The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-10-05
Governor and L Lieutenant-Governor.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Uc1OIc CuCSIlllS upOu tuS
, duties of their respective offices, shall, in
the presence of the General Assembly
, take the oath of Office prescribed in this
, Constitution.
SECTION 20. The Governor shall reside,
during the sittings of the General Assem-
bly,, at the place where its session may be
held; and the General Assembly may, by
law, require hin, to reside at the Capitol
of the State.
SECTION 81. Every Bill which shall have
: passed the General Assembly, SHALL be-
fore it becomes law, be presented to the
Governor; he approve, he shall sign it !;
but if nc, he shall return it, with his OBJ
jections, to that House in which it shall
have originated, who shall enter the OBJ
jections at largo on their journal, and pro-
cecd to reconsider it. If, after such re-
consideration, a majority of the whole
representation of that House shall agree
to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together
with the objections, to the other House,
by which it shall likewise be reconsidercd,
andif approved by q majority of the whole
representation of that other House, it
shall become law. But in all such cases
the votes of both Houses shall be deter
mined by yeas and nays, and the names
of the persons voting for and against the
Bill shall be entered on the journal Of
each House respectively. If any Bill
shall not be returned by the Governor
within two days Sundays excepted after
it shall have been presented to him, the
same shall be law in like manner as if
he had signed it. And, that time may
always be allowed the Governor to con-
slider Bills passed by the General Assem-
bly,, neither House shall read any Bill on
the last day of it's session, except such
Bills as have been returned by the Gov
crnor as hescin provided.
ARTICLE III.
SECTION 1. The judicial power shall be
vested in such Superior and Inferior
Courts of Law and Equity as the General
Assembly shall, from time to time, direct
and establish The Judges of the Supe-
rior Courts shall be elected by the General
Assembly, shall hold their offices during
good behavior, and shall, at stated times,
receive compensation for their services,
which shall neither be increased nor di-
minished during their continuance in
office; but they shall receive no fees or
pcrquisitcs OF office, nor hold any other
office Of trust under this State, the United
States of America, or any Of thenr or any
otherpower The General Assembly shall,
as soon as possible, establish for each Dis
trict in the State an Inferior Court or
Courts, to bcstyled "Tho District Court:"
the Judge whereof shall be resident in the
District while in Office, shall be elected by
the General Assembly for four years, and
shall be rc-cligiblc, which Court shall have
jurisdiction of all civil causes wherein one
or both of the parties are persons of color,
. and of all criminal cases wherein the ac-
cuscd is a person of color, and the General
Assembly is empowered to extond the ju-
risdiction of tho said Court to other SUBJ
jccts.
SECTION 2. The Judges shall meet and
sit at Columbia, at such time as the Gene
raj Assembly may by Act prescribe, for
the purpose OF hearing and determining
all motions for new trials and in arrest of
Judgment, and such points of law as may
be submitted to them, and the General
Assembly may by Act appoint such other
places for meeting as in their discretion
may seem fit.
:, SECTION g. The style of all processes
shall be, "The State of South Carolina"
All prosecutions 81 all be carried on in the
! name and by the authority of the State of
South Carolina, and conclude, "against
the peace and dignity Of the same
ARTICLE ".
In all elections to be made by the people
of this State, or of any part thereof, for
civil OF political Offices, every person shall
be entitled to vote who has the following
qualifications, to wit:
He shall be a free white man, who has
attained the age of twcnty-one years, and
is not paupcr, nor non-commissioned
officer or private soldier of the army, nol
a seaman or marine of the navy of the
United States. He shall, for the two
wears next preceding the day of election
', have been "a citizen Of this State; or, fol
. the same period, an emigrant from Eu