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Laws of 1786 and 1788 and an amending act of 1801 empowered any justice of the Supreme Court, or a judge of a Court of Common Pleas, or the Chancellor, to receive the petition, make the assignment, and discharge the debtor. In New York City and County the Recorder or the Mayor presided over the Court of Common Pleas, which was generally known as the Recorder's Court or Mayor's Court. A law of 1811 continued that jurisdiction. Legislation of 1829 supplanted all previous acts concerning voluntary assignments for benefit of creditors, but this series contains no files relating to that type of case after the year 1829.
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