The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-12-19

LIMA, BY opR DELEoArBJ III CONVENTION
NET, DO oRDAiN AND EsTAsLisR THIS coNsrt..
TUITION Toa TIRE GOVERNMENT oF THE sAiD
sTATE: ri KS
ARTICLE ..
SECTION !. The Legislative authority OF this
State shall be vested In Ia General Assembly !,
" hich shall cunsist Of Senate and House
Of Representatives,
SEcrIox 2. The House Of Representatives
shall be composed OF Members cbosen by bal.
lot. every second year. by the citixrns o. this
State. qualified as In this Constitution pro.
vded. IS 4" yrhft.> ST., r
sEcr,os 8. Each Judicial District in the
State shall constitute one Election Diatrict, ex.
cept Char rieetsn District, which shall be dyi-
djnto two Election Districts. one consisting
Michael to be desianRtcd. the Elcctinn Dis.
trct OF Charleston the other consisting uf all
that part OF the Judicial District. whichsis
wi,houtthc liints OF said Parishes. to be known
Gs the Election District oi Berkeley .
SECTION 4. The boundaries ~ rhe severaf Ju.
dicial and Election Districts shall remain as
they are now established.
SECTION 8. The House OF Representatives
ehall consist of one hundred and twenty four
McInbcrs, to be ,apportinned among the several
Election Districts Of the State, accordiueto
tho numScr or white Inhabitants contained in
each, and the amount OF all ta3es raiscd by the
General Assembly. whether ,ffrect or indirect,
or OF Whatever species paid in each, deducting
~, held hi any other District. and adding
thereto all taxes elsewhere paid on account of
property held Ia such District. An cnuincra-
tion OF the white inhabitants. for this purpose,
YVES ,nade the year one thousand eight hun
dreh and fifty ninc, md ehall be- made In tho
sourso OF every tenth year thereafter, in such
manner a. shall be. by law. directed and
Representatives shall he assigned 20 the differ
ent Districts In the above -rnentionrd proper.
tiop, by Act OF the General Assembly at the
ri anr linz
ratiou; Prouidsd, That until The arportion.
ments which shall be madG upon the next emu.
Hcraton, shall take effect, the represen, siiun
of the e"veral Election Districts. IA herein con-
spportioninent each District which, has been
heretofore divided into amallcr Districts.
known as Parishes, having the aggregate num-
Der Of Representatives which the Parishes
heretofore embraced within it's limits have had
since that epportionment, the Representative
TO which the Parish Of All Saints 'has been
heretofore entitled, being during this interval,
assigned TO Horny Election District.
SRcT1oN 6. IL the enumeration herein direct
ed shall not be made in the course Of the year
appointed for the purpoae. IL shall ba the duty
Of the. Govsrnor 10 have Il effected az s0on
thereafter as shall DE practicable. 49,
SzcTios1 in assigning Representatives to
the several Districts, the Gcverai shssci,,biy
aecond part of the whole number of.whitc in.
habitants in the State, and one Representative
also for every sfxty second part of the whole
'axca raised by III General Assembly. There
shaii be further allowed one Representative
for such fractions OF the sixty second part OF
the white inhabitants, and of the uixty.second
part ofthe taxes, as when added together form
a unit.
SEcrioN8. All taxes upon property, real or
personaI, shall be laid uDoi. the actual value Of
the property taxed, az the same shall be arctr.
tainGd by the asaessmcnt made or the pur.
pose OF laying such tax. la the first appor-
sionnient which shall bc made under the Con
stitution, the amount OF "a xcs shall be cstiina.
cedirg auch apportionment; but in ever sub.
sequent apportto"inent, from tbs average Of
the ten yraIs then next preceding. p
SECTION 9. II, IN the apportonment OF Rep
resentatives any Election District shall ap-
pear moi to be entitled, from It's population ana
its taxes, to a Representative; (; such EIeo,ion
Dis,rict shall nevertheless send one R.prcsen-
tative and, fthcre be still n deficiency Of che
number OF Representatives required by sec .
sioh fnhssnch deficiency shah be supplied by
assigning Representatives TO these Election
Districts having the largest furpius fractions,
whether those fractions consist Of a combira. |.
eion OF population aud Ia xes, or OF population
or taxes separately, until the number Of ore
hundred and twenty.four MepIbers be made
up Prooided, hototUsr. That not more than
twelve Representatives. shall, in any spporsion.
ment, be assigtied to any one Election District.
SEcridS 10. No upportion tnent Of Rrpresen-
tatives shall be construed to take effect, in aay
manner. until the general election which shalt
auccssd such apportionnirnt. 81. Etf
sRcriOS II. The Senate shall bs composed or
enc member from each Election Districi, except
the Election Dstrict OF Charleston, to which
shall be allowed two Senators. N
sEc1iets l2. Upon the meeting Of the first
General Assembly, which shall be chosen uI,s
der the provisions OF this Constitution. the
Senators shall be dcvidcd, by lot, into two
classes the seass Of the Senators Of the one
cinss TO be vacated At ,he expiration Of four
years and the number OF tLcsc classes shall
be 30 proportioned that one half. OF the whole
number of Senators may, as nearly as possi.
blr continue 10 be chosen thereafter every ses-
end year. t0s
g SEoTtoH -. No person shall be eligible to,
or, take or retain, a seat in the House or Repre-
sentatives unless no is FREQ white man. who
hath attained the ago cf twenty one y, ars.
hath been citizen aud resident uf this State
three yearsnext preceding the day OF election, ,
snu hath been for the laat ak munlhs Of tfis
tilne.aDd shall continue, reaideni OF tile DID
trct which heil TO represenl. a sjIi IS
SScrios l4 No person thsll hs 81 sl
ortake or retain. seat n the fEs s. tssS IS
hS tea free white tnafl, sSllis Il ;ti ti,o
age Of thirty years, hafli, - a. sss aud