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Affidavits to be made by Agents, &c.
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III. In the Construction of the said recited Act and this Act, the Word “Creditor” shall mean and include any Number of Persons jointly interested as Creditors in relation to such Judgment, Decree, Rule, or Order, and shall also mean and include all Joint Stock Banking and other Companies and Corporate Bodies; and every Affidavit or Oath necessary to be made by any Creditor may be made by any One or more of such Persons so jointly interested, the public Officer authorized to sue or be sued or to make Oaths on behalf of such Joint Stock Company, or by the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, or Law Agent of any Corporate Body; and in any Affidavit made or to be made by any such Public Officer, Secretary, Deputy Secretary, or Law Agent, a Description of the Town or Place where the Business or principal Office of such Joint Stock Company or Corporate Body is carried on or situated shall be deemed to be a sufficient Description of the usual Place of Abode of the Deponent, within the Meaning of the said recited Act; and where by the said recited Act or this Act any Creditor by Judgment, Decree, or Order is authorized to file an Affidavit or supplemental Affidavit as aforesaid, and where, from the Absence of such Creditor or other reasonable Cause, such Affidavit cannot be made by such Creditor, it may be made by such Person as the Court shall direct.
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