mswkt = '''PROJCS["NAD83 / South Carolina (ft)",GEOGCS["NAD83",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101],TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",31.8333333333333],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-81],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",34.8333333333333],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",32.5],PARAMETER["false_easting",2000000],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["foot",0.3048],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","2273"]]'''
m = mapObj('')
m.setWKTProjection(mswkt)
lyr = layerObj(m)
lyr.setWKTProjection(mswkt)