The SC department of Archives and History as a Q&A document at the below address. It covers several aspects of cemetery preservation and restoration and includes references to the SC law regarding cemetery desecration. http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/htln6.pdf The following links relate to the activities of a couple of other groups concerned with preserving a couple of SC cemeteries. http://www.interment.net/column/commentary/20000325.htm http://www.chicora.org/desecrat.htm I think the law is very clear but politicians are able to get around the law when it suits them. Dennis