Section 4. Distribution of payments
On the return by the sheriff of the notices and proceedings prescribed by the second and third sections of this act, it shall be lawful for the court out of which the fieri facias issued, on the application of any creditor, to make an order directing the manner in which the money arising from such half-yearly instalments shall be distributed among the different lien creditors according to the priority of their liens, in the same manner and with like effect as in case of distribution of money arising from sheriffs' sales; and it shall be the duty of the defendant or person in possession of said estate to pay said instalments to the plaintiff or party entitled to receive the same under such decree, or to his or their agent or attorney, or to the sheriff of the proper county, when such plaintiff or person, his or their agent or attorney, reside out of said county. 1840, Oct. 13, P.L. (1841) 1, Sec. 4.