{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-4-7-50","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 4-7-50","heading":"Appointment of commission.","body":"Whenever a petition is presented to and filed with the Governor for the creation of any new county he shall before ordering any election thereon refer the petition to a commission which he shall appoint, as provided in Section 4-7-60, for investigation by the Commission as to whether the requirements of the Constitution as to area, distance, wealth, population, etc., have been complied with.","path":["Title 4 - COUNTIES","CHAPTER 7 Creation of New Counties and Consolidation of Counties"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t04c007.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:20:39Z","sha256":"2bff788beb52b7779bee48f63a304e95b4f380343c215ed6b93c6a1a1d864e8d","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-4-7-40","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-4-7-60"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}