|
Debts.--Wheat and live stock, at government prices, to be considered
a legal tender.
Debts of deceased Persons.--Priority of claims for: 1st, medical
attendance; 2d, debts and duties to the king; 3d, judgments; 4th,
recognizances; 5th, rents; 6th, obligations, bills final and
protested; 7th, single bills; 8th, wages; 9th, book debts, &c.
Deeds, Bonds, &c.--to be executed by the judge advocate, as notary
public: individuals prohibited the exercise of any part of such
office, under the penalty of removal.
Detainers.--All applications respecting detainers against persons
leaving the colony, to be made at the secretary's office in writing,
and to be lodged within ten days after notice of departure;
otherwise not cognizable, unless the party about to depart remains
twenty days after the notice has elapsed.
The Present Picture Of New South Wales, 1811 |
