Revision of the National Bankruptcy Act: Hearings Before a Subcommittee ... on H.R. 8046 ... Nov. 23, 1937, Jan. 19, 21, 25, and Feb. 15, 19381938 - 213 pages |
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adjudication allowed Amend section American Bar Association amount application approval assets bank bankrupt Bankruptcy Act bankruptcy law bankruptcy proceedings Bar Association bond bondholders BROWNBACK Chairman Chandler bill chapter claims compensation confirmation Congress contracts corporate reorganization Court of Appeals creditors and stockholders debtor in possession debts delete district DOUGLAS eliminate equity receivership exemption expense Federal filed GERDES going hearing HEUSTON House Judiciary Committee HUNT insert insolvency Interstate Commerce Commission investigation judge jurisdiction liquidation Maltbie matter ment national bankruptcy conference NESBIT newspaper notice permit person petition present prior procedure provisions question railroad receiver referred Representative CHANDLER ruptcy section 77B secured creditors Securities and Exchange Securities Exchange Commission security holders Senator O'MAHONEY Senator STEIWER SHEALEY situation statement subcommittee submitted suggested surety surety bond thereof tion transit commission usurious WHAM words York
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Page 208 - And every association so designated as receiver or depositary of the public money shall take and receive at par all of the national currency bills, by whatever association issued, which have been paid into the Government for internal revenue, or for loans or stocks...
Page 130 - In applications for extensions the court shall require proof from each creditor filing a claim that such claim is free from usury as defined by the laws of the place where the debt is contracted.
Page 59 - Acts of bankruptcy by a person shall consist of his having (1) conveyed, transferred, concealed, or removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, any part of his property with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud his creditors, or any of them...
Page 208 - That all associations under this act, when designated for that purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be depositaries of public money, except receipts from customs, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary ; and they may also be employed as financial agents of the government ; and they shall perform all such reasonable duties, as depositaries of public moneys and financial agents of the government, as may be required of them.
Page 198 - Upon the approval of a petition, the judge shall, if the indebtedness of a debtor, liquidated as to amount and not contingent as to liability, is $250,000 or over, appoint one or more trustees. Any trustee appointed under this chapter shall be disinterested and shall have the qualifications prescribed in section 45 of this Act, except that the trustee need not reside or have his office within the district. If such indebtedness is less than $250,000, the judge...
Page 122 - ... by or on behalf of stockholders holding the majority of stock, of which proofs have been filed and allowed, of each class, exclusive of creditors or stockholders or of any class of them who are not affected by the plan or whose claims or stock are disqualified pursuant to section 203 of this Act, or for whom payment or protection has been provided as prescribed...
Page 64 - The judge shall confirm a composition if satisfied that (1) it is for the best interests of the creditors; (2) the bankrupt has not been guilty of any of the acts or failed to perform any of the duties which would be a bar to his discharge...
Page 59 - States as a holiday or as a day of public fasting or thanksgiving; (15) a person shall be deemed insolvent within the provisions of this Act whenever the aggregate of his property, exclusive of any property which he may have conveyed, transferred, concealed, or removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, with intent to defraud, hinder or delay his creditors, shall not, at a fair valuation, be sufficient in amount to pay his debts...
Page 208 - ... receiver or depositary of the public money shall take and receive at par all of the national currency bills, by whatever association issued, which have been paid into the Government for internal revenue, or for loans or stocks: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall distribute the deposits herein provided for, as far as practicable, equitably between the different States and sections.
Page 203 - ... shall have and may exercise in addition to the powers conferred by this section all the powers, not inconsistent with this section, which a Federal court would have had if it had appointed a receiver in equity of the property of the debtor for any purpose.