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SC Code § 49-19-1870 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-1870. Provision in judgment for state and county taxes.

 In all judgments, decrees and orders of sale of such delinquent lands the court may make proper and equitable provision for ascertaining the amount and for the payment of all unpaid State and county taxes with the penalties and costs thereon against the lands ordered sold, to be paid either out of the proceeds of sale thereof or by the purchaser.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-568; 1952 Code Section 18-568; 1942 Code Section 6180; 1932 Code Section 6180; Civ. C. '22 Section 3234; 1920 (31) 663.
SC Code § 49-19-1880 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-1880. Sale and deeds; title; redemption.

 If all the lands so advertised for sale be not sold on the day as advertised such sale shall continue from day to day until completed. The sheriff shall by proper deeds convey to the purchaser the lands so sold and the title to such land shall thereupon become vested in such purchaser as against all others whomsoever, subject, however, to the liens for all subsequent annual installments of drainage tax; provided, that any landowner shall have the right to redeem any and all lands sold at such sale within one year after the day when the lands are offered for sale. All deeds executed and delivered pursuant to this chapter shall have the same probative force as deeds executed under judicial sales in other civil actions.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-569; 1952 Code Section 18-569; 1942 Code Sections 6179, 6180; 1932 Code Sections 6179, 6180; Civ. C. '22 Sections 3233, 3234; 1920 (31) 663; 1961 (52) 43.
SC Code § 49-19-1890 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-1890. Sale of lands to district.

 When the lands are offered for sale by the sheriff, as provided by this chapter, and the sum of the tax due, together with interest, costs and penalty, is not bid, the sheriff making such sales shall bid the whole amount due thereon as aforesaid in the name of the district and shall sell the lands to the district and execute his deed therefor, conveying to such district such lands so sold to it. Such lands may be held and disposed of by the board of supervisors as the interest of the district may demand.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-570; 1952 Code Section 18-570; 1942 Code Section 6180; 1932 Code Section 6180; Civ. C. '22 Section 3234; 1920 (31) 663.
SC Code § 49-19-1900 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-1900. Suit for collection of delinquent taxes by bondholder.

 In case the district shall fail to commence suit within ninety days after the taxes have become delinquent the holder of any bond issued by the district may bring suit for the collection of the delinquent taxes. In such event the district shall be included as a defendant and the proceedings in such suit brought by any bondholder shall in all respects be governed by the provisions applicable to suits by the districts.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-571; 1952 Code Section 18-571; 1942 Code Section 6179; 1932 Code Section 6179; Civ. C. '22 Section 3233; 1920 (31) 663.
SC Code § 49-19-1910 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-1910. Disposition of proceeds of sale.

 The proceeds of sale made under and by virtue of this chapter shall be paid at once to the district treasurer and shall be accounted for by him the same as the drainage taxes. Any surplus that may remain after payment of the delinquent taxes, penalties, costs and attorney fees shall be paid over to or held subject to the order of the defendants or as may be ordered in the judgment or decree of sale.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-572; 1952 Code Section 18-572; 1942 Code Section 6179; 1932 Code Section 6179; Civ. C. '22 Section 3233; 1920 (31) 663.
SC Code § 49-19-1920 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-1920. Lien for tax construed as equivalent to mortgage.

 This chapter shall be liberally construed so as to give to the lien for drainage tax the effect of a bona fide mortgage for a valuable consideration and a first lien upon all the lands subject thereto as against all persons having an interest therein, subject only to the lien of certain other taxes as herein provided.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-573; 1952 Code Section 18-573; 1942 Code Section 6180; 1932 Code Section 6180; Civ. C. '22 Section 3234; 1920 (31) 663.
SC Code § 49-19-1930 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-1930. Payment of all assessments in advance.

 Any person owning land assessed for the construction of any canal, ditch or other improvement under the provisions of this chapter shall have the privilege of paying such assessment to the treasurer of the board of supervisors at any time on or before a date to be fixed by the board of supervisors and the amount to be paid shall be the full amount of the tax levied, less any amount added thereto to meet interest. When such tax assessment has been paid the secretary of the board shall enter upon the Drainage Tax Record opposite each tract for which payment is made the words "paid in full" and such tax assessment shall be deemed satisfied and the secretary of the board of supervisors shall also make or cause to be made the same entry opposite each tract for which payment is made in the table included in the certificate filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas under the provisions of Section 49-19-1770.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-574; 1952 Code Section 18-574; 1942 Code Section 6204; 1932 Code Section 6204; Civ. C. '22 Section 3258; 1920 (31) 663; 1934 (38) 1463; 1935 (39) 44.
SC Code § 49-19-1940 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-1940. Deposit of funds.

 The district treasurer shall keep all funds received by him from any source whatever deposited at all times in some bank, banks or trust company to be designated by the board of supervisors. All interest accruing on such funds shall, when paid, be credited to the district.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-576; 1952 Code Section 18-576; 1942 Code Section 6181; 1932 Code Section 6181; Civ. C. '22 Section 3235; 1920 (31) 663.
SC Code § 49-19-1950 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-1950. Payments by treasurer; form of warrants.

 The treasurer of the district shall pay out funds of the district only on warrants issued by the district, such warrants to be signed by the president of the board of supervisors and attested by the signature of the secretary. All warrants shall be in the following form:  $__________ Fund __________ No. of warrant __________ Treasurer of __________ Drainage District, State of South Carolina.  Pay to __________ dollars out of the money in __________ fund of __________ drainage district. For __________.  By order of board of supervisors of __________ Drainage District, South Carolina.  , President of District. Attest: , Secretary of District.   HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-577; 1952 Code Section 18-577; 1942 Code Section 6181; 1932 Code Section 6181; Civ. C. '22 Section 3235; 1920 (31) 663.
SC Code § 49-19-1960 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-1960. Audit and report.

 The board of supervisors shall audit or have audited the books of the treasurer of the district at least once each year and make report thereof to the landowners at the annual meeting and publish a statement within thirty days thereafter, showing the amount of money received, the amount paid out during such year and the amount in the treasury at the beginning and end of the year.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-578; 1952 Code Section 18-578; 1942 Code Section 6181; 1932 Code Section 6181; Civ. C. '22 Section 3235; 1920 (31) 663.
SC Code § 49-19-1970 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-1970. Interest on warrants unpaid for lack of funds.

 Any warrant issued under this chapter that is not paid when presented to the treasurer of the district because of lack of funds in the treasury shall be endorsed on the back to that effect and such warrant shall draw interest thereafter at the rate of six per cent per annum until such time as there is money on hand to pay the amount of such warrant and the interest then accumulated. But no interest shall be allowed on warrants after notice to the holder or holders thereof that sufficient funds are in the treasury to pay such endorsed warrants and interest.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-579; 1952 Code Section 18-579; 1942 Code Section 6187; 1932 Code Section 6187; Civ. C. '22 Section 3241; 1920 (31) 663.
SC Code § 49-19-2110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-2110. Issuance of bonds authorized; terms and execution.

 The board of supervisors may, if in their judgment it seems best, issue bonds not to exceed ninety per cent of the total amount of the taxes levied under the provisions of Section 49-19-1610, in denominations of not less than one hundred dollars, bearing interest from date at a rate not to exceed six per cent per annum, payable semiannually, to mature at annual intervals within thirty years commencing after a period of years not later than ten years, to be determined by the board of supervisors, both principal and interest payable at some convenient banking house or trust company's office to be named in the bonds. Such bonds shall be signed by the president of the board of supervisors, attested with the seal of the district and by the signature of the secretary of the board, shall show on their face the purpose for which they are issued and shall be payable out of money derived from the above-mentioned taxes.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-591; 1952 Code Section 18-591; 1942 Code Section 6196; 1932 Code Section 6196; Civ. C. '22 Section 3250; 1920 (31) 663; 1932 (37) 1253.
SC Code § 49-19-2120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-2120. Sale of bonds.

 All of such bonds shall be executed and delivered to the treasurer of the district who shall sell them in such quantities and at such dates as the board of supervisors may deem necessary to meet the payments for the works and improvements in the district. The bonds shall not be sold for less than ninety-five cents on the dollar, with accrued interest.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-592; 1952 Code Section 18-592; 1942 Code Section 6196; 1932 Code Section 6196; Civ. C. '22 Section 3250; 1920 (31) 663; 1932 (37) 1253.
SC Code § 49-19-2130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-2130. Payment of bonds.

 A sufficient amount of drainage tax shall be appropriated by the board of supervisors for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of such bonds and shall, when collected, be preserved in a separate fund for that purpose and no other. All bonds and coupons not paid at maturity shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from maturity until paid or until sufficient funds have been deposited at the place of payment and such interest shall be appropriated by the board of supervisors out of the penalties and interest collected on delinquent taxes or any other available funds of the district. Any expense incurred in paying the bonds and interest thereon and a reasonable compensation to the bank or trust company for paying them shall be paid out of other funds in the hands of the district treasurer and collected for the purpose of meeting the expenses of administration.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-593; 1952 Code Section 18-593; 1942 Code Section 6196; 1932 Code Section 6196; Civ. C. '22 Section 3250; 1920 (31) 663; 1932 (37) 1253.
SC Code § 49-19-2140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-2140. Levy of tax to pay bonds and interest.

 The board of supervisors in making the annual tax levy, as heretofore provided, shall take into account the maturing bonds and interest on all bonds and make provision in advance for the payment thereof. In case the proceeds of the original tax levy made under the provisions of Section 49-19-1610 are not sufficient to pay the principal and interest on all bonds issued the board of supervisors shall make such additional levy or levies upon benefits assessed as are necessary for this purpose and under no circumstances shall any tax levies be made that will in any manner or to any extent impair the security of the bonds or the fund available for the payment of the principal and interest of thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-594; 1952 Code Section 18-594; 1942 Code Section 6196; 1932 Code Section 6196; Civ. C. '22 Section 3250; 1920 (31) 663; 1932 (37) 1253.
SC Code § 49-19-2150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-2150. Additional bond of district treasurer.

 The district treasurer shall, at the time of the receipt by him of such bonds, execute and deliver to the president of the board of the district a bond with good and sufficient sureties to be approved by the board, conditioned (a) that he shall account for and pay over as required by law and as ordered to do by the board any and all money received by him on the sale of such bonds or any of them, (b) that he will only sell and deliver such bonds to the purchaser or purchasers thereof under and according to the terms herein prescribed and (c) that he will return, duly cancelled, any and all bonds not sold to the board of supervisors when ordered by the board to do so. Such bond shall remain in the custody of the president of the board of supervisors who shall produce it for inspection or for use as evidence whenever and wherever legally requested so to do. The successor in office of any such district treasurer shall not be entitled to the bonds or the proceeds thereof until he shall have complied with all the foregoing provisions applicable to his predecessor in office.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-595; 1952 Code Section 18-595; 1942 Code Section 6196; 1932 Code Section 6196; Civ. C. '22 Section 3250; 1920 (31) 663; 1932 (37) 1253.
SC Code § 49-19-2160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-2160. Report of sales; warrants for payment of bonds and interest.

 The district treasurer shall promptly report all sales of bonds to the board of supervisors which shall at reasonable times thereafter prepare and issue warrants in substantially the forms provided in Section 49-19-1950 for the payment of the maturing bonds so sold and the interest payments coming due on all bonds sold. Each of such warrants shall specify what bonds and accruing interest it is to pay and the treasurer shall place sufficient funds at the place of payment to pay the maturing bonds and coupons when due as well as a reasonable compensation to the bank or trust company for paying them.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-596; 1952 Code Section 18-596; 1942 Code Section 6196; 1932 Code Section 6196; Civ. C. '22 Section 3250; 1920 (31) 663; 1932 (37) 1253.
SC Code § 49-19-2170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-2170. Alternative use of bank or depository as temporary treasurer.

 If it should be deemed more expedient to the board of supervisors as to money derived from the sale of bonds issued the board may by resolution select some suitable bank or banks or other depository as temporary treasurer or treasurers to hold and disburse the moneys on the orders of the board as the work progresses until such fund is exhausted or transferred to the district treasurer by order of the board of supervisors.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-597; 1952 Code Section 18-597; 1942 Code Section 6196; 1932 Code Section 6196; Civ. C. '22 Section 3250; 1920 (31) 663; 1932 (37) 1253.
SC Code § 49-19-2180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-2180. Use of proceeds of bonds.

 The funds derived from the sale of such bonds or any of them shall be used for the purpose of paying the cost of the drainage works and improvements and such costs, expenses, fees and salaries as may be authorized by law and used for no other purpose.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-598; 1952 Code Section 18-598; 1942 Code Section 6196; 1932 Code Section 6196; Civ. C. '22 Section 3250; 1920 (31) 663; 1932 (37) 1253.
SC Code § 49-19-2190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-2190. Bonds as a lien; mandamus to compel tax levy.

 All bonds issued by any board of supervisors under the provisions of this chapter shall be secured by a lien on all lands and other property benefited in the district and the board of supervisors shall see to it that a tax is levied annually and collected under the provisions of this chapter so long as it may be necessary to pay any bond issue or obligation contracted under its authority. The making of such assessment and collection may be enforced by mandamus.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-599; 1952 Code Section 18-599; 1942 Code Section 6206; 1932 Code Section 6206; Civ. C. '22 Section 3260; 1920 (31) 663.
SC Code § 49-19-2310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-2310. Levy and collection of Maintenance Tax.

 To maintain and preserve the ditches, drains, or other improvements made pursuant to this chapter and to repair and restore them when needed and for the purpose of defraying the current expenses of the district the board of supervisors may upon the completion of the improvements and on or before the first day of October in each year thereafter levy an assessment upon each tract or parcel of land within the district to be known as a "Maintenance Tax." The Maintenance Tax shall be apportioned upon the basis of the net assessments of benefits accruing for original construction, shall not exceed ten per cent thereof in any one year and shall be certified to the county treasurer of each county in which lands of the district are situate at the same time as the annual installment tax is certified but in a separate column under the heading Maintenance Tax. The county treasurer shall demand and collect the Maintenance Tax, make return thereof and receive the same compensation therefor and be liable for the same penalties for failure or neglect so to do as is provided for the annual installment tax.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-611; 1952 Code Section 18-611; 1942 Code Section 6197; 1932 Code Section 6197; Civ. C. '22 Section 3251; 1920 (31) 663; 1928 (35) 2052.
SC Code § 49-19-2320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-2320. Petition for readjustment of assessments.

 Whenever the owners of twenty-five per cent or more of the acreage of the lands in a district shall file a petition with the clerk of the court that organized the district stating that there has been a material change in the value of the property in the district since the last previous assessment of benefits and praying for a readjustment of the assessment of benefits for the purpose of making a more equitable basis for the levy of the Maintenance Tax the clerk shall give notice of the filing and hearing of the petition in the manner and for the time provided for in Section 49-19-250.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-613; 1952 Code Section 18-613; 1942 Code Section 6198; 1932 Code Section 6198; Civ. C. '22 Section 3252; 1920 (31) 663.
SC Code § 49-19-2330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-2330. Notice of hearing on petition for readjustment.

 Such notice may be in the following form:  Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the lands included within the __________ drainage district that a petition has been filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of __________ County praying for a readjustment of the assessment of benefits for the purpose of making a more equitable basis for the levy of the Maintenance Tax in said district and that said petition will be heard by said court on the first day of the next __________ term of said court.  Date of first publication __________ 19___.  ________________________________________ Clerk of Court of Common Pleas of _______ County.   HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-614; 1952 Code Section 18-614; 1942 Code Section 6198; 1932 Code Section 6198; Civ. C. '22 Section 3252; 1920 (31) 663.
SC Code § 49-19-2340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-2340. Effecting readjustment.

 Upon the hearing of the petition if the court shall find that there has been a material change in the values of the lands in the district since the last previous assessment of benefits the court shall order that there be made a readjustment of the assessment of benefits for the purpose of providing a basis upon which to levy the Maintenance Tax of the district. Thereupon the court shall appoint three commissioners, possessing the qualifications of commissioners appointed under Section 49-19-930, to make such readjustment of assessments in the manner provided in Sections 49-19-960 to 49-19-1000. The commissioners shall make their report and the same proceedings shall be had thereon, as nearly as may be, as are herein provided for the assessment of benefits accruing from the original construction. In making the readjustment of the assessment of benefits the commissioners shall not be limited to the aggregate amount of the original or any previous assessment of benefit and after the making of such readjustment the limitation of ten per cent for the annual Maintenance Tax which may be levied shall apply to the amount of benefits as readjusted.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-615; 1952 Code Section 18-615; 1942 Code Section 6198; 1932 Code Section 6198; Civ. C. '22 Section 3252; 1920 (31) 663.
SC Code § 49-19-2350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage|Chapter 19 - Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act|Section 49-19-2350. Readjustment no more than once in five years.

 There shall be no such readjustment of benefits oftener than once in five years.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-616; 1952 Code Section 18-616; 1942 Code Section 6198; 1932 Code Section 6198; Civ. C. '22 Section 3252; 1920 (31) 663.