518 THIRTY—-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 176. 1867. Jurisdictioirin ing between the bankrupt and any creditor or creditors who shall claim
°f b““k' any debt or demand under the bankruptcyt; toltpe cplllpctionfofhalglthe
assets of the bankrupt; to the ascertainmen an iqui a-ion oi the lens and other specific claims thereon ; to the adjustment of the various priorities and conflicting interests of all parties; and to the marsballing and disposition of the different funds and assets, so as to secure the rights of all parties and due distribution of the assets among all the creditors; and to all acts, matters, and things to be done under and in virtue of the bankruptcy, until the final distribution and settlement of the estate of the bankrupt, and the close of the proceedings in bankruptcy. The said courts shall have full authority to compel obedienceto all orders and decrees passed by them in bankruptcy, by process ot contempt and other remedial process, to the same extent that the circuit courts now have in _ Qourts may any suit pending therein in equity. Said courts may sit, for the transac-
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- ;Q8“S;t£:§£° tion of business in bankruptcy, at any place in the district, of which place
and the time of holding court they shall have given notice, as well as at C thesplaceg dgsignagted v lalw for h<;ldjngr;upqlcourts. I · ·t ts f ircuit courts E0. . n e at uri er enac e , a ie sevcra circui cour o gzggggtgggggc the United States, within land for the districts where theproccedings in and jurisdiction; bankruptcy shall be pending, shall have a general supermtendence and UIQY wi 9-S i¤ jurisdiction of all cases and questions arising under this act; and, except °qm y' when special provision is otherwise made, may, upon bill, petition, or other proper process, of any party aggrieved,. hear and determine the case in a court of equity. The powers and Jurisdiction hereby granted may be exercised either by said court or by any justice thereof in term time or vacation. _ Q<>¤_c¤}‘re¤t_ Said circuit courts shall also have concurrent jurisdiction with the district
courts of the same district of all suits at law or. in equity which may or
shall be brought by the assignee in bankruptcy against any person claiming an adverse interest, or by such person against such assignee, touching _ any property or rights of property of said bankrupt transferable to or bulis *0,1*9 vested in such assirrnee ; but no suit at law or in equity shall in any case ¥;:,u§;;,,;igié? be maintainable by? or against such assignee, or by or against any person claiming an adverse interest, touching the property and rights of property aforesaid, in any court whatsoever, unless the same shall be brought within two years from the time the cause of action accrued, for or against Rights barred such assignee: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall revive a not revived - · · N- · · hereby_ right of action barred at the time such assignee is appointed. t Adrpnpztfa- on Tnn ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW IN COURTS or BANKRUPTCY. ` o the a . _ 10(Iine or mor`; Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the "“gl“°“l“ °“"h judges of the district courts of the United States within and for the Congressional . . . . .’ . . . ._ _. districh several districts, to appoint 1D each Congressional district in said distucts, upon the nomination and recommendation of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, one or more registers in bankruptcy, to assist the judve of the district court in the performance of his Wl1<>€ligil>l¢· duties under this act. he person shall be eligible to such appointment unless he be a counsellor of said court, or of some one of the courts of B°“d‘ record of the State in which he resides. Before entering upon the duties of his ofrice, every person so appointed a register in bankruptcy shall give a. bond to the United States, with condition that he will faithfully discharge the duties of his office, in a sum not less than one thousand dollars, to be fixed by said court, with sureties satisfactory to said court, or to either of the said justices thereof; and he shall, in open court, take and subscribe the oath prescribed in the act entitled "An act to prescribe 0¤llr an oath of office, and for other purposes," approved July second, eighteen we °“- *28- hund d t1 -‘ t t a 1— ti. 1. 'll t .1 · ir r e V0,_Xii_ P_502_ , re an six y- wo, an 'a s0 at e wi no , uring is con inuanc in office, be, directly or indirectly, interested in or benefited by the fees or emoluments arising from any suit or matter pending in bankruptcy, in either the district or circuit court in his district.
