# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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any limitation as to the amount of the Debts th[obscured]
whereas a limitation in this respect has we beli[obscured]
uniformly been fixed in the Insolvent Acts in
England. The Sum fixed by the general Insolvent
Act 32 G. 2. C. 28 was 100£ The Sum has been
enlarged in subsequent Acts but the Relief has n[obscured]
been without some limit in this respect.

2^d The Act does not enable a Creditor to comp[obscured]
a Debtor (as the Statute 32 G. 2. C. 28 Sec 16 does) to
disclose and give up his Effects in Cases where the
Debtor does not himself apply for Relief.

3^d It does not enable him to keep such Debtor
in Custody on payment of a Weekly Sum to him.

4^th It makes a Service of Notice of the Prisoners
Intention to take the Benefit of the Act, good, if
made upon the Plaintiff his Attorney or Agent.
Whereas in this Country Service upon an Attorney
or Agent is not good, except in Cases where the
Plaintiff himself cannot be found, which we
apprehend to have been enacted upon a Presumption
that the Suit being ended by a Debtor being taken
in Execution, the Attorney may not consider
himself bound to communicate such a Notice to
a Party who may have ceased to be his Client.

We beg leave humbly to draw the attention of
your Lordships to these Variations without presuming
to form any Judgment how far such Variations may
be deemed necessary or proper in the Island,
where this Act is proposed to be in force. -

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