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Bankruptcy Act of 1898

June 1947 amendment of the Bankruptcy Act of 1898


Act of June 30, 1947, ch. 182, 61 Stat. 213

An Act To amend the Bankruptcy Act with respect to qualifications of part-time referees in bankruptcy

Eightieth Congress, Session I · Approved June 30, 1947

This is an unofficial transcription, prepared by Robert J. Pfister for ease of reading and copying. The authoritative text is the United States Statutes at Large.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proviso to clause (2) of section 35 of the Act of July 1, 1898, entitled “An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States”, as amended, is amended by inserting after “notaries public,” the following new language: “retired officers and retired enlisted personnel of the Regular and Reserve components of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, members of the Reserve components of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, members of the National Guard of the United States and of the National Guard of a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, except the National Guard disbursing officers who are on a full time salary basis[.]”

Approved June 30, 1947.