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The trustees, immediately upon their appointment, shall give notice thereof for at least three weeks in a newspaper published in the county where application was made and therein shall require: 1. All persons indebted to such debtor, by a day and at a place therein to be specified, to render an account of all debts and sums of money owing by them respectively, to such trustees, and to pay the same; 2. All persons having in their possession any property or effects of such debtor, to deliver the same to the said trustees by the day so appointed; 3. All the creditors of such debtor to deliver their respective accounts and demands to the trustees or one of them, by a day to be therein specified, not less than forty days from the first publication of such notice.