South Carolina § 3-3-20 - Certain beacon or lighthouse sites.
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§ 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.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 39-102; 1952 Code SECTION 39-102; 1942 Code SECTION 2042; 1932 Code SECTION 2042; 1853 (12) 295.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 3-3-20 ("Certain beacon or lighthouse sites.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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