Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-11-06


nv person Who Shai tsye been d,sCharg under
TINS art shall afterwards become bsnkrult BE- shall
40, asan b. eoi,Iitd 10 discharge unset las
aci. uuc,s hi, estate produce alter oil charges
slhcieut 10 nsy every credItur seyeuiyhNe per
cent on the amount OF the debt Which shsh have
been allowed to each creditor.
Sec. lS. And Be Il turiA,r tadeisd That the
proceedings in all sa.es o. bankruptcy shall be
deemed ma.,ers Of record; bat the same shall not T
be required 10 be recorded at large, bot shall he
oaretulv hed, kept aud numbered IN the olkce 4
o. thc court and docket only, or short memutap.
dun thereof. with the numbers, Kept N book b, /
the clerk OF the court, end the clerk Of the cout
faf atFixng BIS NINA and the seal q. the court To
aaN form, OF certifying a copy Thereof, when te-
uutel thereto, shall be entitled u receive, as
compensation, tbe sum OF tNenp-ife cents, and
no more. And 40 officer Of the court OF com.
missioner, shall be allowed by tie court more
than one dollar Tor taking the proof q any deb,
Of other clam Of any creditor or other person
| against the estate OF the bankrupt but he NAV be
allowed 10 addition, ms actual tfaTeIItng expen.
ses for that purpose.
Sec. a. And be i further enacted, That
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trade become msolvent. 40 order may be made
"a the mAnuer provided n this act euheT on the
petition Of such partners, OF any one OF them or
on tie petition OF any creditor OF the partners.
upon winch o,dcr all the JOINT stock mud property
OF the company, and also all the separate estate Of
each OF the pattners, shall be taken excepting
such part thereof as are herein excepted and all
the creditors q the company aud the separate
creditors OF each partner, shal be allowed 70
prove .helr separate debts and The assignee shall
also keep separate accounts al the JOINT stock OF
property OF the company, and Of the separate
p estate OF each member thereof, and after dednct.
, ing out Of the whole amount received by such
asslLpfes TIE whole Of the expenses aud DIS.
f busmrntS paid By them, the nett proceeds OF Me
a lont stock shall be apptoptla ed 10 pay The cred
!. aors d the COMPANY, and the nett proceeds u
~ The separate estate OF each panet shall be appto
IN plati 10 pay his separate Creditors, and I
IF there be any balance Of the separate estate o
i. any partner, after the payment Of his separate
nj debts such balance shall be added Ia the JOIN
strci, Tor the payment OF the JON, creditors an,
lc It there Shall be any balance Of he JOINT stock
le aitcr the payment Of the joint debts, such baanc
n. shall he divided aud appropriated 10 and anon
a. lie separate estates 81 he several patners nc
il cordug to iher respective rights aud interest
,e thetejn aud us would have been il the partner
rs SHIN had been dissolved without any bankruptcy
m and the sum so appropriated 10 TIE separate eslaI
Or OF each pltnef sahA be applied 10 The Paymet
le ol his separate deIt,. and the certificate ot dr
~ charge snuiI be granted or refused TO each par
a.. ...,Il Ia, Ia. Il a
AS proceedings had hccn against hun alone und
10 thl, act aud ia all other respects The proceeding
~ against partners shall be conducted IN the Nv
be manner AS # hey had been commenced at
,n prosecuted against one person alone.
OF Sec. 10. And be Il further enacted, HAT
copy oiauy decree Of bankruptcy and the a
III polnlmenl o. assignees, as directed by the thi
~. section OF this act shalt be recl0ed IN every de-
De OF lands, belonging 10 the bankrupt, sold al
,r. conveyed BY any assgnees under AMI by yrt
, +. OF lhs act and that such recital together with
n, celtiled copy OF such ordrf shall be n aud COZ
he plrle evidence both d the bankrupt aod asslg
nc uenl therein rpcted aud supe,csdt the necess
nv al any other proof Of such bankruptcy aud .
80 ,lgnment to validate the sad deed and oil dee
cr. coutalalrg such recital, and supported by su
Of ptool shah be as electta to pass the title o. I
,fs bankrupt Of IN, and 10 the lands therein mento
be ed and described 10 the purchaser as laTy to
al, neuls aud purposes, as It made By suoh ban
"a. lupI himself immediately before such order
fit See. IL. Md be II iariher eaacisd, That
jurisdiction, power aud oalnonly conferred up
IN aud vested N tho dslct count Of United stat
OF by Thu. act N ca.es Of bankruptcy are here
it conferred upon and vested n tie circuit court
Get ihe Lutcd States Cor The district OF Culumbia,a
the 10 aud upon the supreme or superior courts
a, the territories Of the United States, 10 eases
! bankruptcy where the bankrupt resides IN
d a sad distinct Of Columbia orln either Of the >
itl territories.
ich Sec. II. And be II further enacl,d, That t
it, act shall lakc effect from aud after the first day
DTS February next.
lde JOHN WHITE,
5s Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
OF SAML l.. SOUIIiARD,
Of President d the Senate pJotempore
u Approved August o. 1871.