Section 49-19-2600. Extension of duration of drainage district.

SC Code § 49-19-2600 (2019) (N/A)
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Whenever the board of supervisors of any district organized under this chapter finds that, in order to raise funds (1) to (a) complete the Plan of Reclamation, (b) pay for works already completed, (c) pay bonds outstanding and interest thereon or such interest alone or (d) restore any works or construct new work, or (2) for any other cause, the time for which any such drainage district has been incorporated should be extended, such board shall call a meeting of the landowners of the district in the same manner as is provided for in Section 49-19- 510. The notice shall state the time, place and purpose of such meeting and that if the owners of the majority of acres represented at such meeting vote in favor of such extension of the district's corporate existence a petition will be presented to the court that organized the district asking for such extension of time. Such meeting shall be conducted in the same manner as is provided in Section 49-19-510 for the election of supervisors, except that one member of the board of supervisors shall act as chairman of such meeting and the secretary of the board or his deputy shall act as clerk.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 18-630; 1952 Code Section 18-630; 1942 Code Section 6200; 1932 Code Section 6200; Civ. C. '22 Section 3254; 1920 (31) 663.