Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-09-25
AN ACT TO PRov1pE FOR THE.
I ADMINISTRATORS OF DFszrlor sEs-
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SECTION l.. Be 1t enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives Of
the State of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and
by the authority of the same, That,
whenever it shall come to the knowledge
of any clerk Of tho 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 BIO granted by the Judge Of
Probate of his County, remain, for tho
period of six months, entirely OF
partially unadministercd, either by
reason of no application for letters Of
administration, or from any other cause,
&c that therc is no legally appointed
representative of such deceased person,
it shall be the duty of such clerk of the
Couri to make application to the Judge
of Probate Of the County for letters of
administration on the estate ofssuch
deceased person, accompanied with
statement of the nature, condition and
value of the said estate, so far as it may
be known to him, and. thereupon, it
shall be the duty of such Judge of
Probate to insert notice of such ap-
plication, in the usual form, for forty
days, in some public newspaper publish.
ed IN such County, or, if there be none
such, in some adjoining County, and
also at the door of the Court Houre.
and, after such notice, to grant to such
clerk of the Court letters of admistra
tion on tho estate of such deceased per.
son, with tho will annexed, in case there
be will, and such clerk shall give
bond, with two suretics, for the faithful
discharge Of his duty as such administra
tor, in such amount as would be re-
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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 samo duti es and obliga
tions and responsibilities, in relation to
said estate and the administration thero-
of, as are now provided by law in case
OF administrators, and shall be entitled
to i've per centum Of all moneys collect
ed by MIN, and, in addition to the filing
an inventory, appraiscment and account
in the Office of the Judge of Probate,
shall also keep an official record of tho
same, and all his proceedings therein,
in his own office, which shall be sub.
mitted at each term of the Court to the
circuit Judge /; and tho said clerk shall
have the right to possession of any of
tho goods and chnttles of such deceased
person, and may, by authority of the
Judge of Probate, sell and dispose of
the same; and any sale SO made, in
pursuanae of such erder, shall bc good
and valid, to all intents, as if regularly
made by any Other. administrators
SEC. 3. That Whenever, after the
grant of such letters Of administration to
such clerk, any other person who would
be entitled to letters of administration
on such estate, as specially designated
by law, shall apply to tho Judge of
Probate of the Comfy granting tho
same, and be ready to give the 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 to annul or impair any act legally
done or right acquired previously under
or ny virtue of such administration
Approved February &c, 1873.
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