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178 ���FEDERAL REPORTBR. ���The foUowing rule was adopted for the distribution of pro- ceeds : �Whenever the majority of claims against any vessel which has been sold are in decree, upon the applicaton of any per- Bon interested in the proceeds the court will order the clerk to classify and marshal the claims against such proceeds, and claims thereafter filed shall be paid only after the payment of those included in his report. Upon the liling of such report, and upon notice to ail persons interested, in case no exceptions are filed, the court will order the report coniirmed, and the proceeds distributed among those libellants whose claims are then in decree. Decrees subsequently oUtained shall be paid only from the remuants, unless in cases where delay has been necessarily occasioned the court shall other- wise order. �Note.— See DaUircm v. 8ehooner E. M. Davidson,, 1 Fbd. Rkp. 25». ���,,-,. ..•.>!."■»/!; ���.>,','. ����