Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-24
BRITISH BANKRUPTS.


PRIVILEGES WHICH ARE ACCORDED
BY LAW 70 PEERS. WI q
some English Legal Decisions NJ TO
What Constitute the Necessaries of
Lie They Widely Diner From
Duke to Ordinary Mortal. e sS2
Recent bankruptcy cases In London
have brought up various legal decisions
which have been reached In England
bn the subject OF what are ne-cessaries
Of life for men Of various stations and:
degrees who are not in command of
their own incomes. u
A duke, for instance, or even a mar
quis or an earl Is entitled by law to
q bottle of champagne a day If his
trustees hold the money to pay for 1t.
In the case. Of the former Duke Of Man
chester the law decided that seven bot
ties OF champagne a week are neces-
sary to duke whose affairs may be In
the hands OF trustees and that If he
had. not the control Of his own income
he must be allowed to have a carriage
with one horse, a riding horse as WELL
n manseryant and a house withea;
rent Of not less than f250s%a year: 9TH
erwise he must be allowed to! have the
use Of G2,000 a year, while the rest
might be allowed to accumulate for the
good of the estate till the. trustee pc
Rod expired. %s
a viscount Or al baron IS allowed by
law to describe as n~ecessaries things
which smaller fry might struggle along
without. But a~Sviscount's income
provided there IS anybody to pay it's
fixed at f1,5008 d. year and a baron's at
$1,000 He is. supposing any guard
1ans have q few thousands q year to
pay out to him according to discretion,
only entitled to claret as a beverage.
for his yearly wine allowanceio only runs
to EGO, which would not keep him in
champagne unless he drank it very sell
dom. The dukes wine bill may u
to E15O. "t&s &T7H"
The v%iscount must have a carriage,
but it may be attached for debt, and
he cannot force his guardians tosgive
him a horse. Of course. If be has no
guardians, nor anysincome. 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 vtscount or baron, but
the house rent need not exceed E20O.
nor can it be less than:f15O.
A doctor is better off than a viscount
in one way-his carriage cannot be
seized in most cases. nor can the ex-
penses Oft be reckoned in his income
tax returns. In selling up a doctor for
debt he may retain one horse, and two
of his carpets are considered a 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 $1,000. and these cannot be
seized. -, &C :
An ordinary, man a retain nothing
but his clothes, his hairbrushes and a
few stern necessaries of that kind. No
wine is allowed to a doctor. but IL a
student in the hands Of trustees, he can
demand q couple OF servants and a
house rent Of ECO per year. ~ IL ">>S
The son OF a well to do merchant or
tradesman making about $1,000 a year
a demand neither wine o horses
nor servants. but the law may allow
him a rent Of ESQ and another fl5O or
f200 to keep himself on. s%upposing he
is in the hands of guardians, whether
under or over age. AS to debt, he can
be sold up. bar his personal necessaries
and his clothes, though he is not gen
orally allowed toSkeep more than six
suits Of the latter. ! N
s If he has Q q Judge might allow
them to be taken with the other chat
tells, and he can be left without a chair
to sit|on or q spoon to eat with. Jewel
i ~, If he has any, can be taken; but IL
he has. say, two pairs of valuable
sleeve links he al keep only one Of
them. In the same way he may keep
address suit, but II he has two an order
may be made to- sell upsone Of them.
a lawyer can have 500 books on legal
subjects or In some way pertaining to
law, and these have to be left alone by
the brokers. There are extreme cases
ID which everything, even n~ecessaries,
may be taken, but the laWyerBmay also
demand exemption even In such cases
for his wigs, or at leasttwo Of them,
and two gowns. al student In the
hands OF guardians hesscanS make them
pay him $50 a$year for chambers, and
they must pay his examination and
Dther fees. # y
a clergyman or minister OF any kind
ID worst Of of all and can keep very
little for himself. He can make his
guardians comesdown with the fees his
profession needs, however, and IL he
lives in the country as a curate and
has some trustees and also guardian
he can make them supply him with a
gardener. u
why She wept.
Among the Mainotes. descendants OF
the Spartans, thieving is considered il
very honorable employment. An ling
fish traveller, being entertained ut the
house OF one OF the mountaineers, took
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