United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/7th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 38
Chap. XXXVIII.—An Act for the relief of Joshua Harvey, and others.
Certain persons exempted from liability for debts due the U.S.Be it enacted, &c., That Joshua Harvey, Augustine Baughan, Isiah Mankin, Richard Caton, and Frederick Kast, shall not, nor shall either of them be liable to imprisonment for any debt or debts contracted by them to the United States, prior to the committing of the several acts of bankruptcy, upon which they were respectively declared bankrupts: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed in any manner to impair the right of the United States, to satisfaction of any debt due from either of the above named persons, out of any property which they may hereafter respectively acquire, or out of the effects of the said bankrupts, which are now in, or may hereafter come to the hands of the respective assignees, nor to affect any security which may have been given by the said bankrupts: And provided, also, That in case it shall at any time appear, that either of the said bankrupts has been guilty of any concealment of property, or of any manner of fraud, in violation of the provisions ofAct of April 4, 1800, ch. 19. the act entitled “An act to establish an uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States”, such person against whom such fraud or concealment shall be so proved, shall forfeit and lose the whole benefit of this act.
Approved, March 3, 1803.