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a zi h r u p t jL a :

:7-J AST to establish a Uniform System of

J.iakruptcy throughout the U. States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House if Representatives of the United .states of' .Lnerica in Congress assembled, that . - e be, nnJ hereby is, established thro't i'ie United States a uniform system ln Jirupn-y, as fallows: All persons isoevir, residing in any Stale, District, Ttrritorv ,f the United Slates, owing bt, which shall not have been created consequence of defalcation as a public officer, or a3 executor, administrator, iuar Jiiin, or trustee, or while acting in

my other fiduciary capacity, who shall,'

by petition, setting forth, to the best of h;s knowledge and belief, a list ( f his or their creditors, their respective places of residence, and the ameuiit due to each, together with an accurate inventory of his or ihcir property, rights, and credit?, of every name, kind, and description, and the location and situation :( each and eviy parcel and portion thereof, verified bv oath, or, if conscientiously scrupulous oi iking an oath, by solemn affirmation, ap-

containad shall be

destroy,

construed to annul, an oath, upon his solemn aflir mation, in all

or impair r.ny lawful rights of matters relatinr to such bankruptcy, and

married women or minors, or any liens, his acts and doings, and hits property and mortgages, or other securities on proper- rights of properly, which, in the judgty, real or personal, which may be valid ment of such court, ate necessary and

Sec

0. And be it further rnttciprl rhro

tho district court in 'every district, shall have jurisdiction in oil matters and proceedings in bankruptcy arising under this act, and any other act which inav hereaf-

oy tne laws oi the States respectively, : proper tor the purposes of j ustice; and it iter oe passed on the subject of bankruptcy; and which are not inconsistent with the iti any such examination he shall wilfully the said jurisdiction to be exercised sum-

dv to

the

proper

court, aj herinatter

mentioned, tr the benefit of this act, and '.nerein declare themselves unable, to meet their debts and engagements, shall be deemed bankrupts wit:. in the purview of this act, 3nd may be so declared accordingly by a decree ot such court. All persons, being merchant, or using the trade of merchandise, retailers of au-rohandise. 1)11 c ll I

an j an oaners, uctors, oro.ters, i;:i

writer.?, or marine insure rs, owin

to t'ne amount of not less than two tho a

sand dodars, shall be liable t become

provisions of the second and fifth see- aud corruptly answer, or swear or affirm

tion of this act. , faltely , he shall be deemed guilty of perSec. 3. . hid be it further enacted, That jury, and shall be punishable therefor in all the property and rights of property, , like manner as the crime of perjury is of every name and nature, ami whether, now punishable by the laws of the Unireal, personal, or mixed, of every bank- ted States; and such discharge and certifirupt, except as is hereinafter provided, cate, when duly granted, shall, in all who shall by a decree of the proper J courts of justice, be deemed a full and court be declared to be a bankrupt within complete discharge of all debts, contracts, this act, ahall, by mere oparation of law, ! and other engagements of such bankrupt, ipso facto, from the time of such decree, ! which are proveable under this act, and be deemed to be divested out of such' may be pleaded as full and complete bar bankrupt, without any other act, assign- i to all suits.Jrfught in any court of jument, or other conveyance whatsoever; dicature whatever, and the same shall

and the same shail be vested, by force of.b

the same deeree, in such assignee as shall favor from time to time be appointed by the 'same

conclusive

evidence cf itself in

of such bankrupt, unless, the

shall be impeached lor some fraud i tween

proper court for this purpose, which povv-! r wilful concealment by 1

er ot appointment and removal such court 1 property, or rights of prop

may exercise at its dis tie?; and the assignee

'.ion, toties quo-

so appointee

Ue vr-tt ; witu ad tho rights, titles, pow

er-, aim authorities to sell,

i 1

nail j act ana i

i majority,

manage, am

contrary to the provisions oi this

iim ol nis

rty. as afore-

t!.i.

m number ana vaiue

1 1 creditors who shall have prove

any ease of bankruptcy,

of the their

dispose of the same, and to sue for ami ' debts at the time of hearing of the pe-

deltnd the same, object to ihe orders andiuiionc! die bankrupt ior a discharge as

directions of such court, as fully,

to all in-

were

hereinbefore provided, shall at such hear

ing file their written dissent to the al-

lents and purposes, as it' the sunc

vested in, or might be exercised by, such lowar.ee of a discharge and certificate bankrupt before or at the lime of his to such katikrupt, or if, upon such hcarbaukruptcv declared as aforesaid: and all tnir. a discharge shall not be decreed to

manly, in the nature of summary proceedings in equity; and for this purpose the said

district court shail be deemed always open. And tho district judge may adjourn any point or question arising in any case in bankruptcy into the circuit court for the district, in his discretion, to be there heard and determined; and for this purpose the circuit court of such district shall also he deemed always open. And the jurisdiction hereby conferred on the district court shall extend to ail cases and controversies

in bankruptcy arising beuveen tho bankrupt and any creditor or creditors who shall claim any ded.t or demand under the; bank-

all cnso.3 and controversies !e:h creditor or creditors and the

assignee of tho esiat whether in office or removed; ij ail cases and controversies between such assignee and tho bank runt,

to be

ruptcy:

acts, matters an

thin.''".

er and m virtue of the bankrupt-

uistnoutn-n anu settle-

full

courts shall In

ii.'tiori to compe

and decrees passed bv

: v o

obedi

er-

dJot

rai.irupts

within the truo intent

!M1;

of tiiis act, and many, upon

and

the

n- tit;on of one or more of their creditors,

to whom they owe debts amounting in ;he whole to not less than live thousand dol'ais, to ihe appropriate court, be so de.arcd accordingly, in the following cas- . s, io-wi:: whenever such person, beinj merchant, er actually using the trade of .."irohandise, or being a retailer of merianmse, or being n banker, factor, hroer, undewriter, or marine insurer, shall .'epart from tlie Stale, District, or Terri- . ry of which lie is an inhabitant, nitii . nent to defraud his creditors; or shall conceal .himself to avci.l being arrested; or ijU willingly or fraudulently procure n??ll to be arrested, or hi g-oJ nJ

a i : r s ,

lind, or leuenieuts, to be attach-

difirained, seijuesteretl, or taken in exe

: n: or shall remove

Ids oods, chattels

J : : 1 1 ,v Vic

CO!

local them to prevent

aw or equity

bankrupt is

then pc a partv,

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1 1

1 .

ot;i-r process; or ma.iii;j

rKtt:i..;it e mverance, assi'inieni.

siift, or iithtr tran-f..'r of his Unds, ;iicn;s, g.mds, or ciiaf.el, crtd.ts, or .oes (,( deb:: Froci-Ld hou-rvcr,

i any person so declared a bankrupt

:n!a-i-e vl

:iou.

y petition t

a creuiur, may, a'

tucu court v :.

ilS

:ys a! :r us 0'

ree, such

?e entr.ie

court, tj

h bankruptcy: or

to a s c e r -

at a creat dis-

y ury be lore I'lrf fact of sue

person eMail reside

. e from the place of holding such i.i;t, the said j ude, in his die'retion, ;i ay direct such trial by j i ry to be had in county of such person's residence, in :i-:h manner an J under such directions as i' s iid court may prescribe and give: id all such decrees passed by such court, .1 not so re-examined, shall be deemed .a! and conclusive as to the subject mat- . thereof. Sec. 2. lid be it further ended. That future payments, securities, couvey- . es, or transfers of property, or agreeciits made or given by any bank.pt in ceniempbtion of bankruptcy, and r tho purpose of giving any creditor, enrser, surety, or other person any prefer:ice or priority over the general creditors i such bankrupt; and Hii other payments, eeurities, conveyances, or transfers of iroperty or agreements made or given by -uch bankrupt in contemplation of bankruptcy to any person or persons whatever, not being a bona fide creditor or purchaser for a valuable consideration, without notice, shall be deemed utterly void, -nd a fraud upon this act; and the assignee under tlie bankruptcy shall be entiled to claim, sue for, recover, and re

vive the same as part af the assets of

1 e bankruptcy, and the person making uch unlawful preferences and payments hall receive no discharge under the provisions cf this act: Provided, That all dealings and transactions by anil with any bankrupt bona tide mado and entered into more thin two mollis before the petition tiled against him, or by him, ehail not be invalidated or affected by this act. Provided, That the other party to any such dealings or transactions had no notice of a prior act of bankruptcy, or of the intention of the bankrupt to take the benefit of this act. And in case it shall be made to appear to the court, in the course of the proceedings in bankruptcy, that the bankrupt, his application bring voluntary, lias, subsequent to the first day of January last, or at any time, m contemplation of the passage of a bankrupt law, by assignment or otherwise, given or secured any preference to one creditor over another, he shall not rceive a discharge unless the samo be assented to by a majority in interest of those of his creit--,rs who have not been so prefered: Jlnd r rovided, also, That nothing in this ac

s 11 i '

I t !

oi'jLi Mica liaiiivrupi is a punv, mav oe

1 prosecuted and defended by such assignee to their final conclusion, in the same way, 3nd same effect, as might have been by such bankrupt; aud no suit commenced by or against any assignee shall be abated by his death or removal from office, but tho same may be prosecuted and defended by his successor in the same office: Provided, however. That there shall be excepted from the operation of the provi sion of this section the necessary household and kitchen furniture, and such other article and necessaries of such bankrupt as the said assignee shall designate and set apart, having reference in the amount to the family, condition, and circumstances of the bankrupt, but although not to exceed in value, in any case, the sum of three hundred dollars: and, also, tho wearing apparel of such bankrupt, and that of his wife and children; and the determination of the assignee in the matter shall, on exception taken, be subject to the final decision of said court.

Sec. 4. Andbt it further enacted, That every bankrupt who shail bona lide surrender all his properly and rights of property, with the exception before mentioned, for the benefit of his creditors, and fully comply with and obey all orders and directions which may froKi time to time be passed by the proper court, and shall oilier wise conform to all the other requisitions of this act, ehail (unless a majority in number and vaiue of his creditors, who have proved their debts, shall file their

written dissent thereto) be entitled to a full discharge from all debts, to be decreed and allowed by the court which ha3 declared him a bankrupt, and a certificate thereof granted to him by such court accordingly, upon his petition filed for such purpose; such discharge and certificate, not, however, to be granted until aftr ninety days from the decree of bankruptcy, nor until after seventy days' notice in some public newspaper, designated by such court, to all creditors who have proved their debts, and other sersons in interest, to appear at a particular time and place, to show cause why such discharge and certificate should not be granted; at which time and place any such creditors, or other persons in interest, may appear anil contest the right of the bankrupt thereto: Provided. That in all eases where the residence of the creditor is known, a service on him personally, or by letter addressed to him at his known usual place of residence, shall be so proscribed by the court, as in their discretion may seem proper, having regard to the distance at A-hich the creditor resides from such court. And if any such bankrupt shall be guilty of any fraud or wilful concealment of .his property or rights of property, or shall have preferred any of his creditors contrary to the provisions of this act, or shall wilfully omit or refuse to comply with any orders or directions of such court, or to conform to any other requisites of this act, or shall, in the proceedings under this act, admit a false or fictitious debt against his estate, he shall not be entitled to any such dicharge or oetificate; nor shall any person, being a merchant, banker, factor, broker, underwriter, or marine insurer, be entitled to any such discharge or certificate, who shall become bankrupt, and who shall not have kept proper books of account after ihe passing of this act, shall apply t rust funds to his own use: Provided, That no discharge of any bankrupt under this act shall release or discharge 3ny person who may be liable for the same debt as a partner, joint contracior, endorser surety or otherwise, for or with the bankrupt. And such bankrupt shall at all times be subject to examination orally, cr upon written interrogatories, in and before such court, or any commissioner appointed by the court therefor, an oath, or if conscientiously scupulcrus of talking

m, the bankrupt may demand a trial

by jury upon a proper issue fj be directed by the court, at such time and place,

and in such manner, as the court may order, or may appeal frcm that decision at any time within len days thereafter,

to the circuit court next to be held for

the same district, by simply entering in ihe district court, air with tha clerk thereof, upon record, his prayer for an appeal. The appeal shall be tried at the first term of the circuit court after it be taken, un

less lor a sumcient reason, a continuance

ve granted and it may be heard and determined by said court summarily, or by a jury at the option of the bankrupt and the creditors may appear and object against a decree of diseharge and the allowance of the certificate, as hereinbefore provided. And if, upon a full hearing of the parlies, it shall appear to ihe satisfaction t)f the court, or the jury shall find that ihe bankrupt has made a full disclosure and surrender of all his estates, as by this act required, and has in all things conformed to the directions thereof, the court shail make a decree of discharge and grant a certificate, as provided in this act.

ore

5. .2nd b-: it

di li

r l.ero

su 7 .

' -c'-il

f ! pr

.a, M'ith'.ci iatsoever, :h bankru bts duo bv vs of I!.-.-"

cousequ

iurt : In -' i- L that in i -. ! i i n ' r ! : s i"

uptoy,

- 1 to

rty and etil-cts, pro

t any priority or pr' tore nee except only f r de bts due ;y t to tho U. States, an 1 fur all hiia to persons who, by the . States, have a preference,

-i;pt

iii tiic iiuinsame hi

:.l to .'!('

!1'J" Ot

his sureu: '.s, win

ot t.;e asseits; raid air have performed any li in tho ervio- of air, entitio l to receive the

'11!

or I

id moneys

a.-

ch shall be first paid out

person who shall or a"? an operative

;tl:

full

wages eeediii:

rupt t.ait he mount of ihe

no to hun for such labor, not extwent v-five dollars: PravidoL that

sue'i labor shall have been performed w ithiu six months next before the bankruptcy of his emo'.over; and all creditors whose

bts are not due and payable until a fu

ture dav, all annuitants, hoi

an'

respoir

nt;

hews,

eies bail.

insurances, sureties, meors

lersot boUomh' dders of ixdi-

or other person's, havintr uncertain or

coiii'ingent demands against such, bankrupt.

bo permitted to come in and prove

and

debts and

sha'

such en ots

inve

a.'i'l to : done un

cy until the final dis

loent of the :s ta to of tho bankrupt, a the close of the proceedings in bankru

cy. And the; san authority and jurisd eueo to alt ord r-i

them in bankruptcy, by process of con

tempi and etuer remedial process, to thr

same extent t.ie circuit courts may now

do in any suit pending therein in pipii

.aim it sua!. De toe duty en tne uistrict court in each district, from lime to time, to prescribe suitable rules and rugulations and forms of proceedings, in all matters

ol bankruptcy; which rules, regulations, and forms, shall bo subject to be ndded to.

revised or annulled bv the circuit court of

the same district, and other rules and regulations, and forms, substituted therefor;

and in all such rules, regulations and forms, it shall bo the duty of the said courts to

make them as simple and brief as practicable, to the end to avoid all unnecessary expenses, and to facilitate the use thereof by the public at large. And the said courts

shall, from time to time, prescribe a tariff

er table of fees and charges to be taxed by the officers of the court or other persons, for services under this act, or any other on the subject of bankruptcy; which fees shall be as low as practicable, with

reference to tho nature and character of

such serv ices. Sec. 7. Anl be it further enarted, That all petitions by any bankrupt for the benefit of this act, and all petitions by a creditor ag-ainst any bankrupt under this act. and nil proceedings in the case to the close thereof, shad be had in ihe District Court within and for the district in winch the person supposed to be a bankrupt shall reside, or have his place of business at the time when such petition is fileii.

son or persons claiming an adverse interest, or by such person against such assignee, touching any property or rights of property of said bankrupt transferable to, or veted in, such assignee; and no suit at law or in equity shall, in any case, be maintainable by or against such assignee, or by or against any person claiming an adverse interest, touching the property and rights of properly aforesaid, in any court whatsoever, unless the same shall be brought within two years after the declaration and decree of bankruptcy or 3fter the cause of suit shall first have accrued.

Sec. 0. And be it further tunc ted. That all sales, transfers, and other conveyances of the assignee, of the bankrupt's property, shall b made at such

times and in such manner as shall be ordered and appointed by the court in bank

ruptcy; and all assets received bv the assignee in money shall in sixty days af;erwards be paid into the court subject to its order respecting its future safe k-"epiro and disposition; and the court may re-

or ciaims under this ae!

a riirht, when the

claims become absolute, to have the same allowed them; and such annuitants and holders of debts payable in future may have the present value thereof ascertained, under the direction of such court, and allowed them accordingly, as debts in pre-

5t ' l

co: nm claim, - id at

1 dee t n

ot an .

eti

11 av,

Li !

u tin

no anu

c rod i tor or proving hi:

ether person,

ui or oiaer

maintain any

. r

snowed tj

or m ecunv tnereior, ouu s

- i i" t i ' i .

cov to iiave waived an rigut

and suit against such bankrupt

-atisfied jik

tained the;

rendered there!

tents already ob-

.'on, shall be deemed to be sur-

in a;

cases w;

're

there

mutuai t

debts er mutual credits

'tween the- parties, the balance only snal

1 1, ! 1.-.

no deemed toe true (loot or claim oetueen them, and the residue shall be deemed adjusted by the set-off; all such proof of debts shall be made before tho court decreeing

the Slo. pos to

bankruptcy, or before some co'C.ims-

crapnomted by the court tor that pur-

but such court shall have full power

nd disallow any debt, upon

i C. . i in o.l in trn orl.

and cor-

t a sioe a

proof that such de

is iounue

imposition, illegality, or mistake

porations to whom any debts are due, may make proof thereof" by their president, cashier, treasurer, or other officer, who may be specially appointed for that purpose; and in appointing commissioners to receive proof of' debts, and perform other duties, under the provisions of this act, the said court shU appoint such persons as hare their residence in lite county in which the bankrupt lives.

except where othe rwise provided in this act. And upon every such petition notice thereef shall be published in one or more public newspapers printed in such district, to be designated by such court at lerst twenty days before the hearing

thereof; and all persons interested, may appear at the time and place whre the hearing is thus to be had, and show cause, if any they have why the prayer of the said petitioners should not be granted: all

evidence by witnesses to be used in all

hearings before snrh court shall be under oath, or solemn affirmation when the parly is conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, and may be oral or by deposition taken before such court, or before any commissioner appointed by such court, or before any disinterested State Judge

of the'State in which the deposition is ta

ken; and all proof of debts or o'.her claims

by creditors entitled to prove the same by

this act, shall be under oath or solemn

affirmation as aforesaid, before such court or commissioner appointed thereby, or before some disinterested State Judge of the state where the creditors .ve, in such form as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations herein before authorised to be made and established by the courts having jurisdiction in bankruptcy. 13 u t all such proofs of debts and other claims shall be open to contestation in the proper court having jur sdietion over the proceedings in the particular case in bankruptcy; and as well the assignee as the creditor shall have a right to a trial byjury, upon an issue to be directed by such court, to ascertain the validity and amount of such debts or other claims: and the result therein, unless a new trial be granted, if in favor of the claims, shall be evidence of their validity and amount of such debts or other claims. And if any person or persons shall falsely and corruptly answer, swear, or affirm, in any hearing or on (rial of any matter, or in any proceeding in such court in bankruptcy, or before any commissioner, he or they shall he deemed guilty of perjury ami punishable therefor in the manner and to the extent provided by law for other eases. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the circuit court within and for the district where the decree of bankruptcyis passed, shail have concurrent jurisdiction with the district court of the same district of all suits at law and in equity which may and shall be brought by any assignee of the bankrupt against any per-

quire of such assignee a bond with at least two sureties, in such t-rnn as it may deem proper, unconditioned for the due and faithful discharge of all hi duties, and his compliance with the orders and directions of the couit; which bond shall be taken in the name of the Uni

ted

States,

and shall, if there bo

breach thereof, be sued and sueable.

any un

der the order of such court, ior the benefit of the creditors aud other persons in interest.

55 ec. 10. And be it

further

enu

That in order to insure a speedy settlement and close of the proceedings in each case in bankruptcy, it shall be the duty of tho court to order and direct a collection of the assetts, and a reduction ef the same money, and a distribution thereof at as early periods as practicable, consistently with a due regard to the interest of the creditors; and a dividend and distribution of such assets as shall be

collected and reduced to money, or so much thereof as can be afely eo dis

posed of, consistently with the rights and interests of third persons having advene claims thereto, shall be made among the creditors who have proved their debts, as often as once in six months from ihe time cf the decree declaring the bankruptcy, notice of such dividends and distribution to be given in some newspaper or newspapers in the district, dasiguated by the court, (en days at least before the order therefor is passed; and the pendency of any suit at law or in equity, by or against such third persons, shall not postpone such division and distribution, ex

cept so far as the assets may be necessary to satisfy the same; and all the pro

ceedings in bankruptcy in each ca6e shall.

if practicable, be finally adjusted, fettled, and brought to a close, by the court

ithin two years after the decree declar

ing the 1 mkruptcy. And where any creditor shall not have proved his debt until a dividend or distribution shall have been made $ nd declared, ho shall be entitled to be paid the same amount, pro rata.

out of the remaining dividends or distributions thereafter mad, as the other creditors have already received, before the latter 6lull be entitled to any portion thereof. S?c. 11. And Ir it furthrr tncctfT, Thai the assignee shall have full authority by and under the order ami direction ol ihe proper court in bankruptcy, to redeem and discharge any mortgage or other pledge, or depositee or lein upon my property, real or personal, whether payable in presenti or at a future day, and to tender a due performance of the conditions thereof. And such assignee shall also have authority, by and under the order and direction of the proper court in bankruptcy, to compound any debts, or other claims or securities, due or belonging to the estate of the bankrupt; but no such order or direction shall be raadej until notice of the application is given in some public newspaper in the district,' to be designated by the court, ten days at least before the fiearing, so lhat all creditors and other persons in interest may appear and show cause if any they have, at the hearing, why the order or direction should not be parsed. Sr.c. 12. An I be it furth- r niacted. That if any person who shall have been

uiscnargeu unuer in is act sna.i anerwr.rd become bankrupt, he shall not egain 5p entitled to a discharge u:der this act. unless his estato shail produce 'after nil charges) sufficient to pay every creditor seventy-five per cent, on the amount of the debt which shall have been allowed to each creditor. Sr.c. lti. .'Jnd le i!. further enacted. That the proceedings in all cases in bankruptcy shall be deemed matters of record: but tha same shall not be required to be recorded at large, but shall be carefully filed, kept, and numbered in the office of the court, and a de .4:et only, or she rt mem

orandum thereof, with the numbers in a book by the clerk of the court;

the clerk of the court, for affixing his name and the seal cf the rourt to any form, or certifying a copy thereof, when required thereto, shall be entitled to receive as a compensation, the sum of twenty-five cents, ami no more. And no officer of the court or commissioner, shsli be allowed by the court more than one dollar for taking the pro.-f of any dbt or

other claim of any creditor or oth person against the estate of the ban rupt; but he' may be allowed, in additio his actual travel expenses for that pu pose. Sec. 14. And be it further t tacte That where two or more persons who a partners in trade, become insolvent, i order may be made in tha manner prov ded in this act, either on the petition such partners, or any one of them, or e ihe petition of any creditor of the prtt ners; upon which order all the joint stoc and properly of the company and also a ihs separate estato of each of tha par

ners, ahall be taken, excepting such par

thereof as are herein excepted, and f creditor of the company, and the to arate creditors of each partner fhall I allowed to prove their respective debts-

and the assignees shall also keep separa accounts of the joint stock or property the company, and of the separate e:a of each member thereof and cf.er tl ducting out of the whole amount receive by such assignees, the whole of the c. peases and disbursements paid by then the nett proceeds of tho joint stock shs bo appropriated to pay the creditors i ho company, and the nctl proceeds of ;? separate estate cf each partner tdiall t appropriated lo pay Ids separate eredi ors and if there shall be any balance the separate estate of any partner, aft. the payment of his separate debts, .unbalance shall be added to the joint stcc

for the payment of the joint erediteinand if there shall be any balance of t!

joint stock after the payment of the joi.

Geots, such balance shall be divided r

appropriated to and among the separa estates of the ssveral partners, acccrdir to their respective rights tmd interc? therein, and as it would have btn if tl partnership had been dissolved v.idio any bankruptcy- and the sum so appr priated to the separate estate of each par ner shall be applied to the payment cf h separate debts and the certificate of di charge shall be granted or refused to esc partner, as the same would er ouht be if the proceedings had been again him alone under this act; and in all oth respects the proceedings against partne shall be conducted in the like- marne-r: if they had been commenced and pros cuted against one person alone. Sec. 16. And be it further enne,','. That a copy of any decree of bankrup cy, and die appointment ot' assignees, direc:ed by ihe third section of tbi ac shall be recited in every deed cf land belonging' to the bankrupt sold and co veyed by any assignees under and by i tne cf this act and that such reeita', t

gether with a certified copy of such c de.-, shall be full and cmnplela evideue

both of the bankruptcy and aaiipume

therein jecitc-d, and supercede the

r:cc

ecu ; s i

r.r

tal, and supported by such proof

eity ol any other proof cl

ruptcy am! assignment to rai.date lb deed and all deeds eont dnin:' su di

as effectual to pass the ti'.L- if t

bfili

rupt tf, in, and to the hinds t!

therein me

ail intents arm pun o-irs. as

tinned and described to the pundias

ful'v, to

madd by such bankrupt himsedf irr.mci ately before tuck order. Sec. 10. And b? it further enicte That all jurisidicton, power, and aulho ty conferred upon and vested in the P triet Court of the United Slates bv tr

act, in case? in

cdtikruptc

a r! here

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kept and

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