Section VI. And whereas difficulties sometimes arise in the execution of process against Goods and Chattels issu

VI. And whereas difficulties sometimes arise in the execution of process against Goods and Chattels issued by or under the authority of the said Courts, by reason of claims made to such Goods and Chattels by Assignees of Bankrupts and other persons not being the parties against whom such process has issued, whereby Sheriffs and other Officers are exposed to the hazard and expense of actions; and it is reasonable to afford relief and protection in such cases to such Sheriffs and other Officers, it is therefore hereby further enacted, that when any such claim shall be made to any Goods or Chattels taken or intended to be taken in the execution under any such process or to the proceeds or value thereof, it shall and may be lawful to and for the Court from which such process issued, upon application of such Sheriff or other Officers made before or after the return of such process, and as well before as after any action brought against such Sheriff or other Officer, to call before them by rule of Court as well the party issuing such process as the party making such claim, and thereupon to exercise for the adjustment of such claims and the relief and protection of the Sheriff or other Officer, all or any of the powers and authorities hereinbefore contained, and make rules and decisions as shall appear to be just, according to the circumstances of the case, and the costs of all such proceedings shall be in the discretion of the Court.