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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 13 - Claims Against Counties › Section 4-13-20. Claims filed by court clerk, sheriff, or magistrate require additional oath.

When any such account is filed by a clerk of the court, sheriff or magistrate, the officer filing the claim shall declare further on oath that the costs in the case out of which the claim arises have not been recovered out of the defendants and that the defendants are unable to pay costs; and also that the fines and penalties theretofore collected by them have been faithfully and fully paid over to the county treasurer. In every case the magistrate shall exhibit the original papers in which costs have accrued.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-404; 1952 Code Section 14-404; 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.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 13 - Claims Against Counties › Section 4-13-30. Claims of certain county officers and physicians for post mortems.

The accounts of the coroners, sheriffs and supervisors and physicians' or surgeons' fees for post mortems shall be approved by the governing body of the county, and the supervisor, on their approval, shall draw an order upon the county treasurer for the payment of such accounts, countersigned by the secretary of the governing body.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-404.1; 1952 Code Section 14-404.1; 1942 Code Section 3861; 1932 Code Section 3861; Civ. C. '22 Section 1102; Civ. C. '12 Section 981; Civ. C. '02 Section 796; R. S. 678; 1893 (21) 489; 1899 (23) 10.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 13 - Claims Against Counties › Section 4-13-40. "File Book" of claims.

The governing body of each county shall keep in its office a "File Book" in which all claims presented for its consideration shall be entered by its clerk, the entry designating the date of filing, by whom presented, to whom such claim belongs and the character and amount thereof. The clerk shall number such claims in the order in which they are filed, audited and allowed from number one upwards.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-405; 1952 Code Section 14-405; 1942 Code Section 3872; 1932 Code Section 3872; Civ. C. '22 Section 1113; Civ. C. '12 Section 992; Civ. C. '02 Section 807; G. S. 624; R. S. 692; 1875 (25) 993; 1882 (17) 891.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 13 - Claims Against Counties › Section 4-13-50. Memorandum of time of presentment and name of claimant must appear in minutes.

A memorandum of the time of presenting such claims and the names of the persons in whose favor they are made out and by whom presented shall be entered in the minutes of the governing body.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-406; 1952 Code Section 14-406; 1942 Code Section 3872; 1932 Code Section 3872; Civ. C. '22 Section 1113; Civ. C. '12 Section 992; Civ. C. '02 Section 807; G. S. 624; R. S. 692; 1875 (25) 993; 1882 (17) 891.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 13 - Claims Against Counties › Section 4-13-60. Custody of claim; withdrawal from custody.

No account when presented, audited and ordered to be paid shall be withdrawn from the custody of the governing body or its clerk for any purpose whatever, except to be used in evidence upon a judicial trial or proceeding, in which case it shall, after being so used, be forthwith returned to such custody.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-407; 1952 Code Section 14-407; 1942 Code Section 3872; 1932 Code Section 3872; Civ. C. '22 Section 1113; Civ. C. '12 Section 992; Civ. C. '02 Section 807; G. S. 624; R. S. 692; 1875 (25) 993; 1882 (17) 891.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 13 - Claims Against Counties › Section 4-13-110. Repealed by 1993 Act No. 100, Section 1, eff June 14, 1993.

Editor's Note
Former Section 4-13-110 was entitled "Unlawful to pay orders improperly drawn; violations" and was derived from 1962 Code Section 14-416; 1952 Code Section 14-416; 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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).
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 17 - Buildings And Lands Generally › Section 4-17-40. State flag shall be displayed on courthouse.

The State flag shall be displayed daily, except in rainy weather, from a staff upon every courthouse. The officer in charge of each courthouse shall purchase a suitable flag and cause it to be displayed, the expense to be borne out of the funds provided for maintenance of the courthouse.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-604; 1952 Code Section 14-604; 1942 Code Section 5703; 1932 Code Sections 5703, 5705; Civ. C. '22 Sections 2772, 2773; Civ. C. '12 Sections 1842, 1843; 1910 (26) 753; 1922 (32) 779.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 17 - Buildings And Lands Generally › Section 4-17-50. Public officers may insure public buildings.

Subject to the provisions of Sections 10-7-10 to 10-7-230 the public officers having by law the care and custody of town, village, city or county buildings may insure the same at the expense and for the benefit of the town, village, city or county owning the same.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-605; 1952 Code Section 14-605; 1942 Code Section 3023; 1932 Code Section 3023; Civ. C. '22 Section 715; Civ. C. '12 Section 632; Civ. C. '02 Section 571; G. S. 439; R. S. 498; 1868 (14) 32, 134.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 17 - Buildings And Lands Generally › Section 4-17-60. Alterations and addition in courthouse or jail.

The governing bodies of the several counties shall make any alterations and additions deemed advisable, or which may become necessary, to any courthouse or jail built in the several counties.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-606; 1952 Code Section 14-606; 1942 Code Section 1955; 1932 Code Section 1955; Cr. C. '22 Section 937; Cr. C. '12 Section 939; Cr. C. '02 Section 653; G. S. 2705; R. S. 540; 1841 (11) 156.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 17 - Buildings And Lands Generally › Section 4-17-70. Wilful injury to courthouse or jail.

It is unlawful for a person to wilfully injure or destroy any part of a courthouse or jail in this State or its interior.
A person who violates 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.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-607; 1952 Code Section 14-607; 1942 Code Section 1177; 1932 Code Section 1177; Cr. C. '22 Section 67; Cr. C. '12 Section 942; Cr. C. '02 Section 656; G. S. 2708; R. S. 543; 1827 (6) 321; 1993 Act No. 184 Section 129, eff January 1, 1994.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment rewrote this section so as to change the maximum term of imprisonment to conform to the classification established for each offense.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 18 - Regulation Of Wreckers At Scenes Of Accidents › Section 4-18-10. Counties may prohibit wreckers proceeding to accident unless requested.

Each county may provide by ordinance that no wrecker shall proceed to the scene of an accident unless requested by the owner or driver of the vehicle involved in the accident or the law enforcement officer in charge at the scene of the accident.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 551 Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 18 - Regulation Of Wreckers At Scenes Of Accidents › Section 4-18-20. Establishment of procedure for dispatching wreckers.

Each county adopting such an ordinance shall establish, in conjunction with local highway patrol officials and the sheriff's office, an orderly procedure for dispatching a wrecker to the scene of an accident as provided for in Section 4-18-10.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 551 Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 18 - Regulation Of Wreckers At Scenes Of Accidents › Section 4-18-30. Penalties.

If a wrecker proceeds to the scene in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the owner of the wrecker shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars or imprisoned for a term not to exceed thirty days.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 551 Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-15. Extension of fire protection in area where service offered on individual contractual basis to landowners not served by other political subdivision.

In those areas of the county where fire protection service is offered on an individual contractual basis, a county governing body may extend fire protection to those landowners within the service area who are not served by a contract with another political subdivision.
HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 146, Section 2, eff June 14, 1993.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-25. Creation of fire protection districts validated.

(A) All fire protection districts created pursuant to the provisions of Act 408 of 1984 or its predecessor as of the effective date of this section are declared to be validly created and constituted according to the terms of the resolution or ordinance pursuant to which created.
(B) The provisions of subsection (A) do not affect actions filed before the effective date of this section.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 519, Section 2, eff thirty days after September 3, 1992.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-30. Conditions precedent to issuance of bonds.

As a condition precedent to the issuance of any bonds under this chapter, the governing body shall provide for either:
(a) The levy and collection of an annual ad valorem tax within the service areas where fire protection services will be furnished from the proceeds of the bonds to be issued which will be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds to be issued; or
(b) The imposition of rates and charges for the furnishing of fire protection services within each service area where fire protection services will be furnished from the proceeds of the bonds to be issued which will be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds to be issued.
The finding by the governing body that one of these conditions precedent to the issuance of bonds hereunder has been met shall be conclusive.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.203; 1974 (58) 2681; 1984 Act No. 408, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-40. No further action required for issuance of bonds.

No election is prescribed as a condition precedent to the issuance of bonds pursuant to this chapter, and no action other than that prescribed in this chapter need be taken to effect the issuance of the bonds herein authorized, nor is the governing body required to obtain the approval of any public agency to any action taken pursuant to the authorizations of this chapter, nor is the publication of any ordinance or resolution providing for the issuance of any bonds under this chapter required.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.218; 1974 (58) 2681; 1984 Act No. 408, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-50. Power to issue bonds.

In order to provide a means by which a county may raise monies to establish, maintain, and operate a fire protection system as provided by this chapter and to purchase the necessary fire-fighting equipment and to construct, acquire, and build the necessary fire stations and acquire sites for the stations, the governing body of any county is empowered to issue as a single issue, or from time to time as several separate issues, general obligation bonds of the county, without the necessity of holding an election, to such extent as, on the occasion of the issuance of any such bonds, is permitted by the constitutional debt limitation applicable to the county.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.204; 1974 (58) 2681; 1984 Act No. 408, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-60. Maturity of bonds.

All bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall mature in such annual series or installments as the governing body shall prescribe, except that the first maturing bonds shall mature within three years from the date of the issue, and no bond shall mature later than thirty years from the date of issue.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.205; 1974 (58) 2681; 1984 Act No. 408, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-70. Redemption of bonds.

Any bond issued pursuant to this chapter may be issued with a provision permitting its redemption prior to its stated maturity, at par and accrued interest, plus such redemption premium as may be prescribed by the governing body, but no bond is redeemable prior to its stated maturity unless it contains a statement to that effect. In the proceedings authorizing the issuance of such bonds, provision must be made specifying the manner of call and the notice thereof that must be given as to bonds redeemable prior to their stated maturities.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.206; 1974 (58) 2681; 1984 Act No. 408, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-80. Form and negotiability of bonds; registration.

The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter must be in the form of negotiable coupon bonds, payable to bearer, but may be issued with the privilege to any holder of having them registered as to principal on the books of the county treasurer upon such conditions as the governing body may prescribe. Except when registered, all bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall have all attributes of negotiable instruments under the law merchant and the Uniform Commercial Code. Provided, however, that any bonds issued under this chapter and purchased by the United States of America, or any agency or department thereof, may be in fully registered form as to both principal and interest and registered on the books of the county treasurer.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.207; 1974 (58) 2681; 1984 Act No. 408, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-90. Place of payment.

The bonds issued pursuant to this chapter must be made payable at such place or places, within or without the State, as the governing body shall provide.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.208; 1974 (58) 2681; 1984 Act No. 408, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-100. Interest on bonds.

Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall bear interest at a rate or rates determined by the governing body, not in excess of that permitted by the general law of the State prescribing limitations upon the rate of interest borne by obligations of the State and its political subdivisions, which interest may be payable at such intervals as the governing body may prescribe.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.209; 1974 (58) 2681; 1984 Act No. 408, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-110. Execution of bonds.

The bonds and the coupons to be attached to the bonds must be in such form and denomination and be executed in such manner as the governing body shall prescribe.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.210; 1974 (58) 2681; 1984 Act No. 408, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-120. Advertisement and sale of bonds.

Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter must be sold at a price of not less than par and accrued interest to the date of their respective deliveries. They must be sold after public advertisement of their sale in a newspaper of general circulation in South Carolina, or in a financial journal published in the city of New York. Such published notice shall appear not less than seven days prior to the occasion set for opening bids; provided, however, that any bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be sold at private sale to the United States of America or any agency or department thereof.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.211; 1974 (58) 2681; 1984 Act No. 408, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-130. Additional security for payment of bonds.

The governing body may provide in the ordinance or resolution, which makes provision for the issuance of any bonds under this chapter, that such bonds may be additionally secured by all or any portion, designated in the ordinance or resolution, of the revenues to be derived from the rates and charges for fire protection services.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.212; 1974 (58) 2681; 1984 Act No. 408, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-140. Payment of principal and interest on bonds; creation of sinking fund; sources of funds.

For the payment of the principal of and interest on all bonds issued pursuant to this chapter, as they respectively mature, and for the creation of the sinking fund as may be necessary for the fund, the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the county must be irrevocably pledged, and there must be levied annually by the county auditor and collected by the county treasurer a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as they respectively mature and to create such sinking fund as may be necessary; provided, however, that in the event that such revenues from the ad valorem tax levied in the service areas under the provisions of item (1) of Section 4-19-10 or from the rates and charges for fire protection services must be available for the payment of debt service on such bonds (whether or not such revenues have been pledged for that purpose), and must be delivered to the county treasurer for the payment of such principal and interest and for no other purpose, prior to the occasion when the county auditor fixes the annual tax levy, and annual ad valorem tax to be levied for the payment of the principal and interest on such bonds may be reduced in each year by the amount of such revenues derived from such taxes levied in the service areas or from such rates and charges which are actually in the hands of the county treasurer at the time the tax for the year is required to be levied; provided, further, that bonds issued for a service area subject to the imposition of taxes must be primarily the obligation of the service area and for the payment of principal and interest thereof, as the same mature, there must be levied and collected service charges, assessments, or ad valorem taxes upon all taxable property in the service area, and resort to the tax levy required by the preceding paragraph of this section must be made only in the event that funds from the sources required by this paragraph prove insufficient to meet the payment of the principal and interest.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.213; 1974 (58) 2681; 1984 Act No. 408, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-150. Bonds exempt from taxation.

The principal of and interest on bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall have the tax-exempt status prescribed by Section 12-1-60.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.214; 1974 (58) 2681; 1984 Act No. 408, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-160. Disposition of proceeds from sale of bonds; use of balance in bond account.

The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter must be paid to the county treasurer, to be deposited in a separate bond account fund, and must be expanded from time to time and made use of as follows:
(a) Any accrued interest must be applied to the payment of the first installment of interest to become due to such bonds.
(b) Any premium must be applied to the payment of the first installment of principal of such bonds.
(c) The remaining proceeds must be expended, upon the warrant or order of the governing body, for the following purposes:
(1) To defray the costs of issuing the bonds authorized by this chapter;
(2) To pay interest on such bonds for a period of not exceeding two years; and
(3) To provide for fire protection services for the county.
(d) If, after the final completion of any fire protection system, the governing body shall certify to the county treasurer that any remaining balance in the bond account is no longer needed for its fire protection program, then the balance must be held by the treasurer and used to effect the retirement of bonds then outstanding, which have been issued pursuant to this chapter. Provided, however, that the purchaser of the bonds is not responsible for the proper application of the proceeds to the purposes for which the bonds are issued.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.215; 1974 (58) 2681; 1984 Act No. 408, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-170. Powers to be additional and may be exercised at regular or special meeting.

The powers and authorizations conferred upon the governing body are in addition to all other powers and authorizations previously vested in the governing body and may be availed of pursuant to action taken at one regular or special meeting of the governing body.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.216; 1974 (58) 2681; 1984 Act No. 408, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 19 - Fire Protection Services › Section 4-19-180. No time limit set for issuance of bonds.

The authorizations granted by this chapter shall remain of full force and effect until they are rescinded by subsequent enactment and no time limit is set for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this chapter.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-700.217; 1974 (58) 2681; 1984 Act No. 408, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 20 - Community Recreation Special Tax District › Section 4-20-10. Short title; establishment of Community Recreation Special Tax Districts.

(A) In addition to other methods provided by law for the provision of recreation services by a county, a Community Recreation Special Tax District may be created as authorized in this chapter for the purpose of providing recreational services and programs. This chapter may be cited as the Community Recreation Special Tax District Act of 1994.
(B) This chapter will apply only to a county which does not already have existing within that county a special purpose or special tax district which exists for the purpose of, and which provides, recreation services and programs within that county.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 425, Section 1, eff May 27, 1994.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 20 - Community Recreation Special Tax District › Section 4-20-30. Affirmative vote; ordinance establishing district; inclusion of all or part of incorporated municipality within district.

(A) If a majority of the electors in the proposed community recreation special tax district voting in the referendum shall approve the creation of the community recreation special tax district and the maximum level of taxes or user service charges, or both, authorized to be levied and collected, the county council shall pass an ordinance establishing the community recreation special tax district.
(B) No community recreation special tax district may be established which includes within the area of the district any part or all of an incorporated municipality unless the governing body of the affected municipality has by formal action concurred with the inclusion of that part of the municipality within the area of the community recreation special tax district and provided written notice of that concurrence to county council.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 425, Section 1, eff May 27, 1994.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 20 - Community Recreation Special Tax District › Section 4-20-40. Council to provide for operation of district; commission to be created.

County council shall by ordinance provide for the operations of the community recreation special tax district which shall include the creation of a commission consisting of three to seven members appointed by the county council. Appointments by county council to the commission shall be in accordance with any written agreement entered into between the county and any municipality having any part of its territory within the district. County council shall set the term of office for the members of the commission. All members appointed by the county council to the commission must reside in the district, and no member of the commission shall receive compensation for service on the commission. The public works department, with county council approval, may provide services to a recreation special tax district at the same cost as incurred and charged for those same services in nonrecreation special tax districts. County council may provide funding from general fund tax revenue to a recreation special tax district at the same level and for the same purposes as for nonrecreation special tax districts.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 425, Section 1, eff May 27, 1994; 1996 Act No. 273, Section 2, eff May 6, 1996; 1997 Act No. 114, Section 2, eff June 13, 1997.
Effect of Amendment
The 1996 amendment revised this section, adding the second sentence beginning "Appointments by county council."
The 1997 amendment added the last two sentences.