S.C. Code Ann. § 12-39-320
The Comptroller General shall, as often as once a year, either in person or by some authorized agent of his office examine all the books, papers and accounts pertaining to the offices of the auditors and the treasurers of the respective counties, with a view to protecting the interests of the State and rendering such officers such aid or instruction as, in the discharge of their several duties, they may need to make their service the more efficient.