The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-05-02

sition of said party; or of any witness or wit
nesses in said causa or proceeding; whose ex-
animation shall be required by the party
making said APPLICATION, upon taking which
dispositions, the several parties shall be enti-
tied to the same rights Determination, cross
examination and examination in reply, and
the same exception to the admissibility of ev-
idence, as arc allowed by law upon examina-
tion before the court. And the deposition
so taken shall be certified by the Clerk before
whom said examination was held, and shall
be read in evidence at the trial Of said cause
or proceeding, subject, nevertheless, to the
right of either party to require the personal
attendance. and viva vocc examination OF
the witness or witnesses at the trial of said
cause or proceedings, the exercise Of which
right however, not to cause the continuance
or delay OF the trial Of the said cause or pro-
ceeding.
Sec. 2 That every clerk of the court Of
common pleas shall have power to compel the
attendance before him of the witness or wit
nesses to be examined as aforesaid, upon ap-
plication of party to any civil cause or pro-
ceeding hereafter to be instituted, pending,
or mt issue in said court, for which purpose
he may issue subpoena TO any such witness:
which shall be served personally and if any
witness upon whom such subpoena has been
duly served shall fail to attend conformably
thereto, the clerk by whom the same was is
sued shall have power to issue rule rcquir-
ing such witness to show cause why he should
not be attached for contempt; and upon the
failure or neglect of such party to show cause
the said clerk shall have power to issue an
attachment against said witness for contempt,
which attachment shall not be dissolved ex-
ccpt by the order of Judge of the said court
Sec. 3. That every Clerk Of the Court Of
Common Pleas for taking the depo$itions
hereinbefore mentioned, shall be entitled to
demand and receive the sum of one dollar
for each witness examined, to be paid by the
party against whom judgement shall be rem
dered in said cause or proceeding.
Approved Feby. Is, 1872.
AN ACT to provide for the redemption of
certain lands sold under the order of Gen.
Ed. r. S. Candy for taxes.
SECTION l. BE it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State of
South Carolina now met and sitting in Cen
eral Assembly, and by authority of the same:
That the former owners of all lands sold
for taxes and bought in for the State by the
sherifs of the several counties. under the
provisions of an order of Gen. Ed. r. S. Can
by, dated Charleston S. c., Dec 3, 1867, to
provide for the support of the provisional
Government of South Carolina, for the year
commencing the 1st day Of October 1867,
be, and they are hereby allowed the prive-
lege of redeeming said lands, at any time
within twelve months of the passage of this
act
SEC. 2. That the person or persons desir-
ing to redeem land sold under said order,
shall apply to the sheriff for a certificate un-
der his hand and seal, stating the amount of
taxes, costs and penalties, for which the land
was sold. That then the said person shall
present said certificate to the county treas
urer, and pay to said treasurer the amount of
the tax, with interest thereon at the rate of
seven per cent per annum, on all costs and
penalties; whereupon the treasurer shall make
and deliver to such person deed of convey
ance for said land, removing all the titles
therein.
Sec. 3. That the county treasurer shall
account for the taxes, penalty and interest
paid in under this act, in the same manner
as he does for other taxes, and shall dstrib-
ute the costs to the officers to whom the same
shall belong.
Sec. 4. That the person orpcrsonsredeem-
ing the land shall pay to the county treasure
the sum Of three dollars for the deed of con-
veyance, and to the sheriff so cents) fifty
cents for the certificate.
SEC. 5. That all acts or parts of acts ncon-
sistent with this act, be and the same are
hereby repealed.
SEC. 6. That all deeds of conveyance here
tofore executed by the sherifs of the differ
ent counties, or any of them, under the act
providing for the redemption of lands, sold
under the order of General Candy, approved
the ninth day of March, A. d. 1871, in which
the application was made therefor within the
time limited by the act. be, and the same are
hereby ratified and confirmed.
Sec. Z. That the shcrffS who may have
received taxes, interest and penalties, in the
redemption of lands, as in the act provided,
are hereby required to tnrn the same over to
their respective county treasurers, to be dis
posed of by them as other taxes, and to par
Gel out the costs received by them to the OIL
fcers to whom they severally belong.
Approved February Is, 1872.
An ACT to incorporate the Mechanics and