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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 541. 1898. 56] jDebts owing to the United States, a State, a county, a district, or C°**¤i¤ debts Mt a municipality as a penalty or forfeiture shall not be allowed, except m°w°d` for the amount of the pecuniary loss sustained by the act, transaction, or proceeding out of· which the penalty or forfeiture arose, with reasonable and actual costs occasioned thereby and such interest as may have accrued thereon according to law. kOlaims which have been allowed may be reconsidered for cause and R·>¤·>¤¤ide¤¤·>¤ of reallowed or rejected in whole or in part, according to the equities of °u°w°d °]“""“‘ the case, before but not after the estate has been closed. , lWhenever a claim shall have been reconsidered and rejected, in ,*P°°°¤¤id¤¤a*i¤¤ ¤f whole or in part, upon which a dividend has been paid, the trustee may gditusngg `iiggiih gm, recover from the creditor the amount of the dividend received upon °*°· the claim if rejected in whole, or the proportional part thereof if rejected only in part. - mThe claim of any estate which is being administered in bankruptcy °l:*¤·¤,;{0°¤¤ l¤l¤l=- against any like estate may be proved by the trustee and allowed by Egané? °g"°°° the court in the same manner and upon like terms as the claims of other creditors. nClaims shall not be proved against a bankrupt estate subsequent to Limit ·>f_ time for one year after the adjudication; or if they are liquidated by litigation I”°`”"g °1"“““‘ ‘ and the final judgment therein is rendered within thirty days before or after the expiration of such time, then within sixty days after the rendition of such judgment: Provided, That the right of infants and insane P"""*’°· persons without guardians, without notice of the proceedings, may con- —**""°*“·°*°~ tinue six months longer. Sec. 58. N orrrcus ro Gnnnrrons.-a Creditors shall have at lea t N°**¤¤¤*¤¤¤·•¤¤·¤· ten days’ notice by mail, to their respective addresses as they appear in the list of creditors of the bankrupt, or as afterwards filed with the papers in the case by the creditors, unless they waive notice in writing, of (1) all examinations of the bankrupt; (2) all hearings upon applications for the confirmation of compositions or the discharge of bank= rupts; (3) all meetings of creditors; (4) all proposed sales of property; (5) the declaration and time of payment of dividends; (6) the filing of the final accounts of the trustee, and the time when and the place where they will be examined and passed upon; (7) the proposed compromise of any controversy, and (S) the proposed dismissal of the proceedings. bNotice to creditors of the first meeting shall be published at least t,£gl>¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤f ¤¤- once and may be published such number of additional times as the ` court may direct; the last publication shall be at least one week prior to the date Hxed for the meeting. Other notices may be published as the court shall direct. cAll notices shall be given by the referee, unless otherwise ordered g,{}gn·*¤·¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤ i¤ by the judge. ` Sec. 59. Wuo any Frm: Ann Drsmss Pmrrrons.-a Any qualified t_*;’¤·¤ my me pmperson may iile a petition to be adjudged a voluntary bankrupt. Liehinmq tankb Three or more creditors who have provable claims against any person figgoluum which amount in the aggregate, in excess of the value of securities ry` held by them, if any, to five hundred dollars or over; or if all of the creditors of such person are less than twelve in number, then one of such creditors whose claim equals such amount may file a petition to have him adjudged a bankrupt. c Petitions shall be filed in duplicate, one copy for the clerk and one —¤H¤gi¤ aupume for service on the bankrupt. d If it be averred in the petition that the creditors of the bank- f·T¤*¤£¤r°;¤; r·¤¢itm_ rupt are less than twelve in number, and less than three creditors have Z; .,';°-Z,‘a€.,,,, '""“ joined as petitioners therein, and the an wer avers the existence of a larger number of creditors, thereshall be tiled with the an swera list under oath of all the creditors, with their addresses, and thereupon the court shall cause all such creditors to be notified of the pendency of such _ petition and shall delay the hearing upon such petition for a reasonable time, to the end that parties in interest shall have an opportunity to be heard; if upon such hearing it shall appear that a sufficient number have joined in such petition, or if prior to or during such hearing a von xxx.--36