District of — , creditor of Joseph Smith, of <​the City​> of , in the County of , in the District aforesaid, an applicant before the said Court for the benefit of the Bankrupt Act, dissent and object to the said Joseph Smith receiving a discharge under the provisions of the said Act, & state and specify the following grounds of objection:

1. The said Joseph Smith, since the passage of the said Act, has, in contemplation of Bankruptcy, conveyed and transferred his property for the purpose of giving some of his creditors and other persons a preference or priority over his general creditors in violation of the provisions of the said Act.

II. The said Joseph Smith has, in contemplation of Bankruptcy, conveyed and transferred his property to persons who were not bona fide creditors or purchasers for a valuable consideration, in violation of the provisions of the said Act.

III. The said Joseph Smith has, since the first day of January, 1841, and at other times, in contemplation of the passage of a Bankrupt Act <​Law​>, by assignments & transfers of his property, given and secured preferences to some of his creditors and <​over​> others of his creditors in violation of the provisions of said Act.

IV. The said Joseph Smith has not made an accurate inventory of his property; rights and credits, but has been greatly <​guilty​> of fraud and wilful concealment of his property and rights of property in violation of the provisions of the said act.

V. The said Joseph Smith after he became embarrassed [p. [1]]