The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-02-10
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Spcy,oS ,. The House of Representatives
shall bc composed of Ncmbcrs chosen by bal.
lot. every second year, by the citizsns OF this
State, qualified as III this Consututeu is pro
viacd. -
SECTION 5. Ench Judicial District in the
State shah constitute one Election District, cx-
ccpt Charleston District, WI ich shall be divi-
dr,linto two Election Districts, one consisting
Of the late Parishes of St. Phillip and .St'
Michael, - 'bc dcGiguQtcd tho Election Dis.
trict - Charleston: the other consisting ol.all
that part or tho Judicial District, Witch is
,w.thout the limits ur said Parishes, 10 be known
n the Eec:an District oI Berkeley ..
SECTION {. Tho boundaries Of III" several Ju.
,Iiciui and Election Districts shall remain as5
they are now Cstah,ishCd." -.
SECrIQS .. The House of Representatives
shall consist of ono hundred aud twenty fur
M,mbrra. To be npportioncd among the several
Election Districts Or the State, according to
the uuinbcr Oi white inhabitants contained iu
each, aud the amount Oi all taxes raised hy the
General Assembly, whcthrr direct or indirect, !.
or oi whatever species paid i'll each, dcduciing
thcrCirouI all taxes raId on account oi proper.
" hcld in any other District, and adding
thereto oil taxes clsrwncrc paid on account Of
property held in such District An cnumara-
ton OF thc white inhabitasts, for this purpose,
was made i. the year one thousand eight hun
drrd aud fifty nine, aud shall bG made in the
curirsc of every tenth year thereafter, i'll such
manner as shall b' Ivy law, directed; aud
'
cnt Districts in the nbovG-,ncnti0ncd proper.
tiun. by Act oi the General Assembly at the
session imilnCdiatrlv succeeding every Cnumc-
ration FTOrd,d That uut!l'thc arpnrtion.
mcnt, which shall hc made upon the mex: Gnu.
lncrntiOn, shalt take v,lrct, the repre- -Cnlaluu
uI the several ElcGtiDn Districts, as bcrciu Cou-
stitutcd, shall continue as assigned AT the last
appurtionmCnt, each District which Inns bccn
heretofore divided into smaller Districts,
Kuown'as Parishes, having the aggregate mum
Der Of Representatives which the Parishes
heretofore embraced within its limits have had
since that appur :ipnm"nt the Representative
TO which the Parish OF All Sulnts hns h.au
hcrrtniurc cu'i!lSd .tcinr during this interval,
assigned to Horny Elrcuuu District
SEcTIoS &. II the Cnuncrainu herein direct
ed shall not he made in the course oi Tie year
appointed for the purpose, it shail be !h" duty
of thc Governor 70 have II effected Us soon
thereafter as shuIi he practicable.
SEcTIOS7 H. assigning Representatives to
the several Districts, the General Assembly
shall allow on" Representative Tor every sixty
second part of the whole number Of white III
haOitants in tho state, and one Representative
also Tor every sixty second part oi the whole
taxes raised by III Go crai Assembly. There
'shall.hc farther allowed one Representative
for such iracUora ng the sixty second pnrt. oi
the white inhabitants, and nf th" GiNty second
part nlthc taxes, as VIXEN added together Ion II.
unit.
SECTIONS. All taxes upon propcrv, rca or
personal, shall be lAi uDor,thn actual value of
thC'prOpCrty taxed, ns the same shall rc asCcr
tanned by the assessment made or the Dur.
pose of laying such tax. IA thr first appUr-
Uhnmcut which shall ~ made under the Con
s,itution, thc amount oiftaEcs shall b" cstjnu
ted from the average Of the two gears ucNt pre-.
ccG.rg ich apporiionnnnt bu, IN ever sub
scqucut apportiommcut, FROM IN average OF
the ten years then s,CXt preceding.
SECTION 9. II, in the appOru0nmCnt 0tkCP-
rescntatvcs ; any Election District shall ap-
pear not to be entitled, from IL populltinu ana
4. NJ.
District shall nevertheless send Que E"prcscu-
tativo: and, il there be s,i! deficiency OF the
number OF Rcprcs'n taiivcs required by sec
ton fifth, such deficiency shalt be supplied by
assigning Representatives, to those Election
Districts having the largest surplis fractions,
whether those fractions consist ur a coShbra
ton ot population aud taxes or of population
or taxes separately, until the number Of one
hundred aud twcnty.four Members be made
up ProridfR, ho,rectr, That 10, more than
twelve Representatives. shall, in any apportion,
mcnt, be assigned to any one Election District.
SECTION 10 No upporiionInont Of Hcprescn-
tativcs shall he construed 20 take effect, i'll any
manner, until the general election Which SHALL
succeed such apportionmcnt,
SECTION u. The Senate shall bc'composcd OF
opc member from each Election District, except
the Election Distcict of Charleston, to which
shall be allowed two Senators.
SECTION l2 Upun the mcc'ng Of, the first
General Assembly, WHICH shall he chosen tsn-
der the provisions OF this Constitution. the
Senators shall be dev,ded, by lot, into swo
classes the seats Of the Senators Of the ono
class to be vacated at The expiration ofsfohr
years and the number OF these classes shni
be so proportoned that one half OF the WHOLE
number olScnators may, as nearly as possi-
BILE continue TO be chosen thereafter every Sec
ond year.
Assertion l5. No Poraon shall be cliglble to
or take or retain, scat in the House of Repro
sentatives. unless nc is a free white man, who
hath attained the age of twenty ono ycars
hath been citizen and resident Of this State
three years next preceding the day oi election
and hath beon for the last six months OF this
time, and shall continue, resident OF the DisU
trict which he is to represent. t
SECTION Ii. No person shall be eligible To-
or take or retain, seat II the Senate, uniesf
he is a free White man, who hath attained tho
age of thirty years, bath been citizen ,and
resident oil this State fye years next preceding
the day OF election, aud hath been, for the las
six months of this time, ahd' shnll continoc te
be- n resident ofthc District which he Is, tc rep
resent. tt4jh,
SECTION l5. Senators and NlembersoS the
House OF Representatives shall be chosen attn
general election, on tho third Wednesday, ia
October in.the present year, and on the samt
DAWN every second year tbereaftsr,Nn sucf