TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch.26,27. 1840.

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Chap. XXVI.— An Act to extend for a longer period the several ads now in farcefor the relief of insolvent debtors of the United States , (a)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled“ An act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States, ”passed on the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred andthirty-one, and an act in addition thereto, passed on the fourteenth dayof July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and an act to reviveand amend the said acts, passed on the seventh day of June, one thou-sand eight hundred and thirty-four, be, and the same are hereby, revived,extended and continued in force for three years from and after the pass-age of this act, and until the cases then pending shall be determinedfor the purpose of finally disposing of such cases, but for no other pur-pose.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the saidseveral acts shall apply to cases of insolvency, which shall have occurredon or before the passage of this act, or shall occur during the said threeyears.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea-sury shall be authorized to cause satisfaction to be entered of recordupon all judgments against any debtor or debtors who may have hereto-fore been released under the provision of any of the acts which are ex-tended, continued and revived by this act, or who may hereafter bereleased by the said acts: Provided, The district judge in the district inwhich such judgments are on record, shall certify that it has not beenmade to appear to the satisfaction of the said district judge, by evidencesubmitted to him by the district attorney of the United States , that thedebtor is possessed of or entitled to any property which was not dis-closed and set forth to the commissioners of insolvency at the time ofthe examination of such debtor, under his, her, or their petition, to bereleased from his, her, or their indebtedness to the United States . Everyapplication for such certificate shall be made to a judge at Chambers,and ten days’ previous notice shall be given to the district attorney forthe district wherein the said application is made, together with copiesof all the papers on which such application shall be made. And somuch of the said recited acts, or either of them, as is inconsistent here-with, or is hereby altered or supplied, be, and the same hereby is, re-pealed.

Approved, May 27, 1840.

Chap. XXVII_ An Act authorizing Sippican and Mattapoisett, within the town-

ship of Rochester, in the State of Massachusetts , to be known hereafter as portsunder those names.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That Sippican andMattapoisett, harbors within the township of Rochester, in the State ofMassachusetts , be hereafter respectively known as ports under thosenames within the collection district of New Bedford ; and that the re-spective inhabitants thereof be authorized to describe as the law re-quires their vessels as belonging to the respective places instead ofRochester .

Approved, May 27, 1840.

Statute I.May 27,1840.

[Expired.]

Acts of the 2dMarch 1831, ch.61 ; 14th July1832, ch. 230;and 7th June1834, ch. 45,revived and ex-tended.

Cases whichhave occurredor may occurbefore the endof three years.

Satisfaction tobe entered of re-cord upon alljudgmentsagainst debtorswho have beenreleased.

Proviso.

So much ofthe above reci-ted acts as is in-consistent here-with, repealed.

Statute I.May 27, 1840.

Sippican andMattapoisett tobe known asports, &c.

(a) See notes to the act of March 2, 1831, chap. 61.