The consent of the 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 or near the city of Columbia, Richland County, for a weather bureau for the government;

(2) A site in the city of Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, for a post office and courthouse, described as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of North Church and Walnut Streets in said city and running thence westerly with Walnut Street one hundred forty-one and two tenths feet to a stake; thence S. 29° E. 147 feet to a stake; thence easterly to North Church Street one hundred thirty-nine and six tenths feet; and thence northerly with North Church Street one hundred forty-seven and five tenths feet to the beginning corner, being the lot conveyed to the United States by J. F. and J. B. Cleveland, by deed dated April 24 1903;

(3) A site in the city of Rock Hill, York County, for a post office and courthouse, described as follows: Beginning on the east corner of Caldwell and Main Streets and running along Caldwell Street one hundred and thirty-six feet to corner; thence along the line of the Roach lot one hundred and thirty feet to corner; thence along the line of the lot formerly owned by the estate of Fannie B. Reid to a corner on Main Street one hundred and thirty-five feet; thence to the beginning corner one hundred and thirty feet; bounded by said streets, the Roach lot and lands formerly of the estate of Fannie B. Reid, being the identical lot conveyed to the United States of America by the heirs of the estate of John Roach; and

(4) A site in the city of Georgetown, Georgetown County, for a public building for the purposes of the government, described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being at the corner of King and Front Streets in said city of Georgetown and measuring on King Street one hundred and twenty feet and on Front Street one hundred and thirty feet and bounded by Front Street, King Street and on all other sides by lands formerly owned by the estate of George R. Congdon, deceased, being the same premises conveyed by said George R. Congdon, in his lifetime, to the United States by deed bearing date May 9 1903, and duly recorded in the office of the register of deeds for Georgetown County, in book V, page 317.

Jurisdiction of State ceded; condition. - The right, title and interest of this State to, and its jurisdiction over, said lots or parcels of land were ceded to the United States but the jurisdiction so ceded was on condition that it would not vest until the United States acquired the title to such lands by purchase, condemnation or otherwise and that such jurisdiction should continue so long as such lands remained the property of the United States.

Service of process. - This State shall retain jurisdiction for the execution within such lands of all process, civil or criminal, lawfully issued by the authority of this State and not incompatible with such cession.

Lands exempt from State taxation. - Such lands and all the buildings and structures of every kind which may be erected thereon shall be exempt from all State, county and municipal taxation, assessments or other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of this State so long as they shall remain the property of the United States.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 39-105; 1952 Code Section 39-105; 1942 Code Section 2042; 1932 Code Section 2042; 1904 (24) 470.

Code Commissioner's Note

1997 Act No. 34, Section 1, directed the Code Commissioner to change all references to "Register of Mesne Conveyances" to "Register of Deeds" wherever appearing in the 1976 Code of Laws.