The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-01-20
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
SALES OF REAL ESTATE.
AN ACT to amend the laws as to the Sale
Of Real Estate adjusted 10 be sold.


AN ACT to amend the la ws as to the Sale
of Real Estate adjusted TO be sold.
SECTION /. BE 1t enacted by tho Sem
ate and House of Representatives of
the State of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, aud
by tho authority of the same: That
whenever real estate is %adjudged to be
sold by a Master, such sale may take
place by consent OF the parties to the
cause, or their attorneys, or, when in
fants are parties, by the consent of The
guardians at hHcm ST such infants, or
their attorneys, in any county which
the Court may direct.
SEC. 2. That all such sales heretofore
made, and otherwise valid, are hereby
confirmed.
CLAIMS o IMPROVEMENTS.
AN Act to authorize defendants In actions
to recover land to set up n Claim for In
provcmentS.
BE IL 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 oflhc
SECTION |. That III any action here
after brought, or now pending, and
which has o been heard, for the re-
cOrcry of lands and tencments, wheth-
cr such action be denominated legal or
equitable, the defendant who NAV have
made improvements or bctterInents on
such land, believing at the time he
makes such improvements or better.
mcnts that his title thereto was good
in fee shall be allowed to set up his
answer n claim against the plaiatif for
80 much money as the land has been
increased IN value in consequence Of the
iinpro veuierts so made.
THE CENSUS.
Administrators proposing an Amend.
ment to Section 4 and 5. Article ii, Of
the Constitution Of the State OF South
Carolina, relating to the Enumeration Of
the Inhabitants of the State.
Article III Of the Constitution shall
he SO amended that hereafter, in place
of Sections 4 and 3 of said article, the
following shall be substituted aud
known as Section 4, to wit:
"SECTION 4. The House of Rerre-
scntativcs shall consist of one hundred
and twcnty-tour members, to be ap.
portioned among the several counties
according to the number of inhabitants
contained in each. An enumeration
III the inhabitants for this purpose
shall be made in eighteen hundred and
ninety-one, and shall be made In the
course OF every tenth year thereafter,
in such manner as shall he by law di.
rcctcd: Provided, that the General
Assembly may at any time IN its dis
crction adopt the Immediately pre-.
ceding United States census as a true
and correct enumeration of the inhab.
ilanis OF the several counties, and make
The apportionmcnt and assignment of
Representatives. among the several
counties according to said enumeration:
provided, however, this amendment
shall not prevent the General Assem-
bly, from providing for an enumeration
and apportionmcnt prior to 1891, In
the manner now provided for by law"
JUDGES OF PROBATE.
JOINT RESOLUTION to amend Section 90.
Article Nv, Of the Constitution OF this
tate, by making the term of Office Of
the Judge of the Probate Court four
years instead Of two years.
BE ii enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State
Of South Carolina, now met and sitting
! General Assembly, and by the au-
thority Of the same:
SECTION |. That the following amend
ment to the Constitution of the State
be submitted to the qualified electors
of the State at the next general cleo.
ton, and if n mojority of the electors
qualified to vote for members of the
General Assembly voting thereon shall
vote in favor Of such amendment, and
two.thirds of each branch of tho next
General Assembly shall, after ouch
election and before another, ratify the
said amendment by yeas ami nave It
shall be apart of the Constitution, to
wit: That Section 90, Article Nv, of
the Constitution he amended by strik-
ing out the word 'two" OF tho last
line of said section, aud Inserting in
lieu thereof tho word "four." SO that
the sections when amended will read
as follows: a Court of Probate shall
be established in each county, with
jurisdiction In all mattcrs testamentary
and of administration, and in business
appertaining to minors and the allot-
ment of dover, and In cases Of idiocy
ard lunacy, and persons non compos
mentis. The Judge of said Court
hall be elected by the qualified cleo
tors of the respective counties for the
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