The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-04-10
Sithmund 1ispatth.


RECOMMENDATION AND NOMINATION or
REGISTERS IN BANKRUPTCY.--By direction
oT the Chief Justice the following state.
mcnt is published for information:
|. Under the act of Congress the power
or appointing registers in bankruptcy is
vested in the District Courts of the United
States, the Supreme Courts of the Terri.
tories. and the Supreme Court of the Dis
frict of Columbia; but no person can be
appointed who is not a counsellor at law.
2. The duty Of recommending and nom.
mating TO the District Courts and other
courts mentioned in the act suitable per
sons for appointment is imposed on the
Chief Justice of the United States and
Congress having now adjourned without
acting upon the bill introduced into the
Senate TO repeal this provision, he will pro-
iced 10 carry il into effect.
;. To insure, as far as practicable, the
selection OF fit men for registers, the Chef
IGSticc will require, in every case where
Lis recommendation and nomination is de-
srcd-frst, a certificate from the clerk or
feiCe of the proper district or territorial
court, or Of counsellor of said court
and secondly, a statement in what con-
crc>>ional district or territory the gentle
nan proposed resides, and for what district
Or territory, and for what iudicicial dis
,ru;, the recommendation and nomination
i, desired and thirdly, letters from bust
ness and professional men of the district,
STATE, or Territory who have the confidence
oG their fellow-citzenS, each Of which let
,ers must vouch distinctly and fully for
the gentleman named (l) in respect to his
professional knowledge and ability, (2) in
respect to his personal integrity, and (3)
IN respect to his general business capacity.
4. In addition 10 these, when the State
is represented in Congress, similar letters,
if they can be had, are desired from the
representative of the district, and from the
senator's of the State, or in the case Of q
territory, from the delegate.
5. No memorials or petitions, or recon-
mendations signed by others than the wri-
ter, are required. !,
6. All letters upon which any recon.
mcudation and nomination may be made
will be filed by the Chief Justice in the
Office of the clerk of the Supreme Court
Of the United States.
:. Nominations and recommendations
founded upon testimony furnished as above
required will be made as early as practi-
cable after the same shall have been re-
Ceiycd. Ii more than one gentleman in
any district or territory is thus commended
10 him, the Chief Justice will exercise his
discretion in making the selection.
S. Only one person will be recommended
and nominated in any one congressional
district except ~ in the case that the
courts having the appointing power shall
decline to appoint the persons first recon-
mcndcd and nominated: or, (2) in the
case that after the act shall have gone
fully into operation, the appointing court
,ball certify to the Chief Justice that the
business OF the district cannot be properly
done 10y one register; or, 81 in some
eases, where a congressional district may
Ire partly in one judicial district and partly
ia another. d. W. MIDDLETON,
Clerk Of Supreme Court United States,
Washington city, April 5, 1867.