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AN ACT to Regulate the Fees o1
Probate Judges. Clerks of Courts
Trial Justices and other Officers
herein Mentioned.
Be it enacted by the Senate .anc
House Of Representatives of the
State Of South Carolina. DOW met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by
tho authority of the same:
Section /. That the tees which
probate judges, clerks OF conrta
trial justices and other officers here
in MENTIONED shall be authorized to
receive in the several cases herein
specified shall be as follows:
Sec. 2. Judges of Probate; For
petition for letters, &C., fifty cents
.tor citation, fifty cents; qualifying
executors, administrators or guar
dians, and issuing letters to same,
one dollar and fifty cents; taking
bond of administrators or guar
dams, one dollar; issuing warrants
of appraisemept, one dollar; pro
wing will in common form, one dol
lar; proving will in solemn form,
five dollars: fling and entering res
nunciation of executor, onesdoli ];
dedin,us potestatena to prove will or
qualify executor, twogdollars; re-
ceiving, examining and fling annual
return, one deiiar;. foF first and
final returns, each three dollars;
order for sale of personal property,
one dollar; hearing aad fling peti-
ton for guardians and appointment,
two dollars; entering caveat and
withdrawing same, one dollar; for
hearing litigated case, three dollars,
and twenty-five cents additional for
each witness examined; issuing
summons for each witness, when
Tot issued by an attorney, thirty
cents; for every rule issued against
defauiting witness or party falling
to account, two dollars; for pro-
ceedings in partition of real estate,
five dollars, and fifty cents additions
al on every hundred dollars, or frac-
tional part thereof, for which the
land may be sold, or, in case of
partition in kind, for which it may
be assessed: Provided, That in no
case shall the fees and allowances
so received aggregate more than
twenty-five dollars: Provided, fur
ther, That in cases of partition in
kind no commission shall be
charged; for appointing guardians,
ad Item, one dollar; commissions
on all moneys received and paid
out, two per cent. on the first three
hundred dollars, and one per cent.
on all sums over that amount; for
search for each paper, ten cents !;
for certificate and seal, fifty cents ;
for final discharge of executor, ad-
ministrator or guardian, one dollar;
for proceedings in dover, inclusive
of all charges, except recording, ten
dollars for proceedings in lqnacy,
inclusive, five dollars; for recording
ali papers proper to be recorded, or
furnishing copy of any paper 10 his
Office, per copy sheet OF one hundred
words, each figure counting one
word, fifteen cents; for all services
in setting off the homestead, inclu-
ding the title and record of pro
ceedings, five dollars.
Sec. 8. Clerks of Courts: For
signing and sealing sub writ, fifty
cents; for administering oaths.
twenty-five cents; for taking and
fling bonds in trover, attachment
and other eases, one dollar; for
signing and sealing commissions to
examine witness, fifty cents; record.
inc plats. under order of court, one
dollar; rule Of survey, fifty cents