applied to that court for a warrant to the marshal of said district direct ing him to seize and hold the property of said the further orders of said District court.

subject to

Now, therefore, if such a warrant shall issue for the seizure of said property, and if the said shall indemnify the said

for such damages as he shall sustain in the event of such seizure shall prove to have been wrongfully obtained, then the above obligation to be void; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

as principal,

as sureties, are held and firmly bound unto marshal of the United States for the district of

the full and just sum of

dollars, to be paid to the said

his executors, administrators, or assigns, to which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, by these presents.

Signed and sealed this day of ———, A. D. 189-.

against the said

The condition of this obligation is such that whereas a petition in bankruptcy has been filed in the district court of the United States for the district of and the said court has issued a warrant to the marshal of the United States for said district, directing him to seize and hold the property of the said

subject to the further order of the court, and the said property has been seized by said marshal as directed, and the said district court upon a petition of said has ordered the said property to be released to him.

Now, therefore, if the said property shall be released accordingly to the said and the said being adjudged a bankrupt, shall turn over said property or pay the value thereof in money to the trustee, then the above obligation to be void; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

[FORM NO. 11.]

ADJUDICATION THAT DEBTOR IS NOT BANKRUPT.

In the District Court of the United States for the

District of

This cause came on to be heard at

tion of

that

in said court, upon the peti

be adjudged a bankrupt within the true intent

and meaning of the acts of Congress relating to bankruptcy, and [Here state the proceedings, whether there was no opposition, or, if opposed, state what proceedings were had.]

And thereupon, and upon consideration of the proofs in said cause [and the arguments of counsel thereon, if any], it was found that the facts set forth in said petition were not proved; and it is therefore adjudged that said was not a bankrupt, and that said petition be dismissed,

with costs.

Witness the Honorable

judge of said court, and the seal in said district, on the

day of

A. D.

Clerk.

A. D. 18, be

judge of said court in bankruptcy, the

petition of

that

be adjudged a bankrupt,

within the true intent and meaning of the acts of Congress relating to bankruptcy, having been heard and duly considered, the said is hereby declared and adjudged bankrupt accordingly. Witness the Honorable

thereof, at

18-.

judge of said court, and the seal in said district, on the

day of

A. D.

and

of

of

of

three disinterested persons, be, and they are hereby, appointed appraisers to appraise the real and personal property belonging to the estate of the said bankrupt set out in the schedules now on file in this court, and report their appraisal to the court, said appraisal to be made as soon as may be, and the appraisers to be duly sworn. Witness my hand this

day of

A. D. 18-.

Referee in Bankruptcy.

and severally made

Personally appeared the within-named

oath that they will fully and fairly appraise the aforesaid real and personal property according to their best skill and judgment.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this

day of

A. D.

189-.

[Official Character.]

We, the undersigned, having been notified that we were appointed to estimate and appraise the real and personal property aforesaid, have at

tended to the duties assigned us, and after a strict examination and careful inquiry, we do estimate and appraise the same as follows:

Dollars Cents

In witness whereof we hereunto set our hands, at of A. D. 18-.

Whereas

aforesaid, on the

of day of

day of

and district A. D. 18-, was duly adjudged a bankrupt upon a petition filed in this court by [or against] him on the A. D. 189, according to the provisions of the acts

in the county of

of Congress relating to bankruptcy,

It is thereupon ordered, that said matter be referred to

one of the referees in bankruptcy of this court, to take such further proceedings therein as are required by said acts; and that the said

day of

at

shall attend before said referee on the
and thenceforth shall submit to such orders as may be made by

said referee or by this court relating to said

bankruptcy.

day of of

A. D. 18-, a petition was filed in the county of

and district

to have aforesaid, adjudged a bankrupt according to the provisions of the acts of Congress relating to bankruptcy; and whereas the judge of said court was absent from said district at the time of filing said petition [or, in case of involuntary bankruptcy, on the next day after the last day on which pleadings might have been filed, and none have been filed by the bankrupt or any of his creditors], it is thereupon ordered that the said matter be referred one of the referees in bankruptcy of this court, to consider said petition and take such proceedings therein as are required by said acts; and that the said shall attend before said referee on at

to

the

day of

A. D. 189-,

Witness my hand and seal of the said court, at trict, on the

day of

A. D. 189-.

in said dis

I,

IFORM NO. 16.]

REFEREE'S OATH OF OFFICE.

do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as referee in bankruptcy, according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this

day of

A. D. 18-.

District Judge.