South Carolina Code 5-21-400. Pledge of credit for payment and tax therefor; sinking fund
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 5-21-400
- 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
For the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds as they respectively mature and for the creation of a sinking fund to aid in the retirement and payment thereof the full faith, credit and taxing power of the municipality shall be irrevocably pledged, and there shall be levied and collected annually upon all taxable property in the municipality an ad valorem tax, without limitation as to rate or amount, sufficient for such purposes.