The number of magistrates in the counties below fifteen thousand in population may be increased by one part-time additional magistrate if the number allowed under Chapter 8 of Title 22 is less by .25 than the number presently serving in office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 22-2-210
Increase in number of magistrates under certain conditions
1988 Act No. 678, Part I, SECTION 10.
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