Sc. Const. art. III, § 8 — Article III / Section 8
SC Const., Article III, Section 8
Status: in_force

The restrictions and limitations of Article VIII, Section 1 of the South Carolina Constitution relating to organizations and classification of municipal corporations shall not apply to the government created by the home rule charter pursuant to the powers granted to the electors of Charleston County by virtue of the proposed Article III to the Articles of Amendments nor to the territory from time to time under its jurisdiction. Signatures [ edit ] Done in Convention in Columbia on the Fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand Eight hundred and Ninety-five. JNO GARY EVANS President of the Convention. IRA B. JONES Vice-President of the Convention. W. JASPER TALBERT Vice-President of the Convention. Attest: S. W. Vance, Secretary of the Convention. Delegates from Abbeville. FRANK B. GARY ROBERT R. HEMPHILL J. C. KLUGH I. H. McCALLA R. F. McCASLAN W. C. McGOWAN Delegates from Aiken. D. S. HENDERSON ROBT. L. GUNTER F. T. WOODWARD Delegates from Anderson. J. E. BREAZEALE- GEO. E. PRINCE JAMES M. SULLIVAN D. H. RUSSELL J. PERRY GLENN L. D. HARRIS Delegates from Barnwell. W. C. SMITH C. M. HIERS A. HOWARD PATTERSON ROBERT ALDRICH G. DUNCAN BELLINGER GEO. H. BATES Delegates from Beaufort. Delegates from Berkeley. E. J. DENNIS J. B. MORRISON H. H. MURRAY JAS. B. WIGGINS R. C. McMAKIN A. H. DeHAY Delegates from Charleston. JULIAN MITCHELL J. N. NATHANS W. St. JULIEN JERVEY- GEO. F. von KOLNITZ Jr. J. P. K. BRYAN JOS. L. OLIVER WILLIAM MOSELEY FITCH THEODORE G. BARKER Delegates from Chester. J. L. GLENN T. J. CUNNINGHAM R. O. ATKINSON GEORGE WILLIAMS GAGE Delegates from Chesterfield. E. J. KENNEDY E. N. REDFEARN F. P. TAYLOR Delegates from Clarendon. DANIEL J. BRADHAM JOSEPH S. CANTEY JOHN W. KENNEDY J. M. SPROTT - [died during session] Delegates from Colleton. D. H. BEHRE L. E. PARLER C. W. GARRIS M. R. COOPER M. P. HOWELL Delegates from Darlington. J. O. A. MOORE HENRY CASTLES BURN J. N. PARROTT A. J. H. PERWITT Delegates from Edgefield. W. H. TIMMERMAN G. D. TILLMAN J. C. SHEPPARD R. B. WATSON B. R. TILLMAN Delegates from Fairfield. G. W. RAGSDALE W. L. ROSBOROUGH THOS. W. BRICE RICHARD ASHE MEARES Delegates from Florence. R. M. McCOWN W. F. CLAYTON BROWN B. McWHITE J. O. BYRD [died during session] Delegates from Georgetown. I. HARELSTON READ E. F. MATHEWS Delegates from Greenville. J. WALTER GRAY G. G. WELLS J. THOMAS AUSTIN HUGH M. BARTON HUGH B. BUIST HENRY J. HAYNESWORTH Delegates from Hampton. WILLIAM J. GOODING CHARLES J. C. HUTSON AMOS J. HARRISON Delegates from Horry. JOHN P. DERHAM J. A. McDERMOTTE JEREMIAH SMITH Delegates from Kershaw. J. W. FLOYD C. L. WINKLER J. T. HAY Delegates from Lancaster. J. N. ESTRIDGE JNO. W. HAMEL Delegates from Laurens. ALEXIUS J. SMITH R. L. HENRY J. H. WHARTON Delegates from Lexington. C. M. EFIRD J. L. SHULER E. L. LYBRAND Delegates from Marion. W. J. MONTGOMERY J. EDWIN ELLERBE E. B. BERRY JAMES D. MONTGOMERY Delegates from Marlboro. THOMAS EDWARD DUDLEY Wm. DeWITT EVANS THOS. IRBY ROGERS ROBERT HAYNE HODGES [died during session] Delegates from Newberry. GEORGE JOHNSTONE J. A. SLIGH GEO. S. MOWER JOS. L. KEITT Delegates from Oconee. J. C. ALEXANDER O. M. DOYLE W. J. STRIBLING Delegates from Orangeburg. I. W. BOWMAN L. S. CONNOR E. H. HAUSER OSCAR R. LOWMAN A. K. SMOKE Delegates from Pickens. W. THOS. FIELD W. THOS. BOWEN R. FRANK SMITH Delegates from Richland. JOHN T. SLOAN JOHN JOSEPH McMAHAN JOHN B. DENT WILIE JONES H. C. PATTON Delegates from Spartanburg. C. A. BARRY M. O. ROWLAND W. T. BOBO W. E. CARVER A. S. WATERS T. EARLE JOHNSON STANYARNE WILSON Delegates from Sumter. T. B. FRASER RICHD. D. LEE GEO. P. McKAGEN, SR. SHEPARD NASH JAS. H. SCARBOROUGH R. P. STACKHOUSE Delegates from Union. JAMES T. DOUGLASS W. A. NICHOLSON C. H. PEAKE J. C. OTTS Delegates from Williamsburg. S. W. GAMBLE THOS. M. GILLAND GEORGE J. GRAHAM W. R. SINGLETARY Delegates from York. A. H. WHITE Wm. BLACKBURN WILSON J. STUB BRICE J. F. ASHE This work is in the public domain in the U.S. because it is an edict of a government , local or foreign. See § 313.6(C)(2) of the Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices . Such documents include "legislative enactments, judicial decisions, administrative rulings, public ordinances, or similar types of official legal materials" as well as "any translation prepared by a government employee acting within the course of his or her official duties." These do not include works of the Organization of American States, United Nations, or any of the UN specialized agencies. See Compendium III § 313.6(C)(2) and 17 U.S.C. 104(b)(5). A non-American governmental edict may still be copyrighted outside the U.S. Similar to {{ PD-in-USGov }}, the above U.S. Copyright Office Practice does not prevent U.S. states or localities from holding copyright abroad, depending on foreign copyright laws and regulations. Public domain Public domain false false