Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-21
BRITISH ~BANKRUPTS.

BRITISH
PRIVILEGES WINCH ARE ACCORDED
5.s 3 LAW re PEERS. S
"some. EngIish Legal Decisions a. 10
WhatsConstitute the Neceasariess Of
Life-They widely Diner From
Duke y Ordinary Mortai.
Recent Bankruptcy cases ii London
have brought up various legal decisions
which have been reached In England
o the subject Of what are n~ecessaries
Of life for men . various stations and
degrees who : not In command Of
their own incomes.
a duke for instance, or even q mar
'quis or nm earl is entitled BY law to
p bottle Of champagne d day if his
trustees hold the money to pay for It.
Insthe case Of the former Duke of Man
chester the law decided that seven bot
ties Of champagne q week are neces
sary to q duke whose affairs may be In
the hands Of trustees and that If he
had not the control Of his own income
NE must be allowed to have a carriage
with one horse, ariding horse as well,
one manservant and auhouse with q
rent of not less than E25O year; 9TH,
erwise he must be allowed to have the
use Of $4,000 a year, while the rest
might be allowed to accumulate for the
good Of the estate till the trustee pc
'riod expired.
A9viscount or a baron is allowed by
law to describe as necessaries things.
which smaller fry might struggle along
without. But v~iscounts Income
provided there is anybody to pay it's
fixed at f1,5OOsa year and a baron's at
E1,O0O. He is. supposing any guard
lans have q few thousands q year to
pay out to him according to discretion,
only entitled to claret as q beverage.
for his yearly wine allowance only runs
to EGO, which would not keep him in
champagne unless he drank it very sell
dom. The dukes wine bill, may run
to E150. }s @'>
The %viscount must have a carriage,
AAuJ w oSlASASO lOI uGUl, d1O
he cannot force his guardians, to give
him a horse. OF course, If he has no
guardians, nor any income, either, he
must do as other people, and go with
out, but these things are considered
necessary to peers. A manservant Is
allowed to a yiscount or! baron, but
the house rent need not exceed f2OO,
nor can it be less than ESQ.
A doctor is better off than a viscount
in one way-his carriage cannot be
seized in most cases, nor can the ex-
penses Of it be reckoned in his income
a. returns. In selling up a doctor for
debt he may retain one horse, and two
of his carpets are considered as neces-
saries to his business-in the hall and
consulting room-and reckoned at EGO
apiece, He may have surgical instru-
ments and medical appliances to the
value Of f1.O0O, and these cannot be
seized. - RI
An ordinary man can retain nothing
but his clothes. his hairbrushes and a
few stern necessaries of that kind. No
wine is allowed to a doctor, but if a
oNS ! IL IL IL VI ~ u0ESCSs liz Gull
demand a couple of servants and a
house rent of EGO per year.
The son Of a well to do merchant or
tradesman making about f1,OOO a year
a demand neither wine nor horses
nor servants, but the law, may allow
him a rent Of ESQ and another E15O or
f20O to keep himself on, supposing he
is in the hands of guardians, whether
under or yer age. As to debt, he can
be sold up, bar his personal n~ecessaries
and his clothes, though he Is not gen.
.erally allowed to keep more than sig
suits Of the latter.
1.-THE has more g Judge might allow
1themto be taken with the other chat
tells, and he can be left without a chair
to. sit on or 8 spoon to eat with. Jewel
4ry, if lie has any, can be taken; but IL
he has, say, two pairs of valuable
sleeve links hegcan keep only one Of
them. In the same way he may keep
address suit, buff he has two an order
may be made to sell up one Of them.
A1aWyer can have 500 books on legal
subjects Q + In some way pertaining to
law, and these have to be left alone by
the brokers. There are extreme: cases
An which everything, even n~ecessaries,
may be taken, but the lawyer may also
demand exemption even IN such cases
for his wigs, Or at least two Of Them
and two gowns. As q student in the
hands Of guardians he can make them
pay him ESQ agar for chambers, and
they must pay his examination and
other fees. iii
Aclergyman or minister of any kind
is worst of Of all and can keep very
little for himself. He can make his
guardians come down with the fees his
profession needs, however, and IL he
lives In the country dis curate and
has some trustees and also q guardian
he car make them supply him with q
gardener.
why She Wept.
Among the Mainotes, descendants or
the spartans, thieying is considered 8
very honorable employment. An Eng
fish traveller, being entertained at the