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9º VICTORIE.- No 3 OF 1846. 21


Possession, Reversion, Remainder, or Expectancy ; and also of all
Places of Benefit or Advantage held by such Prisoner, whether the
Emoluments of the same arise from fixed Salaries or from Fees or
otherwise ; and also of all Pensions or Allowances of the said Pri-
soner, in Possession or Reversion, or held by any other Person or
Persons for or on Behalf of the said Prisoner, or of and from which
the said Prisoner derives or may derive any Manner of Benefit or
Advantage ; and also of all Rights and Powers of any Nature and
Kind whatsoever, which such Prisoner, or any other Person or
Persons in Trust for such Prisoner, or for his Use, Benefit, or
Advantage, in any Manner whatsoever, shall be seized or possessed
of, or interested in, or entitled unto, or which such Prisoner, or any
other Person or Persons in Trust for him, or for his Benefit, shall
have any Power to dispose of, charge, or exercise for the Benefit or
Advantage of such Prisoner ; together with a full, true, and perfect
Account of all the Debts at the Time of making such Order due or
growing due to such Prisoner, or to any Person or Persons in Trust
for him, or for his Benefit or Advantage, either solely or jointly with
any other Person or Persons, and the Names and Places of Abode of
the several Persons from whom such Debts shall be due or growing
due, and of the Witnesses who can prove such Debts, so far as such
Prisoner can set forth the same ; and the said Schedule shall also Schedule to be filed
with Books and Papers.
contain a Balance Sheet of so much of the Receipts and Expendi-
tures of such Prisoner, and of the Items composing the same, as
shall be at any Time required by the said Court in that behalf ; and
also shall fully and truly describe the Wearing Apparel, Bedding,
and other Necessaries of such Prisoner and his or her Family, and
the Working Tools and Implements of such Prisoner, not exceeding
in the whole the Value of Twenty Pounds, which may be excepted
by such Prisoner from the Operation of this Ordinance, together
with the Values of such excepted Articles respectively ; and the said
Schedule shall be subscribed by such Prisoner, and shall forthwith
be filed in the said Court, together will all Books, Papers, Deeds, and
Writings in any way relating to such Prisoner's Estate or Effects
in his or her Possession, or under his or her Custody or Control,

XXXI. And be it further enacted and ordained, That the said Court to appoint
Time and Place for
Court shall forthwith, after such Schedule shall have been filed as Prisoner to be brought
aforesaid in the said Court by any such Prisoner, appoint a Time up.
and Place for such Prisoner to be brought up before the Court, to be
dealt with according to the Provisions of this Ordinance ; and the
Time so appointed shall in no case be more than Four Calendar
Months after the Date of such Appointment.


XXXII. And be it enacted and ordained, That the said Court Notice to be given
shall cause Notice of the making every such vesting Order as afore- to Creditors, and ad-
said, and the filing of every such Schedule, and of the Time and
Place so as aforesaid appointed for such Prisoner to be brought up,
to be given, by such Means as the said Court shall direct, to the
Creditor or Creditors at whose Suit any such Prisoner shall be
detained in Custody, or the Attorney or Agent of such Creditor or
Creditors, and to the other Creditors named in the Schedule of such
Prisoner, and resident within the Colony, and whose Debts shall
amount to the Sum of Five Pounds, and to be inserted in the
Colonial Newspapers hereinbefore mentioned .
F XXXIII .