2003-2004 Bill 4331: Hampton County; Twenty-Fifth Anniversary - South Carolina Legislature

South Carolina General Assembly

115th Session, 2003-2004

H. 4331

STATUS INFORMATION

Concurrent Resolution

Sponsors: Reps. Bowers and Rivers

Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20648sd03.doc

Introduced in the House on May 29, 2003

Introduced in the Senate on May 29, 2003

Adopted by the General Assembly on May 29, 2003

Summary: Hampton County; Twenty-fifth anniversary

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number

5/29/2003 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ71

5/29/2003 Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence SJ16

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

5/29/2003

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR HAMPTON COUNTY, ONE OF SOUTH CAROLINA’S MOST HISTORIC AND SCENIC AREAS, ON THE OCCASION OF ITS ONE HUNDRED TWENTYFIFTH ANNIVERSARY.

Whereas, Hampton County this year is celebrating its one hundred twentyfifth birthday; and

Whereas, an 1877 petition of citizens living in the northernmost section of Beaufort County submitted a plea to the state legislature for a new county with a courthouse to call their own within reasonable travel time of their homes; and

Whereas, Hampton County is the thirtythird of the state’s fortysix counties, created by act of the General Assembly on February 18, 1878, when the northern portion of Beaufort County became Hampton County; and

Whereas, the county and the county seat are named for General Wade Hampton II, distinguished South Carolina soldier and statesman, Governor and United States Senator; and

Whereas, Hampton County today is a modern yet elegant area where its citizens and leaders are cognizant of the county’s past and are looking forward to its future; and

Whereas, the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution, would like to recognize and honor this truly wonderful part of South Carolina’s Lowcountry on the occasion of its one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly recognize and honor Hampton County, one of South Carolina’s most historic and scenic areas of the Lowcountry on the occasion of its one hundred twentyfifth anniversary.

Be it further resolved that a copy of the resolution be presented to the people of Hampton County on the occasion of its one hundred twentyfifth anniversary at the sixty-first Watermelon Festival.

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