sS5 THE BEE, OR Feb. 23, 



unable at the time to make full payment of his debts, 

 and given a^nfwers to fuch queries as his creditors ihall 

 propofe to him, fhall be allowed to make a full furren- 

 dry of his effects in favour of his creditors, and in that 

 lurrendry he fhall fpecify upon oath the various parti- 

 culars of thefe efFefts to the utmoil of his oower, inti- 

 mating g.t the fame (mie where they are lodged ; a copy 

 of which furrendry fliall be delivered to the creditor or 

 his agent at the time. And if he or they fhall then de- 

 clare them felves fatisfied with the furrendry, the prifon- 

 er fhall be immediately difcharged. But if the credi- 

 tor fliall demand time to examine the aft of furrendry, 

 the judge fhall allow him a fpace of time, not under 

 three days, nor exceedingyz.v.to examine it. The debt- 

 or daring that time 10 be remanded back to prifon, un- 

 lefs he fliall find fureties, for his reappearance at the 

 time fpeciiied. And if within that fpace the creditor 

 makes no objection, the priloner fhall at the end of the 

 timel'pecified, be entitled to a difcharge ; the creditor or 

 - creditors in the interval of time, having power to cite 

 the debtor before thenn, to anfwer fuch queries, as 

 tliey fliall think proper to propofe to him. 



3. In cafe of enlargement of the prifoner by either of 

 thefe methods, the perfon who arrefled him Ihall be 

 bound to pay the prifon dues and all other indijpenfible 

 charges incurred by the prifoner, referving a right to 

 repaymeut of this out of the debtor's etfedts, if they 

 fliall amount to fo much, after payment of all his- legal 

 debts at the time. But in cafe the effects fhall fall (hort 

 of this, the expence fhall be born entirely by the credi- 

 tor himfelf, and he ihall not be entitled to repayment at 

 any future period. 



4. But if, at the time the act of furrendry was made, 

 or at tlie time fpecified by the judge for that re-appcar- 

 ance of the parties, the creditor fhall make oath before 

 a judge, that he has reafon to believe, and is himfelf 

 convir;ed, either that the furrendry has not been quite 

 Gpmplete and fair, or that the debtor has been guilty 



