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Constitution of South-Carolina., (Concluded.)
8. That the general afTembly and legislative coun
cil, may adjourn themfclves refpe&ively, and the
president and commander in chiei shall shave no
power to adjourn, prorogue, or dissolve them, but
may, if necessary, call them before the time to
which they Shall stand adjourned. And where a
bill has been rejected, it may, on a meting after an
adjournment, for not lets than three days, of the
general afTembly and legislative council, be brought
in again.
9. That the general assembly and the legifl itive
council shall each choose their refpedive Speakers,
and their own officers, without controul.
10 That if my Member of the general afTembly
or of the legislative council, shall accept any place
of emou^nt, or any commission (except in the
mifu,) ne Ihall vacate his feat, and there shall
therupon be a new election, but lie shall not be
disqualified from serving, upon being re-elected.
I . That on the Lift Monday in October next,
and the day following and on the fame days of
every second year thereafter, members of the gene
ral afTembly shall be chosen, to meet on the firft
Monday in December then next, and continue tor
two years, from the slid last Monday in O&ober.
The general assembly to confiftof the lame number
of members as this Congress does, each parish and
diibid having the fame repretentation as at pre
sent, viz.
The parities of St. Philip and St. Michael, Charles-
Town, thirty members.
The parish of Christ-Church, fix members.
The parish of St. John, in Berkley County, fix
members,
The parilh of St. Andrew, fix members,
The parish of St. George, Dorchester fix members.
The parish of St. James, Goose-Creek, fix mem
bers.
The parish of St. Thomas and St. Dennis, fix mem
bers.
The parish of St. Paul, fix members.
The parish of St. Bartholomew, fix members.
The parish of St. Helena, fix members.
The parish of St. James, Santee, fix members.
The parish of Prince George Winyaw, fix mem
bers.
The parish of Prince Frederick, fix members.
The parish of St. John, in Colleton-County, fix
members.
The parish of St. Peter, fix members
The parish of Prince William, fix members.
The parish of St. Stephen, fix members.
The diftria to the Eallward of Wateree River, ten
members.
The diftrid 0!' ninety.fix, ten members.
The diftrid of Saxe Gotha, fix members.
The diftrid between Broad and Saludy Rivers,
three divisions, viz
The lower dillrift, four members; the little River
diftria, four members; the upper or Spartan
diftrid four members.
The dillrift between broad and Catawba rivers, ten
members.
The diftrid called the new acquisition, ten members.
The parish of St. Matthew, fix members.
The parish of St. David, fix members.
The diftrid between Savannah-river and the North
Fork of Edifto, fix members.
And the election of the said members shall be
conduced, as near as may be, agreeable to the di
rections of the eleCtion-aCt; and where there are no
churches or church wardens in a diftridor parish,
A few Copies of the
Military Guide,
FOR
YOUNG OFFICERS,
By THOMAS SIMES, Esquire,
In Iwo Volumes, large Odavo, embellished
with a Number of Copperplates,
(Price Three Dollars)
May be had of the PRINTER hereof.
May 25, 1776.
Or the Virginia, Maryland,
SATURDAY,
12. That if any parish or diftrid neglects or re
fufes to eleft members, or, if the members chosen
do not meet in general assembly, those who do
meet, shall have the powers of the general afTembly.
Not La's than forty-nine members shall make a house
to do business, but the speaker, or any seven mem
bers, may adjourn from day to day.
13. That as soon as may be after the firfl meeting
of the general afTembly, the president and com
mander, in chief, a vice president of the colony and
privy council, shall be chosen in manner and for
the time above-mentioned; and till fucli choice
shall be made, the former president and commander
in chief, and vice-president of the colony, and
privy council, shall continue to aft as inch.
14. That, in case of of the death of the president
and commander in chief, or his absence from the
colony, the vice president of the colony shall luc
ceed to his office, and the privy council shall choose
out of their own body a vice-president of the colony.
And in case of the death of the vice-president of
the colony, or his absence from the colony, one of
the privy council, to be chosen by themselves, shall
succeed to his office, until a nomination to thoie
offices refpe&ively, by the general afTembly and le
gislative council for the remainder of the time for
which the officer so dying or being absent was
appointed,
15. That the delegates of this colony in the con
tinental Congress be chosen by the general afTembly
and legislative council jointly by ballot in the ge
neral assembly.
16. That the vice-president of the colony and the
privy council, or the vice president and a majority
of the privy council, for the time being, shall exer
cise the powers of a court of chancery. And there
shall be an ordinary, who shall exercise the powers
heretofore exercised by that officer in this colony.
17. That the jurisdiction of the court of admi
ralty be confined to maritime caules.
18. That all suits and process depending in any
. courts of law or equity may, if either party shall
be so inclined, be proceeded in and continued to a
final ending, without being obliged to commence
de novo. And tlie judges of the courts of law shall
cause jury-lifts to be made, and juries to be lum
moned as near as may be according to the di
redions of the ads of general afTembly in such cases
provided.
19. That justices of the peace shall be nominated
by the general assembly and commifhoned by the
president and commander in chief, during plealure.
They shall not be intitled to fees except on prolecu
tions for felony; and, not anting in the magistracy,
they shall not be entitled to the privileges allowed
to them by law.
20. That all other judicial officers shall be chosen
by ballot jointly by the general afTembly and legil
lative council, and except the judges of the court
of chancery, commissioned by the president and
commander in chief, during good behaviour; but
shall be removed on address oi the general assembly
and legiflavive council.
• 21. That the fheriffs, qualified as by law directed,
shall be chosen in like manner, by the general assem
bly and legislative council, and commissioned by the
president and commander in chief for two years
only.
22. That commissions of the treasury, the secre
tary of the colony, the register of mefne conveyan
ces, attorney general and powder receiver, be cho
sen by the general assembly and legislative council
jointly by ballot, and commissioned by the president
the general assembly, at some convenient time be
fore their expiration, fliall appoint places of elec
tion, and perlons to receive votes and make returns.
The qualification of ele&ors shall be the fame as
required by law; but persons having property,
which according to the rate of the last proceeding
tax, is taxable at the Turns mentioned in the election
act, shall be entitled to vote, though it was not ac
tually taxed, having the other qualifications menti
oned in that aft. Electors shall take an oath of
qu * Station if required by the returning officer.
The qualification of the eleded, to be the fame as
mentioned in file election ad, ar 1 construed to mean
clear of debt.
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and commander in chief, during good behaviour ;
but shall be removed on address of the general as
sembly and legislative council.
23. That all field officers in the army, and all
captains in the army, shall be by the general afl'em
bly and legislative council chosen jointly by ballot,
and commissioned by the president and commander
in chief, and that all of her officers in the army and
navy shall be comnfiffioned by the president and
commander in chief.
24. That in case of vacancy in any of the offices
above dire&ed to be filled by the general assembly
and legislative council, the president and command
er in chief, with the advice and consent of the privy
council, may appoint others in their head, until
there shall be an election by the general affimbly
and legislative council to fill thole vacancies refpec
tively.+
25. That the president and commander in chief,
with the advice and consent of the privy council,
may appoint during plealure, until otherwise di
rected by resolution of the general afTembly and
legislative council, all other necessary officers, except
such as are by law directed to be otherwise chosen.
26. That the president and commander in chief
shall have no power to make war or peace, or enter
into any final treaty, without the confenc of the
general assembly and legislative council.
27. That if any parish or diftrift shall neglect to
elcd a member or members on the day of ele&ion,
or in case any person chosen a member of the gene
ral afTembly ihall refufe to qualify and take his feat
as such, or die, or depart the colony, the said gene
ral afTembly shall appoint proper days for electing
a member or members of the laid general assembly
in such cases reflectively. And on the death of a
member of the legislative or privy council, another
member shall be chosen in his room, in manner
abovementioned for the election of members of the
legislative and privy council reipedively.
28. That the resolutions of the Continental Con
gress in force in this colony, shall continue until
altered or revoked by them.
29. That the resolutions of this, or any former
congress of this colony, and all laws now of force
here, (and not hereby altered) shall so continue,
until altered, or repealed by the legislature of this
colony, unless where they are temporary, in which
case they shall expire at the times refpe&ively limited
for their duration.
30. That the executive authority be veiled in the
president and commander in chief, limited and re
trained as aforefaid
31. That the president and commander in chief,
vice-president of the colony, and privy council ref
pcftively, shall have the fame perional privileges
as are allowed by ad cf assembly to the governor,
lieutenant-governor and privy council.
32. That all persons in w in office shall hold their
commissions until there shall be a new appointment
in manner above dirc&cd, at which time all com
miflions not derived from authority of the congress
of this colony, shall ceale and be void.
33. That all persons who shall be chosen and
appointed to any office or to any place of trust,
before ' entering upon the execution ofofiice, shall
take the following oath:
7 A. B. do fivear, that I ivill to the utrnoft cf my
po^ver Jupport, maintain, and defend the constitu
tion of South-Carolina, as efablifoed by Congress, on
the 26th day cf March, 1776, until an accommoda
tion of the differences between Great Britain and
llmerica foall take ' lace, or i foall he re/cafed from
this oath by the legislative authority of the Jaid colony.
So help me God.
And all such persons shall also take an oath of
office.
24. That the following yem ly salaries be allowed
to the public officers undermentioned:
The president and commander in chief, nine thou
sand pounds.
The chief juftiee and the affiftint judges, the Hi
laries refpe&ively, as by aft of hfT .mbly eftabhihed.
The attorney-general two thousand and one hun
dred pounds, in lieu of all charges aghnh the pub
lic, for tecs upon criminal profecuumu.
The ordinary one At aifaid pounds
M AY 25, 1776.
Numb. LXX.