The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-10-24
ARTICLE II

State shall be vested ina General Assembly ,
which shall consist Of a Senate and House
OF Representatives.
SECTION ,. The House OF Representatives
shall DC composed Of Members chOscn bv bal
lot, every second year, by the citizens Of this
State, qualified as IN this Constitution is pro
yidcd.
Section g. Each Judicial District in the
State shall com titutc one Election District, OK.
Ccpt Charleston District, which shall bC divi-
Gcd into two Elcctiou Districts. one consisting
of the late Parishes Of ~. Phillip and st.
Michael, to be designated the Election Dis.
trict 81 Charleston the other consisting of all
that part OF tho Judicial District, which is
WITHOUT the limits or said Parishes to be known
rs the Election District of Berkeley
SEcTioN 4. The boundaries Of the several Ju.
dicia! aud Election Districts shall remain rs
tlcy rrc now cS,Ihiishrd. s-.a,
SEcrioN 3. The House Of Representatives
shall consist Of ono hundred aud twenty four
Members, to be appnriioncd among thu several
Election Districts or the State according to
tho number OF white inhabitants contained III
each, and the anUnnt OF all taxes raised by the
General Assembly, whether direct or Indirect
or OF whatever species paid in caSh, deducting
thcrGtr0lu all taxes palddn account Of proper.
~ held i'll any other District, and adding
thereto all taxes elsewhere paid ON account of
property held in such District. An cnuncra-
;ion OF the white iuh tbita:.ts, for this purpose,
was made the year one thousand eight hun
drcd and fifty uinc ,'aud shall br made in the
coursc of every tenth year thereafter, in such
monuer as shall be, by law, directed and
Representatives shall hc'assigueI to the ditinr
cut Districts in the aforementioned proper
ton, by Act OF the General Assembly nj tho
session Immediately succeeding every cnume.
ration Provided, That unit; The arportlOn.
mcnt, which shall bc made upon the mex, emu
mcratiun, shall take effect, the representation
of the several Election Districts, as herein con-
stituted, shall continue as assigned ot the last
apportonment, each District which has been
llyretDfDrp divided smaller llstricta
known as Parishes, having tho aggregate mum
bcr Of Representatives which the Parishes
heretofore embraced Within its limits have had
since that apportionment, the Representative.
10 winch the Parish OF I'll Saints has becni
heretofore entitled, hGing during this intcrvals
assigned TO Horry Election District ~
SECTION 8. ir the enumeration herein dircetf'
cd shall not be made in the course of the y,EfS
appointed for tho purpose, it shall be !hG dnt3
OF tho Governor to have il effected as Sooist
thereafter as shall be practicable.
SEcTIoNT In assigning Representatives 10
the several Districts, thu General AsacmbYs
shall allow oae Representations every sixtyS {
sccond part OF the whole number OF white IN !.
hubiants i'll the State, and one Representative
also for every sixty sccord part ofiho whole
taxes raised by tn Gencrni assemb!y, There
shall be further allowed one Representative
for such fractions orthe sixty second port OF
the white inhabitants, and Of the sixty second
part ofthe taxes, as when added together form
unit. %st'& t 's
SECTION 9. All taxes upon property, real or
personal, shall be laid uDoi, the actual Yalue Of
tho property taxed, as the same shall 90 asccr.
taincd by the assessment made nr the pur-
pose OF laying such tax. In the fr1t dppor-
tiunincnt which shalt BE- riadc unde the Gon
stitution, the amount ot taxes shalt be ostinia.
ted from tic nvcrnaG0r ihctwo years next pre-.
ccdirg such apportionnent; but in ever sub
sequent apportiou meat, fco,n III average of
the ten years then next preccding.
SECTION 9. If, in the apporti0nnient Of Rep
resentativGs any Election DISTRICT shall ar--
pear not to be entitled, from its population and
its taxes. 10 Representatives; such Election
Dssrict shall nevertheless send onn Rsprcson-
tAtiyc; and, il there be stili deficiency OF the
pumber OF Representatives required by sec
ton fifth, such deficiency shall bc supplied by
assigning Representatives 10 those Election
Districts having the largest surpus fractions
whether those fractions consist 0! O comb a
tlon OF population aud taxes, or OF population
or taxes separately, until the Number Of Ouc
hundred aud twenty lour Members be made
up fropided, hcperr, That not nnre than
twelve Representatives, shall, in any apportion.
ment, be assianedto any one Election District,
SEcTioN 10. No appor'ion,nent of 1epresen-
;a'ivcs shall be construed To take effect in any
manner, nntiltnc general election which si>aH
succeed auch apporlionnent. rH
Section III. The Sehate shall be coDnosed al
one member from each Election District, cxccp,
the Election District of Charleston, to which
shall be allowed two Senators.
SECTION ~ Upon tho meeting Of the irE,
, General Assembly, which shaii' be chosen IA.
der the provisions OF this Cnustitutiun. the
Senators shall be devidcd by lot, into twJ
classes the seats of tho Senators of the one
class to be vacated at The expiration OF four
years and the number OF ttcsc classes shnl
be 80 proportioned that one half OF the whole
number OF Senators may, as nearly MS posi-.
bi" continue to be chosen thereafter every Sec
ond year.
SEcrIoN g. No person shall be eliglbIc to
or Jake or retain, seat in the House or Reore-
: scntatives. nnlcss he is a free white man, who
hath attained the ago cf twcnty.one years
bath been II citizen and a resident of this Stat
three years next preceding the day OF election
aud hath been for the last six months of this
time, and shall continue, a residcnto OF the Dis,
trict which he is to represent.
SEcTicS IL No peison shall be eligible TO
or take or retain, a seat n the Senate, unless
he is free white man, who hath attained tlc
age of thirty years, hath been n citizen apo
resident OF this State five years next preceding
the day OF election, aud hath been, for the ias
six months OF this time. and shall continue to
be, resident ofthe District which nc ID TO rep.
resent. .E
SEcrIoN 15. Senators and Merabersof the
House Of Representative shall be chosen at a
general election pn the third Wednesday ia
October in the present year, and on the same
day in every second. year thereafter, in sue b
manner, aud for such terIns of office, az are
herein directed. They shall meet 3 on tho
,SfcIrth Monday liz November, annually. AZ
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