The petition for the adjudication of the above-named bankrupt,

given a bond for the faithful performance of his official duties in the amount of ....... dollars ($.......), as provided by the order appointing him; now, on motion of

Esq., attorney

That said bond be, and the same is hereby, approved.

Referee in Bankruptcy.

Cross-references. For reasons for this, consult, generally, §§ 21 and 50.

See also § 47-c, and § 70-a.

Esq., Referee in Bankruptcy:

the trustee in this proceeding, do hereby

That, on the .... day of

.......

19. I was appointed trustee herein, immediately qualified by filing the required bond, and have since acted as such.

That, upon entering on such duties, I prepared a complete inventory of all the property of such bankrupt,26 which showed such property to consist as follows:27

That 28 I have caused a certified copy of the order approving such bond and of the adjudication herein to be filed for record in the offices where conveyances are recorded in the county of ..

said district.29

in

That the following is a brief detailed statement of the steps in such proceeding to this date, not hereinbefore mentioned.30.

That I desire instruction as to the following matters:31.

That I have on hand in cash

26. If an appraisal has been taken, it should also be referred to here, and a summary of it given.

27. State briefly the kind, location, value of, and incumbrances, if any, on the property, or refer to the inventory or the appraisers' report on file.

28. Use this paragraph only where there is real estate.

29. See 88 21-e and 47-e.

30. Here set out briefly the more

... dollars ($....), which is important steps of the proceeding to the date of this report.

31. Ask such instruction or order as the facts warrant, as to intervening in suits, whether suit to set aside alleged preferences or fraudulent transfers shall be brought, whether there shall be an immediate sale of the property or a part of it, etc., as the facts of each proceeding suggest.

deposited in the .... ...... bank, the designated depository of this court,32 and that said sum is sufficient 33 for a first dividend of .... per cent (....%), for the declaration and payment of which I do hereby apply.

Dated,

19...

Respectfully submitted,

STATE OF
City of

County of

I,

ཤ

Trustee.

the trustee herein, do hereby make solemn. oath that the statements of fact contained in the above report are true, according to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief.

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this

19...

....

day of

',

Cross-references.- Consult, generally, § 47. See, for penalty if report not filed, General Order XVII. This report must be filed within one month after the trustee is appointed. See § 47-a (10). The form here is merely a suggestion. Reports of this kind differ greatly in each case.

Form No. 231

EXCEPTIONS TO TRUSTEE'S REPORT SETTING OFF EXEMPTIONS

(Hagar and Alexander's Bankruptcy Forms [2d Ed.], No. 176.)

named bankrupt,34 and excepts to the trustee's report setting off

32. Stop here, if there is not enough on hand for the first dividend.

33. See 865-b.

34. If the exceptions are made by

.....

said bankrupt's exceptions, filed herein on the ...... day of 19...,5 in that such report (or order) sets off to said bankrupt the following 36

...

and prays that a hearing may be had upon such exceptions and that the same may be argued, as provided in General Order XVII.

Cross-references. See, generally, §§ 6 and 47, and for trustee's report on exemptions, Form No. 47, which, however, it is thought, should be verified and should specify the State statute under which the exemptions are set apart. The practice on exceptions will be found in General Order XVII. If the bankrupt is the party aggrieved he must ask a review. See Form No. 171.

Exceptions to trustee's report on exemptions.

In re Cotton & Preston, 23 Am. B. R. 586.

No trial by jury thereof allowed under § 19 of Act.

In re Thedford (D. C., Tex.), 27 Am. B. R. 354.

Time for filing exceptions mandatory under General Order XVII.

In re Krecun (C. C. A., 7th Cir.), 36 Am. B. R. 172.

When exceptions to report filed too late.

In re Amos, 19 Am. B. R. 804.

Form No. 232

ORDER DETERMINING EXEMPTIONS AFTER TRUSTEE'S REPORT

(Hagar and Alexander's Bankruptcy Forms [2d. Ed.], No. 177.)

At a Court of Bankruptcy, held in and for the

Before

at

"

this
Esq., Referee:

.. day of

District of 19...

IN THE MATTER OF

Bankrupt.

-In Bankruptcy No.

The trustee herein having, more than twenty days since, filed his report of exempted property, in accordance with General Order XVII, and no exceptions having been taken thereto now, on' motion of ..... Esq., attorney for said bankrupt,

It is ordered:

39

That said trustee's report of exempted property be, and the same hereby is, in all things confirmed, 40 and the bankrupt's claim to exemptions is hereby determined accordingly.

That the property specified in such report be delivered to said bankrupt forthwith.

Cross-reference.

.....

Referee in Bankruptcy.

See cr ss-references under preceding form. This form can also easily be changed to fit a case where exceptions have been taken (Form No. 231) and argued.

39. If exceptions have been taken, change to fit the facts; if the report of the trustee is not to be confirmed in whole or in part, here give the

reasons.

40. Or, in case such report is not confirmed, in whole or in part, stop here and insert words indicating the decision.