§ 137. Effect of failure so to apply. If the prisoner does not, within\nthirty days after personal service of such a notice, either present a\npetition to the proper court, as prescribed in article third of this\nchapter, or serve, upon the creditor giving the notice, a copy of a\npetition and schedule, with a notice of his intention to apply for his\ndischarge, as prescribed in this article; or if, after such a\npresentation or service, he does not diligently proceed thereupon to a\ndecision, he shall be forever barred from obtaining his discharge under\nthe provisions of this article, or of article third of this chapter.\n
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