7. And be it further enacted, That in the distribution to be made of the estate and effects of such person so declared insolvent, every fisherman and seaman employed in the fishery, who shall be a creditor for wages become due in the then current season, shall first be paid twenty shillings in the pound, so far as the effects will go; and in the next place, every person who shall be a creditor for supplies furnished in the current season, shall be paid twenty shillings in the pound; and lastly, the said creditors for supplies furnished in the then current season, and all other creditors whatsoever, shall be paid equally in proportion, as far as the effects will go, provided that the said creditors for supplies furnished in the then current season shall not be paid more than twenty shillings in the pound on the whole of their debt. [Sidenote: Certificate of the court to be a bar to suit for debt prior to the declaration of insolvency.] 8. And be it further enacted, That if such insolvent person shall make a true disclosure and discovery of all his or her goods and effects whatsoever, and shall conform him or herself to the order and direction of the said court, the same shall and may (with the consent of one half in number and value of his or her creditors) be certified by the said court, and such certificate, when pleaded, shall be a bar to all suits and complaints for debts contracted within the island of _Newfoundland_, and on the islands and seas aforesaid, and on the banks of _Newfoundland_, prior to the time when he or she was declared insolvent. [Sidenote: Suits, where the cause shall arise before _Aug. 1, 1792_, to be commenced within six years.] 9. And be it further enacted, That where any cause of action shall have arisen before the first day of _August_ one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, no suit or complaint shall be commenced thereon at the distance of more than six years from the time when such cause of action arose. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said chief justice, or any person or persons appointed by him for that purpose, under his hand and seal, shall have power to grant administration of the effects of intestates, and the probate of wills; and that the effects of deceased persons shall not be administered within the island of _Newfoundland_, or on the islands and seas aforesaid; or on the banks of _Newfoundland_, unless administration thereof, or probate of wills respecting the same, shall have been duly granted by such authority as aforesaid. [Sidenote: 31 _Geo._ III, cap. 29, continued till the opening of the supreme court.]