Official opinions of the Attorney General of South Carolina: annual, 1838–, Columbia, state printer, 1839–. (The office of Attorney General in South
Carolina dates back to colonial times; the Provincial Acts of 1721 refer to its existence. The statehood Constitution of 1776 provided for the
selection of an Attorney General by the General Assembly and Legislative Council. Pimsleur’s Checklists of Basic American Legal Publications accounts for
annual reports from 1838 thru 1994 {with no reports found for 1848, 1850-64, & 1868-70}. The earlier printed reports are to be found incorporated into
the Reports and General Resolutions of the General Assembly, which were printed and bound with the Acts of South Carolina from 1790-1839. From 1839 to
1872 the reports will be found in the Reports and Resolutions of South Carolina (R&RSC). Separate printing of the reports commenced in 1873 {although
they also continued to be printed in the R&RSC from 1873-1876}. Given that history, LLMC is considering 1873 as the proper start of its separate run
for the reports. If earlier reports are located and provided by LLMC, they will be scanned as portions of the two series cited above. Pimsleur also
states that the early reports volumes include both reports and opinions. However, this seems unlikely for the earlier years. The first opinions that LLMC
has been able to locate as part of the annual reports date to the 1899 annual. Therefore, LLMC is tentatively choosing that date as the start of its
run subject to later correction. The fact that in many of the states there were differing patterns of publication for the A.G reports and opinions
makes for a confusing literature. To minimize confusion in its online offerings, LLMC has chosen to group all of the U.S. state attorney generals’ reports
and opinions in two separate series for each state. For the South Carolina A.G. Reports, see the separate Reports series elsewhere on this site.)
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