{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-19-730","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 49-19-730","heading":"Compensation of district officers and employees and county and court officers.","body":"The board of supervisors, except when otherwise provided, shall by resolution at the time of hiring or appointing provide for the compensation for work done and necessary expense incurred by any officer, engineer, attorney or other employee and shall also pay the fees, per diem and necessary expenses of all court and county officers who may by virtue of this chapter render service to the district. The ordinary fee statute shall not apply to services rendered under this chapter by any county officer but each such officer shall receive only a reasonable compensation for services actually rendered, which shall be fixed by the court in which the proceeding is pending, except when otherwise provided in this chapter. The drainage district or petitioners for such corporations may prepare, write or print all copies of petitions, writs, orders and decrees or other papers and furnish them to the clerk or other officer for his use and in such event the officer shall be entitled to receive as compensation for issuing such writs and copies of petitions, decrees, orders or other papers only the reasonable value of the services actually rendered.","path":["Title 49 - WATERS, WATER RESOURCES AND DRAINAGE","CHAPTER 19 Drainage Districts Under 1920 Act","ARTICLE 5 Board of Supervisors; Officers and Employees"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t49c019.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:46:14Z","sha256":"5bfcd9c34e889b26574fe0cf030a4d2bcf1b19dd93b1c186098e2e53ed6150d7","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-19-720","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-49-19-910"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}