AMENDMENTS OF RULES.

ORDER.

It is ordered that the Rules of this Court be, and they hereby are, amended as follows:

That the words "Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia" in Rule 37, title and paragraph 1 thereof; in Rule 38, title and paragraphs 1, 2, and 5c thereof, and in Rule 39, title and text thereof, be changed to read "United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia."

That the words "Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands" in Rule 42, title and text thereof be changed to read "Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Philippines."

May 25, 1936.

AMENDMENTS OF BANKRUPTCY RULES.

ORDER, JUNE 1, 1936.

IT IS ORDERED that Rules XII, paragraph 3; XIV; XVII, paragraphs 1 and 7; XVIII, paragraph 4; XXI, paragraph 8; XXVIII; XXIX; XXXVIII; XLII, paragraph 2; XLIV, second paragraph; XLVII; XLVIII; and L, paragraphs 1, 5, 6 and 12, of the General Orders in Bankruptcy be, and they hereby are, amended, effective immediately, to read respectively as follows:

XII

3. Applications for a discharge, or for the confirmation. of a composition where the proceeding is had under section 12 of the Act, or for an injunction to stay proceedings of a court or officer of the United States or of a State, shall be heard and decided by the judge. But he may refer such an application, or any specified issue arising thereon, to the referee, or in proceedings under section 77 and section 77 B of the Act, to a special master, to ascertain and report the facts. Unless otherwise ordered by the judge, applications for the confirmation of a debtor's proposal under section 74 of the Act, and all objections thereto, shall be heard and decided by the referee.

XIV

NO OFFICIAL OR GENERAL TRUSTEE

No official trustee shall be appointed by the court, nor any general trustee to act in classes of cases.

XVII

1. The trustee shall, immediately upon entering upon his duties, send notice by mail to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Washington, D. C., of the adjudication

of bankruptcy, and prepare a complete inventory of all the property of the bankrupt or debtor that comes into his possession.

7. This general order shall not apply to reorganization proceedings under section 77 or section 77 B of the Act.

XVIII

4. This general order shall not apply to reorganization proceedings under section 77 or section 77 B of the Act.

XXI

8. The provisions of this general order shall not apply to reorganization proceedings under section 77 or section. 77 B of the Act.

XXVIII

REDEMPTION OF PROPERTY AND COMPOUNDING OF CLAIMS

Whenever it may be deemed for the benefit of an estate to redeem and discharge any mortgage or other pledge, or deposit or lien, upon any property, real or personal, or to relieve said property from any conditional contract, and to tender performance of the conditions thereof, or to compound and settle any debts or other claims due or belonging to the estate, the trustee. or the bankrupt or debtor, or any creditor who has proved his debt, may file his petition therefor; and thereupon the court shall appoint a suitable time and place for the hearing thereof, notice of which shall be given as the court shall direct, so that all creditors and other persons interested may appear and show cause, if any they have, why an order should not be passed by the court upon the petition authorizing such act on the part of the trustee. This general order shall not apply to reorganization proceedings under section 77 or section 77 B of the Act.

XXIX

PAYMENT OF MONEYS DEPOSITED

No moneys deposited as required by the Act shall be drawn from the depository unless by check or warrant, signed by the clerk of the court, or by a trustee, and countersigned by the judge of the court, or by a referee designated for that purpose, or by the clerk or his assistant under an order made by the judge, stating the date, the sum, and the account for which it is drawn; and an entry of the substance of such check or warrant, with the date thereof, the sum drawn for, and the account for which it is drawn, shall be forthwith made in a book kept for that purpose by the trustee or his clerk; and all checks and drafts shall be entered in the order of time in which they are drawn, and shall be numbered in the case of each estate. A copy of this general order shall be furnished to the depository, and also the name of any referee or clerk authorized to countersign said checks. This general order shall not apply to reorganization proceedings under section 77 or section 77 B of the Act.

XXXVIII

FORMS

The several forms annexed to these general orders shall be observed and used, with such alterations as may be necessary to suit the circumstances of any particular case. In proceedings under any of the sections of Chapter VIII of the Bankruptcy Act, unless and until the debtor is adjudicated a bankrupt all forms used shall refer to him as a "debtor" and not a "bankrupt" and shall be captioned "In proceedings for a composition or extension," "In proceedings for the reorganization of a railroad," or "In proceedings for the reorganization of a corporation," as the case may be, and not "In bankruptcy."