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for creditors, and (d) a list of the names and addresses of the creditors, showing the amounts allowed or apparently owing to each, the nature of the securities or liens, if any, held by each, and the claims which are entitled to priority. The petition shall show to the satisfaction of the district court that the decedent at the time of his death was a farmer within the meaning of subdivision (r) of section 75, and shall specify the county or counties in which at the time of the decedent's death his farming operations occurred. If the petition is approved by the district court as properly filed under section 75, the clerk shall file a certified copy of the order of approval with the probate court, and from the date of such order until the case is dismissed the district court shall exercise exclusive jurisdiction over the property required to be listed in the inventory as above provided.

(10) Upon the approval of a personal representative's petition the case shall be referred to a conciliation commissioner and proceeded with as in all other cases under section 75 and this general order, except that (a) the original and any amended or supplementary inventory filed by the petitioner with the approval of the probate court shall be deemed to be correct, and no inventory shall be made by the commissioner; (b) all claims allowed by the probate court, and only such claims, shall be allowed by the commissioner or the district court; (c) the petitioner shall file with the application for confirmation a completed list of the claims allowed up to the date of the application, certified as correct by the probate court; and (d) the clerk shall file with the probate court certified copies of all orders of the judge confirming or denying the proposal, modifying its terms, or dismissing the proceedings before or after confirmation.

(11) In so far as is consistent with the provisions of section 75 and of this general order, the conciliation commissioner shall have all the powers and duties of a referee in bankruptcy and the general orders in bankruptcy shall apply to proceedings under said section. A supervisory conciliation commissioner, if appointed, shall exercise such supervision and control over the conduct of proceedings by conciliation commissioners as the judge may from time to time direct.

(12) The twenty-five dollar fees of the conciliation commissioner, and the fees and expenses of the supervisory conciliation commissioner, shall be payable out of appropriated funds in ac

cordance with such instructions as may be issued from time to time by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. As amended June 23, 1947, eff. July 1, 1947.

Order 51. Ancillary Receiverships Limited

No ancillary receiver shall be appointed in any district court of the United States in any bankruptcy proceeding pending in any other district of the United States except (1) upon the application of the primary receiver, or (2) upon the application of any party in interest with the consent of the primary receiver, or by leave of a judge of the court of original jurisdiction. No application for the appointment of such ancillary receiver shall be granted unless the petition contains a detailed statement of the facts showing the necessity for such appointment, which petition shall be verified by the party in interest, or the primary receiver, or by an agent of the party in interest or primary receiver specifically authorized in writing for that purpose and having knowledge of the facts. Such authorization shall be attached to the petition.

Order 52. Proceedings under Chapter X of the Act

[11 U.S.C.A. § 501 et seq.]

(1) This general order shall apply to proceedings under chapter X of the Act.

(2) The general orders in bankruptcy shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of chapter X or of this general order, apply to proceedings under chapter X: Provided, That General Orders 12, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 28, 29 and 41 shall not apply to such proceedings unless an order shall be entered directing that bankruptcy be proceeded with pursuant to the provisions of the Act.

(3) The clerk shall forthwith transmit to the Collector of Internal Revenue for the district in which the proceedings are brought a copy of each petition filed under section 127 or 128 of the Act.

(4) Whenever, under the provisions of chapter X, a copy of any paper is required to be transmitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission, two copies thereof shall be transmitted

(5) All papers filed shall be accompanied by such copies as the clerk or referee may require to enable him to comply with the provisions of the Act and of this general order.

Order 53. Bond of Designated Depository under Section 61 [11 U.S.C.A. § 101]

(1) The bond required of a banking institution designated as a depository shall be given with an authorized fidelity or bonding company as surety, or with approved individual sureties who are residents of the judicial district in which the court of bankruptcy or the banking institution is located, and two of whom are neither officers nor directors of the institution designated as a depository: Provided, That the judge may, in accordance with the provisions of, and the authority conferred in section 1126 of the Revenue Act of 1926, as amended (U.S.C., Title 6, section 15), accept the deposit of the securities therein designated, in lieu of a surety or sureties upon such bond.

(2) The condition of bonds hereafter given shall be substantially to the effect that the banking institution, so designated, shall well and truly account for and pay over all moneys deposited with it as such depository, and shall pay out such moneys only as provided by the bankruptcy law and applicable general orders and court rules, and shall abide by all orders of the court in respect of such moneys, and shall otherwise faithfully perform all duties pertaining to it as such depository; provided, that no security in the form of a bond or otherwise shall be required in the case of such part of the deposits as are insured under section 12B of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended. [The proviso was added June 3, 1940, 310 U.S. 661.]

(3) As one means of bringing before the judge of the bankruptcy court information respecting possible occasions for requiring a depository to give a new bond with different sureties, it shall be the duty of each depository to file with the bankruptcy court during the month of January in each year a sworn statement in writing disclosing

(a) Whether any of the individual sureties on its bond has removed from the judicial district of which he was a resident, or has died; and

(b) Whether the financial worth of any of its individual sureties has become materially impaired.

(4) As one means of bringing before the judge of the bankruptcy court information respecting occasions for requiring a depository to give a new bond in an increased amount, it shall be the duty of any depository, when its total of bankruptcy deposits equals ninety-five per centum of the amount of its current depository bond, forthwith to file a written statement with the bankruptcy court, setting forth the total amount of such deposits and the amount of its current bond.

(5) No receiver, trustee or debtor in possession shall deposit with any one depository funds committed to his custody as such receiver, trustee or debtor in possession in excess of the amount of the bond of such depository then in force.

(6) It shall be the duty of the judge to require a depository to give a new bond whenever it appears that the prior bond is not sufficient in amount, in view of present and prospective deposits, or that a surety has died or has removed from the judicial district of which he was a resident, or whenever there is otherwise occasion to believe that the prior bond does not constitute adequate security.

(7) It shall be the duty of the judge to require each depository to give a new bond within five years after the giving of its last prior bond.

(8) A surety, or the personal representative of a deceased surety, on the bond of a depository may, by a petition setting forth the grounds therefor, request the judge to require the depository to give a new bond and thereby to relieve such surety, or his estate, from responsibility and liability as respects any future default of the depository, and, if upon a hearing had after reasonable notice to the depository, to other sureties on the bond, and to the trustees or other representatives of estates having deposits in such depository, it appears to the judge that the petition can be granted without injury to any party in interest, the judge shall require the depository to give a new bond.

(9) A new bond given under any subdivision of this general order shall, from the time of its approval by the judge, be regarded as taking the place of the preceding bond as respects any

subsequent default of the depository; and, upon approving the new bond, the judge shall enter an order relieving the sureties on the prior bond, and the estate of any deceased surety, from responsibility and liability thereon as respects any default of the depository occurring thereafter.

(10) If any depository, when required to give a new bond, fails to comply with that requirement within the time fixed therefor by this general order or by the judge, it shall be the duty of the judge to order such depository to pay over all moneys on deposit with it as such depository, and to revoke its designation as depository.

Order 54. Proceedings under Chapter XII of the Act

[11 U.S.C.A. § 801 et seq.]

(1) This general order shall apply to proceedings under chapter XII of the Act.

(2) The general orders in bankruptcy shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of chapter XII or of this general order, apply to proceedings under chapter XII: Provided, That General Orders 17, 18, 21, 28 and 29 shall not apply to such proceedings unless an order shall be entered directing that bankruptcy be proceeded with pursuant to the provisions of the Act.

(3) The clerk shall forthwith transmit to the Collector of Internal Revenue for the district in which the proceedings are brought a copy of each petition filed under section 421 or 422 of the Act.

(4) All papers filed shall be accompanied by such copies as the clerk or referee may require to enable him to comply with the provisions of the Act and of this general order.

Order 55. Proceedings under Chapter XIII of the Act
[11 U.S.C.A. § 1001 et seq.]

(1) This general order shall apply to proceedings under chapter XIII of the Act.

(2) The general orders in bankruptcy shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of chapter XIII or of this general order, apply to proceedings under chapter XIII: Pro

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