The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-27
LAWS OF THE STATE.
ACTS IND JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Session OF ls7a-7a-PubIishod by Au-
thorlty.
AN ACT

AN ACT
no REGULATE THE FEES OF PROBATE JUDGES,
oIKRKs OF COURTS, TRIAL JUsTIoEs AID
OTHER oFFIoERs HEREIN MENTIONED.
SECTION 1. Be It enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the State Of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General As
sembly, and by the authority Of the same:
That the fees which probate judges, clerks
Of courts, trial justices and other officers here
in mentioned, shall be authorized to receive
N the several cases herein specified shall be
as follows:
JUDGES OF PRoBATES.
src2. For petition for letters, &c., fifty cents
for citation, fifty cents; qualifying executors ad-
ministrators or guardians, and issuing letters
TO same, one dollar and fifty cents; taking
bondof administrators or guardians, one dol
lar; issuing warrant of appraisement, one dol
lar; proving will in common form, one dollar;
proving will in solemn form. FIVE dollars; filing
and entering rsnunciation OF executor, one
dollar; dedlmus potestatum to prove will or
qualify executor, two dollars; receiving, ex-
amiping and fling annual return, Que dollar;
for the first and final returns, each three do
lars; order for sale OF pereonal property, one
dollar; hearing and fling petition for guardians
and appointment, two dollars; entering caveat
and Withdrawing same, one dollar; for hearing
litigated case, three dollars, sud twenty-five
cents additional for each witness examined; is
sung saga,aas s ssae eSsht;; for avery rule
susa ssSsS anst defauug witness OF party iai
issusa .nount, two dolArs; for proceedings IN
'ns 70 Of real estate Ave doiisrs, and nifty
psrtihqo ~. a;onal op< avery haudreA dollars, or
cents sdda'io'~( thereof 7ol which the land
fractional, or id case Of partition in Sind, for
mas it may be assessed: Provided, hat in
noSase shall the feesaud allowances so reseiv.
a5aesregate more than twenty-five dollsSs:
provided. further' That in case of partition h
kind no commission shall be charged; for ap-
pointing guardians. ad htem, one dollar; COM
missions on AZ moneys received and paid out,
two per cent on,the first three hundred dol
lars, and ons per cent. on all sums over that
amount; for seach for each paper, ten cents;
fer certificate sod seal, fifty cents. for fnaI dis
charge of executor, administrator or guardian,
one dollar; fo proceedings in dover, inclusive
Of all chare,s, except recording, ten dollars;
for proceeding in lunacy, inclusive, five dol
lars; for recording all papers proper to be 1e-
corded, OF furnishing copy ofauy paper in his
Office, per copy sheet Of one hundred words,
each figure counting one word. fifteen cents;
for all servicesin setting off the homestead, in
cluding the tiee and record Of proceedings,
five dollars.
CIlRKs OF COURTS.
SEQ. 8. For signing and sealing sub writ,
fity cents; for administering oaths, twenty
FIVE cents; for taling and fling bonds in
troyer, attachment aid other cases, one dollar;
Tor SIGNING and SAILING commission to examine
witness, City cents; recording plats, under or
der of. .conft, one dollar; rule OF survey. fifty
csnfa. each official certificate under seal, Fifty
centa. issuing attachment for contempt, or
other specisl writ, fifty cents; signing and seal
ING writ OF hsbere facias possessionem, fifty
cents; receiving and payirg over money off,
cially. under three hundred dollars, one per
can't. over that amount onehalf Of one per
cent; on bill, nolle prosequi, bsfore given out,
one dollar; on bill thrown oft by grand jury,
or found aud nolle prosequi thated, discon-
t,nued or struck of, two dollars; on bill found
and verdict by petit jury, two delhrs; issuing
9enoh warrant, one dollar; issuing tcire facias,
one dollar; issuing each executionia sessions,
One dollar; signing and sealing WriS # habeas
corpus, one dollar; issuing warrant O. taking
reeosnizance or other services in the SESSIONS,
the same fees allowed to trial justices; each
writ Of venire facias, including all services in
cident to summoning. jurors. two dollarsand
atty cents; preparing and issuing certificates
for grand and petit jurors and constabes, snd
furnishing return to county commissioners
for each week Of every term Of court, five dol
lars; furnishing advertisement in case of es'
cheat, exclusive Of printers bill, and recording
proceedings thereon, three dollars; for adver-
tising and giving notice to managers of cleo
tons six dollars; for license to an attorney. all
Incidental services included, five dollars; filing
and entering notice Of aliens intention to be-
come q citizen, one dollar; filing and recording
report Of alien, one dollar; administering oaths
Of intention, fifty cents; filing and entering
application to become citizen, and admins
ssring oath, one dollar; for giving certificate of
citizenship, one dollar; for taking remuneration
Of dover OF inheritance, two dollars; for official
record OF estray and fling papers, one dollar;
every search for paper. ten cents; every search,
with certificates. fifty cents; swearing trial
Justice or constable in Office, and certif-
cate and taking bond, one dollar; recording
the bonds Of county officers, and certifying to
same, one dollar; for every probate in writing,
twenty-five cents; for eigring dedimus potes'
tstum, two dollars; for ,ffcial certificate to
e1empIiacation Of record. ene dollar; on filing
transcript, twenty-five c.nts; on entering
judgment, fifty cents; for Copying papers, per
COPY sheet Of one hundred words, each figure
counting word, fifteen cents; for signing and
sealing each exclusion and removal, fifty cents;
for recording and copying eeeds, mortgages
and other papers, per copy sheet Of one hum
;dred words, fifteen cents; Tor every certificate
on deeds or other papers, twenty-five cents;
on every appeal from trial justices, all services
inclusive, two dollars; for entering satisfaction
on mortgage. twenty-five cents; for record
ing or copying plats Of not more than six cor
ners. one dollar; for every corner more than
six. ten cent?; for filing and recording every
rule or orde for arbitration fifty cents; for
filing and recnding affidavit Tor continuance
when ordered b the Judge, twenty five cents;