Year: 1867

other person, any fee efnolument, gratuity sum "
lowed by this act which shall be allowed unuer the
authority thereof such person, when convc'eo oneeo
sna ore and pay tne sum 81 no. not


SEQ a. And be further enacted, That any person
shall forge the signature OF judge, reg ser or other
officer OF the court shall forge counterfeit the seal
of the courts knowingly concur IN using any snch
forged or counterfeit signature Or ssa 10. e ~
tender in evidence any such proceeding OF document
with false counterfeit signature Of any such such
Judge register or other officer, or false
or counterfeit seal OF tho court, subscribed
or attached thereto knowing such signature or seal to
be false or counterfeit such person shall be guilty
OF felony and upon nyc.ion thereof shall be liable


ne Of not less than $500 aud not moro than $4,000,
10 be imprisoned not exceeding i've years at the
discretion Of the court s


FFEs AND COSTS.


SEC az And be il further enacted That in each
there shall be allowed and paid in addition TO the fees
Of the clerk OF the court as established by law or
may be established by general order under the pro-
fees which shall be applied the payment for the
vices OF the registers.


For issuing every warrant 81.


For each day in which meeting Is held, So


For each order for q dividend SO.


For every order substituting an arrangement by trust
deed for bankruptcy, 81.


For every bond with surees, 81.


For every application for any meeting in any matter
under this act, 81.


special order OF the court sum NOT exceeding s5 TO
be allowed by the court.


utnutltlODb, now allowed


For every discharge, when there no opposition, S.


Such fees shall have priority OF payment all other
claims out OF the estate aud before the
petitioner shall deposit with the senior register OF the
court with the clerk, TO be delivered register
$50 security for the payment thereof and il there
sufficient assets for the payment OF the fees the
person upon whose petition the warrant issued shall
pay the same, and the court may issue execution
against him TO compel payment 70 the register.


Before dividend is ordered the assignee shall paw
out OF the estate to the messenger the following fees and
more:-


ga. 90


Second-For all necessary travel, at the rate OF FIVE
cents mile each way.


TtId-For each written note TO creditor named In the
schedule, ten cents


Fomth-For custody Of property, publication OF notices
and other services his actual and necessary expenses
upon returning the same in specific items, and making
oath that they have been actually incurred and paid by
him. and just and reasonable, the same 10 be taxed
or adjusted BY the court of the messenger
shall be conclusive to the necessity OF said ex
pensess


For cause shown and upon hearing thereon such fur
hcr allowance be made as the court, IN Its discre
ton, may determine n


The enumeration OF the foregoing fees shall not pre-
the judges who shall frame genera rules and orders
accordance with the provisions Of section ten, from
prescribing tariff OF fees for all other services or the
officers Of Of bankruptcy, or from reducing the
fees prescribed in this section in classes of cases 10 be
named in their rules and orders


OF MEANING OF COMPUTATION


Sec 4S And be il further enacted That the word
'assignee' and the word creditor shall include the
plural also, and the word messenger shall include
his assistant or assistants, except in the prov

shall include the marshal's deputies; the word
person shall also include corporation and the word
'oah shall include affirmation And in all
which any particular number OF days is prescribed by
the act, shall be oned in any rule order OF
court general order which shall at any time be made
this for the doing OF any for any other
purpose, the shall be reckoncd in the absence OF
any expression the contrary exclusive OF the first
and inclusive Of the last dav unless the last day shall
fall a Sunday, Christmas day, any day appointed
by the President Of the United States day Of public
fast or Thanksgiving the Fourth Of July, which
the time shall be reckoned exclusive OF that day
aiso eE8


src 49, And be further enacted That all the juris-
dicon power and authority ered upon and vested
in the District Court OF the United States by this act in
cases in bankruptcy hereby conferred upon and
vested in Supreme Court Of the District Of Columbia
and in and upon the Supreme Courts of the several
rores Of the United States when the bankrupt resides
the said District Of Columbia either OF the said
Territories And in those judicial districts which
within any organized Of the United States the
power Jurisdiction OF Circuit Court In bankruptcy
may be exercised by the district judge


SEc. So And be il further enacted, That this shall
an1 take effect to the appointment Of the
officers created hereby and the PRONUNCIATION Of rules
and general orders from and after the date OF its
proval