The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1865-10-28


above mentioned proportion, by Act of
the General. Assembly at the sossisn i'm
med'atey succeeding ovsry Enumeration !:
Prov'dea, that until the appor,ionment,
which shall be made upon the uext emu.
meration, shal! take effect, sbe represe.
tation Of the several Election Districts.
as herein cc,.stithtsd, shall continue as
ssssIsued in the last apporlion m ent, each
District which has been heretofore divi
ded into smaller Districts, known as Par
ishes, having the aggregate number of
Representatives which the Rarshes here
tofore embraced within it's limits have
had since that .apportionmeat, the Rep.
resen tative to which the Parish Of All
Saints has been heretofore entitled, being,
during this interval, assigned 10 Horny
Electos District.
SECTION 3. II the enumeration herein
directed shall not be made in the cours.
Of the year appointed for the purpose, it
shall be the duty of the Governor 10 have
1t effected as soon thereafter as shall oe
practicable. .".
SECTION 7. Ir assigning Representa-
.tives to the several Districts, tne General
Assembly shall allow enc Represertativ o
for every sixty second part Of ,ho whole
number Of wbits Inhabitants in the State,
and one Repressh,atigo also for every
sixty'second papt Of the whole taxes rails
cd by the General Assembly. There
shah 'bs further allowed one Representa-
tive for such fractions OF the sixty second
part Of the white iaha5tants and Of the
sixty.second part Of tho taxes, as whsn
added together form a.unis.
SECTION 8. Al, taxes upon property,
real or personal, shall be laid upon the
actual value Of the property taxed, as
the same sh -be ascertained by an as,
ssssment which shall bs made under this
Constitution, the amount Of taxes shall
be estimated from the average Of tho two
years next preceding such appertionmsn,;
hut in every subsequent appor.ionmen,,
from the average Of the ten yeaga then
next pfecedisg.
SECTION 0. II, in the appor,ionment
OF Representatives, any EIestiop District
shall appear not to bs entitled, from i.u
population and its taxes, to a Representa-.
tive, such Election District shall never
theless send one Representative A.; and, il
there be still deficiency Of the nomber
OF Representatives required by section
fifth, such deficiency shall be supplied by
assigning Representatives to those Elec
ton Dis.rictn having tie largest surplus
frastions, whether those fraction. consist
OF com mbina,ion OF population and taxes,
or OF population or taxes separately, un.
I'll the number Of one hundred and TWEEN
ty four Memters be made up: Provided,
Lo.Ceper, that not more than twelve Rep.
iesentatives shall, in any spportioument
be assigned 10 any one Electioa District.
SEoTioN 10. No apportionment Of Rep
resentatiyss shall be construed to take ef
feet, in any manner, until tie general ell.
ect'on which shall succeed such apportion'
SECTION IL. The Senate shall be com. &.
posed OF one member from each E. lection
District, except the Election District Of
Charleston, TO which shall Ls SLOWED
two Senators. -
SECTION IL. Upon the meeting of the
first General Assembly, which shall be
chosen under the provisions Of this Con
stltuti?n, the Senators shall be divided,
by lot, into two class es the seats ofthe
Senators OF the one class 10 Ee vacated
at the expiration Of two years after the
Monday following the general election,
and OF those OF the other class at the ex.
pira.on Of four years and the number
OF these classes. shall be so proportioued
that one half OF the whole number Of
Senator's may, as nearly as possible. con.
liuue TO be chosen thereafter every second
year. =
SscroT IS. No person shalt be eligir
BILE 10, or take or retain, a seat in the
House Of Representatives, unless. he ia a
free white man, who hath attained the
age Of tsenty-one years, hath been
citiZen and resident OF this State three
years next preceding the day OF elect ton,
and hath been for the last six montho Of
this time, and shall continue, a residen.
OF tho Disiric, which he IS to represent.
SEcrIoN Ia. 40 person shall be e!igi
6lo 10, or take or retain, seat in the
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