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178 FOBTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. L OH. 389, .390. 1874, titled "An act for the relief of certain tribes of Indians in the Northern Superintendencypr which repayment the Secretary of the Interior- shall cause to· be made as soon as the money arising from such sale shall be available.· Secretary of the Sec. 12. That the Secretary of the Interior cause to be prepared and Interior i=¤ ¤¤¤¤ 6 delivered to the Public Printer by the first day of November, eighteen

    • b“1'“' “*'**€°“’°}"’ °f hundred and seventy-four, a tabular statement of the items paid out of

izwggtsxzpdz the appropriations made for the Indian Department for the year ending tion for year one- June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four,_ each item being ive ·7¤¤¤ 30: 187% *° placed under the appropriations from which lt was pa1d,1n such manner- }%° P'e,ff,ff}1:§‘;,f}fg as to show the disposition made of each appropriation and the amount lldiarsor. unexpended of each; also an itemized statement_of·.the salaries and in- Form of s t ate- cidental expenses paid at each agency for the said year, and the appromm- . . d priations out of which paid, and the number of Indians at each agency ;

,f,lf;,‘;Q   and that the same be laid= before Congress on the first day of the next
ies &o. session; .and that the report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with

d rfu uiriorhor In- the reports of agents, be printed and laid before Congress on the trst Wm * °°° “€°“‘ day of the next session. r ‘ ` cyiteports to Con- Approved, June 22, IS74. gl.‘8SS. June 22, 1874. CHAP. 390.-An act to amend and supplement an act entitled “An act to establish a

_ uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States," approved March second,

xiv, Pp_ 5]]-54], eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes. ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Bankru pt oot'Sta.tec of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled “An act ¤¤¤¤¤<l¤d· to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States”, approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, be, and the same is hereby, amended and supplemented as follows: That C,,,,, my ,,,,8,,, the court may, in its discretion, on sufficient cause shown, and upon receiver or assignee notice and hearing direct the receiver or assignee to take possession to carry <>¤ 1>¤¤i¤¤¤¤ of the property, and carry on the business of the debtor, or any part °fb3j“ffi for uthereoi, under the direction of the court, when in its judgment, the I, ,, , i ,, d ,,,,,,,1;,,,, interest of the estate as well as of the creditors will be promoted thereby, nine months; but not for a period exceeding nine months from the time the debtor P¥`°Vlf1°d*P’+l°Yil’Y shall have been declared a bankrupt: Provided, That such order shall

’,£a‘{{°,g'{)‘;f;‘;;‘_ "”‘1“° not be made snlntil Eh; court} shall be satisfied that it is approved by a

majority in v ue 0 e cre itors. Baigfggadm ° “t °f Sec. 2. That section one of said act be, and it is hereby, amended by ' adding thereto the following words : “Provided, That the court having charge of the estate of any bankrupt may direct that any of the legal assets or debts of ·the bankrupt, as contradistinguishcd from equitable demands, shall, when such debt does not exceed five hundred dollars, be collected in the courts of the State where such bankrupt resides A d t fhaving jurisdiction of claims of such nature and amount." sm$;“2‘“°P ° · Sec. 3. That section two of said act be, and it hereby is, amended by ' striking, out, in line ten, the words “ the same/’ and inserting the word “ any ”; and by adding next after the words “ adverse iuterest," in line A _ f t H twelve, the words “ or owing any debt to such bankrupt." Pm;m;°‘f) f *;,8;; Sec. 4.. That unless otherwise ordered by the court, the assignee shall rupt ,, ,,,,,1,,, ,,,,,_ sell the property of the bankrupt, whether real or personal, at public tion. auction, in such parts or parcels and at such times and places as shall be best calculated to produce the greatest amount with the least P}1l>li¤ ation ¢>! expense. All notices of public sales under this act by any assignee or “°°"’° °f ““1°“· officer of the court shall be published once a week for three consecutirie weeks in the newspaper or newspapers, to be designated by the judge, which, in his opinion, shall be best calculated to give general P g1?‘j'fs*grl;“;2'j:; notice of the sale. And the court, on the application of any party in ,,,,,,,, ,,,1,,,, interest, shall have complete supervisory power over such sales, includmay set aside and ing the power to set aside the same and to order a re-sale, so that the >rd¤r re-Sale property sold shall realize the largest sum. And the court may, in its