Berkeley County is bounded as follows: northeastwardly and north by the Santee River, separating it from the counties of Georgetown, Williamsburg and Clarendon; northwestwardly by Orangeburg County; southwestwardly by Dorchester County; southwestwardly and southeastwardly by Charleston County. And said Berkeley County shall include within its limits the whole of the subdivision formerly known as the Parishes of St. John, Berkeley, St. Stephen, St. Thomas and St. Dennis, and parts of the subdivisions formerly known as St. James Goose Creek, St. James Santee and St. Andrews; provided, that the county lines of Berkeley County and of Orangeburg County are hereby so altered as to cut off from said Berkeley County and to transfer and annex to and incorporate within said Orangeburg County all of that certain territory or portion of Berkeley County embraced within the following lines and boundaries, to wit: beginning at a point located on Four Holes Swamp at the intersection of the boundary lines of Orangeburg, Dorchester and Berkeley Counties, and extending in a southeasterly direction, along Four Holes Swamp, the same being the boundary between Dorchester and Berkeley Counties, to a large cypress which stands at the confluence of Four Holes and Dean Swamps, at the upper part of Turkey Lake; thence up and along the run of Dean Swamp as it meanders to a point where Dean Swamp and Black Creek unite; thence up Black Creek to the point where Big Black Creek and Little Black Creek unite; thence up Little Black Creek to the point where the "new road" crosses said Little Black Creek; thence northerly up the "new road" to the Monck’s Corner Public Road, near Mark Richardson’s place; thence N. 10 chains to a pine; then N. 14? E. 38 chains to a stake; thence S. 37? 15′ E. 49 chains to a stake; thence E. 9.70 chains to a stake; thence N. 39.50 chains to a stake; thence N. 87? E. 34 chains and 10 links; thence N. 54.50 chains to a stake; thence N. 1? 30′ W. 18 chains and 60 links to a stake; thence N. 30? W. 31 chains to a stake; thence N. 8? W. 11 chains to a cypress at the River Road and Rock Creek Bridge; thence northeast along Rock Creek to where Rock Creek empties into the Santee River; thence up the Santee River to the mouth of Eutaw Creek, where the Orangeburg and Berkeley lines connect; thence southwest along the boundary line between Orangeburg and Berkeley Counties to the point of beginning, less the following territory transferred to Charleston County by act of the General Assembly approved February 28 1921, to wit: the county lines of Berkeley County and of Charleston County are hereby so altered as to cut off from said Berkeley County and to transfer and annex to incorporate within said Charleston County, all that certain territory or portion of Berkeley County embraced within the following lines and boundaries, to wit: beginning at the intersection of the present line between Charleston County and Berkeley County with the western line of the right of way of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and running thence northwardly with the western line of said right of way to its intersection with the run of Goose Creek; thence with the run of Goose Creek in a westerly direction to its intersection with the eastern boundary of Elms Tract, now owned by Goose Creek Land Company; thence northwardly along the eastern boundary of said tract to its intersection with the southern line of the Ladson Road; thence westwardly with the southern line of said Ladson Road to its intersection with the eastern line of the Blue House Road; thence on a bearing N. 50? 20′ W. to the southeast corner of Dorchester County; thence with the run of Saw Mill Branch westwardly to a point in Dorchester County line 59 chains west of the western right-of-way line of the Southern Railway; thence S. 44? 30′ E. along the Dorchester County line 638 chains to a corner; thence S. 19? 30′ W. along the Dorchester County line 247 chains to the mouth of Saw Pit Creek; thence on a bearing N. 79? 50′ E. 396 chains to the point of beginning.