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SC Code § 4-13-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 13 - Claims Against Counties|Section 4-13-70. Time when claims are barred.

 No claim against any county of this State shall be valid and payable unless the same be presented to and filed with the governing body of such county during the fiscal year in which it is contracted or the next thereafter, and all claims not so presented and filed shall be barred. No claim audited and allowed by the governing body or clerk of court for fees of witnesses and jurors shall be paid by the county treasurer unless it is presented to him for payment within five years from the date it is audited and allowed. This provision shall not affect the law as to the bonded debt of any county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-412; 1952 Code Section 14-412; 1942 Code Section 3873; 1932 Code Section 3873; Civ. C. '22 Section 1114; Civ. C. '12 Section 993; Civ. C. '02 Section 808; G. S. 625; R. S. 693; 1898 (22) 737.
SC Code § 4-13-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 13 - Claims Against Counties|Section 4-13-80. Governing body shall disallow certain claims; only legal and verified claims allowed.

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the governing body of any county from disallowing any account, in whole or in part, when so rendered and verified, if it appears that the charges are incorrect or that the services or disbursements have not, in fact, been made or rendered, nor from requiring any other or further evidence of the truth or propriety thereof. No allowance or payment beyond legal claims shall ever be allowed. And the governing body of the county may refuse to audit or allow any claim or demand whatsoever unless made out and verified in the manner herein specified.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-413; 1952 Code Section 14-413; 1942 Code Section 3871; 1932 Code Section 3871; Civ. C. '22 Section 1112; Civ. C. '12 Section 991; Civ. C. '02 Section 806; G. S. 623; R. S. 691; 1875 (15) 945, 992; 1878 (16) 412; 1879 (17) 175; 1893 (21) 406.
SC Code § 4-13-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 13 - Claims Against Counties|Section 4-13-90. Fees shall not be paid by county in connection with proof of claims.

 No fees shall be paid by the governing body of any county for the proof of any claim presented to them. All public officers are required to probate without compensation all claims against their respective counties.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-414; 1952 Code Section 14-414; 1942 Code Section 3871; 1932 Code Section 3871; Civ. C. '22 Section 1112; Civ. C. '12 Section 991; Civ. C. '02 Section 806; G. S. 623; R. S. 691; 1875 (15) 945, 992; 1878 (16) 412; 1879 (17) 175; 1893 (21) 406.
SC Code § 4-13-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 13 - Claims Against Counties|Section 4-13-100. Drawing of orders on county treasurer.

 The county supervisor shall draw orders on the county treasurer, under the seal of the supervisor, countersigned by the secretary or clerk of the governing body of the county for all accounts against the county which the governing body has allowed, but he shall draw no orders until after the monthly report of the treasurer has been received by the governing body, nor unless he has reported that there are funds in the treasury to pay the same. The county supervisor shall inform the county treasurer of the orders drawn, in whose favor, the amount and the order in which they are drawn.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-415; 1952 Code Section 14-415; 1942 Code Section 3874; 1932 Code Section 3874; Civ. C. '22 Section 1115; Civ. C. '12 Section 994; Civ. C. '02 Section 809; G. S. 626; R. S. 694; 1878 (16) 364; 1939 (41) 553; 1940 (41) 1790, 1791.
SC Code § 4-13-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 13 - Claims Against Counties|Section 4-13-120. Copies of claims approved by county authorities shall be delivered to legislative delegation.

 The county supervisor or the governing body of each county in this State shall have a duplicate of each claim approved by the county supervisor or by the governing body of the county for each fiscal year. Such duplicate copy shall show the township from which it originates and be for the use of the Senators and members of the House of Representatives of the respective counties. They shall be made as the different transactions occur in the different offices of the county supervisor or governing body of the county and shall be delivered on demand to the Senator or any of the members of the House of Representatives for any such county upon their receipt for the same; provided, that at the beginning of each fiscal year the Senator or some member of the House of Representatives shall give notice that such duplicate copy is required of them for his use or for the use of the legislative delegation from such county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-424; 1952 Code Section 14-424; 1942 Code Section 3828; 1932 Code Section 3828; Civ. C. '22 Section 1072; Civ. C. '12 Section 953; Civ. C. '02 Section 770; 1898 (22) 735.
SC Code § 4-13-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 13 - Claims Against Counties|Section 4-13-130. Publication of list of claims audited.

 The county supervisors shall publish in some newspaper published in their respective counties, at least in one issue thereof and within fifteen days after each meeting of the governing body of the county at which claims are audited, a full statement of the claims audited by such governing body at its meeting immediately preceding such publication. The statement shall show, as published, the file number of the claim, the amount claimed, the amount allowed, the nature of the claim or service rendered and the name of the claimant. Such publication shall be paid for at the rate now allowed by law for public printing, provided the same does not exceed sixty dollars per annum.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-425; 1952 Code Section 14-425; 1942 Code Section 3827; 1932 Code Section 3827; Civ. C. '22 Section 1067; Civ. C. '12 Section 951; 1907 (25) 634; 1910 (26) 631; 1916 (29) 808; 1920 (31) 866; 1921 (32) 48; 1933 (38) 92.
SC Code § 4-13-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 13 - Claims Against Counties|Section 4-13-140. Failure to publish list of claims audited.

 The failure of any supervisor or of the governing body of any county to publish the quarterly reports required by Section 4-13-130 shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, within the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-429; 1952 Code Section 14-429; 1942 Code Section 3827-1; 1932 Code Section 1586; Cr. C. '22 Section 541; Cr. C. '12 Section 594; 1902 (23) 983.
SC Code § 4-13-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 13 - Claims Against Counties|Section 4-13-150. Designation of accounts allowed; copies; endorsements.

 The county supervisor shall designate every account upon which any sum shall be audited and allowed by the board, the amount so audited and allowed and the charges for which the same was allowed. He shall also deliver to any person who may desire it a certified copy of any account on file in his office on receiving from such person ten cents for every folio of one hundred words contained in such copy. And the supervisor shall endorse on every account allowed and ordered to be paid words indicating that it has been audited above the signature of the county supervisor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-430; 1952 Code Section 14-430; 1942 Code Section 3875; 1932 Code Section 3875; Civ. C. '22 Section 1116; Civ. C. '12 Section 995; Civ. C. '02 Section 810; G. S. 629; R. S. 695; 1875 (15) 994.
SC Code § 4-15-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as "The County Bond Act."  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-511; 1952 Code Section 14-511; 1951 (47) 763.
SC Code § 4-15-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-20. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) The word "authorities" shall mean the county board of commissioners or other board or body to which is delegated the administrative duties of the particular county; and  (2) The term "authorized purpose" shall mean any purpose for which the particular county might, under the applicable constitutional provisions, issue bonds or levy taxes.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-512; 1952 Code Section 14-512; 1951 (47) 763.
SC Code § 4-15-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-30. When counties may issue bonds; amount.

 (A) The authorities of a county may issue general obligation bonds of the county to defray the cost of any authorized purpose and for any amount not exceeding its applicable constitutional debt limit, if:  (1) the election required by this chapter as a condition precedent to the issuance of bonds is favorable; and  (2) the bonds are issued within five years following the holding of the election.  (B) Bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be issued in either a single issue or from time to time as several separate issues.  (C) The five-year period required in (A)(2) of this section is tolled while litigation contesting the validity of the election is pending.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-513; 1952 Code Section 14-513; 1951 (47) 763; 1991 Act No. 83, Section 2, eff May 27, 1991.  Editor's Note  1991 Act No. 83, Sections 1 and 3, effective May 27, 1991, and applicable to all elections conducted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 15, Title 4 of the 1976 Code after January 1, 1985, provides as follows:  "SECTION 1. (A) Article X of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, which became effective on November 30, 1977, provides in Section 14(6)(c) that general obligation debt authorized as a result of a favorable referendum result of an election must be issued within five years of the date of that referendum. However, Section 4-15-30 of the 1976 Code provides that bonds authorized as a consequence of a favorable result of an election must be issued within three years following the election. In order to conform Section 4-15-30, with the provision of new Article X of the Constitution of South Carolina, it is necessary to provide that all bonds authorized as a result of the favorable election must be issued within five years following the date on which the election was held.  "(B) It has come to the attention of the General Assembly that litigation challenging an election may take several years to complete. It has further come to the attention of the General Assembly that during the pendency of this litigation, bonds authorized by the election may not be issued due to the existence of the litigation. In order to permit the five-year period contemplated by the Constitution during which bonds may be issued following an election, it may be necessary to provide that the five-year period is tolled while litigation contesting the validity of the election is pending."  "SECTION 3. The provisions of this act apply to all elections conducted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 15, Title 4 of the 1976 Code after January 1, 1985."  Effect of Amendment  The 1991 amendment designated the existing provisions of the section as subsection (A) and, in (A)(2) extended the time limit for the issuance of bonds from three to five years; and added subsections (B) and (C).
SC Code § 4-15-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-40. Holding of election; persons who may vote.

 The election required by this chapter shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the election law applicable to special elections and all persons resident in the county and qualified to vote under the Constitution and laws of the State shall be permitted to vote.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-514; 1952 Code Section 14-514; 1951 (47) 763.
SC Code § 4-15-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-50. Notice of election.

 Notice of the holding of such an election shall be given, by publication thereof in some newspaper published in the county, at least once not less than fifteen days prior to the occasion set for the holding of such election. Such notice shall state:  (1) The occasion of the holding of the election;  (2) The location of the several polling places;  (3) The qualifications imposed upon persons desirous of voting;  (4) The amount of bonds to be issued; and  (5) A brief description of the purpose for which the proceeds of the bonds are to be applied.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-515; 1952 Code Section 14-515; 1951 (47) 763.
SC Code § 4-15-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-60. Declaration of election results; effect of filing if no contest instituted within thirty days.

 Upon the receipt of the returns of the election the authorities shall by resolution declare the results thereof and may provide for the filing of a certified copy of such resolution declaring the results of the election in the office of the clerk of the court for such county. In such event the results of the election, as declared by resolution of the authorities so certified and filed, shall not be open to question except by a suit or proceeding instituted within thirty days from the date of the filing thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-516; 1952 Code Section 14-516; 1951 (47) 763.
SC Code § 4-15-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-70. Maturity of bonds.

 Any such bonds shall mature in such annual series or installments as the authorities shall provide, except that:  (1) The first maturing bonds shall mature within three years from the date as of which they may be issued;  (2) Not less than three per cent of the aggregate of the issue shall mature in any year; and  (3) No bond shall mature later than twenty-five years from the date as of which it may be issued.  The provisions of this section shall not prevent the authorities from issuing the aggregate of the bonds authorized by the election on one or more occasions, as two or more issues.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-517; 1952 Code Section 14-517; 1951 (47) 763.
SC Code § 4-15-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-80. Redemption provisions.

 Any bond issued may be issued with a provision providing for its redemption prior to its stated maturity at par and accrued interest, plus such redemption premium as may be prescribed by the authorities, but no bond shall be redeemable before maturity unless it contains a statement to that effect. In the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bonds provision shall be made specifying the manner of call and the notice thereof that must be given.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-518; 1952 Code Section 14-518; 1951 (47) 763.
SC Code § 4-15-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-90. Form and negotiability of bonds; registration.

 Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be in the form of negotiable coupon bonds, payable to bearer, with the privilege to the holder of having them registered as to principal on the books of the treasurer of the county and the principal thus made payable to the registered holder (unless the last registered transfer shall have been to bearer) upon such conditions as the authorities may prescribe. Unless registered such bonds shall have all qualities of negotiable instruments under the law merchant and the Negotiable Instruments Law. Provided, however, any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter and purchased by the United States or any agency or department thereof, may be in fully registered form as to both principal and interest, and may be registered on the books of the treasurer of the county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-519; 1952 Code Section 14-519; 1951 (47) 763; 1977 Act No. 58.
SC Code § 4-15-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-100. Place of payment.

 The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be payable at such places, within or without the State, as the authorities shall provide.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-520; 1952 Code Section 14-520; 1951 (47) 763.
SC Code § 4-15-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-110. Interest rates.

 Such bonds shall bear interest at rates to be named by the authorities.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-521; 1952 Code Section 14-521; 1951 (47) 763.
SC Code § 4-15-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-120. Execution of bonds.

 Such bonds and the coupons annexed thereto shall be executed in the manner provided for by the authorities.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-522; 1952 Code Section 14-522; 1951 (47) 763.
SC Code § 4-15-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-130. Advertisement and sale of bonds.

 Such bonds shall be sold at public sale, after advertisement thereof in a newspaper having general circulation in the State or in a financial publication published in the city of New York or, in the discretion of the authorities, in both such publications. Such advertisement shall appear not less than ten days prior to the occasion set for such sale. The bonds may be disposed of at private sale if there are no bids received or if all bids are rejected. The provisions of this section shall not prevent a sale at private sale to the United States of America or any agency thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-523; 1952 Code Section 14-523; 1951 (47) 763.
SC Code § 4-15-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-140. Minimum sale price.

 All such bonds must be sold at a price of not less than par and accrued interest to the date of delivery.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-524; 1952 Code Section 14-524; 1951 (47) 763.
SC Code § 4-15-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-150. Pledge of credit for payment; levy and collection of tax.

 For the payment of the principal and interest on such bonds as they respectively mature and for the creation of such sinking fund as may be necessary therefor, the full faith, credit and taxing power of the county are irrevocably pledged and there shall be levied annually by the county auditor and collected by the county treasurer in the same manner as other county taxes are levied and collected, a tax, without limit, on all taxable property in the county sufficient to pay the principal and interest of such bonds as they respectively mature and to create such sinking fund as may be necessary therefor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-525; 1952 Code Section 14-525; 1951 (47) 763.
SC Code § 4-15-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-160. Exemption from taxes.

 Bonds issued under this chapter shall be exempt from all State, county, municipal, school district and other taxes or assessments, direct or indirect, general or special, whether imposed for the purpose of general revenue or otherwise.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-526; 1952 Code Section 14-526; 1951 (47) 763.
SC Code § 4-15-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-170. Bonds shall be legal for fiduciary investments.

 The authorities, all executors, administrators, guardians, committees and other fiduciaries and all sinking fund commissions may invest any moneys in their hands in bonds issued under this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-527; 1952 Code Section 14-527; 1951 (47) 763.
SC Code § 4-15-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 15 - County Bonds|Section 4-15-180. Deposit and application of proceeds of sale of bonds.

 The proceeds derived from the sale of any such bonds shall be deposited with the county treasurer in a special fund to the credit of the county and shall be applied solely to the purposes for which the bonds were issued, except that the premium, if any, shall be placed in the sinking fund established by Section 4-15-150 and the accrued interest, if any, shall be used to discharge in part the first interest to become due on such bonds.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-528; 1952 Code Section 14-528; 1951 (47) 763.
SC Code § 4-17-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 17 - Buildings And Lands Generally|Section 4-17-10. Property conveyed to inhabitants, committee, or other person for use of county deemed to be property of county.

 Real and personal estate conveyed prior to September 26 1942 by any form of conveyance to the inhabitants of a county or district or to a committee, commissioners or other persons or existing on said date in a county or district for the use and benefit of such county or district shall be deemed to be the property of such county. And such conveyance shall have the same force and effect as if made to such county by its corporate name.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-601; 1952 Code Section 14-601; 1942 Code Section 3022; 1932 Code Section 3022; Civ. C. '22 Section 714; Civ. C. '12 Section 631; Civ. C. '02 Section 570; G. S. 438; R. S. 497; 1868 (14) 134.
SC Code § 4-17-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 17 - Buildings And Lands Generally|Section 4-17-20. Acquisition, restoration, and preservation of historic property.

 The governing bodies of all counties in the State may accept for their counties by gift, donation, or devise and may acquire by purchase or condemnation action any real property of historical value by reason of any war in which the United States of America or any section thereof participated or by reason of any other historical event.  Upon acquiring the property, any governing body shall preserve it and, when it considers it practicable, shall restore it so that the historical value of the property is at its maximum. It shall do other desirable things relating to the property to preserve and enhance its historical value. The property referred to in this section shall include, but not be limited to, battlefields, ruins of forts, and remains of military operations during any war.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-602; 1952 Code Section 14-602; 1942 Code Section 3884-1; 1938 (40) 1936; 1987 Act No. 173 Section 6, eff nine months from approval by Governor (approved by Governor on June 30, 1987).  Effect of Amendment  The 1987 amendment deleted a reference to condemnation of land under the provisions of former Article 13 of Chapter 15 of Title 58 dealing with condemnation by railways and canals of lands or rights of way, and made grammatical changes.
SC Code § 4-17-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 4 - Counties|Chapter 17 - Buildings And Lands Generally|Section 4-17-30. County property exempt from attachment, levy, and sale.

 All county poor farms and poorhouses and hospitals, courthouses and jails and all other public property of every kind or description actually used as such are forever exempt from attachment, levy and sale on account of any judgment, lien or claim whatsoever against the county to which they or any of them belong.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-603; 1952 Code Section 14-603; 1942 Code Section 3024; 1932 Code Section 3024; Civ. C. '22 Section 716; Civ. C. '12 Section 633; Civ. C. '02 Section 572; G. S. 440; R. S. 499; 1874 (15) 686.