The Governor and Secretary of State may issue to the United States of America a grant or grants within such limits as above specified of a perpetual right and easement to enter upon, excavate, cut away and remove any and all of the land raised above water as mentioned in Section 3-5-20, including submerged land, composing a part of the prism required for the channels, anchorage areas and turning basin, their slopes and berms, as may be required at any time for the construction and maintenance of said intracoastal waterway from Winyah Bay, South Carolina, to the State boundary line in the Savannah River and any changes, modifications or extensions thereto and any tributaries thereof and for the Ashley River and Shipyard River projects and to maintain the portions so excavated and the channels, anchorage areas and turning basin thereby created as a part of the navigable waters of the United States and a further perpetual right and easement to enter upon, occupy and use any portion of such land, including submerged land, composing a part of the spoil disposal areas not so cut away and converted into public navigable waters, as aforesaid, for the deposit of dredged material and for such other purposes as may be needful in the construction, maintenance and improvement of such intracoastal waterway and any changes, modifications or extensions thereto and any tributaries thereof and the Ashley River and Shipyard River projects, the grant or grants to issue upon a certificate furnished to the Governor by some authorized official of the United States as provided in Section 3-5-10.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-253; 1952 Code Section 70-253; 1942 Code Section 6031; 1934 (38) 1314; 1935 (39) 120; 1938 (40) 1902.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 3 - U.S. Government, Agreements and Relations With
Chapter 5 - Grants Of Perpetual Rights And Easements To United States For Development Of Waterways
Section 3-5-20. Right of United States to use previously submerged lands raised by projects.
Section 3-5-40. Acquisition of land needed from private persons or public service companies.
Section 3-5-80. Surveys for purpose of determining property uses.
Section 3-5-90. State shall retain jurisdiction over property granted.
Section 3-5-100. Areas leased for cultivation and gathering of oysters; rights of lessees.
Section 3-5-110. Damages to oysters and oyster beds beyond area of waterway.
Section 3-5-120. Survey and determination of damage to oyster beds or oysters.
Section 3-5-130. Coastal Division to make determination of actual damages.
Section 3-5-140. Review of and appeal of damage determinations; recording final award.
Section 3-5-150. Cost of survey to be repaid.
Section 3-5-160. Accounting for moneys recovered.
Section 3-5-170. Removal of cultivated oysters which might be damaged to different leased area.
Section 3-5-180. Remedies with respect to oysters beyond limits of acquired areas exclusive.
Section 3-5-190. Compensation for damage to oysters precludes further claims for damage.
Section 3-5-310. Right of way from Little River to Winyah Bay.
Section 3-5-320. Acquisition of lands from private persons or public service companies.
Section 3-5-360. Surveys for purpose of determining property uses.