Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-04-17
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Bv direction Of Chief Justice Chase, /
tie Clerk OF the United States SUI /
oreme Conrt issued the following
Statement TO-DAY regarding the recon-
rendatien and nomination OF Regis
ters IN Bankruptcy
/. Under the act Of Congress. the
power appointing Registers N Bank
ruotcv Is vested in the District Courts
Of the United States. the Sapreme
Courts Of the territories aud The S1l-
creme Court Of District q Columbia
but no person can be appointed who
Is not 8 Counsellor al Law.
2 The ducy OF recommending and
/ nominating 10 the District Courts ana
other courts mentioned IN the act
( suitable pe.sons for appointment Is
Imposed on the Chief Jss.Lce d the
( United States. aa5 Congress having
now adjourned without acting On the
/ bill i-troduced into the Senate 10 re-
peal this provision, he Till proceed TO
carry It into effect.
,. To insure, as far as practicable.
the selection Of good men for registers.
/ tAe Chief J astsee vii require, n every
/ case where his recommendation and
nomination Is desired. first certifeate
/ from the clerk or Judge ofthe proper
district or territorial court, or Of some
i state court, that the gentleman named
/ therein Is a counsellor of said court !:
+ and secondly N what congressional
( district or terrltoEv the gentleman
proposed resides. and for x hat district
Or territory ana for what judicial dis
trIct the recon- mendation and nomina-
| ton Is desired; aud thirdly, letters
/ from business and professional men
I Of the district state or territory. who
have the confidence Of -h4ir fellow
citizens. each Of which letters must
voucA distinctly and -a,lv for tie gen
t-eman named. N respect . his pro
tessI8nal knowledge and ability II
! respect 10 his int=zritr. and In respect
/ 70 his general business capacity.
4 In addition 70 these. when the
/ state Is represented n Congress.
similar letters. i they can be had. are
! desired from the Representative Of the
district, and from the senators or the
state. or. IN case Of . TERRITORY. from
/ the delegate No memorials. OF peti-
/ tlons- or recommendations signed By
+ others than the writer are reou;re9.
/ All letters upon which zuv recon-
/ nenGat.on or nomination mar De made.
/ viii be fled b the Chief Justice IN
/ the o1Gce otthe clerk OF the Supreme
/ Court of the Cnited States.
.. The nominations and recon-
nenaation founded upon testimony as
! above required. viii be made as early
as practicable after the same shali
have been received. II more than
/ one gentleman in any district or ter
TItory Is thus recommended % him.
/ the Chief Justice viii exercise his
discretion IN making the selection.
s. Only one person viii be recon-
I men6ed and nominated IN anv one
I congressional district, except IN case
that the court having the appointing
I power shall decline 10 appoint the
+ persons first recommended and nomi-
I mated or IN case that after the act
! shall have gone fully into operation
the appointing court shall certify TO
/ the tHiet Justice that the business Of
/ the district cannot be properly done
/ y one register. or in some cases
/ Tyaere q congressional district NAV be
+ partly n one judicial district ana
+ partly n anothsr.