S.C. Code Ann. § 40-41-20: Issuance and term of license.

Such clerk shall issue licenses to hawkers and peddlers, to be good in his county until the last day of December next after the date of their issue, upon receiving from the applicant such fee therefor as the governing body of the county shall establish as the license fee for hawkers and peddlers in such county. Each license shall specify the sum paid therefor and the privileges granted thereby.