The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-02-01
ARTICLE !.

=
State shall be vested ina General Assembly.
which shall consist ot Il Senate and liousr
OF representatives,.
shall bc composed Of Members chosen bv bal;
lot every second year, BY the citizens o. this
State. qualified as III this Constitution is pro.
vidcd
State shah constitute one Election District rx.
crpt Charcstn" District, vi icb shall bc divi-
dcd into Two Election Districts on" consisting
nr the late Parisbra of st. PhilIiN aud st
Michael, t. be draiguatcd the EIcc';oi Die.
trict ~ Charleston ;rhc other consisting of Al
that part Of the Judicial Dispict, which is
without the lIui's nr said Parishes. TO be kuuwn
rs the Election D;srictni Betkclry
SECTION 1. The boundaries III III" several In.
dicial pIru ElCctinn Districts shali rriupu N
they arc now established.
$rCrIoS :. The House of Representatives
. eIaI consist of one hundred and twenty four
NJ mhrrs. 20 bc appurttnn"d among the several
E;uC ldu Districts OF IN" State, according To
the uun,bcr OF white inhabitants CONTAINED ~
each, and the amount ot all taxes raised by The
General Assembly, whclhcr direct or indirect,
or OF whatever species paid il each, dcductinG
thcrr'rom oil taxes paid ON nc cunt al proper.
tv held in anv other ret, and adding
thereto all taxes elsewhere paid on account of
property hcldEu such District IN cruucra-
ton Of the white 'uh ghinIt., tnr this PURPOSE,
was made the year one thnNsand eight hun
dIcd and tiity- niue. and shi! hr made IN ,hC
course OF every tenth year thereafter, in such
manner as shal, b.. hy Inv, directed and.
Representatives shall ~ assigned 10 the diff
rnt Districts in the nhbvc-,ilsnU0nCd prOppr-
ton, by ACt Ci the General Assembly at the
ecssnn Immediately succeeding every cnuInc .
ration FrouiGcd, That until he arpnytIun.
mrut, which shall EC mad upon the next emu
mcration. shall take cIl"ct. the representation
ui the several Election Districts, rs Hcrriu con-
stituicd, shall continue rs assigned At the ltst
appurtiOnmcut sCa IL District which has been
heretofore divided into smaller D's;riCts,
known as Parishes, having the ugrrcCa'" NUN
bcr Of Representatives which the phris shrH
heretofore embraced within its Limits have had
siucc that oppOrlnupcut. the Representative
10 which th' Parish %! st! SnlniS hts.Nr"n
. hcrc'o!"rc c,'i'!"d, cinr du,'g. this tutrgvM,
assigned - Horny flrcu"h DIsi"lct
SucrIuS 6. &c the enumeration hc"ciu direct.
cJ atulI not hc made Ia the cuur." oi lUC year
appointed for ihr purpose, it ai,a d. enc du'y
o. che Governor - htvc u effected As sU2u
thereafter shall hr p"aCvCaLir.
SEcT@oNi L. AssiLniur Representatives. 20
tn" several DISTRICTS, the Gcucra! Assrwhly
shall allow one Representative iur every Sky
3c,Oud par, "f the wEoc numhrr or white ~.
hab;ttntS IN the state, and one "rrr"-"n"i'vO
aIso for every si%iy scrou! n@r' -, 'h" whuir
take, raised by III Go crn Assembly. Ihrr"
Slali hr further allowed "u" Representative
rpr s"rh IraCu"rs - the si%'Y s'cnrd part a.
the white Nnh'NitHniS, Gud "i tI' a'&iH,s,Coui
pon "tthc taxes, "s wien aH,'c'. i'Eal"er\i"im
a unit.
SECrI"N '. Al tags rf"n property, real W.
p"rNnuAi, srh'l h' la ""'t I'r HtnLNhI'". ".
'he pr"pcriyta% "' ne came Sh"H ts"rr'r.
'Hin"d w 'h' nSs ',-'H"N ih'"c NrN' l'h''
n'Sr"i laying SH'n ."N' "a h' Ut "Nn'r-
- uncnt winch SIaii D. mhdt hmi'r the '"u
s!i"lI'", ne 'hoHni ~ H'N'S 'h2Ii ne rsii't'.
ga Il IN the "Vcrn2""! '"G iWo Y ."IS urNIwr.
v"!'lg c"aNp"'h"h'i''n' H", J" .N'r Su"
t'N.c' "Ppoit"' 'h'n,, I'A'" IN average "i
the ten y"~" then rcXt rr'c"dlrg.
&Ec7lol9 H. III O." "rp"ni"nm'"' "'R"r-
rcs ntHuVoH any i.i'c"nh .bisiriCi shall nr-