New Insolvent Act.
The Times, 1824-06-24T00:00:00

-. J.w Lu:= w amnena anat alter the acts I Geo. IV. c. 1.19, and 3 Goo. IV. ch. 123, and repeal so much of *aid acts as gives juris. diction to Justices of Sessions, except as to that part of the United Kingdom called ttse Principality of Wales. 92 Thc Court may make order to bring prisoiner from Court-house mi assize town, and expenee of such removal to be paid to keeper, &c., but not wore than Is. per mile: notice of removal to. be given to creditors. 3. Commissioner to attenid at such Court-house and give such re.. lieforotherwise as in IRsolvent Court in London, who must have equal power to discharge or remand. AU acts, &c. &c. to be record. e In the lnsolvent Court in London. 4. His Alajest to appoint an additional commissioner. Circutits to be made, and lt travelling expenses to be paid out of the Treasury. 5. Clerk of thepeaceorhis deputy shal attend and act as clerk to commissioner nnd his fee shall be 5s. from each prisoner. 5- Notice of of commissioner to be given in thse London %-zete, &c. f 7. When commissioner does notattendon dayof appointmen,t, the :-Coutt shall stand .adjourned to next day. N Non-attendance on day appointed to be accounted for to Go- verninent. 9. AU commissioners may be absent from the courts in London, in cartain cases. iL . Examiners fo be appointed in counties, and their fee shall be IL for every meetinig. 11. Schedules and books to be lodged v-ith the clerk of the peace, who shall produce ;hem to creditors on the payment of Is. 12. Insolvent acos to extend only to prisoners within the walls of a1rion &and not tcqpthos removed by )wacos corpvm~ 13 Curn to have power, at request of creditors, to remove pni. mnersin Lndon, lViddlex, and Surrey, if their' usual renidence is elnewhere. 14. Filing petition to be an act of bankruptcy. but no commission shall issue against any prinoner after order to be discharged. I,,. 5Aignees appointed before discharge of insolvent to make di- den anded also bssignees of a luxnatic. Notice of dividend and ac. et hcethereof by, creditor to be a discharge. 16. Provisions of 3d Geo. IIL, chap. 39. extended to assignees of instolvent. 17. Voluntary pTeference to be deemed fraudulent and void. 18. Court may order such part of salary to officers of Custonis and Excise as the Iiommssisoncra may thin' fit and consent to, to be applied to the payment of thie debts of such officers. .9. Insolvent enWt;ed to lease or speement for lease, delivering the same to assigntes, shal not remain liable for rent, &c. 20. Costs to opposing creditors, on satisfactory proof of fraud on pare of the prisonet. 21. one commis:;ioner to hear matters out of Court on summonon. 22 Courtrnay vader part of salary or pay of offlcers or clerks in Eis Majesty's servrce, &c., as the chief officer of the departtment to which theybtlung may consent to, to be paid in reduction of the debtg of sod,. persons. 23. ThisAct to; commaenceon the 1st day of Scptember, 1-24, asi cont iue in fo unttl itl the 1s5t dnayof June, 1825, and thence untl te ed f te tte, nxt esionof ariament. NE WINXSO.EVT AVCT. ABSTRACT OS TIlE I' C INsOLVENT ACT, 'ENTITLED F {AN ACT TO AAMEkD CERTAIN ACTS FOR. TEE REBLIEF OF I'v- SOLVEIVT D'EPTOI5S IN ENGLAND."