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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 79 - State Agency Deficit Prevention And Recognition › Section 2-79-40. Recognition of deficit.

(A) Upon notification from the Executive Budget Office as provided in Section 2-79-30 that an agency will run a deficit and requesting that it be recognized, the General Assembly, by joint resolution, may make a finding that the cause of, or likelihood of, a deficit is unavoidable due to factors which are outside the control of the state agency, department, or institution, and recognize the deficit. Any legislation to recognize a deficit must be in a separate joint resolution enacted for the sole purpose of recognizing the deficit of a particular state agency, department, or institution. A deficit only may be recognized by an affirmative vote of each branch of the General Assembly.
(B) If the General Assembly recognizes the deficit, then the actual deficit at the close of the fiscal year must be reduced as necessary from surplus revenues or surplus funds available at the close of the fiscal year in which the deficit occurs and from funds available in the General Reserve Fund and the Capital Reserve Fund, as required by the Constitution of this State.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VI, Section 10.A, eff July 1, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 79 - State Agency Deficit Prevention And Recognition › Section 2-79-50. Limitations on agency spending when deficit recognized.

Once a deficit has been recognized by the General Assembly, the state agency, department, or institution shall limit travel and conference attendance to that which is deemed essential by the director of the agency, department, or institution. In addition, the General Assembly, when recognizing a deficit may direct that any pay increases and purchases of equipment and vehicles must be approved by the Executive Budget Office.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VI, Section 10.A, eff July 1, 2015.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Lands By United States Generally › Section 3-1-10. Jurisdiction ceded.

The jurisdiction of the State is hereby ceded to the United States over so much land as is necessary for the public purposes of the United States; provided, that the jurisdiction hereby ceded shall not vest until the United States shall have acquired the title to the lands by grant or deed from the owner thereof and the evidences thereof shall have been recorded in the office where, by law, the title to such land is recorded. The United States is to retain such jurisdiction so long as such lands shall be used for the purposes aforementioned and no longer.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-81; 1952 Code Section 39-81; 1942 Code Section 2048; 1932 Code Section 2048; Civ. C. '22 Section 10; Civ. C. '12 Section 10; Civ. C. '02 Section 9; G. S. 9; R. S. 9; 1871 (14) 535.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Lands By United States Generally › Section 3-1-20. Retention of concurrent jurisdiction for service of civil and criminal process.

Such jurisdiction is granted upon the express condition that the State shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over such lands, so far as that civil process in all cases not affecting the real or personal property of the United States and such criminal or other process as shall issue under the authority of the State against any person charged with crimes or misdemeanors committed within or without the limit of such lands may be executed therein in the same way and manner as if no jurisdiction had been hereby ceded.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-82; 1952 Code Section 39-82; 1942 Code Section 2048; 1932 Code Section 2048; Civ. C. '22 Section 10; Civ. C. '12 Section 10; Civ. C. '02 Section 9; G. S. 9; R. S. 9; 1871 (14) 535.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Lands By United States Generally › Section 3-1-30. Exemption from taxation.

All lands and tenements which may be granted to the United States pursuant to the provisions of Section 3-1-10 shall be and continue, so long as the same shall be used for the purposes in said section mentioned, exonerated and discharged from all taxes, assessments and other charges which may be imposed under the authority of the State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-83; 1952 Code Section 39-83; 1942 Code Section 2049; 1932 Code Section 2049; Civ. C. '22 Section 11; Civ. C. '12 Section 11; Civ. C. '02 Section 10; G. S. 10; R. S. 10; 1871 (15) 536.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Lands By United States Generally › Section 3-1-40. Property on military base used for military housing exempt from property tax.

There is exempt from ad valorem taxation any real property, and improvements thereon, located within a military base or installation that is used or owned by the United States Armed Forces and is used as military housing for military-affiliated personnel and their families. Military housing includes ancillary facilities that support the military housing. This exemption continues to apply if the real property is improved, maintained, or leased to a party that would otherwise subject the real property to tax, so long as there is a contractual agreement by and between a branch of the United States Armed Forces and the lessee which requires the lessee to use the property for military housing.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 289 (S.825), Pt II, Section 2.A, eff June 23, 2014.
Editor's Note
2014 Act No. 289, Section 2.B, provides as follows:
"B. This section takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies for property tax years beginning after 2013."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Lands By United States Generally › Section 3-1-110. General consent of State given to acquisition of lands by United States.

The consent of this State is hereby given, in accordance with the seventeenth clause, eighth section, of the first article of the Constitution of the United States, to the acquisition by the United States by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise of any land in this State required for sites for customhouses, courthouses, post offices, arsenals or other public buildings whatever or any other purposes of the government.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-51; 1952 Code Section 39-51; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1908 (25) 1127.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Lands By United States Generally › Section 3-1-120. Jurisdiction over lands acquired by United States; service of process.

(A) Exclusive jurisdiction in and over any land so acquired by the United States pursuant to the consent given by Section 3-1-110 shall be, and the same is hereby, ceded to the United States for all purposes except the service upon such sites of all civil and criminal process of the courts of this State. The jurisdiction so ceded shall continue no longer than the United States shall own such lands.
(B) The United States may accept exclusive jurisdiction or concurrent jurisdiction in and over any federal correction facility so acquired by the United States pursuant to the consent given by Section 3-1-110 which shall be, and the same is hereby, ceded to the United States for all purposes except the service upon such sites of all civil and criminal process of the courts of this State. The jurisdiction so ceded shall continue no longer than the United States shall own such federal correction facilities.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-52; 1952 Code Section 39-52; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1908 (25) 1127; 1994 Act No. 460, Section 1, eff June 16, 1994.
Effect of Amendment
The 1994 amendment designated the first paragraph, which formerly constituted the entirety of the section, as subsection (A), and added subsection (B).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Lands By United States Generally › Section 3-1-130. Acquisition by United States of title to lands as prerequisite to vesting of jurisdiction ceded by State.

The jurisdiction ceded in any case pursuant to Section 3-1-120 shall not vest until the United States shall have acquired the title to any such lands by purchase, condemnation or otherwise.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-53; 1952 Code Section 39-53; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1908 (25) 1127.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Lands By United States Generally › Section 3-1-140. Exemption from taxation.

So long as any land acquired by the United States pursuant to the consent given by Section 3-1-110 shall remain the property of the United States, and no longer, such lands shall be and continue exempt and exonerated from all State, county and municipal taxation, assessments or other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of this State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-54; 1952 Code Section 39-54; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1908 (25) 1127.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Lands By United States Generally › Section 3-1-150. Acceptance of relinquishment of United States jurisdiction by Fiscal Accountability Authority.

Whenever a duly authorized official or agent of the United States, acting pursuant to authority conferred by the Congress, notifies the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or any other State official, department or agency, that the United States desires or is willing to relinquish to the State the jurisdiction, or a portion thereof, held by the United States over the lands designated in such notice, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority may, in its discretion, accept such relinquishment. Such acceptance may be made by sending a notice of acceptance to the official or agent designated by the United States to receive such notice of acceptance. The State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall send a signed copy of the notice of acceptance, together with the notice of relinquishment received from the United States, to the Secretary of State, who shall maintain a permanent file of the notices.
Upon the sending of the notice of acceptance to the designated official or agent of the United States, the State shall immediately have such jurisdiction over the lands designated in the notice of relinquishment as the notice shall specify.
The provisions of this section shall apply to the relinquishment of jurisdiction acquired by the United States under the provisions of Sections 3-1-110 and 3-1-120.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-141; 1974 (58) 2673.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Lands By United States Generally › Section 3-1-310. Power of Governor to convey or cede tracts.

Whenever the United States desires to acquire title to land belonging to the State and covered by the navigable waters of the United States, within the limits thereof, for the site of a lighthouse, beacon or other aid to navigation and application is made by a duly authorized agent of the United States, describing the site required for one of the purposes aforesaid, the Governor may convey the title to the United States and cede to the United States jurisdiction over such land; provided, that no single tract so conveyed shall contain more than ten acres.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-71; 1952 Code Section 39-71; 1942 Code Section 2047; 1932 Code Section 2047; Civ. C. '22 Section 9; Civ. C. '12 Section 9; Civ. C. '02 Section 8; G. S. 8; R. S. 8; 1874 (15) 790.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Lands By United States Generally › Section 3-1-320. Retention of concurrent jurisdiction for service of civil and criminal process.

The State shall retain concurrent jurisdiction so far that all process, civil or criminal, issuing under the authority of the State, may be executed by the proper officers thereof upon any person amenable to such process within the limits of land so ceded in like manner and to like effect as if this article had never been enacted.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-72; 1952 Code Section 39-72; 1942 Code Section 2047; 1932 Code Section 2047; Civ. C. '22 Section 9; Civ. C. '12 Section 9; Civ. C. '02 Section 8; G. S. 8; R. S. 8; 1874 (15) 790.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Lands By United States Generally › Section 3-1-410. Consent of State given to acquisition.

The consent of the State is hereby given to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, gift or condemnation according to law, of such forest lands or such other property as it may acquire by purchase, deed or otherwise in this State as, in the opinion of the Federal Government, may be needed for the establishment of a national forest service in that region; provided, that unless the consent of the owner of such land is had and obtained, nothing herein contained shall be construed as giving the right to condemn any building, dwelling house or cultivated or pasture land.
But all such national forest land acquisitions shall be confined to (a) the acquisition area boundaries of the existing national forests in this State as such area existed on February 20, 1948, and (b) land unsuited or little suited to agriculture, in so far as practical.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-91; 1952 Code Section 39-91; 1942 Code Section 2050; 1932 Code Section 2050; Civ. C. '22 Section 12; Civ. C. '12 Section 12; Civ. C. '02 Section 11; 1901 (23) 609; 1914 (29) 1; 1915 (29) 63; 1948 (45) 1641.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Lands By United States Generally › Section 3-1-420. Power of United States over acquired lands.

The United States may adopt such laws and make or provide for the making of such rules and regulations of both civil and criminal nature, and provide punishment for violation thereof, as, in its judgment, may be necessary for the management, control and protection of such lands as may be from time to time acquired by the United States under the provisions of Section 3-1-410.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-92; 1952 Code Section 39-92; 1942 Code Section 2050; 1932 Code Section 2050; Civ. C. '22 Section 12; Civ. C. '12 Section 12; Civ. C. '02 Section 11; 1901 (23) 609; Ex. Sess. 1914 (29) 1; 1915 (29) 63.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Lands By United States Generally › Section 3-1-430. Retention of concurrent jurisdiction for service of civil and criminal process.

The State shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over such land so far that civil process in all cases and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the State against any person charged with the commission of any crime without or within such jurisdiction may be executed thereon in like manner as if this article had not been passed.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-93; 1952 Code Section 39-93; 1942 Code Section 2050; 1932 Code Section 2050; Civ. C. '22 Section 12; Civ. C. '12 Section 12; Civ. C. '02 Section 11; 1901 (23) 609; Ex. Sess. 1914 (29) 1; 1915 (29) 63.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Lands By United States Generally › Section 3-1-440. National Forest Land Board.

The South Carolina National Forest Land Board is hereby created to consist of the Governor, the chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture, the chairman of the House committee on agriculture, the director of the South Carolina State extension service at Clemson University and the State Forester.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-94; 1952 Code Section 39-94; 1948 (45) 1641.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 1 - Consent To Acquisition Of Lands By United States Generally › Section 3-1-450. Consent of board to extension of national forests.

There shall be no further expansion of the national forest acquisition boundaries in this State except with the consent of the South Carolina National Forest Land Board.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-95; 1952 Code Section 39-95; 1948 (45) 1641.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-10. Places ceded to the United States remain subject to concurrent jurisdiction.

In respect to the places within the boundaries of this State ceded by the State to the United States, the jurisdiction of this State is concurrent with that of the United States, according to the terms of cession in each case respectively.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-101; 1952 Code Section 39-101; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1790 (5) 148.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-20. Certain beacon or lighthouse sites.

There has been ceded to the United States:
(1) A site on Morris' Island in Charleston County for a beacon or lighthouse;
(2) A site on Thomas' Island, for a beacon or lighthouse;
(3) Sites for three beacons to be placed on or near North and South Island points in the vicinity of Georgetown in Georgetown County;
(4) A site on Cape Island in Charleston County on some point in the immediate vicinity of the lighthouse in existence there in the year 1853 on Cape Romain for a lighthouse; and
(5) A site on the east battery, in the city of Charleston, for a beacon or harbor light.
None of the sites so ceded, as described in this section, exceed ten acres in any one case, nor may such sites be used for any other purpose than the purposes specified. Nothing in such cession shall exclude or prevent process, civil or criminal, issuing from the courts of this State from being served or executed within the limits of such cessions.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-102; 1952 Code Section 39-102; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1853 (12) 295.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-30. Other beacon or lighthouse sites.

There has been ceded to the United States:
(1) A site for a beacon to range with Charleston lighthouse and a site for a day beacon for St. Helena Sound in Beaufort County;
(2) Two sites for two beacons, to serve as a range for Calibogue Sound in Beaufort County;
(3) A site for a lighthouse and beacon light on the mainland at North Edisto in Charleston County;
(4) A site for a lighthouse and beacon light on the north point of Hunting Island in Beaufort County; and
(5) A site for a lighthouse and beacon light on or near Hilton Head in Beaufort County.
None of the sites so ceded, as described in this section, exceed fifty acres in any one case and such sites shall be forever exempt from any taxes to be paid to this State. The same restrictions are attached thereto as are attached to the cession of a lot on South Island as set forth in Section 3-3-290. The cession of said sites shall not be construed to authorize their use for any other purpose than the purposes specified, nor to exclude or prevent any process, civil or criminal, issuing from the courts of this State from being served or executed within the limits thereof.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-103; 1952 Code Section 39-103; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1854 (12) 315, 316; 1856 (12) 592.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-40. Sites in cities of Chester, Anderson, and Greenwood.

The consent of this State has been given, in accordance with the 17th clause of the 8th section of article I of the Constitution of the United States, to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, of the several lots or parcels of land in this State hereinafter mentioned or described to wit:
(1) A site in the city of Chester for a post-office or courthouse building, described as follows: Beginning at the north corner of the intersection of Main and Wylie Streets, thence N. 46° 00' W. 130 feet along Wylie Street to west corner, thence N. 44° 15' E. 120 feet to north corner, thence S. 46° 00' E. 127 feet and 5 inches to east corner, thence N. 44° 40' W. 120 feet to the beginning corner, being the south corner of said lot, bounded by said Main and Wylie Streets and the lands formerly owned by John J. Hemphill and G. Brown White;
(2) A site in the city of Anderson for a post-office building, at the northwest corner of North Main and Federal Street beginning at the intersection of said streets and running along Federal Street S. 79° W. 135 feet to corner on Federal Street, thence N. 11° W. 150 feet to corner, thence N. 79° E. 135 feet to corner on Main Street, thence S. 11° E. 150 feet along Main Street to the beginning corner; and
(3) A site in the city of Greenwood for a post-office building, described as follows: That certain lot or parcel of land situate on the northwestern corner of Main and Oregon Streets, of the city of Greenwood, Greenwood County, containing thirty-five one-hundredths of an acre and bounded north one hundred and twenty feet by a lot formerly owned by Mrs. C. T. Bailey; east one hundred and thirty feet by Main Street; south one hundred and twenty feet by Oregon Street; and west one hundred and thirty feet by a lot formerly owned by Mrs. C. T. Bailey.
Title ceded. The right, title and interest of this State to, and its jurisdiction over, said lots or parcels of land were ceded to the United States of America on condition that the jurisdiction so ceded would not vest until the United States acquired the title to said lands, by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, and would continue so long as the lands remained the property of the United States.
Service of process. This State shall retain jurisdiction for the execution within said lands of all process, civil or criminal, lawfully issued by the authority of this State and not incompatible with such cession.
Exemption from taxation. Said lands and all the buildings and structures of every kind which may be erected thereon shall be exempt from all State, county and municipal taxation, assessments or other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of this State so long as they shall remain the property of the United States.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-104; 1952 Code Section 39-104; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1907 (25) 634.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-60. One acre on Otter Island in Colleton County; one acre on Station Creek in Beaufort County; one acre on Bob's Island in Beaufort County.

One acre of land on Otter Island in Colleton County has been ceded to the United States for a lighthouse, one acre of land on the north side of Station Creek, near St. Helena Island, in Beaufort County has been ceded to the United States for the erection of a beacon light and one acre of land on Bob's Island, at the entrance of Scull Creek, in Beaufort County has been ceded to the United States for the erection of a beacon light. But said lands and every person or officer residing or employed thereon, whether in the service of the United States or not, shall be subject and liable to the government of this State and the jurisdiction, laws and authority thereof in the same manner as if the cession had never been made and the United States shall exercise no more authority or power within the limits of such lands than it might have done previously to the cession thereof or than may be necessary for the building, erection, repairing or internal government of the lighthouse and the regulation and management of the lighthouse and the beacon lights that may be built and erected on such lands and of the officers and persons by them to be employed in and about the same.
Such lands shall be forever exempt from any taxes to be paid to this State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-106; 1952 Code Section 39-106; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1837 (6) 569.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-70. Lot in City of Aiken.

The right, title and interest of the State to, and the jurisdiction of this State over, the following described lot or parcel of land has been granted and ceded to the United States for the erection of a public building, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in the city of Aiken, in Aiken County, beginning at the southwest corner of Park Avenue and Laurens Street, running thence southerly with the west line of Laurens Street one hundred and forty feet; thence westerly at right angles with Laurens Street one hundred and twenty feet; thence northerly, parallel with Laurens Street, one hundred feet, more or less; thence easterly with Park Avenue one hundred and twenty feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
Jurisdiction and service of process. Exclusive jurisdiction in and over said lot or parcel of land, when acquired by the United States, was ceded to the United States for the purposes mentioned except the service upon such sites of all civil and criminal processes of the courts of this State; but the jurisdiction so ceded shall continue no longer than the United States shall own such piece of land.
Condition of cession; exemption from taxes. Such jurisdiction was so ceded on condition that it would not vest until the United States acquired the title to such land by purchase from its owner. So long as the lot or parcel of land shall remain the property of the United States when so acquired and no longer it shall be and continue exempt and exonerated from all State, county and municipal taxation, assessments or other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of this State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-107; 1952 Code Section 39-107; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1907 (25) 638.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-80. Marshland in Beaufort County for inland navigation.

There has been granted to the United States a strip of marshland not exceeding seven hundred feet in width, lying and being in Beaufort County between the tidal streams known as Ramshorn Creek and Cooper River, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point "A" near the north bank of Ramshorn Creek, said point being a permanent triangulation station the location of which is recorded in the United States engineer office, Savannah, Ga.; thence 800 feet N. 47° 00' E. (true) to a point "B" near the south bank of Cooper River, said point being a permanent triangulation station; thence N. 47° 00' E. (true) to a point "C," said point being at the low-water line in Cooper River; thence following the low-water line in Cooper River to a point "D"; thence approximately 2300 feet S. 47° 00' W. (true) to a point "E," said point being a permanent triangulation station (the line from point "D" to point "E" being parallel 700 feet from the line between point "A" and point "B"); thence approximately 385 feet west at a point "F," said point being at the low-water line in Ramshorn Creek; thence following the low-water line in Ramshorn Creek to a point "G"; thence N. 47° 00' E. to the point of beginning. Said grant was made in order to facilitate the improvement of inland navigation and the United States may dredge, cut, fill in, occupy and use said strip of marshland in any way that may be necessary to execute any project for said improvement which the Department of Defense or Congress, may adopt and for no other purpose.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-108; 1952 Code Section 39-108; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1925 (34) 96.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-90. Other marshland in Beaufort County for inland navigation.

There has been granted to the United States a strip of marshland not exceeding one thousand feet in width, lying in and along a tidal stream known as Archer's Creek, on either side thereof, and extending throughout the entire length of said creek, the exact limits having been determined by the Secretary of War. This grant was made in order to facilitate the improvement of said creek for the purposes of navigation and the United States may dredge, fill in, occupy and use said strip of land in any way that may be necessary to execute any project for such improvement which Congress has adopted since February 21, 1912, or may hereafter adopt and for no other purpose.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-109; 1952 Code Section 39-109; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1912 (27) 653.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-100. Lands in Beaufort County for naval and military purposes.

The right, title and interest of the State in and to, and the jurisdiction of the State over, the following described lands situated in Beaufort County has been granted and ceded to the United States for naval and military purposes, to wit: All the area between high and low-water marks immediately adjacent to and surrounding Parris Island and all islands immediately contiguous to Parris Island and now owned by the United States.
Reversion. When the use thereof by the United States for naval and military purposes is terminated or is deemed no longer necessary the title to such lands shall revert to the State.
Criminal jurisdiction and service of process. There was reserved to the State a concurrent jurisdiction of criminal cases cognizable under the laws of the State and for the execution upon or within said area of all process, civil and criminal, lawfully issued by the courts of the State and not incompatible with such cession.
Compensation of individuals. Such grant was made upon condition that it would not be effectual as to any portion of the premises embraced in the foregoing description, in or to which any person had then any right, title, leasehold or interest or upon which any person then owned or had buildings, structures or improvements, until the United States compensated such person for such right, title, leasehold or interest and for such buildings, structures and improvements and acquired the right, title, leasehold or interest of such person thereto or therein.
Determination of such compensation. In case of the failure of the United States and any person interested as aforesaid or owner as aforesaid to agree upon proper compensation to be paid, as above provided, the United States may have such compensation determined by the verdict of a jury, upon application by petition to the court of common pleas of Beaufort County. Said court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of such petition which shall be served as by law a summons in a civil action in said court is required to be served. Any such cause shall be heard, without delay, at a term of court and under the direction of the presiding judge thereof and such determination shall be final and without appeal. Upon the amount so found being paid, with all costs of the proceeding, if any, the right, title and interest of such person or owner thereto and therein shall vest in the United States.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-110; 1952 Code Section 39-110; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1941 (42) 192.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-110. Other lands in Beaufort County for military purposes.

The following described lands situated in Beaufort County have been granted and ceded to the United States for military purposes in providing for a road to and from the United States training station, to wit: A strip of land two hundred feet wide, starting at a point on the north bank of Archer's Creek, N. 64° 29' W. 6563 feet from monument numbered 31 at the marine barracks, Parris Island, South Carolina, thence N. 13° 40' W. 4605 feet to a point at the mean high-water line near Jericho Point; thence N. 87° 39' E. 204 feet to a point also at the mean high-water line near Jericho Point; thence S. 13° 40' E. 4565 feet to a point on the north bank of Archer's Creek; thence S. 76° 20' W. 200 feet to the point of beginning. The conveyance of the tract of land herein described to the United States was made upon the express condition and limitation that said property shall be used only for military purposes and when it shall cease to be actually used for military purposes, the title and right of possession shall immediately revert to this State without notice, demand or action brought.
The grant was also made upon condition that it would not be effectual as to any portion of the premises embraced in the foregoing description in or to which any person had any right, title or interest or upon which any person owned or had buildings, structures or improvements until the United States compensated such person for such right, title and interest and for such buildings, structures and improvements and acquired the right, title and interest of such person thereto or therein. In case of the failure of the United States and any person interested as aforesaid or owner as aforesaid to agree upon proper compensation to be paid as above provided the United States may have such compensation determined by the verdict of a jury upon application by petition to the court of common pleas of Beaufort County. Such court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of such petition which shall be served as by law a summons in a civil action in said court is to be served. Such cause shall be heard without delay, at a term of court, and under the direction of the presiding judge thereof and such determination shall be final and without appeal. And upon the amount so found being paid, with all costs of the proceedings, if any, the right, title and interest of such person or owner thereto and therein shall vest in the United States.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-111; 1952 Code Section 39-111; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1929 (36) 722.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-120. Five acres in Charleston for a customhouse.

A lot, not to exceed five acres, in the City of Charleston has been ceded to the United States for the erection of a customhouse. Such lot and the buildings erected thereon shall be exempt from any tax to be paid to this State. But all process, civil or criminal, issued under the authority of this State or any officer thereof shall and may be served and executed on any part of such land and on any person there being and implicated in matters of law.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-112; 1952 Code Section 39-112; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1848 (11) 514.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-130. One hundred feet on Haddrell's Point in Charleston County for erection of beacon.

One hundred feet square of land on Haddrell's Point in Charleston County, conveyed by Mrs. Rebecca Bee Barksdale for the use of the United States, has been ceded to the United States for the purpose of erecting a beacon thereon. But nothing contained in such cession shall be construed to exclude or prevent any process, civil or criminal, issuing from the courts of this State from being served or executed within the limits of such cession.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-113; 1952 Code Section 39-113; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1823 (6) 220.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-140. Fort Mechanic in Charleston County for maintenance of military post.

The lots or tracts of land whereon Fort Mechanic is erected and such other lots and parcels of land as may be considered necessary to that establishment have been ceded to the United States for all purposes necessary to the maintenance of a military post. But nothing in such cession shall be construed to prevent any process, civil or criminal, issuing from any of the courts of this State or any other competent authority from being served or executed within the limits of such lots or tracts of land nor to impair the rights and privileges vested in the city council of Charleston, under their charter of incorporation. But said city council may relinquish its right or jurisdiction in and over the land aforesaid.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-114; 1952 Code Section 39-114; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1813 (5) 696.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-150. "Charleston Club House," on Meeting Street in Charleston for courthouse or other purpose.

A lot of land for a courthouse and office connected therewith for the use of the United States courts or for any other purposes to which the government of the United States may think proper to apply it has been ceded to the United States described as follows, viz.: All that lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings thereon, known as the "Charleston Club House," situate, lying and being on the west side of Meeting Street, in the city of Charleston, measuring and continuing in front, on Meeting Street, fifty-eight feet, more or less, by about two hundred and thirty-six feet in depth, more or less; bounding, north, on lands formerly of Wm. P. Greeland; to the east, on Meeting Street; to the south, on lands formerly of M. C. Mordecai; and to the west, on lands of the French Protestant Church. But all process, civil or criminal, issued under the authority of this State or any officer thereof may be served and executed on any part of said premises and on any person there being and implicated in any matter of law. Said lot of land and all the buildings and structures of every kind erected thereon shall be absolutely and forever exempt from all taxes of the county of Charleston, the corporation of the city of Charleston and this State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-115; 1952 Code Section 39-115; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1870 (14) 213.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-160. Fifty feet on South Battery in Charleston for beacon or harbor light.

A site, restricted to fifty feet square, on South Battery in the City of Charleston has been ceded to the United States for a beacon or harbor light. Such site shall be forever exempt from any taxes to be paid to this State and shall be subject to the same restriction as was attached to the cession of a lot on South Island as set forth in Section 3-3-290.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-116; 1952 Code Section 39-116; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1854 (12) 315.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-190. Lighthouse on Middle Bay Island in Charleston Harbor.

The lighthouse on Middle Bay Island, within the bar of Charleston Harbor, has been ceded to the United States and is bounded to the north by a small inlet passing between said island and Morris Island; to the south, by an inlet called Folly Inlet; to the east, by the Atlantic Ocean; and to the west, by a sound or creek passing between the said Middle Bay Island and the other island aforesaid; together with the lands and tenements thereunto belonging and together with the jurisdiction of said island as far as such jurisdiction shall be incident and essential for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards and other needful buildings, the appointment of officers and the general regulation of the lighthouse, forts, magazines, arsenals and dockyards, in fee simple in as full, ample and effectual manner as the premises could be granted, aliened, transferred, conveyed and confirmed by any deed or devise in due form of law. But said island was so ceded upon the special proviso and condition, nevertheless, that the United States shall sufficiently support, maintain, keep in good repair and rebuild, when necessary, the lighthouse, from time to time and at all times hereafter and shall also erect, or cause to be erected, proper leading marks to and for, or as appending to, the lighthouse and cause buoys to be stationed in fit places for further and better facilitating and securing the navigation and that all expenses which shall accrue in, for and about the lighthouse or the leading marks and buoys above mentioned shall be defrayed out of the treasury of the United States.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-119; 1952 Code Section 39-119; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1790 (5) 148.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-200. Land for Charleston jetties.

So much land of the State, not exceeding one hundred and fifty acres, as may be needed for the permanent construction of the shore end of the jetties in Charleston Harbor lying on and next adjacent to Morris' Island and the creeks and marshes contiguous thereto has been granted to the United States for the purpose of the erection and construction of the shore end of such jetties. But nothing contained in such grant shall be construed to impair or affect the rights of any owner or of any private individuals claiming such lands or any part thereof.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-120; 1952 Code Section 39-120; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1899 (23) 290.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-220. Marshlands adjacent to Castle or Fort Pinckney ceded for sanatorium.

Certain marshlands next adjacent to Castle or Fort Pinckney, not previously ceded to the United States, and consisting of fifty acres of marshlands, more or less, were granted to the United States in 1898 for the purpose of erecting, constructing and maintaining a home or sanatorium for disabled officers, soldiers and sailors of the Army and Navy of the United States.
Land tax exempt. - Such lands shall so long as they shall be used for the purpose aforesaid be exonerated and discharged from all taxes, assessments and other charges which may be imposed under the authority of this State.
Plat to be made and filed. - The proper officers of the United States in charge of such institution were required to cause to be executed a plat of the lands which were acquired for such purpose and file it in the office of the Secretary of State of this State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-122; 1952 Code Section 39-122; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1898 (22) 962.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-230. Fortification sites on Sullivan's Island, James Island and Shutes Folly Island in Charleston County.

The lands, forts, fortifications and sites for the erection of forts on Sullivan's Island, James Island and Shutes Folly Island in Charleston County, as delineated in a plan of survey made by Robert Q. Pinckney on November 17 1846, under the direction of commissioners appointed under a resolution of 1845, have been ceded to the United States. Such lands, sites, forts and fortifications so ceded shall be exempt from any tax to be paid to this State. But all process, civil or criminal, issued under the authority of this State or any officer thereof shall and may be served and executed on any part of the lands, sites, forts and fortifications so ceded and on any person there being and implicated in matters of law. And nothing in such cession contained shall be construed to interfere with the rights and property of the citizens or so as to affect any of the streets, thoroughfares or public landings on said islands.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-123; 1952 Code Section 39-123; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1846 (11) 366; 1848 (11) 514.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-250. Land in Berkeley County.

The jurisdiction and control of this State has been granted and ceded to the United States in and over the parcel or tract of land and land covered with water hereinafter described, to wit: All that piece, parcel or tract of marshland, containing nine hundred and thirty-seven acres, more or less, situate, lying and being in the parish of St. Thomas in Berkeley County on the east side of Cooper River, according to a survey made by J. H. Dingle, surveyor, being bounded on the south and west by the Cooper River, on the east by Clouter's Creek and Broad Creek and on the north by a similar tract of marshland formerly the property of Maria D. Winthrop and being the parcel conveyed to the United States by deed of said Maria D. Winthrop dated March 21 1902.
Said grant and cession was and shall remain subject to the provisions set forth in the last two paragraphs of Section 3-3-170.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-124.1; 1952 Code Section 39-124.1; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1907 (25) 548.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With › Chapter 3 - Specific Grants Or Cessions Of Jurisdiction To United States › Section 3-3-260. The National Cemetery in Florence County.

The jurisdiction of the State has been ceded to the United States over certain land situate in Florence County, near the city of Florence, known as the "National Cemetery." The United States shall retain such jurisdiction so long as such lands shall be used as a national cemetery and no longer. Such jurisdiction is granted on the express condition that this State shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over such lands, so far as that civil process in all cases not affecting the real or personal property of the United States and such criminal or other process as shall issue under the authority of this State against any person charged with crime or misdemeanor committed within or without the limits of such lands may be executed thereon in the same way and manner as if no jurisdiction had been so ceded.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-125; 1952 Code Section 39-125; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1871 (15) 312.