Every clerk shall have charge of the courthouse within his county, open the same when required for public use and at all other times keep it closed. For every night any courthouse shall be kept open the clerk shall be liable to a penalty of five dollars for the use of the county, to be recovered by indictment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 14-17-210
Clerk shall have charge of courthouse; penalty for keeping courthouse open at night
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Lawson v. Union County Clerk of Court (2016)
Most recently applied in Lawson v. Union County Clerk of Court (July 2016)
1962 Code SECTION 15-1721; 1952 Code SECTION 15-1721; 1942 Code SECTION 3584; 1932 Code SECTIONS 1582, 3584; Civ
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