That portion of Kershaw County shown on a certain SURVEY OF A PORTION OF KERSHAW COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, AS PROPOSED FOR ANNEXATION INTO LANCASTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, dated December, 1976, as certified by H. C. Clarkson, Jr., S. C. Reg. L. S. No. 2589, Greenville, W. R. Williams, Jr., S. C. Reg. L. S. No. 3979, Travelers Rest, and William A. Blackwood, Jr., S. C. Reg. L. S. No. 3923, Spartanburg, recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court of Kershaw County in Plat Book 35, at Page 2455, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court of Lancaster County as Plat No. 2710, is hereby transferred and annexed to Lancaster County.

Upon application the clerk of court, sheriff and probate judge of Kershaw County shall furnish certified copies of any judgment roll, entry on abstract of judgment book, will, record, execution, decree, deed, mortgage or other papers signed or recorded in the office of such officers upon payment of proper fees and, when such certified copy is filed or recorded in the proper office of Lancaster County, the same shall have the same force and effect in Lancaster County that it had in Kershaw County and any record not so transferred shall continue in force and effect and each shall have the same force and effect in Lancaster County as if it had been transferred and made a record in the proper office in Lancaster County.

In accordance with Article VII, Section 7, of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, as amended, Lancaster County shall assume one hundred sixty-five thousand dollars of the indebtedness of Kershaw County and shall pay that amount in five equal installments to Kershaw County, the first installment being due on January 15, 1978, and continuing consecutively thereafter on an annual basis until the full amount is paid.

Kershaw County shall provide to Lancaster County copies of all necessary tax records concerning the property annexed to Lancaster County on a basis of actual cost of reproduction of the documents.

HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 348; 1977 Act No. 351.