The Sun.
London, England, 1832-01-13 00:00:00

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.

"GENERAL RULES AND ORDERS FOR REGU.
LATING THE PRACTICE OF HIS MAJESTY'S
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, MADE BY THE
JUDGES OF THE COURT OF REVIEW, WITH THE
CONSENT OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR, THIS
12TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1832.

" It is ordered that all affidavits and other documents
directed to be filed in the Court of Bankruptcy, be filed
with the Registrars of the Court.
" That the Registrars' office shall be at the Court of
Commissioners of Bankrupts in Basinghall-street, in the
•ity of Loudon, and shall be kept open daily, Sundays only
excepted, in the morning from ten to four, and in the even-
ing from seven to nine.

" That attornies and solicitors shall be admitted and
enrolled in the Court of Bankruptcy, by order of the Court
of Review.

" That every attorney and solicitor of any of the superior
hurts at Westminster, may be admitted and enrolled in the
*id Court of Bankruptcy, upon the production of a certi-
li eate from the proper officer, and upon filing his own af.
tidavit of his being such attorney or solicitor, and of the
slate of his former admission, such affidavit to be sworn by
!kr', if residing in London, or within ten miles thereof, be-
fore the Court of Review, and if residing elsewhere, before
st toaster in ordinary or extraordinary in Chancery.
" That a roll or book shall be kept by the Registrars,
'here shall be enrolled the names of all attornies and so-
licitors admitted in the Court of Bankruptcy, on payment
to the registrar of a fee of 51. for sucli admission and en-
rolment. Such fee to be applied in the first instance to
!he payment of the expense of preparing such roll, and the
n°01(8 necessary for the due registration of the names, and
the surplus to the same purpose as the fees in the second
schedule of the statute, Ist and 2d W. IV. c. 56.
" That the registrars or their deputies shall forthwith
cause to be prepared a proper alphabetical book for the
purposes after mentioned ; and that the same shall be
publicly kept at the registrars' office, to be there in-
"Pected by any such attorney r olicitor as aforesaid, or
Lis clerk, without fee or rewarod,s and that every attorney
or solicitor admitted in the Court of Bankruptcy, and re-
Siding in London, or within ten miles thereof, shall,
4on his admission, enter in such book, in alphabetical
order, his name and place of abode, or some other
Proper place in London, Westminster, or the borough
°I Southwark, within one mile of the said office,
''here he may be served with notices, summonses, orders,
and rules, in matters pending in the said Court ; and as
then as any such attorney or solicitor shall change his
Place of abode, where he may be served as aforesaid, he
shall make the like entry thereof in the said book; and
that all notices, summonses, orders, and rules, which do
tint require personal service, shall be deemed sufficiently
served on such attorney or solicitor, if a copy thereof be
left at the place lastly entered in such book, with any per-
resident at, or belonging to, such place ; and if any
'44 attorney or solicitor shall neglect to make such entry,
then
the fixing up of any notice, or the copy of a sum-
in"sr order, or rule, for such attorney or solicitor, in the
"nee of the chief registrar, shall be deemed as effectual
1144 sufficient as if the same had been served at such place
aif residence as aforesaid.
" All existing commissions, when transferred to the
Court of Bankruptcy, shall be duly registered in the re-
gistrar's office, in books to be kept for that purpose, and
"all he prosecuted before such Commissioner as the Court
13f Review shall appoint.
" That the assignees appointed under such commissions
*lin be at liberty to retain, until further order, the ens-
totlY of the commission proceedings heretofore taken there-
°n, according to the present practice in bankruptcy.
" That all proceedings before the Commissioner in the
Court of Bankruptcy shall he written on parchment or
Paper of one uniform size, and shall remain of record in
the said Court.
" That every fiat issued by the Lord Chancellor, to be
Prosecuted in the Court of Bankruptcy, shall be filed of
record in the registrars'--office within seven days from the
date thereof, and that no appointment for the opening of
any such fiat shall be made until it shall have been so filed.

" That upon every application for an appointment for
opening any fiat, the registrar shall, in the presence of the
solicitor applying for the same, allot such fiat, by ballot, to
one of the Commissioners of the Court, according to the re-
gulations to be from time to time prescribed by the Court
of Review, except in cases of second or renewed fiats,
which shall go to the same Commissioner before whom the
former commission or fiat was prosecuted.
" That upon the making of an appointment for open-
'ng any fiat, the registrar shall, in the presence of such at.
torney or solicitor, write upon the face of the fiat the
Lathe of the Commissioner before whom the same is to be
open, d.

" That each fiat shall be prosecuted before the Commis-
elopers so appointed, unless otherwise specially ordered by
the Court of Review, or one of the Judges thereof.
" That the Commissioners shall sit daily (Sundays and
holydays to be hereafter named, only excepted), at ten
o'clock, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts in
liasinghall-street, and shall hold their subdivision courts at
the same place as occasion may require.
" That a deputy registrar shall attend upon each Com-
missioner to take minutes of, to draw up, and have the
charge of, all proceedings before him, under the superin-
tendence of the chief registrar.
" That in lieu of attaching a copy of the Gazette to
the proceedings in each bankruptcy, the deputy registrar
'hail make a memorandum of the appearance of the ad-
vertisement in the Gazette, and of the (late thereof, with
proper reference to the file, to facilitate search.
" That the official assignees be divided equally among
the six Commissioners.
" That each Commissioner shall appoint his class of assig-
nees
to act in rotation under the several bankruptcies prose-
cuted before him ; such rotation to be settled by ballot,
according to such regulations as aforesaid, except in
special cases to be referred by the Commissioner adjudi-
cating therein to the other Commissioners of his subdi-
vision court, or the Court of Review.
" That the same rules for the appointment of official
assignees shall be followed as to existing Commissioners;
but it is recommended, that no official assignee be appointed
under commissions already opened, unless there appears
good cause for so doing.
" That the appointment of any assignee or assignees to
any bankrupt's estate, shall be under the hand of the
Commissioner, and shall remain of record in the said Court
of Bankruptcy ; and certificates of such aointment
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under the seal of the Court, shall be delivered
to such as-
signee by the registrar, upon application for the same.
That no official assignee shall either directly or indirectly
carry on any trade or business, or hold or be engaged in
any office or employment other than his said office and
employment as official assignee.
" That each official assignee shall find sureties to the
extent of 6,0001., and shall, together with such sureties
' (except where otherwise especially directed by the Court
of Review), execute a joint and several bond to the two
registrars for the time being, and the survivor of them, in
the penal sum of 6,0001.
"The official assignees to be made liable to the
whole amount, and the sureties to be liable together
' to the like amount, in such proportions as shall be ap-
proved of by the Court of Review, provided that no
one surety shall be made liable for more than 3,0001, nor
less than 1,0001.
" That each official assignee shall, en pain of his die-
rni"al, give immediate notice, in writing, to the chief
Nistrar for the time being, of the death or insolvency of
either of his sureties ; and shall, if required, cause a new
bond b
t e executed to the like amount by another surety,
to he approved of as above.
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That each official assignee shall follow the instrue-
'l°4 of the Commissioner under whom he acts, according
to . ' • e exigencies of each particular case, subject to such
directions as shall from time to time be prescribed by the
Court of Review.
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That each official assignee shall pay into the Bank of
hit:lgland to the credit of the Accountant-General of the
Igh Court of Chancery, all such sums of money as shall
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his hands, as soon as they shall have amounted to
htat: and at the time of paying in such monies shall
`, in writing delivered therewith, to the cashier of the
the 'l4a of England, the date and amount of the payment,
de,,e'rrle of the official assignee making it, the name and
; tiehi Non of the bankrupt or bankrupts, and the par-
be ;tr eatate to which the money belongs, and that it is to
1 ar„fo7ed to the credit of the said Accountant-General,
' the s such particular estate, and shall take a receipt for
ofiee'toanfe from the cashier of the Bank, and carry it to the
youth, the Accountant-General, who will give a proper
deedt,,,Pl" such receipts, and such voucher to be pro-
► Thu", called for by the Commissioners.
'the ofte,t,it is recommended to the Commissioners to allow
( Epeetivel'a, assignees one per cent. on the monies they re-
, aetuaily'Yt ° receive, and 1-1 per cent. more on the monies
he divided, subject nevertheless to be increased

'or diminished in any case under special circumstances to
be referred to the Court of Review.
" That the messengers shall, upon taking possession,
forthwith take an inventory of tl,c bankrupt's effects, but
that no apprai,ement shall be made, or other expenses in-
curred, without the special direction of the Commissioner,
until after the appointment of the creditors' assignees.
" That a table of fees to be allowed to messengers having
in the year 1828 been approved of by the then Lord Chan-
cellor, and the duties of messengers having been since di-
minished, it is recommended to the Commissioners that all
fees contained in that table, except the following, be for the
future disallowed in the taxation of the messengers' bills :
Attending the Commissioners until the adjudication for s. d.
warrant of seizure lO 0
Executing the warrant at each place l3 4
Summons to bankrupt to surrender, and duplicate 5 0
Service of summons on bankrupt 6 8
Preparing advertisement for the Odzette, and copy, and at-
tending with, and tee, the same 6 8
Possession from the day of execution of the warrant of
seizure to the choice of assignees, and no longer, per day 5 0
Preparing warrant for bringing up the bankrupt from prison ;
attending commissioner to sign the same, and service on
the gaoler l3 4
Summons for assignee to attend audit meeting 6 8
Preparing summonses, and serving same upon the assignees 6 8
Proclaiming bankrupt, when he does not surrender
to the commission 3 4
In case of committal by the Commissioners,
Taking into custody, and executing their warrant, mes-
senger, and men's attendance, with coach-hire, and ex-

_ penceg- -
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" If, in execution of any of the business' above-men-
tioned, the messenger and his man, or either of them, shall
be compelled to travel any considerable distance from Lon-
don, we submit that beside the above fees, and in addition
to travelling and other necessary expences, an allowance
should be made fur the time employed at the folio wine
rate per day : S. d•
For the messenger 6 8

For his man ' 5 0

" That all petitions presented to the Court of Review
shrill be entered at the registrars'-office, and that the fiat
directing the attendance thereon shall be under the seal of
the Court of Bankruptcy, and that the original petition
shall, when served, be returned to the registrar on or
before the hearing, and be filed of record, and that it shall
not be necessary to recite such petitions at length in any
order pronounced by the Court thereon.
" That all the process of the Court of Review shall be
under the seal of the Court of Bankruptcy.
" That all agreements of reference, to be made rules
of the Court of Bankruptcy, shall be so made by order
of the Court of Review, and all matters arising thereon
shall be heard and determined by the Court of Review.
" That all questions respecting the conduct of the
officers and practitioners of the Court of Bankruptcy
shall be brought before the Court of Review.
" That all recognizances to be taken and acknowledged
in the Court of Bankruptcy shall be taken and acknow-
ledged before the Court of Review.
" That the practice in the Court of Review shall, until
otherwise ordered, be conformed as nearly as may be to the
present practice in matters before the Lord Chancellor.

- " That the first Subdivision Court shall consist of
Charles Frederick Williams, Joshua Evans, and Robert G.
Cecil Fane, Esqrs. ; and the 2d Subdivision Court shall
consist of John Herman Meriv.ile, Samuel Martin Fon-
blanque, and Edward Holropl, Esqrs.
" r. ERSKINE, C. J.

" ALBERT PELL, J.
" J. CROSS, J.
" G. ROSE, J.
Approved, " BROUGHAM, C."

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