for delay, or that the trial will not occupy more than one hour, either party may, upon a notice of four days, apply at chambers to have the cause placed upon the special calendar for short causes, and which will be made up for the third Friday of the term.

If the motion be granted, the order shall forthwith be delivered to the clerk, with a notice of the number of the cause on the genneral calendar.

If the trial be not concluded in one hour, it will be suspended, and the cause will thereupon be put at the foot of the general calendaar, unless the presiding judge shall otherwise order.

GENERAL RULES.

RULE 20.

Every bond required to be given by an assignee, under the act of April 13, 1860, respecting voluntary assignments for the benefit of creditors, must specify the place of residence of each surety named therein at the time of presenting it for approval; it must be accompanied by an affidavit showing the nominal value, and also the actual value of the property assigned; and no bond wil! be hereafter approved until these requirements are complied with. No bond will be approved

until the schedules of assets and liabilities shall have been filed, unless satisfactory proof, by affidavit, be produced, showing the reason of not filing the same.

RULE 21.

No bond or undertaking will be allowed to be filed by the clerk of this court in his office, unless the same be legibly written, and all interlineations or erasures therein duly noted as having been made before the execution thereof.

SPECIAL RULES

OF THE

MARINE COURT

OF THE

CITY OF NEW YORK. Made pursuant to rule 96 of Supreme Court.*

RULES WHICH TOOK EFFECT JANUARY 8, 1872.

The justice holding court, Part No. 3, will try all cases upon process of warrant, attachment or short summons; such cases will be placed on a separate trial calendar.

All non-enumerated motions on notice or order to show cause must be heard before the justice in attendance at "chambers," and orders to show cause will be made returnable before such justice

* See Laws 1862, p. 971, 23: Laws 1872, ch. 629, 77 2, 5 12, 14; Laws 1870, ch. 408,

13.

Parties are at liberty, before a cause is put on the "day calendar," by consent in writing filed with the clerk, to select their own day for trial; but when a cause is on the day calendar, and reached in regular order and neither party moving, or no legal excuse being shown by affidavit for postponement, the case will be marked adjourned to go to the foot of the calendar. Applications to postpone on affidavits to be heard and seconded by the judge at chambers.

The trial terms will commence on the first Monday of each month, and continue (Saturdays excepted) to the commencement of the general term.

The general terms will commence on the last Monday of each month, except June, July and August; Chief Justice Shea, when present, shall preside.

During the months of July and August there will not be any regular jury called; but the justice holding court will order special panels in his discretion. During July and August there will be but one day calendar, on Tuesday and Friday, held in Part 1, and the justice holding court will also dispose of the ordinary motions.

Actual engagements of counsel in a court of record only will be received as a valid reason for retaining a cause in its place on the day calendar,

and such reservation will cease with such engagement.

Actions against the sheriff in his official capacity will be entitled to preference the first time the cause is on the day calendar, but will not have a preference, of course, on any adjourned or reserved day.

Motions for new trials, on the ground of newlydiscovered evidence, shall be made on at least eight days' notice before the judge at chambers upon such papers as are required by the practice of the supreme court.

All orders shall specify and describe the affidavits and papers read and filed on the hearing of the motion.

Appeals from orders made at chambers shall be brought to hearing at the earliest general term, after taking the appeal upon certified copies by the clerk of all the papers used on the motion, the order appealed from, and the notice of appeal. And the like note of issue shall be filed and notice of argument served as in other appeal causes.

In actions transferred to this court from other courts of record, the party, on filing the order, shall, at the same time, file with the clerk of this court fairly engrossed copies of the summons and pleadings in such action, or the clerk shall not enter the cause on the trial calendar until such copies shall have been filed.