South Carolina Code 5-21-270. Action on petition
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Upon the occasion fixed in the notice a meeting of the municipal council shall be held for the purpose of determining the sufficiency of the petition and action thereon shall be taken at such meeting or some adjournment thereof. If the municipal council shall find:
(1) That the petition is signed by a majority of the freeholders of the municipality;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 5-21-270
- municipality: shall mean an incorporated city or town, irrespective of its population;
(2) The term "municipal council" shall mean the governing body of any incorporated city or town;
(3) The term "corporate purpose" shall denote any public purpose, necessary or convenient to the welfare of the municipality and shall include the funding of existing indebtedness, evidenced otherwise than by bonds of the municipality; and
(4) The word "commissioners" shall mean the commissioners of public works or the board of public works or other body established by law and given the power of operating any waterworks system, electric light system, sewage system or other municipal utility. See South Carolina Code 5-21-220
(2) That it seeks the issuance of bonds for corporate purposes of the municipality; and
(3) That it seeks the issuance of bonds in an amount not prohibited by any constitutional limitation;
The municipal council shall order such an election.