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540 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 176. 1867. FEES AND COSTS. Fees sud 47. And be it further enacted, That in each case there shall be °°‘°'i allowed and paid, in addition to the fees of the clerk of the court as now established by law, or as may be established by general order, under the provisions of this act, for fees in bankruptcy, the following fees, which shall be applied to the payment for the services of the registers: —— For issuing every warrant, two dollars. For each day in which a meeting is held, three dollars. For each order for a dividend, three dollars. For every order substituting an arrangement by trust deed for bankruptcy, two dollars. For every bond with sureties, two dollars. For every application for any meeting in any matter under this act, one dollar. For every day’s service while actually employed under a special order of the court, a sum not exceeding five dollars, to be allowed by the court. For taking depositions, the fees now allowed by law. For every discharge when there is no opposition, two dollars. to haveprioe Such fees shall have priority of payment over all other claims out of {W °f P°Ym°“"· the estate, and, before a warrant issues, the petitioner shall deposit with the senior register of the court, or with the clerk, to be delivered to the register, fifty dollars as security for the payment thereof; and if there are not sufficient assets for the payment of the fees, the person upon whose petition the warrantt is issued, shall pay the same, and the court may issue an execution against him to compel payment to the register. Bofprc divi— Before any dividend is ordered, the assignee shall pay out of the estate 3:3gn‘::’£°;g* to the messenger the following fees, and no more : — to messenger First. For service of warrant, two dollars. °°*`ml¤ fm- Second. For all necessary travel, at the rate of five cents a mile each wa . Third. For each written note to creditor named in the schedule, ten cents. Fourth. 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 are just and reasonable, the same to be taxed or adjusted by the court, and the oath of the messenger shall not be conclusive as to the necessity of said expenses. For cause shown, and upon hearing thereon, such further allowance may be made as the court, in its discretion, may determine. 0<>¤r; mtg51E The enumeration of the foregoing fees shall not prevent the judges, £;°,‘?§£_° U who shall frame general rules and orders in accordance with the provisions of section ten, from prescribing a tariff of fees for all other services of the officers of courts of bankruptcy, or from reducing the fees prescribed in this section in classes of cases to be named in their rules and orders. OF MEANING OF TERMS AND COMPUTATION or rims. H¢¤¤i¤z of Sec. 48. And be itjitrtlaer enacted, That the word “ assignee," and the

`;g€i::%?°m' word " creditor " shall include the plural also; and the word " messenger "

time. shall include his assistant or assistants, except in the provision for the fees of that omcer. The word " marshal " shall include the marsha.l’s deputies; the word " person " shall also include " corporation " ; and the word " oath” shall include "aH·irmation."And in all cases in which any particular number of days is prescribed by this act, or shall be mentioned in any rule or order of court or general order which shall at any time be made under this act, for the Idoing of any act, or for any other purpose, the same shall be reckoned, in the absence of any expression to the contrary, exclusive of the first, and inclusive of the last day, unless the