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.
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.