The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1865-10-04

he, TIE Peep le ef' the State Of iSoatd Carrots
M, 6sf or Delegatesfn eoarentiOgs met, do
orolaia and sstablish. Ills Consultation Jot
Re Gose1ameat Of the said State
ARTICLE /.
Sec. I The Legislative authority Of this
State shall be vested IN a General Assembly,
:. which Shall consist of Senate and House
<.of Representatives.
Sec. 2. The House of Representatives, shall
be composed Of Members chosen by ballot,
every second year: by the citizens Of this
State, qualified as in this Constitution is pre-
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Sec. 5. EacltJuticiat nStrict in the State
shall constitute one Election District, except
Charleston Di SriSt. which shall be divided
Into two Elcction Districts, one consisting OF
she late 1PaliSheS Of ST. Philip and St. Mich
zell, to be rlesignatrGIthe Election District OF
charleston; the other consisting Of all that
ltart Of the Judicial District, whirh is without
the limits Of the said PaFii hes % be known
as the Election District Of Berkeley, -7-.Ss
Sec. 4. Tie boundaries of the several Judi.
.cial aud Election Districts shall remain as
they. are aow estahiiSlrerl. .
Sees TIE lo5sse II Representatives shall
e,psist ,f one hur sire,l and twcnty-te,V Mem
locrS, To be appartidncd among the several
Election DiStsictS If the State, according to
tho ttis.saeg Of white iahahitants contained III
.eacs,, and tt,e aTaonnt 6f all taxes raised by
the Gsaerai .tSSeIlibly, whether direct or IN
direct, or. .of ewbaieseF species paid in each,
:. <educting ,berefo,n al taSespai,s IN account
of property held ia any other District, and
:.ii ing thereto all axes clSe@ b re paid on &C
Cunt of property he'd in. uch District. An
-;s IMMIGRATION Of the White inhabitants, for
sIiSsp sptrpaSc, was made III tl,e:ycar one thou-
.s4ntl eight hundred and fitty-rine, aud shall
hc made III the course Of every tenth year
{ ,ercafter5 IN such nanneras shall be, by law,
.slircctpd; aud Represcntatiy shall be assign
sel 10 the different Districts in the aboIe-nien-
toned proportion, hy Act of the General As
senahly ut the session Immediately succeeding
every enumeration Provided, that until the
superintendent, s lich shall be made npon the
next enumeration, shall take effect, the repre-
ssentation Of the several Election Districts, as
herein constituted, shall continue as assigned
at the last apportionment;s each District which
has been heretofore divided into smaller. Dis
t.icis, known as Parishes, having The aggrc-
gEte. punber of Representatives which the
Parishes heretofore embraced within It's limits
hass had since that aPpotiohment, the Re.
srssentatiye 10 whichfhe Parish of Al Saints
has beeTii heretofore entitled, being, during
this iDtersal, assigned 10 Hofry Election Dis.
&rict.
Secs. II the enumeration herein directed
shall not be made in the course of TIE year
appointed for the purpose, it sballbe the duty
of the Gogernor to have it Effected as soon
thereafter as shall be practicable
Sec. Il InassigniRg Representatives to the
several Districts, the General Assembly shall
allow one Representative for every sixty-sec-
dond part of, the whole number of white inhab-
atants in the State, and one Representative
also for every sixty-secend part of the whole
taxes raised by the General Assembly. There
shah be further allowed one Representative
for such fractions of the sixty second part of
the white inhabitants, apdof the sixty-second
mart of the taxes, as. when added together
form unit -~ ~ ---,~ --~'
Sec. g. All taxes upon property, real or
personal, shall be laid upon the actual value
of the property taxed, as the same shall be
ascertained by an assessment made for the
purpose of laying such tax. In the first ap-
T,ortionueat which shall be made under this
Constitution, the amount of taxes shall be es-
4imated from the average Of the two years
next preceding such apportionment; but in
every subsequent appoEtionuent, from the
average of the ten years then next preceding
Sec. 9. IT. in the apportionmeRt OF Repre-
sentatiVes, any Election District shall appear
not to be entitled, from its population and lis
taxes, to Representative, such election Dis
tricE shall nevertheless send one Represents
tive and, if there be still deficiency of the
number of Representatives required by sec
ton. fifth, such deficiency shall be supplied by
assigning Representatives 10 those Election
Districts having the largest Surplus fractions
whether these fractions consist of q combina
tica of population and taxes, Or of population
or taxes separately, until the number. Of on
hSpdred and twentyfour Members be mad