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CHAPTER 3 - SPECIFIC GRANTS OR CESSIONS OF JURISDICTION TO UNITED STATES

Title 3 - United States 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.

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.

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.

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

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