BEAN, District Judge.
The question to be decided is whether debts due the State Industrial Accident Fund are entitled to prior payment over the debts due general creditors of a bankrupt. The state law (section 6629) provides that the amounts due such fund shall be deemed prior claims in all bankruptcy proceedings. This law, however, is unavailing, unless the priority is given by the Bankruptcy Act, for that act "takes into consideration * * * the whole range of indebtedness...
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