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specified in the advertisement for that purpose, being the time appointed for adjudicating on the claims; and every creditor shall, if required by notice in writing, to be given by the Clerk of the Peace or Registrar, produce before him, or transmit to the office of the Clerk of the Peace, all other deeds and documents necessary to substantiate his claim at such time as shall be specified in such notice.

8. Every person claiming as heir-at-law, devisee, next of kin, or legatee, shall, if required by notice in writing, to be given by the Clerk of the Peace or Registrar, produce or transmit to the Clerk of the Peace or Registrar, any pedigree or proof mentioned in such notice within such time as shall be therein specified.

9. In case any creditor or other person shall neglect or refuse to comply with the last two preceding rules, he shall not be allowed any costs of proving his claim unless the Clerk of the Peace or Registrar shall otherwise direct.

10. At the time appointed for adjudication upon the debts or claims, the Clerk of the Peace or Registrar shall take the evidence of the executor, administrator, or other accounting party upon such debts or claims, and may thereupon in his discretion allow any of such debts or claims without further proof, and may direct such investigation of all or any of the debts or claims not allowed, and require such further particulars, information, or evidence relating thereto as he may think fit, and may, if he so think fit, require any creditor or other person to attend and prove his claim or any part thereof; and the adjudication on such claims as are not then allowed shall be adjourned to a time to be then fixed. All sworn evidence to be used before the Clerk of the Peace or Registrar, in the absence of the Judge, may be taken by affidavit, and all such affidavits shall be brought before the Judge by the Clerk of the Peace or Registrar with his report or certificate.

11. Notice of allowance shall be given by the Clerk of the Peace or Registrar to every creditor or other person whose claim or any part thereof has been allowed, and notice shall also be given by him to every such creditor or other person whose claim or any part thereof has not been allowed, to attend and prove his claim or such part thereof as is not allowed, by a time to be named in such notice, not being less than seven days after such notice, and to attend at a time to be therein named, being the time to which the adjudication therein shall have been adjourned; and in case any creditor or other person shall not comply with such notice, his claim or such part thereof as aforesaid shall be disallowed.

12. Any creditor or other person who has not before sent in the particulars of his claim, pursuant to the advertisement, may do so not less than two clear days previous to any day to which the adjudication is adjourned.

13. If any claim be sent in after the time fixed by the advertisement, except as provided in case of an adjournment,