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Section l. That whatever it shall
be made to appear to any one of the
Circuit Courts of this State, upon the
application of any authorized agent
OF the United States that the said
United States are desirous of purehas-
ing any tract Of land, the right Of way
thereto. within the limits of this State,
for the erection Of alight house, bea.
conlight, range light, buoy depot. or
other buildings needed for light house
purposes, and the owner or owners Of
said land are unknown, non-residents
or minors, or from any other cause are
ihcnpabIesof making q title to said
lands, or in case the said owners, be-
Ing residents and capable of! convey
ing, shall, from disagreement in price,
or any other cause whatever, refuse
to convey said lands to the United
States, it shall be the duty Of thejudge
of the District Court in which the
lands 80 designated to be purchased
are situated to order notice Of the said
application to be published in some
newspaper nearest to where said lands
lie, aIsoi in one newspaper publishedin
the city Of Columbia, once in each
week, for the space Of Six months;
which notice sh:al contain an accu-.
rate description of thesaid lands, to-
gether. with the names of the, owners,
or supposed o wners, and shall require
all persons Interested in the said
lands to come forward, ,on o day to
lie specified i'm sa,d notice, and file
their injections, if any they should
have, 10 the proposed purchase; md
at the time specified in said notice, 1t
shall be the duty Of the said District
Court to empannel q jury, in the man.
ner now provided by law, TO assess the
value of said lands at their fail mar
ket value. and all damages sustained
by the owner of the lands 90 appro-
priated, by. reason )ot such appropria-
tion, which amount, when so assessed,
together with the entire costs of said
proceedings, shall be- paid into the
county treasury ofsaid county in
which said proceedings are bad and
thereupon the sheriff of the said,
county, upon the production of the
certificate of the treasurer of said
county that the said amount has been
paid, shall execute to the United
States, and deliver to 'theiranthorized
agent, deed of the said lands, reci-
ting the proceeding sin said cause,
which said deed shall convey 10 the
United States good and absolute IL
tie to the said lands against all per-
sons whatever. ~5s''
Section.a2 That all the money so
paid into the county treasury shall ]
there renfain, until 'ordered to be paid
out by a court Of competent jurisdic-
tion. .fl... :.
Section. 8. 1t shall be the duty OF
the Judge directing the money to be
paid to to county treasurer, in accord
ance with theproceedings Of this act,
10 require Of such treasurer a bond in
double the amount Of money ordered
to be paid by Eim, with two or more
sufficient sureties, to be approved by
said Judge. Said bonds shall be pay:
al 10 to the people of the State Of
South Carolina, for the use and bene.
fit of such persons, severally, as are
entitled said money. Said bonds shall
be executed and approved and filed
with the clerk Of said court before e.
ceiving said money. -
Section 4. In alI cases Of publica-
ton of notice under th act, the court
shall require tho same proof as in
case of publication OF notice under
the civil practice act of this State.
Sec. g.. That the jurisdiction of the
State of South Carolina is hereby
ceded to the United States of America
over so much land as may be con.
veyed to the said United States 10 the
foregoing specified manner for light
house purposes Provided, That such
jurisdiction is granted upon the ex.
press condition that the State of South
Carolina shall retain a concurrent ja.
risdictiou with the United States in
and over said lands, so far as that civ.
iii process, in oil cases not affecting the
real or personal property Of the Uni.
ted States, and such criminal or other
process as shall issue, under the au.
thority of the State of South Carroll.
no, against any person or persons
charged with crimes or misdemean-
ors, committed within or without the
limits of the said lands, may be exc
cuted therein, in the same way and
manner as if no jurisdiction had been
hereby ceded. - a.. !.
z Section 6. That all the lands and
tenements which maybe granted as
aforesaid to the United States shall
be and continue, 80 long as the same
shall be'used for the purposes in this
act mentioned, exonerated and dis
charged fro n all taxes and assess.
ments and other charges which may.
be imposed under the authority Of the
State of South Carolina.
Approved January l6, A. D. 1873.
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