Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-10-02
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s assendants' attorneys, the date of the
slgning Of thG judgment or filing Of the
eefee,i the amount of the recovery, .hes
sum bearing interest, iand the date ftom i
which the interest Fyt teqre began tp,lrun, the,
balance actually due at the date of the :.
destruction, the date of the entry Of the h.s''
+ original process, tho last process issued
q tthesoxecutioa9ofs Judgment, and
the g.oosts due tthereonsitl Aud such
entries shall, without other or further !,
5 record, be good and sufficient in law for.
IS All purposes for which the original record
itself could have been used, and Of equal
authority Herewith in all respects
s SEo. SsIn any case provided for in .
this Act, 5ifthe eapplicant, or, in case. Of.
his death, his personal representative,
shall make oath ,ssccording to the best
of his knowledge aud belief, that al dis
seoyery from the party or parties re
1 spondent is the only means by which
5saeh Host 9or destroyed record or docu
sment ieaa be established, and also of the
former existence end of the loss and I.
destruction of such record or other docu
1 nept, he may, if tho respondent, or,
either OF them, if more than none ono be
living. and be within the limits OF the
State, call upon such respondent to
sanswer, on oath, as to tho former exis
.tence of such record or other documents
& and as to its contents, character and !.
descrsption,. and also as to the amount
due thereon. And in case such respond
ent, after at least ten days PERSONAL
notice, if he be within the County,
B when such proceeding is had and
twenty days if he is not shall fail to /
answer, upon oath, the interrogatories
SO propounded, such failure to answer,
satisfactorily explained or ac
counted for, shall be taken and con
sidered as an admission by such respond !.
ent Of the truth of the facts stated and
set forth in tho applicant's, alidayit J.
8 sssi.7cd, That such admission shall
only affect the party SO failing to answer
as aforesaid. and his legal represents
tiyes If such respondent shall deny =
ON oath, the former existence ofsuch1
record or other document, SO attempted !
to be set up, or shall deny, on oath, that
there is anything due thereon to such
applicant, or his legal representatives,
or shall deny any iother material fact
alleged in thcarpIicant's affidavit, tho
answer. of the respondent, together with
the affidavit of the applicant, shall be
considered as evidence in the case, and
shall, with such other testimony as the
parties on both sides may offer, be sub
mittcd to the Court Provided, That no
costs shall be taxed, agunst the respond
ent for tho intorrogatories which may
be. propounded, to him upder the pro
visions Of this Act.
SEC. 8. Tha. the commissioners of the,
County shall provide a book or books
for the clerk Of the Court, in which tho
said clerk shall record an abstract of all
theil. deeds, 'conveyances, g mortgages,
settle ments, liens, and other Instruments
inhr, writing heretofore recorded, and
required by law. to be recorded, which
abstrac. shall contain Q statement of the
names OF the parties, brief statement
ofthe names of the parties, brief state
nieht Of the property mentioned in the
deed or other Instrument, the date Of
the paper, the time when thercgistry
was made, and .he certificate Of such
registry shall be entered anew on said
paper. And the said deeds, convoy
ances, mortgages, settlements, liens, and
other instruments in writing, shall be-
recorded as above provided for within
six months from the ratification cf.his
Act, otherwise they shall not prevail as
liens against Subsequent creditors or
: purchasers, for valuable consideration
without notice. '''ff''
SEQ. 10. That in case any deed, con
veyanco, settlement, mortgage, Agricul
Stural lien, or other instrument in writ
ing, shall have been duly recorded, aud, i
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