The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-01-20
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

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ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
SALES OF REAL ESTATE.
AN ACT to amend the laws as to the Sale
of Real Estate adjusted TO De sold.
SECTION l. BE 1t enacted By the SEN
ate and House of Representatives of
the State of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and
bv the 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 arc parties, by the consent of the
guardians at Htem ST such ilfanls, or
their attorneys, in any county which
the Court NAV direct.
SEC. 2. That all such sales heretofore
made, and otherwise valid, arc hereby
confirmed.
CLAIMS FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
AN ACT to authorize defendants in actions
to recover land to set up Claim for I'M
provcments.
Be 1t enacted BY the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina, now met and Sit-
ling in General Assembly, and by the
authority OF the same:
SECTION l. That III any action here
after brought, or now pending, and
which has not been heard, for tho re-
covery of lands and tenements, wheth-
er such action be denoninated legal or
equitable, the defendant who may have
made improvements or bctterlncnts on
such land, believing at the time he
makes such improvements or better
menls that his title thereto was coed
in fee shall be allowed to set mp his
answer Z claim against the plalatitf. for
So much money as the land has been
increased in value in consequence Of the
improvements so made.
THE CENSUS.
AJoINT RESOLUTION proposing an Amend
ment to Section ! and S, Article II, of
the Constitution of the State of South
Carolina, relating to the Enumeration Of
the Inhabitants Of the State.
Article II Of the Constitution shall
be 50 amended that hereafter, in place
of Sections and of said article, the
following shall be substituted and
known as Section 4, to wit:
"SECTION 4. The House of Repre-
sentaives shall consist of one hundred
and iwenty-tour members, TO be ap
portioncd among the several counties
according TO the number of inhabitants
contained in each. An enumeration
of the inhabitants for this purpose
shall be made in eighteen hundred and
niuetv-onc, and shall be made in the
course of every tenth year thereafter,
in such manner as shall be by law di-
rected: Provided, that the General
Assembly may at any time in its dis
cretion adopt the immediately pre-
ceding United States census as true
and correct enumeration of the inhab-
i,auis OF the several counties, and make
The apportionment and assignment of
Representative among the several
counties according to said enumeration {:
provided, however, this amendment
-hall not prevent the General Assem-
bly, from providing for an enumeration
and apportionment prior to 1891, in
the manner now provided for by law"
JUDGES OF PROBATE.
JOINT RESOLUTION to amend Section 20,
Article ", of the Constitution of this
State, bv making the term of Office of
the Judge of the Probate Court four
years instead of two Years
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representative of the State
Of South Carolina, now met and sitting
in General Assembly, and by the au-
thoritv Of the same:
SECTION l. That the following amend
ment to the Constitution of the State
be submitted to the qualified electors
of the State at the next general eiec-
ton, and if q mojoritv 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 the next
General Assembly shall, after such
lection and before another, ratify the
said amendment by yeas and nays, it
shall be part of the Constitution, to
wit: That Section 20, Article ", Of
the Constitution be amended by strik-
ing ont the word two on the last
line of said section, aud Inserting in
lieu thereof the word "four.' So that
the se.:tion when amended will read
as follows: 4 Court OF Probate shall
be established in each county, with
jurisdiction in all matters testamcntary
and of administration, ard in business
appertaining to minors and the allot-
ment Of dover, and in cases of idiocy
and lunacv, and persons non compos
mcntis. The Judge Of said Court
shall be elected by ;,c qualified cleo
r',rS IF the respective counties for the
tenn # four years.