The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-01-13
ARrICLE I.

SECTION |. Inc Legislative Ruthorlty OF THIS
State shall be vested in d General Assembly, +,
Of Representatives.
SECTION 2. The House Of Representatives
shall be composed OF Members chosen by bal.
lot. every second year, by the citizens Of this
State, qualified as in this Constitution is pro.
vided. .,HN}
SEcrlok 8. Each Judicial District in the
State shall constitute one Election District, cx.
cept Charlesten District, which shall be divi-
drd into two Election Districts. one consisting
Of tho late Parishes of st. Phillip and ST.
trict OF Charleston /; the other consisting of all
that part Of the Judicial District, which s
without the limits Of said Parishes, TO be known
as the Election District of Berkeley.
SECTION 4. Tho boundaries OF tho several in.
dical aud Election Districts shall remain as
they arc now established.
SKoTrot s. The House Of Representatives
shall CONSIST OF ono huudrcd and twnntv four
Members, to bc apportioned among the several
Election Districts or tho State, according to
the number of white inhabitants contained in
each, and the amount Of all taxes raised by the
General Assembly, whether direct or indirect,
or OF " hatever species paid in each, deducting
thercfrom all taxcs paid on account OF proper.
ty held in any other District, and adding
thereto all taxes elsewhere paid on account Of
property held in such District. An cnumera-
lion Of the white inhabitants, for this purpose,
was made the year one thousand eight hun
drcd and fifty nine, and shall be made in the
courso OF every tenth year thereafter, in such
manner as shali be, by law, directed and
Representatives shall he assigned to the differ
cnt Districts in the above -menti ioncd proper.
tion, by Act OF the General Assembly at the
scseion Immediately succeeding every cnume.
ration Provided That until the apportion.
ment which shall be madc upon tho next emu
mcraton, shall take effect, the representation
Of the several Election Districts, as herein con-
stituted, shall continue as assigned at the last
apportionment, each District which has been
heretofore divided into smaller Districts,
knownas Parishes, having the aggregate num-
Dor OF Representatives which the Parishea
Heretofore embraced within its limits have had
since that appointment, the Representative
to which the Parish OF All Saints has been
heretofore entitled, being during this interval,
assigned TO Horny Election District
SECTION 6. II the enumeration herein direct.
ed shall not be made in the course Of the year
appointed for the purpose. it shall be the duty
or the Governor to have il effected AS coon
thereafter as shalI be practicable.
SEcTIoS7 In assigning Representatives to
tho several Districts, the General Assembly
shall allow one Representative Tor every sixty
necond part Of the whole number OF white in :.
haSi,ants in the State, and ono Representative
also for every sixty second part of the whole
taxes raised by th General Assembly. There
shall be funhcr allowed one Representa- tive
for euch fractions OF the sixty second part OF
part tofthe taxes, as when added together fol IN
a unit.
SECTION 8. All taxes upon property, real or
personal, shal be laid upon the act ual value OF
the property taxed, as the same shall be asccr.
taincd by the assessment made or the pur :
pose OF laying such tax. In the first appur-
tionmcnt which shall hr made under the Con
stitution, the amount Of taxes shall be estima :
ted from HE average Of the two years next pre-
cedirg such appor,ionment; but in every sub.
nequent apportio"ment, hom tn, average of
the ten yeats then next preceding.
SECTION 9. II, in the apportionment OF Rep
.resentatiyes any Election District shall ap-
pear NO, to DO entitled, from its population and
its taxes, to a Representative; such Election
Dislrict shall nevertheless send ono Rsprcsen-
tative; and, i! there be still defcency'of the
number Of Representatives. required by sec
tion fifth, such deficiency shall be supplied by
assigning Representatives to those Election
Disfricts having the largest Purplus fractions,
whether those fractions consist or a combiCa
ton oil population and taxes, or Of population
or taxes separately, until the number OF one
hundred aud twenty .four Members be made
IN. Provided, ho,psper, That not more than
twelve Representative shall, in any apporton.
nent, be assigne toany one Election District.
.SEorIoN 10. No npportionment OF Represen--
iatives shall be construed to take effect, in any
manner, until the general election which shall
succeed such apportionment,
SECTION IL. The Senate shall be composed of
enc member from each Election District, except
the Election District or Charleston, to which
shall be allowed two Senators.
SECTION 10. Upon The meeting OF the fret
General Assembly, which shall be chosen un-
der the provisions of this Constitution, the
Senators shall be devIded, by lot, into two
classes the seats CT the Senators Of the one
class to be vacated at. Tho expiration Of four
years and the number OF these classes shall
Be SO proportioned that one, half OF the whole
number Of Senators may, as nearly as possi-
ble,contnue to bo chosen thereafter every Sec
end year.
SscrIoN IS. No person shall be eligible to,
or take or rotaip seat in the House Of Repre-
sentatives, unlcss 1heis a FREQ white man, who
hath attained tho age cf twenty .one ycars
hath been II citizen and a resident or this State
three years next preceding the day OF election
ana hath been for the last ak months Of this
time, and shall continue. aresidento OF the Dis,
trict which he Is to represent. ~ 5W'S ~ -
SRcrIoN u. No person shall be eligible to,
or take or retain, a seat tho Senate, unless
he is a'free white man, who hath attained the
age Of thirty year,, hath been q citizen and
resident of this State fyo years next preceding
,ho day OF election, and hath been for ,.Ae lac,
dix months OF this time, and ahsll continue "a
be, resident ofthe District which he is to rep.
resent. gits II ass " WI lj4,.;
House OF Representatives shall be chosen at a
general election on tho third Wsdnesday In