S.C. Code Ann. § 59-119-320: Board of trustees shall be governing body; recorder.

The board of trustees of Clemson University and their successors in office shall have perpetual control and direct the affairs of such municipal corporation. The board, by a majority vote, shall recommend a suitable person as recorder, who shall be commissioned by the Governor, shall have the same jurisdiction within the territory described in Section 59-119-310 as a magistrate and may carry out and enforce all ordinances of the board of trustees of Clemson University and punish violations thereof by fine or imprisonment within the jurisdiction hereinabove defined. Said board of trustees shall make such rules for the maintenance of order and provide such punishments, within the jurisdiction above defined, by fine or imprisonment, as will keep the territory within their jurisdiction free from nuisances and enforce the police regulations of the State.