When to be taken. The bill must be ten dered at the time the decision is made; Mid berry v. Collins, 9 Johns. (N. Y.) 345; State v. Lord, 5 N. H. 336; Coburn v. Murray, 2 Greenl. (Me.) 336; Bratton v. Mitchell, 5 Watts (Pa.) 69 ; Hawkins' Heirs v. Lqwry, 6 J. J. Marsh. (Ky.) 247; Agnew v. Camp bell's Adm'rs, 17 N. J. L. 291; Lenox v. Pike, 2 Ark. 14; Bompart v. Boyer, 8 Mo. 234; Randolph v. Alsey, 8 Mo. 656; Croft v. Fer rell, 21 Ala. 351; Patterson v. Phillips, 1 How. (Miss.) 572; McKell v. Wright, 4 Ia. 504 ; Houston v. Jones, 4 Tex. 170; and it must, in general, be taken before the jury have delivered their verdict; Morris v. Buck ley, 8 S. & R. (Pa.) 211; Lanuse v. Barker, 10 Johns. (N. Y.) 3121 Kilgore v. Bonic, 9 Mo. 291; Fugate v. Muir, 9 Mo. 355; Jones v. Van Patten, 3 Ind. 107; Armstrong v. Mock, 17 Ill. 166; Martin v. State, 25 Tex. App. 557, 8 S. W. 682 ; State v. Brown, 100 N. C. 519, 6 S. E. 568.
In the circuit court of appeals no excep tions to rulings at a trial will be considered, unless taken at the 'trial, embodied in a bill of exceptions, presented to the judge at the same term or at a time allowed by rule of court made at the term, or by a standing rule of court, or by consent of the parties, and except under extraordinary circum stances must be allowed and filed with the clerk during the same term ; New York & N. E. R. Co. v. Hyde, 56 Fed. 188, 5 C. C. A. 461. See Morse v. Anderson, 150 U. S. 156, 14 Sup. Ct. 43, 37 L. Ed. 1037 ; U. S. v. Jones, 149 U. S. 262, 13 Sup. Ct. 840, 37 L. Ed. In practice, however, the point is merely noted at the time, and the bill is afterwards settled; Bull. N. P. 315; Stewart V. Hunt ingdon Bank, 11 S. & R. (Pa.) 270, 14 Am. Dec. 628; State v. Lord, 5 N. H. 336 ; Ship herd v. White, 3 Cow. (N. x.) 32; Ferrell v. Alder, 2 Swan (Tenn.) 77; but in general before the close of the term of court; Staggs v. State, 3 Humphr. (Tenn.) 372; Pomeroy v. Scillies, 8 Mo. 727 ; Sheppard v. Wilson, 6 How. (U. S.) 260, 12 L. Ed. 430; and then must appear on its face to have been signed at the trial; Walton v. U. S., 9 Wheat. (U. S.) 651, 6 L. Ed. 182 ; Law v. Merrills, 6 Wend. (N. Y.) 268; Byrd v. Tucker, 3 Ark.' 451. A bill may be sealed by the judge after the record has been removed, and even after the expiration of his term ; Bennett v. Davis, Morris (Ia.) 364. See Whitcomb v. Wil liams, 4 Pick. (Mass.) 228; Consaul v. Lidell, 7 Mo. 250. If presented to and signed by a judge after the close of term, and the record does not show any order or consent so to do, the supreme court will affirm the judg ment; U. S. v. Jones, 149 U. S. 262, 13 Sup.
Ct. 840, 37 L. Ed. 726.
Formal proceedings. The bill must be sign ed by the judge or a majority of the judges who tried the cause ; Law v. Jackson, 8 Cow. (N. Y.) 746; Gordon v. Brownes' Ex'r, 3 Hen. & M. (Va.) 219 ;. Kennedy v. Trustees of Covington, 4 J. J. Marsh. (Ky.) 543 ; Dar ling v. Gill, Wright (Ohio) 73; Small v. Haskins, 29 Vt. 187; Cameron v. Ward, 22 Ga. 168 ; upon notice of time and place when and where it is to be done; Bull. N. P. 316 ; Law v. Jackson, 8 Cow. (N. 3C.) 746; Harris v. State, 2 Ga. 211; Smith v. Burn, id. 262.
Allowing and signing a bill of exceptions is a judicial act, which can only be done by the judge who sat at the trial, or by the presiding judge if more than one sat; con sent of counsel will not give validity ; Ma lony v. Adsit, 175 U. S. 281, 20 Sup. Ct. 115, 44 L. Ed. 163. If the proper judge die before signing it, the court will grant a new trial; id., citing 16 C. B. 29; 3 id. 796 ; State v. Weiskittle, 61 Md. 51. It was held in Penn. Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Ashe, 145 Fed. 593, 76 C. C. A. 283, 7 Ann. Cas. 491, that if a cir cuit judge dies, pending a motion for a new trial, and there is no record from which his successor could fairly pass upon the motion and sign a bill of exceptions, his only author ity under the statute is to grant a new trial. In case a judge resigns, his successor has jurisdiction, in his discretion, to sign a bill of exceptions ; McIntyre v. Modern Wood men of America, 200 Fed. 1.
Where the bill is presented for signature within the prescribed time, one will not be prejudiced by the refusal or neglect of the judge to sign it within the prescribed time; Hawes v. Pulver, 129 Ill. 123, 21 N. E. 777; Wright v. Judge of Superior Court, 41 Mich. 726, 49 N. W. 925. The bill need not be seal ed ; U. S. R. S. § 953 ; but must be signed by the judge, and the initials "A. B." are not the signature of the judge and do not constitute a sufficient authentication; Origet v. U. S., 125 U. S. 240, 8 Sup. Ct. 846, 31 L. Ed. 743; Malony v. Adsit, 175 U. S. 287, 20 Sup. Ct. 115, 44 L. Ed. 163.
Facts not appearing on the bill are not presumed; Beavers v. Smith, 11 Ala. 29 ; Cravins v. Gant, 4 T. B. Monr. (Ky.) 126; Courtney v. Com., 5 Rand. (Va.) 666 ; Snow den v. Warder, 3 Rawle (Pa.) 101; Berry v. Hale, 1 How. (Miss.) 315; Pons v. Hart, 5 Fla. 457; Dunlop v. Munroe, 7 Cra. (U. S.) 270, 3 L. Ed. 329.