The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-12-12
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SECTION |. The Legislative authority Of this
State shall be vested IN General Assembly,
which shall consist OF a Senate and House
Of Representatives.
SECTION 2. The House Of Representatives
shall be composed of Members ctosep bv bal.
lot, every second year, by the citiz nso thia
State, qualified as in this Constitution j. nco.
vided.
SEcTlox g. Each judicial District III h,
State shall com iitute puc Election District TX
cept Charleston District, wrich shall @ div,.
drd into Two Election Districts. one consisting
Of the late Parishes Of st. Phillip aud st
Michael, to be designated the Election Dis.
trict - Charleston the other consisting Of all
that part OF the Judicial District, which il
without The limits OF said Parishes, To be k,uwn
as the Election Distric, oi Brrkelr,
SECTION 4. The boun,arics ur the several Ju
dicial ana Election Districts shal, rinain as
they are now established
>EoTioN 8. The House of Representatives
shall consist of one hundred aud twenty four
NJ mbers to br apportioned among th,. several
Eviction Districts or the State, according to
the nunSer of hite inhabitants curia,u. q in
each, and 'hc "a aunt OF all taxes raised by the
General Assembly, whether direct or Indirect.
or OF whatever species paid in each, deducting
thercfrotn all taxes paid on &C cunt ui proper
ty held in any other Dst'ici, aud adding
thereto all taxes elsewhere paid on account cf
property held in surh District An cnumcra-
ton Of the white inh tbitaits, for this purpose,
was made the year one huusand eight hun
dTed and tity. nine. nd ahuli BE- mad" in the
course OF every tenth year tn, r"a'ter. IN such
manner al shall be, by law, directed aud
Representatives shall I've assigned To the diff.r
ent Districts in the above LINEN, ionrd proper.
ton, by Ac OF the General Assembly at the
session Immediately succeeding every cnumc
ration Provided. That until up a por t,ont
mcnt. which shall bC mad upon the nexr emu.
meratiOn, shall take effect the repre-. .entntion
of the several Election Districts. "a herein con-
stituied, shall continue as assigned at the last
apportionnent. each District which has been
heretofore divided into smaller Districts,
krIswn ms Parishes, having the aygrega," NUN
Der Of Representatives which The Parishes
heretofore embraced within its limits have had
since that apportionment, the Representative
TO which the Parish of All Saints, has bccn
heretofore entitled, being during this interval,
assigned to Horny Election District
SECTION 6. the enumeration herein direct
ed shall not be made in the course Of the year
appointed for tho purpose. it shall be the duty
Of the Governor to have il cffccted as sunn
thereafter as shall be practicable
SEcTIoN7 In assigning Representatives 10
the several Districts. the Gcucral Assembly
ehall allow ono Representative or every sky.
second part OF the whole number OF white in
habitants in the State, and one Representa- tive
also for every sixty second part oi the whole
shall be- further allowed one Representative
for such fractions OF the sixty second part u
the white inhabitants, and Of the sixty second
part Ofthe taxes, as when added together form
q unit.
SECTIONS. All taxes upon property, real or
personal, shall be laid uDui the actual value OF
the property taxed, as the same shall be ascrr
tained by the assessment made or the pur.
pose Of laying such tax. la tho firdt nppur-
tionment which stall h. madn under the Con
stitution, the amount Of taxes shall be eslirna.
ted from the average of the two years next pre-.
cedr & such apportionment; but In ever sub
sequcnt apportio meut, from tn. average Of
the ten year s then next preceding.
SECTION 9. u. iU the appor,iOnment of Req
resentatives any Election District shall ap-
pear not to be entitled. from it's population and
its taxes, to Representative; such Election
District shall nevertheless send one R-prcscn-
tative: and, u there he still deficiency Of the
number OF Representatives required by sec.
ton fifth, such deficiency shall be supplied by
assigning Representatives TO those Election
Districts having the largest surplus fractions,
whether those fractions consist or a coinb "A !.
tion oil population and taxes. or OF population
or taxes separately, until the number Of one
hundred and twenty -four Members be made
up. PrOuided, hopeuer, That not more than
twelve Representatives, shall, in any apportion.
ment, be assigned to any one Elsotion District.
SECTION 10. No apportionnnsEt ol Represen-
tatives shall be construed tVsdke tffRcirin any
manner. until the general iasecsi1sl 4tiiab shaft
succeed such apportionme gf ftl fff &ota
sEcrloN II. The Senate tiisii ~ eeFpposcd Of
one member from each Eedtibp f7iSt fict, Except
the Election District OF ChSslesssIf, to- which
ohanbe allowed two Senators. 7tAaf9t
SECTION u. Upon the meeting aofs the first
General Assembly, which shalI1be chosen un-
der the provisions or this Constitution the
Senators shall be dcvIdcd. by lot, into two
classes the scats or the Senators Of ;hc one
class to be vacated al tho expiration Of fur
years and the nnmber o. ttCse classes shall
be 80 prOportioned that ono half OF the wholt
number of Senators may, as ne IIv M pDs>i
bic continue TO be chosen thtrta'tor rysSy rs. g..
end year.
SECTION l3. No person shall he ,ir. bic 10.
or take retain, a acat III the Ito usr or Repre-.
-scniatives, unless he is a free wh,t man vino
hath attained the age q twenty one y,arr
ha tn been citizen and resident OF this Sta!c
three ycars next preceding the day OF election,
ana hath hten or the last ak mouths oi this
time. ard shall continue, resident ni Tie Dis.
trict which he ii to represent.
SEcTios IA No person shall he eligible to.
or take or retain. seat n The Senate, uniess
he il free white man, who hath aIfau I'd TIE
age of thirty years. hath been citizen aud
resident OF tfis State five years nexi preceding
,he day Of election, and hath becn. for the las'
six m0nths Of this time. and shall continue ~
be, resident OF the Distrc, hich he s 10 rep.
resent.