S*1315 Session 111 (1995-1996)
S*1315(Rat #0415, Act #0375 of 1996) General Bill, By Drummond, Alexander,
Cork, Matthews, Moore, O'Dell, Ryberg, Setzler, Waldrep and Washington
Similar(H 4859)
A Bill to amend Section 1-1-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating
to the jurisdiction and boundaries of the State, so as to revise the
boundaries of the state in regard to the boundary in the Lower Savannah River
Region.
04/02/96 Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar
without reference SJ-11
04/03/96 Senate Read second time SJ-14
04/03/96 Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next
legislative day SJ-14
04/04/96 Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-25
04/09/96 House Introduced and read first time HJ-26
04/09/96 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-26
04/17/96 House Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-5
04/23/96 House Amended HJ-48
04/23/96 House Read second time HJ-53
04/24/96 House Read third time and returned to Senate with
amendments HJ-18
04/29/96 Senate House amendment amended SJ-7
04/29/96 Senate Returned to House with amendments SJ-7
05/01/96 House Non-concurrence in Senate amendment HJ-70
05/02/96 Senate Senate insists upon amendment and conference
committee appointed Sens. Cork, Washington, and
Ryberg SJ-6
05/07/96 House Conference committee appointed Hodges, Klauber &
J. Young HJ-6
05/14/96 Senate Conference report received and adopted SJ-47
05/15/96 House Conference report received and adopted HJ-28
05/15/96 House Ordered enrolled for ratification HJ-34
05/23/96 Ratified R 415
05/29/96 Signed By Governor
05/29/96 Effective date 05/29/96
06/17/96 Copies available
06/17/96 Act No. 375
(A375, R415, S1315)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1-1-10, CODE OF LAWS OF
SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE JURISDICTION
AND BOUNDARIES OF THE STATE, SO AS TO REVISE THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE STATE IN REGARD TO THE BOUNDARY
IN THE LOWER SAVANNAH RIVER REGION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina:
Boundary of the State
SECTION 1. Section 1-1-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 1-1-10. The sovereignty and jurisdiction of this State
extends to all places within its bounds, which are declared to be as
follows:
The northern line beginning at a point at the low-water mark of the
Atlantic Ocean on the eastern shore of Bird Island, runs in a northwest
direction through monuments established at latitude 33° 51'
07.8792" N., longitude 78° 32' 32.6210" W., at
latitude 33° 51' 36.4626" N., longitude 78° 33'
06.1937" W., and at latitude 33° 51' 50.7214" N.,
longitude 78° 33' 22.9448" W., (coordinates based on North
American Datum 1927), following existing monuments to a stake in a
meadow; thence, in a direction due west, a distance of sixty-two miles, to
a point where it intersects the Charleston Road (at sixty-one miles) near
the Waxhaw Creek; thence N. 2° 12 1 /2' E. eight miles to a gum
tree on the southeastern corner of the Catawba Indian Reservation as laid
out in 1764; thence following the eastern and northern boundary lines of
said Catawba Indian Reservation to where such northern boundary line
crosses the thread of the Catawba River; thence up the thread of said
river to the confluence of the north and south forks thereof; thence west
to a stone on Tyron Mountain marked "S. C. and N. C., September
15th, 1815"; thence from said stone set up and marked "S. C.
and N. C., September 15, 1815" west four miles and ninety poles
to a stone marked "S. C. and N. C."; thence S. 25° W.
118 poles to a chestnut tree on the top of a ridge dividing the waters of
the north fork of the Pacolet River from the waters of the north fork of
the Saluda River; thence along the various courses of said ridge
(agreeably to the plat and survey of the commissioners and surveyors
accompanying their report, dated November 2, 1815) to the ridge that
divides the Saluda waters from those of Green River; thence along the
various courses of said ridge, agreeably to said plat and survey, to a
stone set up where said river joins the ridge which divides the eastern
and western waters which is marked "S. C. and N. C., September
28th, A.D. 1815"; thence along the various courses of said ridge,
agreeably to said plat and survey, to a stone set up on that part of it
which is intersected by the Cherokee boundary line, run in the year 1797,
and which stone is marked "S. C. and N. C., 1813"; and from
the said last-mentioned stone on the top of said ridge, at the point of
intersection aforesaid, a direct line S. 68 1/4° W. 20 miles and 11
poles to the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude at the rock in the east
bank of the Chattooga River marked "Latitude thirty-five degrees,
A.D. 1813" which line, from the termination of the line of 1772 to
the Chattooga River, is in all a distance of twenty-four miles and one
hundred and eighty-nine poles.
The lateral seaward boundary between North Carolina and South
Carolina from the low-water mark of the Atlantic Ocean shall be and is
hereby designated as a continuation of the North Carolina-South Carolina
boundary line as described by monuments located at latitude 33°
51' 50.7214" N., longitude 78° 33' 22.9448" W., at
latitude 33° 51' 36.4626" N., longitude 78° 33'
06.1937" W., and at latitude 33° 51' 07.8792" N.,
longitude 78° 32' 32.6210" W., (coordinates based on North
American Datum 1927), in a straight line projection of said line to the
seaward limits of the states' territorial jurisdiction, such line to be
extended on the same bearing insofar as a need for further delimitation
may arise.
From the state of Georgia, this State is divided by the Savannah River,
at the point where the northern edge of the navigable channel of the
Savannah River intersects the seaward limit of the state's territorial
jurisdiction; thence generally along the northern edge of the navigable
channel up the Savannah River; thence along the northern edge of the
sediment basin to the Tidegate; thence to the confluence of the Tugaloo
and Seneca Rivers; thence up the Tugaloo River to the confluence of the
Tallulah and the Chattooga Rivers; thence up the Chattooga River to the
35th parallel of north latitude, which is the boundary of North Carolina,
the line being midway between the banks of said respective rivers when
the water is at ordinary stage, except in the lower reaches of the
Savannah River, as hereinafter described. And when the rivers are
broken by islands of natural formation which, under the Treaty of
Beaufort, are reserved to the state of Georgia, the line is midway between
the island banks and the South Carolina banks when the water is at
ordinary stage, except in the lower reaches of the Savannah River, as
hereinafter described.
The boundary between Georgia and South Carolina along the lower
reaches of the Savannah River, and the lateral seaward boundary, is more
particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point where the thread of the northernmost branch of
the Savannah River equidistant between its banks intersects latitude
32° 07' 00" N., (North American Datum 1983-86), located in
the Savannah River, and proceeding in a southeasterly direction down the
thread of the Savannah River equidistant between the banks of the
Savannah River on Hutchinson Island and on the mainland of South
Carolina including the small downstream island southeast of the aforesaid
point, at ordinary stage, until reaching the vicinity of Pennyworth
Island;
Proceeding thence easterly down the thread of the northernmost
channel of the Savannah River known as the Back River as it flows north
of Pennyworth Island, making the transition to the said northernmost
channel using the equidistant method between Pennyworth Island, the
Georgia bank on Hutchinson Island, and the South Carolina mainland
bank, thence to the thread of the said northernmost channel equidistant
from the South Carolina mainland bank and Pennyworth Island at
ordinary stage, around Pennyworth Island;
Proceeding thence southeasterly to the thread of the northern channel
of the Savannah River equidistant from the Georgia bank on Hutchinson
Island and the South Carolina mainland bank, making the transition
utilizing the equidistant method between Pennyworth Island, the Georgia
bank on Hutchinson Island, and the South Carolina mainland bank;
Proceeding thence southeasterly down the thread of the Savannah
River equidistant from the Hutchinson Island and South Carolina
mainland banks of the river at ordinary stage, through the tide gates, until
reaching the northwestern (farthest upstream) boundary of the `Back
River Sediment Basin', as defined in the `Annual Survey-1992, Savannah
Harbor, Georgia, U. S. Coastal Highway, No. 17 to the Sea', U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Savannah District as amended by the Examination
Survey-1992 charts for the Savannah Harbor Deepening Project,
Drawings No. DSH 112/107, (hereinafter the `Channel Chart');
Proceeding thence along the said northwestern boundary to its
intersection with the northern boundary of the Back River Sediment
Basin; thence southeasterly until said northern boundary intersects the
northern boundary of the main navigational channel as depicted on the
Channel Chart at the point designated as SR-34 (latitude 32° 05'
01.440" N., longitude 081° 02' 17.252" W., North
American Datum (NAD) 1983-86);
Proceeding thence toward the mouth of the Savannah River along the
northern boundary of the main navigational channel at the new channel
limit as depicted on the Channel Chart, via Oglethorpe Range through
point SR-33 (latitude 32° 05' 17.168" N., longitude
081° 01' 34.665" W., NAD 1983-86), Fort Jackson Range
through point SR-32 (latitude 32° 05' 30.133" N., longitude
081° 01' 17.750" W., NAD 1983-86), the Bight Channel
through points SR-31 (latitude 32° 05' 55.631" N., longitude
081° 01' 02.480" W., NAD 1983-86), SR-30 (latitude
32° 06' 06.272" N., longitude 081° 00' 44.802"
W., NAD 1983-86), SR-29 (latitude 32° 06' 09.053" N.,
longitude 081° 00' 31.887" W., NAD 1983-86), SR-28
(latitude 32° 06' 08.521" N., longitude 081° 00'
15.498" W., NAD 1983-86), and SR-27 (latitude 32° 06'
01.565" N., longitude 080° 59' 58.406" W., NAD
(1983-86), Upper Flats Range through points SR-26 (latitude 32°
05' 41.698" N., longitude 080° 59' 31.968" W., NAD
1983-86) and SR-25 (latitude 32° 05' 02.819" N., longitude
080° 59' 12.644" W., NAD 1983-86), Lower Flats Range
through points SR-24 (latitude 32° 04' 46.375" N., longitude
080° 59' 00.631" W., NAD 1983-86), SR-23 (latitude
32° 04' 40.209" N., longitude 080° 58' 49.947"
W., NAD 1983-86), SR-22 (latitude 32° 04' 28.679" N.,
longitude 080° 58' 18.895" W., NAD 1983-86), and SR-21
(latitude 32° 04' 22.274" N., longitude 080° 57'
34.449" W., NAD 1983-86), Long Island Crossing Range through
points SR-20 (latitude 32° 04' 13.042" N., longitude
080° 57' 14.511" W., NAD 1983-86), and SR-19 (latitude
32° 02' 30.984" N., longitude 080° 55' 30.308"
W., NAD 1983-86) and New Channel Range following the northern
boundary of the Rehandling Basin and the northern boundary of the
Oyster Bed Island Turning Basin back to the northern edge of the main
navigational channel, thence through points SR-17 (latitude 32°
02' 07.661" N., longitude 080° 53' 39.379" W., NAD
1983-86) and SR-16 (latitude 32° 02' 07.533" N., longitude
080° 53' 31.663" W., NAD 1983-86), to a point at latitude
32° 02' 08" N., longitude 080° 53' 25" W.,
NAD 1983-86 (now marked by Navigational Buoy "24") near
the eastern end of Oyster Bed Island;
Proceeding thence from a point at latitude 32° 02' 08" N.,
longitude 080° 53' 25" W., NAD 1983-86 (now marked by
Navigational Buoy R "24") on a true azimuth of 0° 0'
0" (true north) to the mean low low-water line of Oyster Bed
Island; thence easterly along the said mean low low-water line of Oyster
Bed Island to the point at which the said mean low low-water line of
Oyster Bed Island intersects the Oyster Bed Island Training Wall;
Proceeding thence easterly along the mean low low-water line of the
southern edge of the Oyster Bed Island Training Wall to its eastern end;
thence continuing the same straight line to its intersection with the Jones
Island Range line;
Proceeding thence southeasterly along the Jones Island Range line
until reaching the northern boundary of the main navigational channel as
depicted on the Channel Chart;
Proceeding thence southeasterly along the northern boundary of the
main navigational channel as depicted on the Channel Chart, via Jones
Island Range and Bloody Point Range, to a point at latitude 31°
59' 48.0" N., longitude 080° 47' 01.5" W., NAD
1983-86 (now marked by Navigational Buoy "6"); and
finally,
Proceeding from a point at latitude 31° 59' 48.0" N.,
longitude 080° 47' 01.5" W., NAD 1983-86 (now marked by
Navigational Buoy "6") extending southeasterly to the
federal-state boundary on a true azimuth of 104 degrees (bearing of
S76°E), which describes the line being at right angles to the
baseline from the southernmost point of Hilton Head Island and the
northernmost point of Tybee Island, drawn by the Baseline Committee in
1970.
Should the need for further delimitation arise, the boundary shall
further extend southeasterly on above-described true azimuth of 104
degrees (bearing of S76°E).
Provided, further, that nothing in this section shall in any way be
considered to govern or affect in any way the division between the states
of the remaining assimilative capacity that is, the capacity to receive
wastewater and other discharges without violating water quality
standards, of the portion of the Savannah River described in this
section."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 29th day of May, 1996. |