commissioners, who thereupon correspond with the persons abroad, in
whose hands such effects are, who are to remit the same as the
commissioners order; the dividend to be made, as before, every six
months, or oftener, if the court see cause.

If any man thinks the bankrupt has so much favour by these articles,
that those who can dispense with an oath have an opportunity to
cheat their creditors, and that hereby too much encouragement is
given to men to turn bankrupt; let them consider the easiness of the
discovery, the difficulty of a concealment, and the penalty on the
offender.

1. I would have a reward of 30 per cent. be provided to be paid to
any person who should make discovery of any part of the bankrupt's
estate concealed by him, which would make discoveries easy and
frequent.

2. Any person who should claim any debt among the creditors, for
the account of the bankrupt, or his wife or children, or with design
to relieve them out of it, other or more than is, bona fide, due to
him for value received, and to be made out; or any person who shall
receive in trust, or by deed of gift, any part of the goods or other
estate of the bankrupt, with design to preserve them for the use of
the said bankrupt, or his wife or children, or with design to
conceal them from the creditors, shall forfeit for every such act
500 pounds, and have his name published as a cheat, and a person not
fit to be credited by any man. This would make it very difficult
for the bankrupt to conceal anything.

3. The bankrupt having given his name, and put the officer into