Debts - Detainers

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