18 chapters · 401 sections in this title.
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-9-10 Publication of notice before creation of artificial lake, pond, or reservoir on cemetery or burial ground
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Any water-power or reservoir company proposing to create an artificial lake, pond or reservoir on land whereon is situated a cemetery or burying ground shall, before the creation of such lake, pond or reservoir, cause to be published once a week for four successive weeks in a new…
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-9-20 Procedure authorized if no requests for disposition of bodies received
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Unless the company shall receive written requests for the disposition of the remains of deceased relatives within the time stated in such notice, the company shall be at liberty to proceed with the creation of its proposed pond, lake or reservoir and to remove, if it deems it adv…
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-9-30 Petition to judge upon disagreement as to disposition of bodies
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In the event that the company and the relatives of persons buried within the pond area of such company shall be unable to agree upon a proper disposition of the bodies, the company may present a petition to the resident or presiding judge of the court of common pleas for the coun…
S.C. Code Ann. § 49-9-40 Rule to show cause
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Upon the presentation of such petition the judge to whom it is presented shall issue a rule to show cause returnable in not less than ten days requiring the persons named in the rule to show cause why the bodies of the deceased persons in question should not be removed to some su…