S.C. Code Ann. § 48-9-520: Content of petition.

Any such petition shall set forth:

(1) The proposed name of the district;

(2) That there is need, in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare, for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory described in the petition;

(3) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a district, which shall not be required to be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions but shall be deemed sufficient if generally accurate; and

(4) Requests

(a) that the department duly define the boundaries for the district,

(b) that a referendum be held within the territory so defined on the question of the creation of a soil and water conservation district in such territory and

(c) that the department determine that such a district be created.