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.
Structure 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.
Section 3-3-20. Certain beacon or lighthouse sites.
Section 3-3-30. Other beacon or lighthouse sites.
Section 3-3-40. Sites in cities of Chester, Anderson, and Greenwood.
Section 3-3-50. Sites in cities of Columbia, Spartanburg, Rock Hill, and Georgetown.
Section 3-3-70. Lot in City of Aiken.
Section 3-3-80. Marshland in Beaufort County for inland navigation.
Section 3-3-90. Other marshland in Beaufort County for inland navigation.
Section 3-3-100. Lands in Beaufort County for naval and military purposes.
Section 3-3-110. Other lands in Beaufort County for military purposes.
Section 3-3-120. Five acres in Charleston for a customhouse.
Section 3-3-130. One hundred feet on Haddrell's Point in Charleston County for erection of beacon.
Section 3-3-140. Fort Mechanic in Charleston County for maintenance of military post.
Section 3-3-160. Fifty feet on South Battery in Charleston for beacon or harbor light.
Section 3-3-170. Lands in Charleston County for naval purposes.
Section 3-3-180. Lands in Charleston County for inland waterway.
Section 3-3-190. Lighthouse on Middle Bay Island in Charleston Harbor.
Section 3-3-200. Land for Charleston jetties.
Section 3-3-210. Lands in Charleston County for migratory bird refuge.
Section 3-3-220. Marshlands adjacent to Castle or Fort Pinckney ceded for sanatorium.
Section 3-3-240. Lands on Sullivan's Island for Fort Moultrie.
Section 3-3-250. Land in Berkeley County.
Section 3-3-260. The National Cemetery in Florence County.
Section 3-3-270. Lot in Florence for erecting public buildings.
Section 3-3-280. Seven acres of land on North Island in Georgetown County.
Section 3-3-290. Lot on South Island in Georgetown County for lighthouse.
Section 3-3-300. Lands in City of Georgetown.
Section 3-3-310. Land for Georgetown jetties.
Section 3-3-320. Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter County.
Section 3-3-330. Lot in City of Sumter for public building.