The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-27
THE BANKRUPTCY LAW.
Judge Webb Announces the Lines of the
Referee Districts.

In the United States District Court yes
terday, Judge Webb made an Important
order, creating under the new bankruptcy
law the referee districts for the o'aUo
of Maine. Later, referees Will DC ap'
pointed for the several DISTRICTS WIN
two executions each of the counties Is
made a referee district, the excepuions
being Oxford and York coan1ies' each
of which is divided into two dlstrlcts
The order is as follows:
Pursuant to authority conferred on this
oourt nv IAN act to establish uniform
system of bankruptcy throughout the
United States.' approved July 1, 1898,
d;str;cts for referees in bankruptcy with
in the district of Maine, are designated
and defined to continue until modified
by further order as follows:
The district of Androscoggin (compris-
ing the county of Androscoggin.)
The district of Aroostook, comprising
the county of Aroostook.)
The district of Cumberland, (compris-
ing the county of Cumberland
The district of Franklin, comprising
the county of Franklin.)
The district of Hancock, comprising
the county of Hancock.)
The district of Kennebec, comprising
tine county of Kennebec.)
bsThe district of Knox, comprising the
county of Knoxl
The district of Lincoln, comprising
the county OF Lincoln.)
The western district of Oxford, compris-
ing the following towns in Oxford coun-
ty. viz: Upton, Grafton, Riley, Newry,
Bethel Hanover, Woodstock, Gilead'
Mason, Albany, Greenwood, Stow, Stone
ham, Lowell, Waterford, Norway, Paris
sweden, Oxford, Hebron, Fryeburg,
Denmark, Brownfeld. Porter. Hiram and
Fryeburg Academy grant and Batchel-
der's grant.
The eastern district of Oxford. compris-
ing all that portion of the county OF Ok
ford not included in the western district
of Oxford, as before defined and deslg-
mated.
The district of Penobscot, comprising
the county of Penobscot)
The district of Pisoataquis, Comprising
the county of Piscataquis.)
The district of Sagadahoc, comprising
the county Of. Sagadahoc)
The district of Somerset, comprising
the county. of Somerset)
The district of Waldo. comprising the
county of Waldo.)
The district of Washington, (comprls-
ing the county of Washington.
r.
the following towns in York county, VIZ:
Dayton, Lyman, Hired, Sanford, Lebanon,
Buxton, Hollis, WATERFORD, Shapleigh,
Acton, Limington, Limerick, Newteld,
Cornish, Parsonsfield, Berwick, North
Berwick and South Berwick.
The southern district of York compris.
ing the following cities and towns in
York county, viz: OLD Orchard, Saco,
Biddeford, Kennebunkport, Kennebunk,
Wells, York, Eliot and Kittery.
The following circular letter has been
received by MIR. Davis, the clerk OF the
United States district court:
Subsection 80 of the U. S. bankruptcy
law of 1898, copy of which is sent you
herewith, provides that all necessary
rules, forms and orders as to procedure
and for carrying this act lnbo force anu
effect shall be prescribed, and may be
amended from time to time, by the SUI
preme Court of the United States. I" The
court had adjourned for the term at the
time of the passage of this act and will
not be in session again until the tenth
day OF October next and, consequently,
no action can be taken by the Court,
under the above quoted section, before
that date. Please notify the bar of your
court of this fact.
Very respectfully,
James H. McKenney,
Clerk Supreme Court. q. S.