The State of South Carolina is divided into forty-six counties. Each county is a body politic and corporate for the following purposes:

1. (1) To sue and be sued;
2. (2) To purchase and hold, for the use of the county, lands and personalty within the limits thereof;
3. (3) To make all contracts; and
4. (4) To do all acts in relation to the property and concerns of the county necessary thereto.