Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-03-20

Losses or expenses; or shall, within three
months before the commencement of proceed
ings in bankruptcy, under the false color and
pretence of carrying on business and dealing
in the ordinary course of trade, obtain on
credit from any person any goods or chattes
with intent to defraud; or shall, with intent
to defraud his creditors within three months
next before the commencement of proceed
ings in bankruptcy, pawn, pledge or dispose
of otherwise than by bona tide transactions
in the ordinary way of his trade any of his
goods or chattels, which have been obtained
on credit, and remain unpaid for, he.shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof in any court of the United
States, shall be punished by imprisonment,
with or without hard labor, for a term not ex-
ceeding three years.
PENALTIES AGAINST OFFICERS.
Sec. As. And be it further enacted, That
if an7 Judge: -cs ;S,er, clerk, marshal, mcssen-
ger, assignee or any other officer of the sew
cral courts Of bankruptcy shall, for anything
done or pretended to be done under this Act,
or under color Of doing anything hereunder,
wilfully demand or take, or appoint or allow
AM person whatever to take er him or on
his account, or for or on account of any other
person, or in trust for him or for any other
person, any fee, emoument, gratuity, sum OF
money or anything Of value whatever, other
than is allowed by this Act, or which shall
be allowed under the authority thereof, such
person, when convicted thereof, shall forfeit
and pay the sum of not less than $780, and
not exceeding $500, and be imprisoned not
exceeding three years.
Sec. 46. And be it further enacted, That
if any person shall forge tue signature of a
Judge, register OR other officer OF the court
or shall forge or counterfeit the seal of the
courts, or knowingly concur in using dny such
forget or counterfeit signature or seal, for the
purpose OF authenticating any proceeding OF
document, or shall tender in evidence any
such proceeding or document with a false OF
counterfeit signature of any such judge, regis
ter or other officer, or a false or counterfeit
seal Of the court, subscribed or attached there.
to, knowing such signature or seal to be false
or counterfeit, any such person shall be gull
ty Of felony, and upon conviction thereof
shall be liable to. q Guc Of not less than SOU
aud not more than $4,000, and TO be impris,
oned not exceeding FIVE years, at the discre-
tion of the court.
FEES AND COSTS.
Sec. 41. And be it further enacted, Thai
in each case there shall be allowed and paid
in addition to the fees OF the clerk of the court
as now established by law, or as may be es
tablisbed by general order, under the provi
sions of this Act, for fees in bankruptcy, The
following fees, which shall be applied to the
payment for thescrvices of the registers:
For issuing every warrant, 81.
For esch day In which meeting j:
held, SO.
For each order for dividend, S3.
For every order substituting an arrange
mcnt BY trust decd for bankruptcy, 50.
For every bond with sureties, 50.
For every application for any meeting ii
any matter under this Act, 81.
For every days service while actually EN-
pIoyed under special order of the court,
sum not exceeding S., to be allowed BY th'
court.
For taking depositons, the fees now allow
ed by law.
For every discharge, when there is no op
position, 50
Such fees shall have priority Of paymen
over all other claims out of the estate, anc
before warrant issues the petitioner shal
deposit with the senior register Of the court
or with the clerk, to be delivered to the reg
lister, $50 as security for the payment there
of and if there are not sufficient assets fol
the payment of the fees, the person upor
whose petition the warrant isissued shall pay
the same, and the court may issue On exc
cution against him to compel payment to tht
register.
Before any dividend is ordered the assigned
shall pay out of the estate to the msssengcl
the following fees, and no more:
First-For service of warrant, 50.
Second-For all necessary travel, a. TIL
rate of FIVE cents mile each way.
THird-For each written note to creditor
named in the schedule, cn cents.
FourM-For custody of property, publica
tion of notices and other services, his actua
and necessary expenses upon returning tn
same in specific items, and making oath tina
they have been actually incurred and paid By
him, aud are Just and reasonable, the same
to be taxed or adjusted BY the court, and th'
oath of the messenger shall not be conclusiv,
as TO the necessity of said expenses.
For cause shown, and upon hearing thereof
such further allowance may be made as The
court, in its discretion, may determine.
The enumeration of the foregoing fees shal
not prevent the judges, who shall frame gen
eral rules and orders in accordance with thj
provisions of section ten, from prescribing
tariff of fees for all other services of the Off
GERS Of courts of bankruptcy, or from reducing
the feas prescribed in this section in classes
cases of to be named in their rules and orders