S.C. Code Ann. § 11-5-80: Proceedings against defaulting treasurers.

The Treasurer shall instruct the Attorney General and solicitors to proceed against all such defaulters, as soon as such defaults occur. And he shall enforce all legal means against defaulting county treasurers; in failure whereof, he shall be held to make good any loss which the State may sustain thereby and be, moreover, liable to be deemed guilty of a violation of his official duty.