The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-01-18

| aud may bc author. .ycd To compel the attend
ance oi absent Members, In such manner, and
nnuer'such penalties, as may Dc provided ny
! law ,tF. Tel.
SECTION IS. Each House shall choose its own
officers, determine its rules oi proceeding,
| punish its Members for dsGrdcrly behavior,
and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, cxprl
Member, but not a.sCcond time for Inc same
! cause t. -.
SECTION 10, Each House may punish, by i'm,
| prison,nent, during its sitting, any person not
| n Member, who shall bc guilty oil disrcspcct TO
| thu House bv any disurrcrlv or COntcmptunuI
| behavior in its presence; or who, during the
time uf it's slttiug, shall threaten harm 10 body
| or estate of any Mcuher for anything said or
| done N cilher House. or who shall assault any
| OF them therefor, or whu shall assault or 1rreat
| any witness or other person ordercd to attend
! tho House, in his goin.e thereto, or rcturuiug
| thcrefrum, or who shall rescue any person at.
rested by order oi the House. &, 4.
; SECTION 20. The Members of both Houses
| shall be projected in ihcr persons and estates
dHring,,heir attendance on, going ,onnd re-
| turning from, the General Assembly, and tn
days previous o,thc sitting, and ten DAYS az
ter the ndiourntncnt thereof. Butihcsc prvi.
"yCs Shalt not hG extended 50 as TO prutect any
| Member who shall be charged with treason,
felony, or breach OF the peace. siI . {.
SECTIoE 81. Bills for raising n rcvG nuc shall
originate in tho House Of Representatives, but
may be altered, amended or rejected hy the
Scuate land all Other bills NAV ori aiuatc IN
rejected by the other.
SECTION %. Every Act or Resolution having
the force of law shall relate TO hut one subj jsCt.
and that stall be EXPRESSED in the title.
SECTION %. No bill shal have the force OF
law until it shall have been read three times,
| aud on three several days, in oach House, has
had tho seal OF the State affixed To it, and has
hecn signed in the Senate liousc blythe Prcs.
dent Of the Senate aud the Speaker ui the
House OF Representatives.
SfcTIoS .2i. No money shall be drawn out
| OF The Public Treasury but by thc.lcgisativc
| authority OF the State.
| SscTiDS 25. In all elections by the General
| Assembly, or either House thereof, the mcm.
bcrs shall vote "riua uocc" aud their volcs thus
| given, shall be entered upon The journals oitho
| House to which they respectively belong.
SECTIoN 26 The members OF the General
| Assembly, who shall meet under this Consitu.
tion. sha he entitled to receive out OF tho Pub.
| lie Treasury, for their expenses during their
| attendance on. going 10 and rcturhinE from.
! tho General Assembly, five dollars f5r each
days attendance, and twenty cents for cvczy
| mile ui the ordinary route OF travel between
| the residence ofthe Member and the capital or
| other p!,cc Of sitting of the General Assanbly,
| both gong and returning and the Same may
| be increased or diminished by law, il circuin-
| s,anccE shall require but no alteration shall
be made to take effect duting tho existence uf
| The General Assembly which shall make such
| alteration. ., ,
| SEcr,oN 27 Neither House, during the ses-
ton OF the General Assembly, shall, without
| the consent of the other. udj0urr for more
! than three davs, nor to any other place than
| that IN which the Assembly shall be n, the time
| sitting.
| SEcTIoN IS. No person shall be chgihlc TO n
| scat in tic General Assembly whilst he hol"s
| any Office OF profit or trust under this State,
| tho United Stnt"s UfAmcrica, Or any of them,
! or under any other power, except officers in
| the militia, prmy or navy of this State, Ma2i
uatcs or Justices al Inferior Courts, while such
| Justices receive no salaries; nor shall any
! contractor, OF toe army or navy u this State.
the United States 0f America, or any Of them,
| or the agents of such contractor, be oliyibn 10
| a seat in either House. Aud il any Member
81 all accept exercise any of the said disquali-
| tying offices, he ahall vaCatc hs srot.
| SECTION 90. Ii airy Election Distticts shall
neglect 10 cIoosc member or members on the
day OF election, or il any person chosen n
! member of either fiauac shall refuse TO Qunli-
| iyan! take bis scat, "r shall rcsil;n, die, de-
part the state, accept any disqualltying oilirc,
| or become otherwise disouaniird 10 hold his
| scat, writ of election shall BE- Issued by the
| Prcsidcntoi tho Senate or Speaker OF tho
| House OF Representatives, as the case may be,
for the purpose of filing the vacancy thereby
| occasioned, for tho r"maipdcr OF the term Tor
| which tho person so refusing to qualify, re.
signing, dying, departing the S'atc, or bccoln-
| ing disqualified, was. s.elcctcd TO serve, or the
dcfaulting EectionS District ought to have
chosen a member or mcmbrr5.
SECTION 81. Ana whereas, tbc mlHI Of
the Gospel are, by their profcs,iun. dedicated
to the service of God and the cure OF souls,
and oug, not be diverted from tho srcal ,.u.
ties OF their functions, therefore, m minis ter
oftKe Gospel or public preacher OF any re-
lgious persuasion whilst nc continues in tho
exercise Of his pastoral functions. shal he
! eligible to the Office OF Governor. Iicutenant
Governor, or to seat in the Senate o. the
House OF Representatives
| ARTICLE H.
SEcTioNl. The Executive authority Of this
| State shall be vested i'm Chief Ma gistratc who
shall be styled, The Governor OF the State oi
| South Carolina ~ ~
SgCTIoS2 2. The Governor shall be, elected by
the electors duly qualified 10 vote for mc'a bcra
| OF the House OF r. representatives.. aud shail hold
his office for four years and until his success,
cor shall be chosen aud qualified !; but, the
same prison shall not he Go, ernor for two
consecutive terms. al 'snH
! SEcTIoa3. No person shall be eligible to The
| Office OF Governor, unless he hath attained Tie
1 age Of thirty years, and hath been "A Citizen
and resident OF this State FOR tie ten years
next preceding tho day of election. And nc
! person shall hold The office OF Governor. nd
any ether Office or comriission, civil or militia
ry, Except in militia,) under this State or thc