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London, England, 1842-11-15 00:00:00

FORM OF MINUTE OE COMMISSION OF FIAT AND

PROCEEDINGS.
Bankrupt.—[State the name and description of the
bankrupt, or bankrupts, as in the commission or fiat.]
Date of commission or fiat.
Petitioning creditor.--[Name, &c., as in the com-
mission or fiat.]
Solicitor.—[Name, &c., as in the commission or fiat.]
Date of adj udication:— day of , 184 .
Date at which Gazetted.— day of , 184 .
Official Assignee.—[Name and date of appoint-
ment.] •
Creditors' Assignees.—[Names, &c., as in choice
paper and date of choice.]
Solicitor (if changed).—
Amount of debts proved at first meeting or sit-
ting.—
Ditto, claimed.—
Last examination.—[Date of]
Adjourned to [or sine die.]
[or passed.]
(And, in addition to the above, under fiats where
last examination hereafter passed, the amount of cre-
ditors' debts, of liabilities, and of assets, as disclosed
in the balance-sheet.)
Certificate.—[Date and particulars (if any deemed
material) of granting the same.]
Audit.—Date of day of , 184 .
(From the Audit or Dividend paper.)
Gross receipts
Net receipts
(And, in addition to the above, from Accounts here-
after audited
Amount of solicitors' bills :-
Ist bill
2d bill
&c., &c. • £

Total...£

Amount of messengers' bills :-
Ist bill ... £
2d bill
&c., &c. .. ... £

Total...£

Court fees :
To Secretary of Bankrupt's
account £
To compensation account ••• £
Rent and taxes .. • .
Wages in full
Remuneration charge for offi-
cial assignee £
Allowance to bankrupts ......
Postages and petty expenses i%
Dividend.—Date of day of , 184 .
(From Dividend Paper.)
Gross sum divided
Rate of dividend in the pound.
Balance retained ....
(And, in addition to the above, where dividend here-
after declared :—)
Reason for retaining balance.
A similar return at every subsequent sitting for
audit or dividend.
Like returns as above where there arc separate es-
tates for each bankrupt.
4. That every sum directed to be paid under sec-
tion 57 of the 5 and 6 Victoria, c. 122, or under sec-
tion 47 of the 1 and 2 Wm. IV., c. 56, shall be taken
by the deputy-registrar of the Court authorised to
act in the prosecution of the commission or fiat under
which such sum shall be payable; and an account of
all sums so taken shall be kept by such deputy-re-
gistrar, and such sums shall be certified by the Com-
missioner to correspond with the number of sittings,
and be paid by the deputy-registrar monthly into
the Bank of England, or in the country into one of
the branches thereof, or such other bank as shall be
named by the Bank of England for that purpose, to
the credit of the accountant in bankruptcy, to be car-
ried to the account entitled " The Secretary of Bank-
rupts' Account," and the voucher for such payment
shall be produced to the Commissioner within one
week thereafter.
5. That the sum directed by the sth and 6th Vic-
toria, c. 122, s. 78, to be charged to and paid out of
the estate of the bankrupt under every fiat prosecuted
in the country, for every sitting under such fiat, shall
be received by the deputy-registrar of the Court
authorised to act in the prosecution of such fiat ; and
a separate account of all sums so received shall be
kept by the deputy-registrar ; and such sums shall be
certified by the Commissioner to correspond with the
number of sittings, and be paid by the deputy-regis-
trar, monthly, into one of the branches of the Bank of
England, or such other hank as shall be named by the
Bank of England for that purpose, to the account
intitled, "Interest arising from the Bankruptcy Fund
Account."
6. That printed copies of this order shall be supplied
by the Lord Chancellor's secretary of bankrupts to
the several Courts authorised to act in the prosecution
of fiats in bankruptcy in London, and in the several
districts in the country, and to the chief registrar of
the Court ofliasinghall-street, and
one copy shall
in some conspicuous place
in every such Court, and in the office of the chief re-
gistrar.Bankruptcypostedin LYNDHURST C.

GENERAL RULES AND ORDERS MADE UNDER THE STH
AND 6TII VICTORIA, CAP. 122, SEC. 70, FOR RE-
GULATING O
PROVIDED
PROCEEDINGS (WHERE
T
N SAID ACT) AND THE
PRACTICE TO BE OBSERVED IN EVERY COURT AU-
THE
FOR FORMS D T O
TFn I
THORISED TO ACT IN THE PROSECUTION OF FIATS
IN BANKRUPTCY.---NOV. 12.
It is ordered as follows ; that is
to say,-
1. After the expiration of one calendar month from
the date of these rules and orders, no attorney or so-
licitor shall be allowed to practise in any district
Court of Bankruptcy, until he shall have been ad-
mitted and enrolled as an attorney or solicitor of the
Court of Bankruptcy in manner prescribed by the
general rules and orders made for regulating the prac-
tice of the said Court, and bearing date Jan. 12, 1832.
2. Every commission or fiat in bankruptcy trans-
ferred t
to the
of
Coutt pct sth and 6th
of Bankruptcy
the provisions Victoria,
c.
122,
thereupons. shall,s2,in
bseufeo h
Court,
rforthwith g
registered
da niornth roceedi
of the chief registrar in Basinghall-street, in a book
to be kept for that purpose, and allotted by ballot to
one
mannerof tahse
fiats CommComm
directediss i on Commissioners
such s of
now allotted,
or in such other manner as the Commissioners shall
from time to time direct. _
such
Court Court,are nin the same

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3. Every fiat issued after the commencement of the
aforesaid Act, and directed to the Court of Bankruptcy
in London, shall, forthwith after the deliver of
of
of the
et the same
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hrneicio.rsdtre, and ain
mi-
nute of the date of so filing the same shall be made at
the time, in writing, at the foot of such fiat; and such
fiat shall not be opened, upon the application of any
other creditor than the petitioning creditor, until after
the expiration of three days from such date.
4. Every commission or fiat in bankruptcy trans-
ferred to any district Court of Bankruptcy, under the
provisions of the Act sth and 6th Victoria, c. 122,
s. 52, shall, before, or forthwith after, any proceed-
ings thereupon in such Court, be registered, by a
deputy-registrar attending such Court, in a book to
be kept for that purpose, and in districts where there
are two Commissioners shall be allotted, by ballot, in
the presence of the solicitor acting under such com-
mission or fiat, or in rotation in such manner as the.
Commissioners shall from time to time direct, to one
of such Commissioners, and shall be further prosecuted
before such Commissioner, or before the district
Commissioner, where there is only one Commissioner
—provided always, that either of the Commissioners
authorised to act in the prosecution of fiats in bank-
ruptcy in any district in the country may, in the ab-
sence of the other Commissioner, sit or act for him.
5. Every fiat issued after the commencement of the
aforesaid Act, and directed to any district Court of
Bankruptcy, shall, forthwith after the delivery of the
same at such Court, be registered by a deputy-re.