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 800 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 487. 1903. months after the date of the recording or registering of the transfer, if by law such recording or registering is required." Voidnble 1>r¤f¤r~ "b If a bankrupt shall have given a preference, and the person °°°°°` receiving it, or to be benefited thereby, or his agent acting therein, shall have had reasonable cause to believe that it was intended thereby to give a lpreference, it shall be voidable by the trustee, and he may Jurnuueuon mrs- recover the property or its value from such person. And, for the °°'°"‘ urpose of such recovery, any court of bankruptcy, as hereinbefore defined, and any State court which would have had jurisdiction if bankruptcy had not intervened, shall have concurrent jurisdiction." prf;;;,'; "'**°h *’”° Sec. 14. That clause two of subdivision b of section sixty-four of von. ab. p. mia sa.id(Acti.beé1•:nd ézhe sam:  herelby, amended] so as to read as (follplws: F*P°¤¤¤* ° ’°°°'· " 2 the `n ees i cre itors in invo untary cases, an, w ere gwgdty mu propeity of l'il10g.bllD l3, tdansferred or concealed byphim either before or after the filing of the petition, shall have been recovered for the benefit of the estate of the bankrupt b the efforts and at the expense _ of one or more creditors, the reasonable expenses of such recovery. " $f,‘{f‘},f,“gf·m Sec. 15. That subdivision b of section sixty-five be, and the same ' is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: D°°l“’““°“°*· "Tbe first dividend shall be declared within thirty days after the adjudication, if the money of the estate in excess of the amount necessary to pay the debts wh1ch have priority and such claims as have not been, but probably will be allowed equals five per centum or more of such allowed claims. Dividends subsequent to the first shall be declared upon like terms as the iirst and as often as the amount shaH equal ten per centum or more and ulpon closing the estate. Dividends may be _ eclared oftener and in sma er proportions if the judge shall so order: f’,,,',§‘,;’gm 0,, mn Hooided, That the first dividend shall not include more than fifty per ·JM<1¤n¢ centum of the money of the estate in excess of the amount necessary to pay the debts which have riority and such claims as probabl will “"“l““°°"°· be allowed: Aml fgrther, That the iinal dividend shall not He ldgggrpd with1n three months after the first dividend shall be ec a {¢*jf’,,f”,j’pf‘f{“Q',·56& Sec. 16. That subdivision e of section sixty-seven and subdivision e of section seventy of said Act be, and the same are hereby, amended hmm by aildinghat the end offeachlpuch subdivision the wopdsz °°¤°¤¤‘¢¤* °· " or the pu se o suc recovery any court 0 bankru tc r as mmmsum wm" hereinbefore dexdiied, and any State court which would bags Bhad jurizdliction  bankruptcy ha not intervened, shall have concurrent juri iction. N"' °¤<=**°¤¤- Sec. 17. That said Act is also amended by adding thereto a new section, section_seventy-one, to read as follows: }’,{,{};fs°g}°{{_;°{.}“j, “Sec. T1. That the clerks of the several district courts of the United dlsmccccum. States shall prepare and keepin their respective offices complete and convenient indexes of all petitions and discbar es in bankruptcy heretofore or hereafter filed in the said courts, ang shall, when requested so to do, issue certificates of search certifyin as to whether or not any such (petitions or discharges have been filed; and said clerks shall be entitle to receive for such certificates the same fees as now allowed {;,'”'q,e’“c’{,°¤_ M by law for certificates as to judgments in said courts: Promded, That said bankruptcy indexes and dockets shall at all times be open to . inspection and examination by all persons or corporations without any fee or char e therefor." ,,§j‘°’°°“ ““" "'““‘ Sec. 18.fg%1at said Act is also amended by adding thereto a new section as o ows: nggggfwm *•>· "Sec. 7 2. That neither the referee nor the trustee shall in any form or guise receive, nor shall the court allow them, an other or further compensation for their services than that expressly authorized and prescribed in this Act. "