South Carolina § 4-3-232 - Dorchester County; additional area of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County.

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§ 4-3-232. Dorchester County; additional area of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County.

The following described portion of Charleston County is hereby transferred and annexed to Dorchester County:

All that area now situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston beginning at a point on the southern right-of-way of S. C. 881 (the point of beginning), thence southeast for a distance of 9,700 feet ± along the right-of-way of S. C. 881 to a point which is on the right-of-way of S. C. 881 and Highway 78 that is better known as Ladson Road, thence southwest along the right-of-way of Ladson Road 8,000 ± to a point which is on the right-of-way of Ladson Road and Highway 1120 that is better known as Jamison Road, thence northwest along the right-of-way of Jamison Road 2,700 feet ± to a point which is on the northern right-of-way of Jamison Road, thence southwest 50 feet ± to a point which is on the southern right-of-way of Jamison Road, thence southwest 180 feet ± to a point, thence southwest 130 feet ± to a point, thence northwest 370 feet ± to a point, thence southwest 800 feet ± to a point which is on the Charleston-Dorchester County line, thence northwest along the Charleston and Dorchester County Line 2,200 feet ± to a point which is on the southern right-of-way of Jamison Road, thence northwest along the Charleston and Dorchester County Line 50 feet ± to a point which is on the northern right-of-way of Jamison Road, thence northwest 600 feet ± along the Charleston-Dorchester County Line to a point, thence southeast 550 feet ± to a point, thence northeast 5,400 feet ± to a point which is the point of the beginning; which area is more specifically shown on that certain PLAT, of a 855.61 ACRE TRACT LOCATED IN CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA BEING CONSIDERED FOR ANNEXATION INTO DORCHESTER COUNTY, S. C. DATE: 4 Aug. '76, Scale 1" -600', W. E. Gilbert & Associates Inc., Engineers, Greenwood, South Carolina, as certified to by W. E. Gilbert, S. C. Reg. L. S. No. 4387, Greenwood, South Carolina, R. K. Leake, S. C. Reg. L. S. No. 2946 and J. B. Hudson, S. C. Reg. L. S. No. 4036, McCormick, South Carolina as boundary commissioners which plat is on file in the offices of the Clerks of Court of Charleston and Dorchester Counties with reference thereto being had for a more full and complete description.

The proper proportion of the existing Charleston County indebtedness of the area so transferred shall be assumed by Dorchester County.

Upon application, the clerk of court, register of deeds, sheriff, and probate judge of Charleston County shall furnish certified copies of any judgment roll, entry on abstract of judgment book, will, record, execution, decree, deed, mortgage, or other papers signed or recorded in the office of such officers, upon payment of proper fees and when such certified copy is filed or recorded in the proper office of Dorchester County, the same shall have the same force and effect in Dorchester County that it had in Charleston County and any record not so transferred shall continue in force and effect and each shall have the same force and effect in Dorchester County as if it had been transferred and made a record in the proper office in Dorchester County.

HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 296.

Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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