Upon such petition the clerk shall, by order or rule, cause the petitioner to be brought before the court and also the creditors at whose suit such person shall stand charged, as well as all other creditors to whom he shall be indebted, to be summoned by public notice, to be given three weeks at least in some newspaper of the county wherein the debtor is confined and, if there be no newspaper published in such county, then in some newspaper of general circulation therein, personally or by their attorney, to appear before him at a day for that purpose appointed at or after the expiration of such period of three weeks. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-842; 1952 Code Section 10-842; 1942 Code Section 852; 1932 Code Section 852; Civ. P. '22 Section 800; Civ. C. '12 Section 4177; Civ. C. '02 Section 3073; G. S. 2406; R. S. 2525; 1759 (4) 87.
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