Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-07
An Act to provide for the Administration
OF Derelict Estates.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
At q General Assembly begun ana holden az 20
,,mhio on the fourth Monday of November in
the wear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ffty-seyen, and thence continued by divers
adiournments to the twenty-frst day of December
in the same year.
Sec |. Be il enacted By the Senate and House Of
Representatires now met and sitting in General As
,enJly, and By the authority Of the same, that when
ever it shall come to the knowledge Of any Master
or Commissioner in Equity Of this State, that the
Estate and effects of any deceased person as to
which administration could legally be granted by
the Ordinary of his District, remain entirely or
partially unadminisered either by reason OF no
applcation for letters of administration, or from
any other cause so that there is no legally appoint
ed Representative Of such deceased person, 1t shall
be the duty of such master or commissioner to
make application to the Ordinary Of the District
for letters of administration on the Estate Of such
deceased person, accompanied with statement OF
the nature condition and value Of the said estate,
rs far as it may be known to him, and, thereupon,
il shall be the duty of such Ordinary to insert a
notice of such application in the usual form, for
forty days in some public newspaper, published
in such District or if there be none such, in some
adjoining District and also at the door OF the
Court House, and after such notice TO grant 10
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traton on the estate of such deceased person with
the will annexed, in case there be will, and such
Master or Commissioner shall give his own Bond
for the faithful discharge Of his duty as such ad-
miuistrator in such amount as would be required
in case of any other administrator, but no sureies
on the same shall be required provided that if be-
fore letters of administration shall have been
granted to such Master or Commissioner any
person who would be otherwise entitled to such
administration should apply for the same, they
shall be granted to such person in preference, ana
provided also, that the whole value OF said estate
shall not exceed thevalue of FIVE thousand dollars:
Sec. . That upon the grant OF such letters OF
administration to him, such Master or Commis-
sioner shall be subject to all the same duties and
OBLIGATIONS and responsibilities and have all the
same rights, powers and authority in relation to
said estate. and the administration thereof, as are
now provided for by law in case of administrators,
except that instead of two and one half per CEN
tum. he shall be entitled to retain the sum Of FIVE
ner centum, on all amounts collected and received
by him.
Sec. 8. That in addition to filing an inventory
ADVERTISEMENT and account in the office of the Or
dinary of the District, such Master or Commits
sioner shall also keep an official record OF the
same, and all his proceedings therein, in his own
Office, which shall be submitted to the Chancellor
for his inspection at each term of the Court OF
Equity in the District
Sec. 4. That whenever, after the grant OF let
ters of administration to such Master or Com :
missioner aforesaid, any other person who would