The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-09-20
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR TIE
ADMINISTRATION OF DERELIoT Es
TATES.

ADMINISTRATION or DERELIcT Es
TATEs.
SECTION 1. Be IL enacted Ly the
Senate and House of Representatives Of
the State Of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and
by the authority of the same, That
whenever it shall come to the knowledge
Of any clerk of the Court Of common
Pleas of any County in this State that
the estate and effects of any deceased
person, as to which administration could
legally be granted by the Judge OF
Probate of his County, remain, for the
period Of six months, entirely or
partially unadministercd, either by
reason of no application for letters Of
administration, or from any other cause,
so that there is no legally appointed
representative of such deceased person,
it shall be the duty of such clerk of the
Couri to make application to the Judge
of Probate Of the County for letters OF
administration on the estate of such
deceased person, accompanied with a
statement Of the nature, condition an d
value of the said estate, so far as it nav
be known to him, and thereupon, it
shall be the duty of such Judge of
Probate to insert notice of such ap.
plication, in the usual form, for forty
days, in some public newspaper publish
ed in such County, or, if there be none
such, in some adjoining County. and
also at the door of the Court Houre,
and, after such notice, to grant to such
clerk of the Court letters of admistra
tion on the estate Of such deceased per-
son, with the will annexed, in case there
be a will, and such clerk shall give
bond, with two suretics, for the faithful
discharge Of his duty as such administra
tor, in such amount as would be re.
quired OF any other administrator.
SEC. 2. That, upon the grant of such
letters. OF administration, su:h clerk
shall DO eutitlcd to all the rights,
powers aud authorities, aud shall be
subject to the same duties and obliga.
tons aud responsibilities, in relation to
said estate aud the admiinis, ration there
of, as are NOW provided 10y law in case
OF administrators, and shall be entitled
to i've per centun oil all moneys collect
ed by him and, in addition to the filing
an invent -fy, appraisement aud account
In the Office Of the Judge of Probate,
shall also keep an official record of the
same, and all his proceedings therein
IN his own Office, which shall be sub
mitted at each term of the Court 70 the
circuit Judge and tho said clerk shall
have the right to possession of any of
the goods and chattles of such deceased
person, and may, by authority of the
Judge Of Probate, sell aud dispose of
the same; aud any sale so made, in
pursuance of such order, shall be good
aud valid, TO all intents, as if regularly
made by any other administrator.
Sec. 3. That whenever, after the
grant Of such letters Of administration to
| such clerk, any other person who would
be entitled to letters of administl alton
on such estate, as specially designated
by law, shall Apply to the Judge of
Probate of the County granting the
same, aud be ready to give the required
security, the letters OF administration
previously granted to such clerk shall
be revoked, and the same be granted to
such person so applying for the same !;
but such revocation shall in no wise be
held to annul or. impair any act legally
done or right acquired previously under
or by virtue Of such administration.
Approved February 26, 1873.