South Carolina § 4-3-220 - Dorchester County; additional area of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County.
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§ 4-3-220. Dorchester County; additional area of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County.
That portion of Charleston County which was the subject of an election held October 29 1968 by the commissioners of election of Charleston County, the results of which election were favorable to the annexation, and the General Assembly having found that all provisions of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, governing the alteration of county lines having been satisfactorily complied with, is hereby transferred to Dorchester County and annexed to that county. The proper proportion of the existing county indebtedness of the area so transferred shall be assumed by the county to which the area is transferred.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 14-68.2; 1969 (56) 54.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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