49, Every town shall choose by bal
lot at its annual meeting, experimenting
school committee of three, to hold office as
provided in section eighty-six and shall fill
vacancies arising therein at each subsequent
annual meeting. No person is Ineligible to
the office Of experimenting school lcommittee
on account of SEX
SECT. 2. Section eighty-six Of chapter eleven
of the revised statutes, as amended by chapter
two hundred and sixteen of the public laws of
eighteen hundred and ninety three is hereby
amended by striking out the words 'ff con-
sisting of three in the fourth line thereof and
also by striking out the words "if consisting of