In re Collier

This is an application for an adjudication in bankruptcy upon a petition and schedules which do not conform to the rules of the supreme court* and must, therefore, be amended, which the petitioner has leave to do.

The petition is filed upon the pauper’s oath, the affidavit being that required by section 51 of the bankruptcy statute of July 1,1898. That section enacts that the clerk shall

“(2) Collect the fees of the clerk, referee, and trustee in each case instituted, before filing the petition, except the petition of a proposed voluntary bankrupt which is accompanied by an affidavit stating…