The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-12-07
ARTICLE I.


State shall be vested in a General Assembly i,
which shall consist Of a Senate aud House
OF Representatives. H
SECTION 2. The House Of Representatives
shall be composed of Members chosen by bal.
lot, every second year. by the citizens o. this
state, qualified as in this Constitution is pro !.
vWicd.
sEcrios Q. Each Judicial District IN tho.
State si,ati con, tnute "ne FL, Ctiun Di arict ex
cept Charleston District. WI icb shall be. divi-
d,d into Two Election Districts. one consisting
oi the late Parishes Of ST. Phillip and st
Michael, be designated the Elcc, ion Dis
trict u! Charleston; the other consisting Of all
that part OF the Judicial Disricr which is
without the hmits or said Parishes, To he ku,wn
as tho Election Distrrcto Berkeley
SECTION 4. The boundaries Of the several Ju
dicial and Election Districts shall rculaiu as
they are now established. ..
sEoTIos s. The House Of Representatives
shall consist OF ONE hundred aud twenty four
NJ, mbers, TO be- nppurIioned among the several
Eioction Districts OF the State, according to
the numScr Of white inhabitants contained in
each, and the amount of all taxes raised by the
General Assembly, whether direct or indircct,
or OF whatever species paid in each, deducting
thercfron all taxes paid nn account uf proper
ty held In aav other Dist'ict, and adding
thereto all taxes elsewhere paid on account OF
property held in surh District An enuinera-
ton Of the white inhabitaGts, for this purpose.
was made the year one Thousand e'gh, hun
course OF every tenth year thereafter, in such
manner as shall be, by law, directed and
Representatives shall he assigned to the difEr :.
ent Districts ia the aforementioned proper.
ton. by Act OF the General Assembly al the
session Immediately succeeding every euuine
ta,ion {: Provided, That until 'he a 20 ton
ment, which sh III bc mad upon the mex emu
meration. shall take etf"ct. tn rrpre- en,ilion
OF the several Election D,stricis "a herein con-
stituted. shall continue az a -sigu,d at the last
linn I..t I,trI, I,ny h,c,
heretofore divided into smaller Districts.
known Parishes having the aggregate nun
bcr OF representatives which the Parishes
heretofore embraced within its limits have had
since that superintendent, the Representative
to which the Parish uf All Saints has been
heretofore entitled, being during this interval,
assigned TO Horny Election District
SECTION 6. 1.-THE enumeration herein direct
cd shall not be made in the course Of the year
appointed for the purpose, it shall be the duty
uf the Governor 10 have 1T effected as coon
thereafter as shall be practicable
SEoTioN7 In assigning Representatives 10
the several Districts, the General Assembly
shall allow ono Representative Tor every sixty
second part of the whole number Of white in
habitants In the State, and one Reprcscn tativo
also for every sixty second part of the whole
taxes raised by tn General Assembly. There
shall be furthcr allowed one Representative
for such fractions OF the sixty secoud part Of
shc white inhabitants. and of the sixty second
P"' ''"o 'aAesS 40 "Heh suoeo ioScthcT iotul
a unit.
Section 8, All taxes upon property, real or
personal, shall be laid upOf the actual value OF
the property taxed, as the same shall DO ascer
tanned by the assessmen, made or tho pur-
pose of laying such tax. Ia thr first appor-
iionment which shall he made under the Con
stitution, the amount OF taxes shall b. estima.
ted from the avcra 70 Of the two years next pre-
cedirg such apportionment but in ever sub
sequent apportio ment, from III average Of
thc ten year then next preceding.
SECTION 8. II. in the apportionment of Rep
resentatves 4: any Election District shall ap-
pear not to be ontitled, from ita population and
its taxes, to a Representative; such Election
District shall nevertheless send one Reprcsen-
tatiVe: and, II there lie still a deficiency Of the
number OF Representatives required by sec
ton fifth, such deficiency shall be supplied by
assigning Representatives to tiiose election
Districts having the largest eurpius fractions,
Whether those fractions consist or a coinbica.
tiou OF population aud taxes, or of population
or taxes separately, until the number Of one
hundred aud twenty .four Members be made
up: PySoided, hotDerer, That not more than
twelve Representatives shall in any apportion.
ment, be assigned to any one Election District.
SnCr.oN I'D. No apportiooment of Represen-
tatives shall be construed to take effect, in any
manner. until the general election which shall
succeed such happoriionment. gs. to;-c.
SECTION III. The Senate shall be composed OF
one member from each Election District, except
the Election District OF Charleston, to which
shall be allowed two Senutors. ~ ft FEf
SECTION IL. Upon the meeting of the first
General Assembly, which shall be chosen un.
der the provisions or this Constitution the
Senators shall be devIded, by lot, into two
clasaes the seats OF the Senators Of the one
class to be vacated at ,hc expiration OF four
years and the number Of these classes shall
be so proBosti0ned that ono half or the whole
number OF Senators may, as ne rly ne posi-.
bic continue 10 he choser IN, rcaiter every sec-
0nG war. y@E Et49 al
ECTIoS 49,. No person shall he eligible 10,
or iBkc % retain, n seat IN ,h iIpust ~ Repre-
scntat,yrs, upl,ss ic a i,o" "hi, man, VINO
hath attaiDed the age 81 %enty ,onc yTars!
bathibeen Il citizen and q resident Di this S;a,e
thres years nFxi preceding the ,tay oi election
aug bath been ,tor the lasitsix months oi tlis
tine, AZ d shalt continue, d reHidCntnr ihe Dis,
trict which be is 90 represent.
SECTION Ii No pcison, shall be- eligible 80,
or take or retain, seat n the Scnair, un lcss
he is q free white man, who bath alta aired ted
age Of thirty years, hath been "a ciuzen aud
resident OF this State five years next preceding
the day Of election, and hath been, for the ias'
six months of this time. and shall continuo IL
be, resident the District which no 10 to rep,
resent. .a.,igW $3.50,
SECTION Is. Senators and Mrnnbersor the
House pf Representatives sbal be choscG at a
ge' e7al election on Tho third gin edn,s day in
October 10 the present year, and on h,s came
dav IN every second ye,r thssnetl ~, iE euGh
manner, andsor sUch tersnata Ben, ae nTe