South Carolina Code of Laws — Title 12 (Taxation)
S.C. Code Ann. § 12-59-20
Organization of Commission; compensation of secretary; quorum
The forfeited land commissions for the several counties shall organize by electing one of their number chairman and may elect a secretary whose duties they shall prescribe and whose compensation they shall fix, subject to the approval of the county legislative delegation. But in no case shall such compensation exceed five per cent of the money received for the sale of lands made by the commission, such compensation and other necessary expenses to be paid by vouchers drawn on the county treasurer and paid by the county treasurer from the ordinary county fund of the county and signed by all members of the commission for such county. A majority of each commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of other business.
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In this chapter (19 sections)
- 12-59-10 · Creation and membership of county forfeited land commissions
- 12-59-20 · Organization of Commission; compensation of secretary; quorum
- 12-59-30 · Repealed
- 12-59-40 · Sale of forfeited lands; method and terms of sale
- 12-59-50 · Sale by former owner of forfeited lands; application to…
- 12-59-60 · Sale by former owner of forfeited land; old tax shall be…
- 12-59-70 · Sale by former owner of forfeited land; commission may…
- 12-59-80 · Commission may assign its bids
- 12-59-85 · Forfeited land commission
- 12-59-90 · Execution of deeds and validation of certain deeds
- 12-59-100 · Deposit of funds from sale of forfeited land commission
- 12-59-110 · Repealed
- 12-59-120 · Commission shall have access to tax records
- 12-59-130 · Municipal forfeited land commissions
- 12-59-140 · Emergency procedures for county forfeited land commission
- 12-59-150 · Certain purchasers prohibited from buying forfeited land
- 12-59-310 · Title of State by forfeiture prior to 1887 renounced
- 12-59-320 · State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall hear petition…
- 12-59-330 · Lien against such formerly forfeited lands