1 BIL: 4227 2 TYP: Concurrent Resolution CR 3 INB: House 4 IND: 19990602 5 PSP: Breeland 6 SPO: Breeland, Allen, Allison, Altman, Askins, Bailey, Bales, Barfield, 7 Barrett, Battle, Beck, Bowers, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown, T. Brown, 8 Campsen, Canty, Carnell, Cato, Chellis, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Cooper, 9 Cotty, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Easterday, Edge, Emory, Fleming, 10 Gamble, Gilham, Gourdine, Govan, Hamilton, Harrell, Harris, Harrison, 11 Harvin, Haskins, Hawkins, Hayes, J. Hines, M. Hines, Hinson, Howard, 12 Inabinett, Jennings, Keegan, Kelley, Kennedy, Kirsh, Klauber, Knotts, 13 Koon, Lanford, Law, Leach, Lee, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Lloyd, Loftis, 14 Lourie, Lucas, Mack, Maddox, Martin, McCraw, McGee, McKay, M. McLeod, 15 W. McLeod, McMahand, Meacham-Richardson, Miller, Moody-Lawrence, 16 J.H. Neal, J.M. Neal, Neilson, Ott, Parks, Phillips, Pinckney, Quinn, 17 Rhoad, Rice, Riser, Robinson, Rodgers, Rutherford, Sandifer, Scott, 18 Seithel, Sharpe, Sheheen, Simrill, D. Smith, F. Smith, J. Smith, 19 R. Smith, Stille, Stuart, Taylor, Townsend, Tripp, Trotter, Vaughn, 20 Walker, Webb, Whatley, Whipper, Wilder, Wilkes, Wilkins, Witherspoon, 21 Woodrum and Young-Brickell 22 DDN: l:\council\bills\nbd\11463jm99.doc 23 DPB: 19990603 24 SUB: Maryville Community, Charleston County, Resolutions 25 26 27 HST: 28 29 Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved 30 ______31 House 19990603 Received from Senate 32 Senate 19990603 Introduced, adopted, returned 33 with concurrence 34 House 19990602 Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate 35 36 37 Printed Versions of This Bill 38 39 40 41 42 TXT: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 SALUTING THE MARYVILLE COMMUNITY IN 12 CHARLESTON COUNTY FOR MAINTAINING AN IDENTITY 13 AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOR MANY 14 DECADES, AND RECOGNIZING THE FORMER TOWN OF 15 MARYVILLE AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUNICIPALITY 16 IMPORTANT TO THE HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 17 18 Whereas, in 1936, Charleston County’s smallest municipality, the 19 Town of Maryville, was stripped of its status as a town during the 20 era of segregation when the General Assembly revoked 21 Maryville’s charter; and 22 23 Whereas, up until that time, Maryville had been one of the very 24 few political subdivisions in the entire South controlled by 25 African-Americans; and 26 27 Whereas, The Honorable Thomas Carr was the Mayor of 28 Maryville when the town’s charter was revoked sixty-three years 29 ago; the town was situated in Charleston County across the Ashley 30 River on the Ashley River Road; upon revocation of its charter as a 31 municipality, Maryville was immediately placed under the 32 jurisdiction of the magistrate and rural policemen in St. Andrew’s 33 Parish; and 34 35 Whereas, Maryville, as a town, was made up almost entirely of 36 African-Americans, although its 1936 population of five hundred 37 had been augmented by a few additional Caucasian citizens in the 38 years immediately preceding the town’s dissolution; the legal and 39 political efforts to abolish the township had continued for years; 40 the town had been incorporated about the year 1886, and its charter 41 had been saved in 1933 in a last minute deal; but by 1936, the

1 [4227] 1 1 officials and citizens of Maryville were no longer able to withstand 2 and combat the effort to abolish the town; and 3 4 Whereas, it behooves South Carolinians of all races to pay tribute 5 to the state’s rich and diverse history by recognizing the former 6 Town of Maryville for its long existence as an essentially 7 African-American municipality during an era when this was a rare 8 thing indeed; in the hearts and minds of many persons and their 9 descendants for over six decades, the Town of Maryville has 10 continued to live on and will never die; the time has come for an 11 appropriate recognition of Maryville as a former township, 12 important in history, and as a cherished present community of 13 long-maintained identity. Now, therefore, 14 15 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 16 concurring: 17 18 That the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this 19 resolution, salutes the Maryville community in Charleston County 20 for maintaining an identity as an African-American community for 21 many decades and recognizes the former Town of Maryville as an 22 African-American municipality important to the history of South 23 Carolina. 24 25 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 26 leaders of the Maryville community in Charleston County. 27 ----XX----

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