S.C. Code Ann. § 5-7-32 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / Section 5-7-32
SECTION 5-7-32. Municipal code enforcement officers; appointment; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

A municipality may appoint and commission as many code enforcement officers as may be necessary for the proper security, general welfare, and convenience of the municipality. These officers are vested with all the powers and duties conferred by law upon constables in addition to duties imposed upon them by the governing body of the municipality. However, no code enforcement officer commissioned under this section may perform a custodial arrest. These code enforcement officers shall exercise their powers on all private and public property within the municipality.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-3-15 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-3-15
SECTION 5-3-15. Municipality may not annex certain property.
Status: in_force

No municipality may annex, under the provisions of this chapter, any real property owned by an airport district composed of more than one county without prior written approval of the governing body of the district.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-25-110 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 5-25-110
SECTION 5-25-110. Chief of fire department.
Status: in_force

The city council or governing body of every city and incorporated town shall appoint a chief of the city or town fire department and see that such officer is reasonably remunerated by the city or town for the services required of him by law. When such governing body fails or neglects to perform either of such duties, the State Fire Marshal shall call it to their attention and, if necessary, bring the matter before the proper court. Nothing herein shall prevent any person appointed hereunder from holding some other position in the government of such city or town.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-21-140 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 21 / Article 3 / Section 5-21-140
SECTION 5-21-140. Authority of municipalities to grant special property tax assessments to rehabilitated historic properties and low and moderate income rental properties.
Status: in_force

The powers and authorities conferred upon county governing bodies by Section 4-9-195 are also conferred upon municipal governing bodies, mutatis mutandi.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-25-1330 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 25 / Article 11 / Section 5-25-1330
SECTION 5-25-1330. Responsibility of owner of dwelling to supply and install smoke detectors in rental dwellings and housing; instructions for operation of detectors; notice of deficiencies in detectors; repair or replacement of detector.
Status: in_force

(A) The owner of a dwelling is responsible for supplying and installing the smoke detectors in rental dwellings and housing and shall provide the tenant at the time the tenant takes possession of the dwelling written or verbal instructions, or both, for testing the detectors and replacing batteries in battery-powered detectors. (B) The tenant of a rental dwelling shall notify the owner in writing of any deficiencies in the performance of the smoke detectors. The owner must be considered notified upon delivery of the written notice at the place of business of the owner through which the rental agreement was made or at any place held out by him as the place of receipt for the payment of rent or other communications. (C) Upon written notification by the tenant that a smoke detector is deficient, the owner shall repair or replace the detector within fifteen days. No obligation is created hereby for the owner to replace or repair a detector that he determines upon visual inspection or testing has been deliberately tampered with, damaged, or destroyed by the tenant or any person authorized to reside in the residence by the tenant and notifies the tenant in writing of these findings. The owner may repair or replace a detector that he determines has been deliberately tampered with, damaged, or destroyed by the tenant or any person authorized by the tenant to reside in the residence and may assess against the tenant the actual cost of the repair or replacement of the detector. (D) No obligation is created hereby for the owner to provide batteries for battery-powered detectors allowed under Section 5-25-1320.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-31-2540 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 31 / Article 25 / Section 5-31-2540
SECTION 5-31-2540. Disconnection when public safety emergency exists.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding another provision of this article, a municipality furnishing electricity or natural gas to its citizens may disconnect a customer when it is determined that a public safety emergency exists.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-25-160 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 5-25-160
SECTION 5-25-160. Building inspectors' responsibility to hold inquiries into origins of fires; ex officio inspectors.
Status: in_force

The inspector of buildings of every incorporated city or town in this State shall hold an inquiry into the origin of every fire occurring within the limits of such city or town. The inspector of buildings may subpoena witnesses as may magistrates of the State. The mayor, chief of the fire department or other municipal officer may be ex officio inspector of buildings.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-27-510 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 27 / Article 7 / Section 5-27-510
SECTION 5-27-510. Municipalities empowered to construct or authorize construction of buildings projecting over sidewalks.
Status: in_force

A municipality may construct or authorize the construction of any building which encroaches upon or projects over a public sidewalk. Any encroachment on a street which is included in the state highway system shall be subject to the approval of the South Carolina Department of Transportation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-19-10 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 5-19-10
SECTION 5-19-10. Appointment and removal of commissioners; vacancies.
Status: in_force

The city or town council of any city or town adopting the commission form of government, except a municipality of over two thousand and less than four thousand inhabitants, shall immediately after the organization of the new city council first elected after adoption of such form of government by ordinance appoint three civil service commissioners, who shall hold office for two, four and six years, the successors of each to be thereafter appointed for the term of six years at the expiration of the preceding term of service. Such commissioners shall be removable from office by council only for cause, four councilmen voting for such removal. Council shall have authority to fill any vacancy for the unexpired term. Each such commissioner shall before entering upon his duties take and subscribe the oaths required of councilmen by law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-3-250 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-3-250
SECTION 5-3-250. Extension of corporate limits to include cemeteries.
Status: in_force

Any municipality may extend its corporate limits so as to include any or all cemeteries adjoining the municipality, for the purposes only of police and sanitary measures, by the passage of an ordinance declaring them to be a portion of the municipality. But the inclusion of these cemeteries shall not give to the municipality the right to tax them in any manner.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-31-460 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 31 / Article 5 / Section 5-31-460
SECTION 5-31-460. Condemnation for use of another corporation.
Status: in_force

When any lands are condemned by a municipal corporation for the use of a corporation other than itself, such other corporation shall pay all the costs and expenses incurred in such condemnation, together with all damages which may be assessed in favor of the landowner under such condemnation proceedings, as well as all damages that may be recovered against such municipality in any court of competent jurisdiction by anyone injured or damaged by such condemnation. If in any such case the ingress or egress from the lands of any person be cut off, such corporation shall open, construct and maintain a convenient means of ingress and egress to the lands so cut off. No such condemnation shall be had for the benefit of any corporation unless it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the city or town council that the land sought to be condemned is necessary for the proper use and maintenance of a waterworks or for the proper protection of the health of the citizens of such municipality, the city or town council of such municipality to determine the question as to whether such land is necessary for the proper use and maintenance of such waterworks or for the proper protection of the health of such municipality.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-13-10 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 13 / Section 5-13-10
SECTION 5-13-10. Applicability of Chapter 7.
Status: in_force

Except as specifically provided for in this Chapter the structure, organization, powers, duties, functions and responsibilities of municipal government under the council-manager form shall be as prescribed in Chapter 7.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-21-280 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 21 / Article 5 / Section 5-21-280
SECTION 5-21-280. Time for holding election.
Status: in_force

Such election shall be held not sooner than twenty days from the occasion on which the election shall be ordered.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-25-640 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 5-25-640
SECTION 5-25-640. Business buildings required to have standpipes; free connections and service with city water mains.
Status: in_force

All business buildings erected after February 20 1917 being more than fifty-six feet high and covering an area of more than five thousand superficial feet and also all buildings exceeding eighty feet in height shall have a four-inch or larger metallic standpipe within or near the front wall, extending above the roof and arranged so that engine hose can be attached from the street, such riser to have a two-and-one-half-inch hose coupling on each floor. The inspector may, with the approval of the State Fire Marshal, allow two or more standpipes of smaller size and proper hose couplings, provided they are of such sizes and number as to be at least equivalent in service to the large standpipe required. All hose couplings shall conform to the size and pattern adopted by the fire department. Free connection and service with the city water mains shall be furnished by the municipal authorities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-13-60 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 13 / Section 5-13-60
SECTION 5-13-60. Surety bonds of manager and other municipal employees.
Status: in_force

The municipal council may require suitable surety bonds of the manager and other municipal employees conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties. The cost of such bonds shall be paid by the municipality.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-31-650 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 31 / Article 7 / Section 5-31-650
SECTION 5-31-650. Question may refer to issue of revenue bonds.
Status: in_force

Any question set forth in any petition for an election on the question of a city or town acquiring, by construction or purchase, and operating a waterworks system, presented and filed pursuant to SECTION 5-31-640, may, but need not, state that the cost of constructing or purchasing the waterworks system described in such question shall be met by the issuance of bonds payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation of such system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-31-1730 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 31 / Article 17 / Section 5-31-1730
SECTION 5-31-1730. Assessment book.
Status: in_force

Assessments shall be entered in an assessment book, to be entitled "water and sewer assessment liens for the town of __________," and shall state the names of the owners, the location of the property, the amount of the assessment and the time or times of payment, and such assessment book shall be furnished by the municipality and kept in the office of the clerk of the court for the county in which such municipality is located.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-21-250 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 21 / Article 5 / Section 5-21-250
SECTION 5-21-250. Petition for election on issuance.
Status: in_force

Unless exempted in whole or in part from the following requirement by reason of a special constitutional amendment, there shall be filed with the municipal council a petition signed by a majority of the freeholders of such municipality, as shown by its tax books, petitioning the municipal council to hold an election of the sort provided for by the Constitution of the State upon the question of issuing bonds of the municipality. The petition shall set forth the amount of bonds sought to be issued and the purpose or purposes for which the proceeds thereof are to be expended. Each purpose shall be separately enumerated, except that a proposed bond issue for water and sewer purposes may be combined. The filing of such petition shall be a condition precedent to the holding of the election provided for by this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-31-1370 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 31 / Article 13 / Section 5-31-1370
SECTION 5-31-1370. Grant of franchise.
Status: in_force

In connection with such sale such city or town council may grant to the purchaser an exclusive or nonexclusive franchise for furnishing electric current or water, or both, to such city or town and the inhabitants thereof. But no such exclusive franchise shall affect any existing contractual rights and no such exclusive franchise for furnishing water shall be for a period exceeding thirty years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-39-120 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 39 / Article 3 / Section 5-39-120
SECTION 5-39-120. Removal; vacancies.
Status: in_force

When such commissioners are elected and accept the appointment of the office, they shall not be subject to removal by the council except for cause. Should a vacancy occur then the council shall elect a successor for the unexpired term only.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-25-800 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 5-25-800
SECTION 5-25-800. Gas connections.
Status: in_force

Gas connections to stoves and similar heating devices and lighting devices shall be made by rigid metal pipes. For small portable gas heating devices, flexible metal or rubber tubing may be used when there is no valve or other shut-off on the device.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-25-610 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 25 / Article 7 / Section 5-25-610
SECTION 5-25-610. Height of buildings; floor area between fire walls.
Status: in_force

No building hereafter erected or altered shall exceed four stories or fifty-five feet in height, unless it be of fireproof construction, when it shall not exceed fifteen stories or one hundred and ninety feet. Except when built as specified in SECTION 5-25-920, no building hereafter erected having walls of hollow terra-cotta or concrete blocks shall exceed three stories or forty feet in height. The floor area between fire walls of nonfireproof buildings shall not exceed the following: When fronting on one street, five thousand square feet; when fronting on two streets, six thousand square feet; and when fronting on three streets, seven thousand five hundred square feet. These area limits may be increased under the following conditions, as indicated: For nonfireproof buildings, fully equipped with approved automatic sprinklers, fifty per cent; for fireproof buildings, not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five feet in height, fifty per cent; for fireproof buildings, not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five feet in height, fully equipped with approved automatic sprinklers, one hundred per cent.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-15-100 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 15 / Section 5-15-100
SECTION 5-15-100. Functions, powers and duties of municipal election commission.
Status: repealed

The municipal election commission shall be vested with the functions, powers and duties of Municipal Supervisors of Registration if no such supervisors have been appointed pursuant to SECTION 7-5-640, and shall also have the functions, powers and duties of commissioners of election, as set forth in SECTION 7-5-10 and other provisions of Title 7. The municipal election commission shall insure proper books of registration are provided for each ward or precinct, shall prepare and distribute ballots and election materials, appoint managers of election for each polling place and otherwise supervise and conduct all municipal, special and general elections. The managers shall certify the results of the election to the commission within one day and the commission shall declare the results not later than three days following the election. Nominees in a party primary or party convention and nominees by petition shall be certified to the municipal election commission within the time specified herein and when so certified, the commission shall place the names of such nominees upon the ballots. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the reference to Section 7-13-70 in the first paragraph was changed to Section 7-5-10, to correct the reference in light of 2014 Act No. 196, which repealed Section 7-13-70 and amended Section 7-5-10.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-21-30 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 21 / Article 1 / Section 5-21-30
SECTION 5-21-30. Municipal officers prohibited from contracting with municipality; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a municipal officer to take a contract to perform work or furnish material for the municipal corporation of which he is an officer or receive compensation on any contract except that: (1) in cities of over thirty thousand inhabitants such contracts may be allowed by the unanimous vote of the city council upon each specific contract, the vote to be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the council's journal; and (2) a municipal officer may enter into a contract whenever the contract is awarded to him as low bidder after a public call for bids and the contract is allowed by the unanimous vote of the city or town council upon each particular contract, the vote to be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the council's minutes. (B) A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-21-410 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 21 / Article 5 / Section 5-21-410
SECTION 5-21-410. Additional pledge of utility revenues.
Status: in_force

The municipal council may, in its discretion, additionally secure bonds by a pledge of the net revenues which it may derive from any municipally owned public utility. In making a pledge of such revenues the municipality may reserve the right to place other bonds, general obligation or revenue, on a parity with the bonds additionally secured in the manner provided for by this section. If the net revenues of any municipally owned utility shall be pledged and such utility shall be under the management of commissioners, the commissioners shall give their consent to the issuance of bonds and to the pledge and covenants securing them.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-25-390 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 5-25-390
SECTION 5-25-390. Notice to repair unsafe buildings.
Status: in_force

To every building which shall appear to the inspector to be dangerous to life or limb or, because of its liability to fire, bad condition of walls, overloaded floors, defective construction, decay or other cause, shall be held to be unsafe the inspector shall affix a notice of the dangerous character of the structure at a conspicuous place on the exterior wall of the building and shall give immediate notice to the owner or agent, fixing a reasonable time under the circumstances for the correction of such condition.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-7-80 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / Section 5-7-80
SECTION 5-7-80. Ordinances relating to upkeep of property within municipality.
Status: in_force

(1) Any municipality is authorized to provide by ordinance that the owner of any lot or property in the municipality shall keep such lot or property clean and free of rubbish, debris and other unhealthy and unsightly material or conditions which constitute a public nuisance. (2) The municipality may provide by ordinance for notification to the owner of conditions needing correction, may require that the owner take such action as is necessary to correct the conditions, may provide the terms and conditions under which employees of the municipality or any person employed for that purpose may go upon the property to correct the conditions and may provide that the cost of such shall become a lien upon the real estate and shall be collectable in the same manner as municipal taxes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-37-50 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 37 / Section 5-37-50
SECTION 5-37-50. Resolution regarding improvement plan and public hearing.
Status: in_force

The governing body, by resolution adopted, shall describe the improvement district and the improvement plan to be effected, including a property within the improvement district to be acquired and improved, the projected time schedule for the accomplishment of the improvement plan, the estimated cost and the amount of the cost to be derived from assessments, bonds, or other general funds, together with the proposed basis and rates of assessments to be imposed within the improvement district. However, except in the case of an improvement district in which the sole improvements are the widening and dredging of canals and waterways that are connected to canals as described in Section 48-39-130(D)(10), owner-occupied residential property that is taxed, or will be taxed pursuant to Section 12-43-220(c), must not be included within an improvement district unless the owner, at the time the improvement district is created, gives the governing body written permission to include the property within the improvement district. The resolution also shall establish the time and place of a public hearing to be held within the municipality not sooner than twenty days nor more than forty days following the adoption of the resolution, at which an interested person may attend and be heard, either in person or by attorney, on a matter in connection with the improvement district. Effect of Amendment The 2005 amendment, in the second sentence, added "or will be taxed" and "at the time the improvement district is created". The two 2010 amendments made the same changes and rewrote this section. The 2012 amendment inserted "and waterways that are connected to canals as described in Section 48-39-130(D)(10)" and made other, nonsubstantive, changes throughout the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-21-740 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 5-21-740
SECTION 5-21-740. Minimum sale price.
Status: in_force

All bonds must be sold at a price of not less than par and accrued interest to date of delivery.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-25-150 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 25 / Article 3 / Section 5-25-150
SECTION 5-25-150. Review of actions or orders of inspector by city council.
Status: in_force

The city council may at any time review, reverse, modify or affirm any action or order given by the inspector.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-31-2550 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 31 / Article 25 / Section 5-31-2550
SECTION 5-31-2550. Right of action; duty of care.
Status: in_force

This article does not create a new private right of action or a new duty of care. This article does not diminish, increase, affect, or evidence any duty of care existing under the laws of this State prior to the effective date of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-31-450 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 31 / Article 5 / Section 5-31-450
SECTION 5-31-450. Drains for surface water.
Status: in_force

Whenever, within the boundaries of any municipality, it shall be necessary or desirable to carry off the surface water from any street, alley or other public thoroughfare along such thoroughfare rather than over private lands adjacent to or adjoining such thoroughfare, such municipality shall, upon demand from the owner of such private lands, provide sufficient drainage for such water through open or covered drains, except when the formation of the street renders it impracticable, along or under such streets, alleys or other thoroughfare in such manner as to prevent the passage of such water over such private lands or property. But if such drains cannot be had along or under such streets, alleys or other thoroughfare, the municipal authorities may obtain, under proper proceedings for condemnation on payment of damages to the landowner, a right of way through the lands of such landowner for the necessary drains for such drainage. If any municipal corporation in this State shall fail or refuse to carry out the provisions of this section, any person injured thereby may have and maintain an action against such municipality for the actual damages sustained by such person.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-19-170 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 19 / Article 3 / Section 5-19-170
SECTION 5-19-170. General duties; employees.
Status: in_force

Such civil service commission, by and with the advice of the chief of each department, shall have disciplinary control and supervision over the employees of the fire department and the police department of such city and may employ, promote and discharge employees thereof, except that the chiefs of the fire, police and detective departments shall be elected by the commission and confirmed or approved by city council. The commission shall make and enforce all such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary in the exercise of their duties and powers and establish and fix the requirements of applicants for employment therein.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-21-750 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 5-21-750
SECTION 5-21-750. Deposit and use of proceeds.
Status: in_force

The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds issued under this article shall be deposited in a special fund, separate and distinct from all other funds, and applied solely to the cost of the improvements for which were levied the assessments in anticipation of which the bonds were issued, except that the premium, if any, shall be placed in the fund established for the payment of the principal of the bonds and the accrued interest, if any, shall be used to discharge in part the first interest to become due on such bonds. Should any surplus remain after paying for the cost of the improvements, it shall be deposited in the fund established for the payment of such principal and interest.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-3-315 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-3-315
SECTION 5-3-315. Public hearing.
Status: in_force

Any district affected by the proposed annexation may conduct a public hearing within sixty days prior to the required election. The district must give at least fourteen days' notice of the time and place of this public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the area proposed to be annexed; however, failure to conduct a public hearing or failure to publish proper notice of the hearing may not delay any election or other proceedings herein.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-21-760 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 5-21-760
SECTION 5-21-760. Bonds are legal investments for fiduciaries and sinking fund commissions.
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, committees and other fiduciaries and all sinking fund commissions to invest any moneys in their hands in bonds issued under this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-21-620 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 21 / Article 7 / Section 5-21-620
SECTION 5-21-620. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) The word "municipality" shall mean an incorporated city or town, irrespective of its population; (2) The term "municipal council" shall mean the governing body of any incorporated city or town; and (3) The word "assessments" shall denote such sums as may be due to the municipality by reason of improvements to streets and sidewalks, in the nature of roadway paving, sidewalk paving, the installation of curbs, the installation of gutters, the installation of storm drains or sewers, the paving of sidewalk or roadway intersections, street lighting or any other improvement for which such municipality shall be authorized to pay, in whole or in part, through the means of assessments against the real property benefited thereby.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-31-1750 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 31 / Article 17 / Section 5-31-1750
SECTION 5-31-1750. Effect of default in payment of installment.
Status: in_force

Upon default in the payment of any installment or deferred portion of any assessment, at the time and in accordance with the terms and conditions fixed by ordinance, the total amount of such assessment then unpaid, including deferred installments or payments and interest, shall immediately become due and collectible, at the option of the municipality, and shall be collectible as city or town taxes are collected, with such penalties and costs as are provided for the payment of such taxes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-3-210 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-3-210
SECTION 5-3-210. Subsequent election after defeat of annexation election.
Status: in_force

When an annexation election is defeated either by the voters inside the municipality concerned or within the territory proposed to be annexed, or both, another annexation election within the territory proposed to be annexed shall not be initiated within a period of twenty-four months from the date upon which the voting took place.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-25-310 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 25 / Article 5 / Section 5-25-310
SECTION 5-25-310. Building permit.
Status: in_force

Before a building is begun the owner of the property shall apply to the inspector for a permit to build. This permit shall be given in writing and shall contain a provision that the building shall be constructed according to the requirements of this chapter. This requirement shall not prevent cities or towns from requiring submission of plans to the city engineer.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-31-1140 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 31 / Article 11 / Section 5-31-1140
SECTION 5-31-1140. Unauthorized use of water.
Status: in_force

Any person who has a contract, agreement, license or permission, oral or written, with or from any municipality or the commissioners of public works thereof or other body charged with the duties of commissioners of public works in municipalities which have no such commissioners for the use of water belonging to or furnished by any such municipality, commissioners of public works or other such body, for certain specified purposes, who shall willfully and intentionally withdraw or cause to be withdrawn water in any manner and appropriate it to his own use or to the use of any other person, for purposes other than those specified, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in SECTION 5-31-1170. Any such person to whom such water is furnished from or by means of a meter, who shall, willfully and with intention to cheat and defraud any such municipality, commissioners or other such body, alter or interfere with such meter or by any contrivance whatsoever withdraw or take off water in any manner except through such meter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished as provided in said section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-35-10 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 35 / Section 5-35-10
SECTION 5-35-10. Cities of 10,000 or more empowered to condemn lands on water front.
Status: in_force

When any city of this State having a population of ten thousand inhabitants or more and located upon a navigable stream, whether tidal or nontidal, desires to extend, improve, or protect its waterfront for public purposes, it may acquire by condemnation all private property, within or without the city or partly within and partly without the city, needed for the extension, improvement, or protection. The right conferred on the city includes the right to condemn the title or possession of any and all lands, water or riparian rights, wharves, docks, warehouses, buildings, rights-of-way, or any other property, including any property which may already have been condemned, when the property is taken for the purpose of establishing, improving, developing, maintaining, or operating the port and terminal utilities of the city for public purpose. Title acquired under this section shall vest absolutely in the city. No lands condemned under this section may be sold to private owners by the city.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-21-440 — SC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 21 / Article 5 / Section 5-21-440
SECTION 5-21-440. Minimum sale price.
Status: in_force

Such bonds must be sold at a price of not less than par and accrued interest to the date of delivery.