[FORM NO. 61.] have been allowed and of such allowed claims; and the consideration and the money APPLICATION FOR CONFIRMATION OF COMPO- required by law to be deposited, having been SITION. deposited as ordered, in such place as was designated by the judge of said court, and In the District Court of the United States subject to his order; and it also appearing for the — District of day that it is for the best interests of the credit- of said court, and the seal thereof, this day of Seal of At-, in said district, on the of ——, A. D. 189—, now comes the above-named bankrupt, and respectfully represents to the court that, after he had been examined in open court [or at a meeting of his creditors] and had filed in court a schedule of his property and a list of his creditors, as required by law, he offered terms of composition to his creditors, which terms have been accepted in writing by a majority in number of all creditors whose claims have been allowed, which number represents a majority in amount of such claims; that the consideration to be paid by the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: bankrupt to his creditors, the money necessary to pay all debts which have priority, judge Clerk. [FORM NO. 63.] ORDER OF DISTRIBUTION ON COMPOSITION. for the District of and the costs of the proceedings, amounting In the District Court of the United States in all to the sum of dollars, has been deposited, subject to the order of the judge, in the- National Bank, of a designated depository of money in bankruptcy cases. Wherefore the said respectfully asks that the said composition may be confirmed by the court. [FORM NO. 62.] Bankrupt. ORDER CONFIRMING COMPOSITION. In the District Court of the United States In the matter of In Bankruptcy. An application for the confirmation of the composition offered by the bankrupt having been filed in court, and it appearing that the composition has been accepted by a majority in number of creditors whose claims 1228 The composition offered by the abovenamed bankrupt in this case having been duly confirmed by the judge of said court, it is hereby ordered and decreed that the distribution of the deposit shall be made by the clerk of the court as follows, to wit: 1st, to pay the several claims which have priority; 2d, to pay the costs of proceedings; 3d, to pay, according to the terms of the composition, the several claims of general creditors which have been allowed, and appear upon a list of allowed claims, on the files in this case, which list is made a part of this order. INDEX TO GENERAL ORDERS. Or- Sec- tion. Page. to.. opposition to. trustee. after reference. Abbreviations and interlineations in petitions and schedules forbidden.. Amendments of petitions and schedules. courts of bankruptcy. supreme court of District of Columbia. supreme court of Territory. to circuit courts of appeals.. supreme court of Territory. Supreme Court of the United States. Application for approval of composition. discharge of bankrupt. form of..... Appointment and removal of trustee.. Arbitration. Assignment of claims before proof. Attorney, conduct of proceedings by. execution of letter of. Checks for money deposited.. Circuit courts of appeals, appeals from. Claims, assignment of, before proof. of persons contingently liable. reexamination of... Clerk, compensation of. indemnity for expenses of, indorsement of papers by. Compensation of clerk, referee, and trustee. Composition, approval of... opposition to.. Compounding of claims.. Conduct of proceedings. Consolidation of petitions. Costs in contested adjudications.. Courts of bankruptcy, appeals from. Creditors, special meeting of.. Debtor. imprisoned. Debts, proof of.. Deposition before referee. Discharge of bankrupt, application for. petition for.. Districts, petitions in different. Docket. Duties of referee. Examination of witnesses... Expenses of clerk, marshal, or referee, indemnity for.. Fees of clerk...... referee.... trustee. Filing of papers.. Finding of facts by referee. allowance of.... Forms.... Frame of petitions.. General provisions. Habeas corpus of imprisoned debtor. Imprisoned debtor.. Indemnity for expenses of clerk, marshal, or referee... Injunctions of proceedings of courts or officers.. Interlineation and abbreviation in petitions and schedules forbidden. Partnership cases, proceedings in. Perishable property, sale of. Petition and schedules, abbreviations and interlineations in, forbidden. 1190 ... TABLE OF FORMS. Page. 2. Partnership petition.. 5. Subpoena to alleged bankrupt.. 8. Special warrant to marshal. 9. Bond of petitioning creditor. Summary of debts and assets. 3. Creditors' petition.. 4. Order to show cause upon creditors' petition. 6. Denial of bankruptcy. 7. Order for jury trial. 1195 1196 1201 1207 1207 1208 1209 1209 1209 1209 1210 1210 10. Bond to marshal.. 11. Adjudication that debtor is not bankrupt. 12. Adjudication of bankruptcy. 13. Appointment, oath, and report of appraisers. 14. Order of reference.. 15. Order of reference in judge's absence. 16. Referee's oath of office.. 17. Bond of referee.. 18. Notice of first meeting of creditors. 26. Order approving trustee's bond. 31. Proof of unsecured debt. 33. Proof of debt due corporation... 34. Proof of debt by partnership.. 35. Proof of debt by agent or attorney. 36. Proof of secured debt by agent.. 37. Affidavit of lost bill or note. 38. Order reducing claim.. 39. Order expunging claim. 40. List of claims and dividends. 41. Notice of dividend... |