The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-03-16
Acts OF the Legislature.

tanning the average attendance on the
Free Public Schools Of this State. and
10 aPPoTsion the school fund according
TO such attendance.
Be II enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives Of the State Of South
carolina, now met and sitting In General
same
SECTION l. That the school month
shall consist Of twenty school days. and
that this number shall be taken as the
unit OF computation in estimating The
average attendance of each punil in the
Tree public schools of this State.
,oSd SEc. 2 That TO- the school year 1882
1858, ana for each schovl year thereafter
cach County School Commissioner shall
apporlion the income Of the school fund
among the several school districts of bis
county in prorortion TO the average at.
tendance upon the free public schools for
tue last preceding year as ascertained Ly
Section Of this Act.
SEC. 8. That the State Superintendent
OF Education is hereby authorized and
required to prescribe such regulations as
may be necessary to enforce the proyis.
ions Of this Act.
Approved the goth day OF Deccmber
A. ID. 1881.
AN ACT to amend Chapter XCYII. OF
the Title V, Part II, of the General
Statutes of this State, relati.r TO as.
signments Of insolvent debtors.
De 1t enacted by tlIe Senate and House
ot Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the
same:
SECTION /. That Chapter XCVII of
Title V, Part II, Of the General Statutes
OF this State, be, anu the same is hereby,
amended by adding thereto the following
as Sections 10, IL and II of the said
chapter:
Sec 10. That any assignment OF an
lnsovent debtor of his or her property
!or the benefit Of his or her creditors. in
which any preference or priority is given
10 any creditor or creditors of the said
debtor by the terms Of the said assign
ment, over any other creditor or creditors,
other than az to any debts due to the
public, or in which any provision or dis
position or the property so assigned is
made or directed, other than that same
be distributed among all creditors of the
said insolvent debtor equally, in proper
ton 10 the amount of their several de.
mands, and without preference or priori.
ty OF any kind whatsoever, save only as
to debts duo to the public, and save only
as to such creditors as may accept the
terms of such assignment and execute q
release OF their claims against the debtor
and except rs hereinafter provided, such
assignment shall be absolutely null and
void, and of no effect whatsoever.
SEC. IL. 1fany person, being insolvent
within ninety days before the making OF
any assignment by him or her of his O,
her property for the benefit of his or hel
creditors, with view to give preference
to any creditor or person having claim
against him or her, or who is under any
liability for him or her, prccures OF
suffers any part of his or her property to
be attached, sequestered or seized on ex.
ecution, or makes any payment pledge
assignment, transfer or conveyance o.
any part Of his or her properly, either
directly or indirectly, absolutely or con
ditlonaliy, the person receiving such pay
ment, pledge, assignment, transfer OF
conveyance of any part of his or bel
property, or to be benefited thereby, OF
by such attachment, having reasonable
cause to believe such person 10 be insol
vent, and that such attachment, seques
tration, seizure, payment, pledge, assign
ment or conveyance is made in fraud. O
the provisions of this chapter, the same
shall be void, and the assignee NAV re
cover the property or the value Of it from
the person 80 receiving it or go to be ben
ptltpn NnfI,incy q. -
shall be construed to invalidate any loar
OF actual value, or the security therefor
made IN good faith, upon security
taken in good faith, on the occasion G
the making OF such loan, or any securit,
BONA fde made for advances.
SEC. II. Whenever any debtor shall
assign his or her property for The benefi
OF his or her creditors, it shall and ma,
be lawful for any creditor of the sait
debtor, either by simple contract, special
ly or any other manner, to institute pro
ceedings against the said debtor or tn
assignee named in the soid assignment
or any other persons properly partie
thereto, either to attack and set aside tn
said desd of assignment, or to cnfo.c
| the provisions thereof, or for any othe
purpose whatsoever, without first obtain
| ing and entering up judgment against tn
| SAID debtor upon the claim or demand g,
held by the said creditor or creditors.
Approved the 9th day of February, A
| ID. 1882.
AN ACT to facilitate the settlement O
the Estates of Intestates.
BE tt enacted by the Senate and Hous
OF Representatives of the State of Soutl
Carolina now met and sitting in Genera
Assembly, and by the authority of tn
same:
| SECTION l. That II after the expiration
OF twelve months from the grant of letter
OF administration on the estate of an
person dying intestate, it shall be mad
to appear to the satisfaction of the Jude
Of the Court of Probate by which sal,
letters of administration were granted
that the administrator or administrator
of such estate are unable to ascertain th
whereabouts of any person supposed T.
be entitled as distributee of such estate
or whether any person, who, if living
would be entitled as distributee of sal,
estate, be dead or not, and tbet such per
son has never been domiciled in thi
State, it shall be lawful for the sal,
Judge OF Probate TO issue o citation ad
dressed to all persons interested in tn
said estate as distributes, calling on sucl
person whose whereabouts or the fact O
whose death is unknown, his persona
representatives or distributes, to be an
appear before the said Probate Court OF
day and at certain hour to be specific,
in said citation, and show cause why tn
said administration should not be decree,
to distribute said estate, as If the sal
person whose whereabouts or the fact O
whose death is unknown, had died befor
SAID interstate, and notifying all person
entitled to the said estate as distribute
or otherwise to appear on the day and a
the time 80 to be appointed. before th