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Tle Laws Of Solh Cat1lii
Acts and Joint ResoI Iutions
Passed by the General As.
sembly at the Session of
l872.,73. ~. s :

AN ACT to Provide for the Manage
ment of Derelict Estates. y 5s.
Be it enacted BY tho Senate and
House .of Representatives of the.
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and ,sbgs
the authority of the same: z z
Section I. That Whenever itss shall
come to the knowledge Of ahy 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 unad-
ministered, either by reason of no
application for letters of administra-,
tion, or from any other cause, 80 that
there is no legally appointed repre- Z
sentative of such deceased person, 1t
shall be the duty of such clerk Of tho
court 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
and value of the said estate, so far as
it may be known to him; and, there-
upon, it shall be the duty of such
Judge Of probate to insert q notice Of
sal application, in the usual form,
;1S 9ptsE days in nfsome public news.
liaps Nba5shed in such county, OF if
there Be 6pne such, in some adjoining
county, and, also. az the door of the
courthouse AID after such notice, to
grant to such clerk OF the court let.
ters Of administration on the estate
of such deceased person, with the
will annexed, in case there be q will;
and such clerk shall give bond with
two sureties, for the faithful discharge
Of his duty, as;such administrator, in
such amount as wosld be required Of
any other administrator, sagi.
Sec. 2. That upon the grant of such
letters Of administration, such clerk
shall be entitled to all the rights,
powers and authorities, and shall be
subject to the same duties and obliga-i
tions and: responsibilities in relation, !,
to said estate, and the administration
thereof, as are now provided by law
in case of administrators, and shall
be entitled tn five per eentums of all
moneys collected by him, and in addi-
tion to the filing an inventory, ap-
praisement and account in the ofico
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 submitted,
at each term Of the court, to the :
circuit Judge; and the said clerk shall
have the right to possession Of any Of
the goods and chattels of such de-
ceased person, and may, by authority
OF the judge Of probate, sell and dis
pose OF the same, and any sale so
made In pursuance of such order,
shall be good and valid, to all intents,
as if regularly made by any other
administrators. H * ..
Sec. 3. That whenever, after the
grant of such letters Of administra.
tion to such clerk, any other person,
who would be entitled to letters Of
administration on such estate, as spe.
oially designated bY law, Shall apply
to:the Judge Of probate Of the county
granting the same. and be ready 70
givethe 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
10 annul or impair any act legally
done, or right acquired, previously
under VI by virtue Of such admins.
tration. ~ .z..a.. Il.
Approved February 26, A. D. 1879.