Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-04-10

pie of this State, at a general State
election and, unless two-thirds of
the qualified voters of this State,
voting on the question, shall be in
favor Of further debt, guaranty, en-
dorsement or loan Of its credit, none
shall be created or made, be, and
the same is hereby, ratified and made
part of the constitution Of the State
of South Carolina.
Approved January 90, A. D. 1878.
AN ACT to Regulated the Fees Of Pro-
bate Judges, Clerks Of Courts, 7'7aI
Justices and Other Officers Herein
Mentioned.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina, now met and SIT
ting in General Assembly, and by
the authority Of the same:
SECTION /. That the fees which
probate judges, clerks of courts,
trial justices and other officers here
in mentioned shall be authorized to
receive in the several cases herein
specified shall be as follows:
SEC. 2. Judges of Probate: For
petition for letters, &C., fifty cents :;
for citation, fifty cents; qualifying
executors, administrators or guardians,
and issuing letters to same, one dol
lar and fifty cents; taking bond Of
administrators or guardians, one dol
lar; issuing warrant Of appraieement,
one dollar; proving will in common nj
form, one dollar; proving will in
solemn form, FIVE dollars; fling and
entering renunciation of executor,
one dollar; dedSm1s protestctim to
prove will or qualify executor two
dollars; receiving, examining and
fling annual return, one dollar; for
first and final returns, each, three
dollars; order for sale of personal
property, one dollar; hearing and
filing petition for guardians and
appointment, two dollars; entering
ca7eat and withdrawing same, one
dollar; Tor hearing ;:litigated5 case,
three dollars, and twenty-five cents
additional for each witness examined
issuing summons for each witness.
when not issued by an attorney, thir-
ty cents; for every rule issued against
defaulting witness or party falling to
account, two dollars; for proceedings
in partition of real estate, FIVE dol
lars, and fifty cents additional on ev-
ery hundred dollars, or fractional part
thereof, for which the land may be
sold, or, in case Of partition in kind,
for which it may be assessed; Pro
vided, That in no case shall the fees
and allowances so received aggregate
more than twenty-five dollars: Pro.
vided, further, That in cases Of par
tition in kind no commission shall be
charged ; for appointing guardians
Item, one dollar; commissions on
all moneys received and paid out
two per cent. on the first three hun.
drsd dollars, and one per cent. on all
sums over that amount; for search
for each paper, ten cents for certifi.
cate and seal, fifty cents; for fna
discharge of executor, administrator
or guardian, one dollar; for proceed
ings in dover, inclusive of all charges
except recording, ten dollars; fol-
proceedings in lunacy, inclusive, five
dollars for recording all papers prop
er to be recorded or furnishing copy
of any paper in his office, per copy
sheet of one hundred words, eacf
figure counting one word, fifteen cent
! for all services in setting off the home
stead, including the title and recorc
of proceedings, FIVE dollars.
SEC. 8. Clerks of Courts For sign
ing and sealing sub writ, fifty cents
for administering oaths, twenty-five
cents; lor taking and filing bond'
in trover, attachment and other cases
one dollar; for signing and sealing
commission to witness, fifty cents
recording plats, under order of court
one dollar: rule of survey, fifty cents
each official certificate under seal, fifty
cents issuing attachment for con
tempt, or special writ fifty eaats
| signing and sealing writ Of habere ta
| cias possessione,n, fifty cents; leceiv
ing and paying over money officially
under three hundred dollars, one pei
cent; over tha. amount, one-half o
one per cent; or bill, nQlle prosequa
before given out, one dollar; on bill
thrown out by grand jury, or fopne
and ,.oU ga'osequi abated. discontin
ued or struck off, two dollars; OF
bill found and verdict BY petit jury
TWO dollars; issuing bench warrant
one dollar; issuing scirc ttscias, ont
dollar; issuing each execution in ses
sions, one dollar; signing and sealing
writ Of habeaS corpus, one dollar
issuing warrant or taking recogni
zance or other services in the sessions
the same fees allowed to trial jus
tices; each writ Of venire tne'as, in
cluding all services incident to sum
moning jurors, two dollars and fifty
cents; preparing and issuing ceRtifi
Gates for grand and petit jurors anc
constables, aud furnishing return tt
commissioners for each week of every
term of court. FIVE dollars furnish
ing advertisement in case of escheat
exclusive Of printers bill, and re-
cording proceedings thersop. three
dollars; for advertising and giving
notice to managers of elections; SIX
dollars; for license to an attorney
all incidental services included; five
dollars; filing and entering notice Of
aliens intention to become citizen
one dollar; fling and recording. re-
port of alien, one dollar; admins
tering oaths of intention, fifty cents
fling and entering application to be-
come citizen, and administering
oath, one dollar; for giving cert, &
cate of citizenship, one dollar; for