2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage
CHAPTER 19 - DRAINAGE DISTRICTS UNDER 1920 ACT
SECTION 49-19-210. Persons by whom and for what purpose districts may be formed.
The State Budget and Control Board or a majority, either in numbers or in acreage, of the holders of any contiguous body of swamp, wet or overflowed lands or lands subject to overflow, situate in one or more counties in this State, may form a drainage district for the purpose of having such lands reclaimed and protected from the effects of water, for sanitary or agricultural purposes or when the same may be conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare or of public utility or benefit, by drainage or otherwise.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-421; 1952 Code Section 18-421; 1942 Code Section 6157; 1932 Code Section 6157; Civ. C. '22 Section 3211; 1920 (31) 663; 1932 (37) 1253.
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