The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-23
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The Laws Of South Carolina.

Acts and Joint Resolutions Pas.ea hv
sns snso Gcnerai Assembly 1t tho Session Of
AN AoT TO REGULATE THE FEES OF PRO.
BATE JUDGES. CLERKS OF COURTS, TRIAL
JUSTICES AND OTHER oFF1oRRs HEREIN
MENTIONED. .E-,t ,.s.
Be IL enacted by The Senate and House of
ina, noU met and sitting IN General AZ.
sensbly. and by the authorize of hs sanas.
SECTION l. That the fees which Pro
bate Judges, Clerks of Courts. Trial Jus.
tloes and other officers herein mentioned
shall be authorized to receive in the
several cases hersin specified shall be as
follows:
SEQ. 2. judges of Probate-For psti.
lion for letters. 60. fifty cents; for oita-
tton, htty cents; qualifying executors,
administrators or guardians, aud issuing
letters to 70, ono dollar aud tifty
cents; taking bond OF administrators or
guardians, one dollar; issuing warrant OF
appraisement, one dollar; proving will in
common form, one dollar; proving will
In solemn form, five dollars; fling and
entering renunciation OF executor. one
dollar; dsdinsus potestatens to prove will
o' qualify executor, two dollars; re-
ceivlng, examining and fling annual re-
turn, one dollar; for frst and f1nsl re.
turns, each, thres dollars; order for sale
OF personal property. one dollar. hear
ing and filing petitions for guardians
and appointment, two dollars; entering
oaveat and withdrawing same, one dol.
;af; Tor hearing iiugated Case, three dol.
iars, and twenty-five cents additioraI for
eaon witness examined; .iseuiug sum
mons for each witness. when not issued
Dy an attorney. thirty GENTS; for every
rule issued agaihss dafaglting witness or
party failing TO aeauunt,.tRo dollars;. for
proceedings in PARTITION Of real e.tate
five dollars, and ififty cents at1ditionsl on
every hundred doilars;. or fraotionel pnrt
thereof, for which the land may be sold.
or In case OF partition in kind, for which
1t may be assessed: Provided. That in
no case shall the fees aud allowances 80
received aggregate more than twenty. Eve
dollars: Prouided, further, That in cases
OF partition in kind, no commission
shall be charged; for appointing guard
lsns, dd hlen', one dollar; commissions
on all moneys received and paid out, two
per cent. on the FIRST three hundred dol.
lars; af1d one per cent. ou oil sums over
That amount; for search for each paper.
ten rents; for certificate and seal. fifty
cents3 Tor final discharge Of executor.
administrator or guardian, one dollar:
Tor proceedings in dover, inclusive of
all chargesS except recording: ten dot
lars; for. proceedings, in luhRoy, incIu.
sive, five dollars; for recording all pa.
pers proper to be recorded, or furnishing
copy Of any paeper in his office, per copy
sheet OF one hundrsd words, each figure
counting. one word; fifteen cents; Tor all
services in setting off the homestead, in
cluding the title and record of proceed
ings, .ive dollars. ~.
SEQ s. CLERKS of .Courts-For signing
and sealing sub-writ. fifty cents; Tor adj.
ministering oaths. twenty Ave cents: for
taking and fling bonds in trover, attach
taehment and other oaaes. one dollar; for
signing and sealing commission TO ex.
anime witness, fifty cents: recording
plass. under order Of Court, one dollar:
rpie OF survey, fifty cents; each ofioisi
certificate under seal, fifty cents; issuing
ttachment for contempt, or other spe-
oiai writ. fifty cents; signing and sealing
Wrat OF hdoere tacias possessionem. fifty
cents; receiving and paying over money
officially, under three hundred dollars,
one per cent; over that amount, one-half
OF one per cent; on bill. noue prosequi,
before given ont, one dollar; on bill
tu!oWn QUE Oy grand Jury, or found and
noNe proseQui abated, discontinued or
struck off, two dollars; on bill found and
verdict by petit jury, two dollars; issning
bench warrant, one dollar; issuing scire
tdcias, one dollar; issuing each execution
in sessions. one dollar; signing and seal
ing writ OF habeas corpus, one dollar; is.
suing warrant or taking reoognizanoe or
other services in the sessions, the same
fees allowed to Trial Justices; each writ
OF venire facias. including all services in
ctdent to summoning jurors. two dollars
and fifty cents; preparing and issuing
certificates for grand and petit Jurors and
Oonstables. and furnishing return to
County Commissioners for each week oi
every term Of Court, Ave dollars; furnish
ing advertisement in case of escheat, ex
elusive OF printers bill, and recording
proceedings thereon, three dollars; for
advertising and giving notice to Mana
gers of Elections, six dollars; for license
to an attorney, all incidental services in
cluded, five dollars; filing and entering
notice Of aliens intention to become a
citizen, one dollar; filing and recording
report of alien, one dollar; administering