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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 575-JUNE 22, 1938 indexes of all proceedings and discharges under this Act heretofore or hereafter filed in the said courts and shall, when requested so to do, issue certificates of search certifying as to whether or not any such proceedings or discharges have been filed. The clerks shall be entitled to receive for such certificates the same fees as may be allowed by law for certificates as to judgments in such courts. Such indexes and dockets shall at all times be open to inspection and exami- nation by all persons without any fee or charge therefor. "SEC. 72. LI[ITATION OF COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS OF COURT.- No referee, receiver, marshal, or trustee shall in any form or guise receive, nor shall the court allow him, any other or further compen- sation for his services as required by this Act than that expressly authorized and prescribed in this Act. "CHAPTER X-CORPORATE REORGANIZATIONS "ARTICLE I-CONSTRUCTION "SEC. 101. The provisions of this chapter shall apply exclusively to proceedings under this chapter. "SEC. 102. The provisions of chapters I to VII, inclusive, of this Act shall, insofar as they are not inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, apply in proceedings under this chapter: Provided, however, That section 23, subdivisions h and n of section 57, section 64, and subdivision f of section 70, shall not apply in such proceedings unless an order shall be entered directing that bank- ruptcy be proceeded with pursuant to the provisions of chapters I to VII, inclusive. For the purposes of such application, provisions relating to 'bankrupts' shall be deemed to relate also to 'debtors', and 'bankruptcy proceedings' or 'proceedings in bankruptcy' shall be deemed to include proceedings under this chapter. For the purposes of such application the date of the filing of the petition in bank- ruptcy shall be taken to be the date of the filing of an original peti- tion under section 128 of this Act, and the date of adjudication shall be taken to be the date of approval of a petition filed under section 127 or 128 of this Act except where an adjudication had previously been entered. "ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS "SEC. 106. For the purposes of this chapter, unless inconsistent with the context- "(1) 'claims' shall include all claims of whatever character against a debtor or its property, except stock, whether or not such claims are provable under section 63 of this Act and whether secured or unse- cured, liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent; "(2) 'commission' shall mean any commission or public authority created by any law of the United States or of any State, having regulatory jurisdiction over a public-utility corporation; "(3) 'corporation' shall mean a corporation, as defined in this Act, which could be adjudged a bankrupt under this Act, and any railroad corporation excepting a railroad corporation authorized to file a petition under section 77 of this Act; "(4) 'creditor' shall mean the holder of any claim; "(5) 'debtor' shall mean a corporation by or against which a petition has been filed under this chapter; "(6) 'debts' shall include all claims; "(7) 'executory contracts' shall include unexpired leases of real property; "(8) 'indenture trustee' shall mean a trustee under a mortgage, deed of trust, or indenture, pursuant to which there are securities outstand- 883 Limitation of com- pensation of officers of court. Chapter X-Cor- porate Reorgani- zations. Construction. Application of pro- visions. Pr'oiso. Certain sections in- applicable to proceed- ings; exception. Ante, pp. 854, 866, 867, 874, 882. Terms construed. Post, p. 888. Definitions. "Claims." Ante, p. 873. "Commission." "Corporation." "Creditor." "Debtor. " "Debts." "Executory con- tracts." "Indenture trus tee. "

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