The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-14

week.
1ho national irotllug association |
ndopled rule Tonight, thnt whore
Horses which could have won, wA8 I'M
niriy driven ~ "a iO lose the race,
ahnll be- declared void aud the hofsCS
owner expelled from lhe nss0clnilun.
Amasn Spfnmle wns reelected pfoal-
dent Of the American tr0ttlng turf last
night, a committee was appointed To
confer with railroad companies, ~
make arrangements TO have men and /
horses transported ut reduced rates. |
WAsmSGToG, February 9. 49, The /
business of the house was coniinedtol
private bills. a blu was passed per-
hitting n narrow glage railroad To be
laid on the public grounds nc Old Point
Comfort, Virginia.
Nominations: John q. Boyle, attor-
ney for the eastern district of Texas.
In the senate, Il resolution was pissed
given witnesses before the senate four
dollars per day and five cents per mile
each way.
Mr.. Davis introduced bill to att
thorize the attorney general to settle
! the claims of the government with the
purchasers Of its property Mt Harpcrs
Ferry. Referred to the committee,on
the Judiciary. stttsR .ft
The bankrupt bill was resumed.
| The amendment of Mr. Sherman TO
fix the limit of time at ninety days in
which u party dishonoring his COM
mercial paper can be adjudged a
bankrupt, after discussion, wasrejected;
ayes Is, nays 20. s
The amendment requiring one-third
| ;A..,,r %, 60 1nl,tnr
bankruptcy, was rejected.
Mr.. Thurman said the clause now
proposed TO be amended had been sub
iected to the severest criticism in the
committee, and after n careful consid--
Grafton one-fourth of the number and
one-third of the of amount debts had
been agreed to.
Mr.. Carpenter said he came here at
the beginning of the session fully pre-
pared to vote for the repeal of the
bankrupt law but after thorough
examination of the question he had
come to the conclusion that the repeal
i of the law would be detrimental to the
debtor class. He would, therefore,
vote for continuing the law and would
; support the amendments of the Judi
ciary committee, with such Others OF
fered in the senate as he might deem
advantageous. ynPh
The other amendments reported,
with a few verbal changes were adopt
ed as reported by the Judiciary COM
mite.
T The committees amendments as
passed by the senate fix the time at
, forty days within which any banker,
broker, merchant, trader, manufacture
er or miner who has stopped or sus-
pended and not resumed payment of
his commercial paper shall not be
deemed bankrupt and prescribes that
the fees, commissioner scharges and al
lowances, excepting actual and neces-
t sary Disbursements Of and to be made
by the officers, agents, marshals, mes
sengers, assignees and registers in cases
: of banliruptcys shall be reduced tosone-
half of the allowances heretofore pro-
| yided for.
The justices of the Supreme court,
who are to make new rules and regu-
lations for carrying into effect the law,
, are empowered to consolidate the
> duties Of register, assignee, marshal
| and clerk, and to reduce the cost o!
{ charges, to the end that proliXity, de-
lay and unnecessary expense may be
avoided.
: Mr.. Edmunds offered new amend
5 ment, comforting jurisdiction i'll bank
, rupt cases upon any circuit or district
court of the United States, which was
= agreed to.
He also offered an amendment dis
pensing with personal service of notice
+ in all cases of claims not exceeding
5 fifty dollars, and providing in. cases
where the amount should be iun Ter
t that sum, notice could be given by
publication in the newspapers. Agreed
) to. He also offered an additional Sec
ton to the bill, providing that it should
3 be the duty of the marshal OF each
, district, in the month ofJuly in each
, year, to report to the clerk of the Dis
, trict court, in tabular form, to be
: prescribed by the justices of the
, Supreme court of the United States,
first, the number of cases in bank
, ruptoy in which warrants have
: come into his hands; second how
many of such warrants were returned
with the fees, costs, expenses and
: emoluments earned and received by
him during the year from or in respect
+ to any matter in bankruptcy; fourth, q
summarized statement of all actual
disbursements in such cases; also, re-
curing every register to report In like
. manner tie number of voluntary
, and compulsory, cases in bank
, ruptcy coming before him during
1 the year; amount of assets and
, liabilities of bankrupts; amounts and
rate per cent of all dividends declared
and disposition of all such cases.
: Every assignee Is required to make @
, similar return, and the clerk of such
court, in the month of August in each
year, is required TO transmit to the at
torney general report of all cases
pending and disposed of, dividends de-
/ clared. disposition of cases, whether
, any officer has failed to make his re-
, port, etc. Any violation of this section
to be punished by dismissal from office
and the party offending to be deemed
guilty Of misdemeanor, and upon
CONVICTION to be fined not over five
hundred dollars or imprisoned not eX-
ceeding one year. The section was
adopted. iEyIj.J
Mr.. Thurman offered an amendment
abolishing the office of egister in bank
ruptcy and authorizing the several Dis
trict courts to make such orders and
take SUCH Steps us may pc hSOSsSoiy w
adiudicate and dispose of all such mat
tiers or proceedings in bankruptcy now
pending before such register; also
living the District courts power, where
1t may appear to be necessary or adj
visable, to appoint special master COM
missioners TO perform any of the duties
heretofore performed by registers,
such power to be also exercised by u
Judge in chambers, No fees or COM
peiisation shall he pain to any such
commissioner except such as shall be
allowed by the court. :" 40
Mr.. Thurman in advocating the
adoption of this amendment said in
three-fourths of the districts of the
United States judges had ample time
to discharge all the duties which
would doyolve upon them if the Office
of register in bankruptcy should be
abolished, and in consideration of
complaints from all quarters of large
amounts received by these officers as
fees, he thought it a move in the right
direction TO abolish the office.