Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-09-18
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act.
SEC. IS. That from andsafler the passage
or this act the fees, commissions, charges,
and allowances, excepting actual and nee
essary disbursements of, and to be made by
the officers, agents, marshals, messengers,
assignees, and registers In cases of bank
ruptcy, shall be reduced to one-half of the
fees, commissions, charges, and allowances
heretofore provided for or made In like
cases h'OUided, That the preceding pro-
vision shall be and remain in force until
the justices of the Supreme Court of the
United States shall make and promulgate
new rules and regulations in respect to the
matters aforesaid, under the powers con-
ferred upon them by sections ten aud for
ty-seven Of said act, and no longer, which
duties they shall perform as soon as may
be. And said justices shall have power UNI
der said sections, by general regulations,
to simplify and, so far as in their judgment
will cOnduce to the benefit of creditors, TO
consolidate the duties of the register, as
signee, marshal, and clerk, and to reduce
ices, costs, and charges, TO the end that pro-
lixity, delay, and unnecessary expense
may be avoided. And no register or clerk
of court, or any partner Or clerk OF such
register or clerk of court, or any person
having any interest with either in any fees
or emoluments in bankruptcy, or with
whom such register Or clerk of court shall
have any interest In respect to any matter
in bankruptcy, shall be Of counsel, solicit
or or attorney, eitIer in or out OF court, in
any suit or matter pending in bankruptcy
in either the circuit or district court of his
district, or in an appeal therefrom. Nor
shall they, or either Of them, be executor,
administrator, guardian, commissioner,
appraiser, divider, or assignee Of or upon
any estate within the jurisdiction of either
of said courts OF bankruptcy nor DO in
terestsd, directly or indirectly, in the fees
or emoluments arising from either OF said
trusts. And the words Except such as are
established by this act or by law, in sec
ton ten of said act are hereby repealed.
SEC. 10. That it shall be the duty of the
marshal of each district, in the month of
July of each year, to report to the clerk of
the district court OF such district, in tab
ular form, to be prescribed by the justices
of the Supreme Court of the United States,
as well as such other or further infUrma-
ton as may be required by said justices.
First, the number of cases in bankrupt
cy in which the warrant prescribed in sec
tion eleven of said act has come to his
hands during the year ending June Thrift
eth, preceding;
Secondly, how many such warrants were
returned, with the fees, costs, expenses,
and emoluments, thereof respectively and
separately;
Thirdly, the total amount of all other
fees, costs, expenses, and emoluments, re-
spectively and separately, earned or re-
ceived by him during such year from or in
respect Of any matter in bankruptcy;
FOurthly, summarized statement Of
such fees, costs, and emoluments, exclII-
sive of actual disbursements in bankruptcy,
received or earned for such year;
Filthy, a summarized statement of all
actual disbursements in such cases for such
year.
And in like manner, every register shall,
In the same month and for the same year,
make a report to such clerk OF,
First, the number of voluntary cases in
bankruptcy coming before him during said
year;
Secondly, the amount of assets and LA
bilities, as nearly AS may be, of the bank
rupts;
Thirdly, the amount and rate per centum
of all dividends declared;
. Fourthly, the disposition of all sach cas-
es;
Filthy, the number of compulsory cases
iPbankruptcy coming before him, in the
same way;
Sixthly, the amount OF assets and liabl-
tiles. as nearly as may be, of such bank
rupt;
Eighthly, the amounts and rate per cent
um OF all dividends declared in such cases;
Nintbly, the total amount of fees, charg-
es, costs, and emoluments Of every sort,
received or earned by such register during
said year in each class of cases above stat
ed.
And in like manner, every assignee shall,
during said month, make like return 10
such clerk Of
First the number of voluntary and COM
pulsory cases, respectively aud separately,
in his charge during said year;
Secondly, the amount of assets and liza
bilities therein, respectively and separate
ly;
ments therein, respectively and separate
ly;
Fourthly, the amount of dividends paid
or declared, and the rate per centum there
OF, in each class, respectively and separate
ly;
Filthy, the total amount of all his lees,
charges, and emoluments, Of every kind
therein earned or received
Sixthly, the total amOuntof expenses in
cnrred by him for legal proceedings and
couusel-tees.
Seventhly, the disposition of the cases
respectively;
Eighthly, summarized statement of
both classes as aforesaid.
And in like manner, the clerk of said
court, in the month OF a ugust in each year,
shall make up a staement for such yea,
Guiding June thrteth, of,
First, all casesin bankruptcy pending at
the beginning of the said year
Secondly, all of such cases disposed of;
Thirdly, all diyldends declared therein
Fourthiy, the number of reports made
from each assignee therein;
Finhly, the disposition OF all such cases
Sixthly, the number of assignees' ac-
counts filed and settled;
Seventhly, whether any marshal, regis
ter, or assignee has failed to make and file
with such clerk the reports by this act re-
quired, and, if any have failed to make
such reports, their respective names and
residences.
And such clerk shall report in respect of
all cases begun during said year.
And he shall make classified statement,
In tabular form, OF all his fees, charges,
costs, and emoluments, respectively, earned
or accrued during said year, giving each
head under which the same accrued, and
and also the sum Of all moneys paid into
and disbuFsed out Of court in bankruptcy,
and the balance in hand or on deposit
And all the statements and reports here
In required shall be- under oath, and sign
ed by the persons respectively making the
same.
And said clerk shall, In siad month Of
gust, transmit every such statement and
report so filed with him, together with his
own statement and report Aforesaid, to the
Acknowledgement OF the United States.
Any person who shall violate the provis-
ions Of this section shall. on motion made,
under the direction of the Attorney Gen
eral, be by the district court dismissed
from his office, and shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor, and, on conviction
thereof, be punished by fine of not more
than five hundred dollars, or by imprlson-
ment not exceeding one year.
SEC. 20. That in addition 10 the officers
now authorized to take proof of debts
against the estate OF a bankrupt, notaries
public are hereby authorized to take such
proof in the manner and under the regu-
lations provided by law such proof to be
certified by the notary and atiesled by his
signature and oficial seal.
SEQ. Fl. That all acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with the provisions of this act
be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved, June %, 1874.
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