The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-12-16
ARTICLE I.


SECTION The Legislative au,hnnty of this
State shall be vested ma Gcnclal Assembly,
which shall consst OF Senate aud a ,ilousc
ot Representatives. .s
SECTION 2. The Enuse Of REPRESENTATIVES
shall be- composed of Nlrin crs, chsei by bal.
Iot. every SECOND year, by tho cit'z ne o this
State, qua lifted as IN this Constitution Is pro
vidcd. ~ fra. d ftT, tt.4. .fsSi ,..,r,.
SEcr,os g. Each Judicial DsGict 10 ihc
State shall con.titnic one Sl,ctioh Dirtict 'cx
ccpt Charleston DistsSct. wi ich shall '6c d.v'-
~ a into Two Eipriioa Districts. one Cons,sIin.
of the hate Pas:shce "f ~ Phllip aud II
Michael &, be designated the Elcr ion Dis.
trct OF Ch:Ecston; the '@Shrr consistiua ul all
that part or thu Judicial Dis,tir, which IL
without &c limits OF SAID Parishes ito be ht.uwn
os the Election Disrtcio: Berkeley .s
SECTIONS. Thn boundarics Of the several in
aicai aud Eic6tinn Districts shal! remain az
they are now estahliahCd.
sEsT,oN 3. The llousr of Repre- scn,ativcs'
shall consist ut unG hUudr"d ani twenty four
Numbers, to b" apror'lonrd snonr ahv scvSrel
Eiuction Districts Of the State. according in
the nuLf',r OF white nhuhirauts cortarncd in
each, aud rhc amount OF all taxes raised by the
General Assembly. whcthr direct or indirect,
or OF Whatever species paid in cschy tcducting'
thereiror1 all taxes paid on accom-, of proper
ty held In any other District and adding
thereto all taxes elsewhere paid on account Of
property held in such District. An cnumcra-
ton Of the white Inhabitants, for this purpose,
was made ! the year one Thousand eight hun
dred and hity- nine, and shall b. made in the
course OF every tenth year thereafter. in such
manner as shall be, by law dircs'ted and
Representatives shall he assigned In the differ
ent Districts in the above men i0nrd propor.
ton, by Act OF the General assembly at the
srss:on immediately succeeding every enume
raron: Provided, That until he "a po, ton
ment, which shall bc mad upon the next Gnu.
mcru tion. shall take effect thr representation
OF the several Election Districts. as herein con-
stituted, shall continue as assigned nj the las,
apportionmcnt each District which has been
heretofore divided into smaller Districts,
known as Parishes, having the aggregate uun.
bcr OF Representatives which the Patiahrs
heretofore embraced within its limits have had
since 'hul epportionment the Representative
10 which III" Parish Oh II Saints has br en-
hernmin'c Cm't!cd, bciug during this interval,
assigned 10 Horny Elrctiuu District
'ANSEcTIuS 6. the enumeration herein dirrct
ed sNa.) 80, Je made in the courSc Of TIE year
,appuliIr'' iH ,N purpose, il slial l5c thr tuiS
o! ,hE COvCrnir a huvo Il; ~ tod as .oon
th"rcs'tr' RS snaiI tr piat4ioabh st
y '.'EoTmNi l,i 'assiEnu& h;pes:up,Gvrst
r. aeE'ra Di,';thas; iG (Gcdofi. hau,ulr II
shai' allow onr Representatives az ,,'Sry s.xEy
soroud part or the whole nu,nbrr of IgGir III
habittuts in the state, aud one Representative
also i"r every sixty second partoi 'hr whulr
saxcs raiscdbY III &c cral Assembly. There
shall br. iurthcr allowed one Representative
iSr such lracfisrs oS tho sixty sccuad part /"
Aic white inha aNitan5s, aud ut thr siStY srroui
partof'he taaea, as when added together ioiu
a unit. R
SEcrpS s. All taxes s,pon property, real or
personal, shall b. lii ,ioot the actnal S,Inc of
the property mxrd. as th9samc snail pc asc"r
'ain"i by tho assessment made nrthn pur.
pose "f laying such tax. IL tbr frIt nppor-
ii niueut which Shall ~ made nn.ier The Con
sti,ntipn, 'hc aiuoaut % taxes shil ba esit,Ia
ted ft"iu the mvc,ngopf ,hr twu years hcxtp
codiI = such nppOG Onm'ng; hut IL. cvur suh
scqucnt app"rtu ncm, fro" 'hN avGragc uf
the ten yea, then next prGccdipg. .a
SECTION 9, ltin Tho appoi tiunm rnt Of REQ
rcs"ninives any Erection District shall ap-
pear iSi IL b. entitled, nnIJiits popttin,ion aud
iis taxes. To- "A Rrpna,ntRtiye; such Election
Dis.ricl shall ncvGrtsclcs- srnr,,ac r prrsrn-
,auvH; aud, il thcreDr sIil IL dgljcit'ncy y'of the
number OF representatives requned 10y sec
uon fi;th, such deii,ieucY shall be suppligd by
assigning representatives, 10 dose Elc@ion
DISTRICTS having ,ljr iargcstis nrp las hacnons
whether thos" fractions conSis uf n comb %
ioh o' population aud taxcs, or Of population
or taxes separately, until iIic nunbtr of Due
huud,ed aud Jwrptv'iour Mfnhers ~ made
up PrOoided, hOtreu9, That not Jnnrc than
Twelve Representatives shall IL any apportpn
mcni, he s.i2 ned TO any one Ec,ti"u D.sirct
SECTION 10. NOappOrtioninGnt of HUp:csGsI-
tativcs shall be construed 10 take ltfct, III ANY
manner, until tnc general election which shall
succeed such apporicnnlenL
SECTION II. The Senate shall he composed uf
one mcinber from each Election District, except
tne hccton l)StrlCt oi CnarlcslOp, tu which
ehall be allowed two Senutors. Eff#- u
sGcrioH u. Upon the iilfsiipa cf the first
General Ass"rnbly, which shSJrbn chosen, ,un-
der the provisions of dis tC1nstitu'ion the
Senators -hall be dcvdud, by lot, nto two
classes /; thc ca;s the Senator uf the one
class to be vacated al The cxpiation Of four
years and the m'imhrr usr C asst.s sha
be 80 proportiuned that one hal at IN" whole
number oi Senators may, hs @ rly ms posi-
BILE continue TO be chuscn tl, rcaitcr every sec =
end year.
s,EoTI0N 10. No person shn!l he cl,gi bic to,
or takeO or rctaln seat inth House uI Repre-
sentaIiTes. unless heisa free Whit, man VINO
hath attained the age ( twcny.un y,nr.
hath been IL citizen an "a resident %. this Sta,c
three years n,,xt preceding The day ol election,
ana hath been ioi lhe last ak mouths oi tl,isI
time, aud shall continue, resident Of the sns
trct Which he is tO'trpreseni. fu 4
SECTION IA No person shalt he eligible To-,
or take Or retain, aseatlJn uh$ Senate. unless
he ia free white map, wbe hate ararlcG ne
age of dirty ytars, .ialblbeen "a ,eiuzc,. aud
resident oi this State five years hexl preceding
the day Of election. mid hath been for. thc'las'
, six months OF this tine, and shSll continue /,
be. a resident oftbe pistrict.~hicb hdjis to nps
resent "3a1 - tBH t!SB,F,sth H. 4f5
SECTOR Is. Senators and Mcmbers Of the