34 COLONIAL ORDINANCES .


be vested in the said Provisional Assignee, pursuant to the Provisions
of this Ordinance, shall, by force and virtue of the Order of the said
Court for the Discharge of such Prisoners, be vested in the Provi-
sional Assignee of the said Court, or in the other Assignee or
May appoint Assig- Assignees appointed by the said Court, and named in the said Order,
nees ;
or in any other Order of the said Court in that behalf, as fully and
effectually, and in the same Manner, and with all and every the
same Consequences and Effects, both in Fact and Law, to all Intents.
and Purposes whatsoever, as if such Prisoner had been of Sound
Mind, and such Order as aforesaid had been made vesting the same
in such Provisional Assignee at the Time and in the Manner in this
May order Judg- Ordinance provided ; and that it shall be lawful for the said Court
ment to be entered up.
to order Judgment to be entered up against such Prisoner, in the
same Manner as if he or she had been of Sound Mind, and had
executed a Warrant of Attorney to authorize the entering up of such
Judgment in the Manner hereinbefore directed ; and such Order shall
be sufficient Authority to the proper Officer for entering up the same;
and any Dividend to be made by such Assignee or Assignees shall be
made in such Manner, and such Proceedings shall be thereupon had,
as are hereinbefore provided in the case of a Dividend of the Estate
and Effects of any Prisoner made before Adjudication ; and the
Discharge of every such Prisoner of Unsound Mind, so made as afore-
said, shall extend to all Debts and Sums of Money to which the
same might have extended if such Prisoner had been of Sound Mind,
and had duly filed his Schedule, according to the Provisions of this
Ordinance : Provided always, that every such Order of Discharge,
and of the Appointment of an Assignee or Assignees, in such case,
shall be entered of Record in the said Court, and Proof thereof shall
be received by such Copy thereof as is hereinbefore directed to be
received as Proof of Conveyances and Assignments made in pursuance
of this Ordinance.`

Discharge not to ex- LX. And be it enacted and ordained, That this Ordinance shall
tend to Crown Debt-
ors. not extend or be constructed to extend to discharge any Prisoner with
respect to any Debt due to Her Majesty or Her Successors, or to any
Debt or Penalty with which he shall stand charged at the Suit of
the Crown, or of any Person for any Offence committed against
any Ordinance or Ordinances relative to any Branch of the Public
Revenue, or at the Suit of any Sheriff or other Public Officer, upon
any Bail Bond entered into for the Appearance of any Person prose-
cuted for any such Offence.

Officer of Court to LXI. And be it further enacted and ordained , That the proper
produce Proceedings Officer of the said Court shall, on the reasonable Request of any
and give Copies.
such Prisoner as aforesaid, or of any Creditor or Creditors of such
Prisoner, or his, her, or their Attorney, produce and shew to such
Prisoner, Creditor or Creditors , and his , her, or their Attorney, at
such Times as the said Court shall direct, such Petition, vesting
Order, Schedule, Order of Adjudication, and all other Orders and
Proceedings made and had in the Matter of such Petition, and all
Books, Papers, and Writings filed in such Matter, and permit him,
her, or them to inspect and examine the same, and shall provide for
any such Prisoner, Creditor or Creditors, or his or their Attorney
requiring the same, a Copy or Copies of any such Petition, vesting
Order, Schedule, Order of Adjudication , or other Order or Proceeding,
or

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