South Carolina § 5-3-250 - Extension of corporate limits to include cemeteries.
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§ 5-3-250. Extension of corporate limits to include cemeteries.
Any municipality may extend its corporate limits so as to include any or all cemeteries adjoining the municipality, for the purposes only of police and sanitary measures, by the passage of an ordinance declaring them to be a portion of the municipality. But the inclusion of these cemeteries shall not give to the municipality the right to tax them in any manner.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 47-20; 1952 Code SECTION 47-20; 1942 Code SECTION 7232; 1932 Code SECTION 7232; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 4387; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 2993; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 1998; 1896 (22) 82; 1897 (22) 459; 1901 (23) 658; 2000 Act No. 250, SECTION 3.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 5-3-250 ("Extension of corporate limits to include cemeteries.") 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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