The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-02-27
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Which shall consist OF a Senate and Iio sc
of Representatives.
SrcrroS q The House of Representatives
shall be composed of fsMelnhcrs chosen by bal.
lot, every second year. by the citizens OF this
state, qualified rs IN this Constitution is pro
vidcd.
SECTION g. Each judicial District in the
State shah constitute one Election District cX.
ccpt Charleston District, wi ich shall be diyi.
drd into two Election Districts, one consisting
"t. the late Parishes of st. Philip and st.
Michael, tD he designated the Election Dis.
trict of Charleston the other consisting nf all
that part OF tho Judicial District. which is
without the limits Of said Parishes, % be known
us the Election District oi Berkeley.
SECTION 4. The Boundaries OF The several Ju.
dcal aud Election Districts shall rcnaiu as
they arc nov established.
SECTION D. The House of Representatives
shalt consist of one hwidrcd and twenty four
Members. to bc app"riiuned among the several
Election Disiricts OF the State, according to
the uu,nScr of white inhabitants cont,lurd in
each, and the amount oi all taxes raised by the
General Assembly, whether direct or indirect,
or OF whatever sprcics paid in each, dcducting
thcrcirom all taxes paid on nc cunt Of proper.
ty held in anv other District, and adding
thereto all taxes elsewhere pail on nccoun, Of
property held in suCh District An cuumcra-
ton OF the white iuh tbiiacts, for this purpose,
ewas made j the year one thousand eight hun
drcd and tiity-hinc. and shall he made in the
course OF every tenth year thereafter, in such
manner IA shall he. hy law, directed and
ent Districts in tho above -meniiourd proper
ton, by Act OF the General Assembly at tho
session Immediately succeeding every enume
ration; Irocidcd, That until THO arporton
nirnt, which shallEC mate. upon flc next emu
mcratiun, shall take effect, the representation
at the several Election Districts, rs herein con-
. stitutcd, shall continue as assigned at the last
apportiouncnt, each District which hns been
heretofore divided into smaller Districts
known MS Parishes, having the aggregate mum.
bcr Of Representatives, which the Parishes
heretofore embraced within its limits have had
since that npporionmcnt, the Representative
to which the Parish of All Saiota has been
heretofore entitled hcing during this interval,
assigned 10 Tlorry Elccuon District.
Section q. IL the enumeration. herein direct.
cd shall no, be made in the course ofthc year
appointed foi.lhG purpose, il shall be The duty
ut the Governor to have il effected
thereafter us shall be pi acticahlc. e.
SEcrioN In assigning Representatives to
the several Districts, the General! Assembly
shall allow ono Representatives Tor every sixty.
second part of the whole number OF white in.
habitaut5 in tho STATE, and opa Representative
also lor every sixty second part of the Whole
taxes rNis"dh hY ih GcHcral Assembly. There
shall hr further allowed one Representative
For such fractions of the sixty second part of
the white inhabitants, and Of the s&ty.sec
part oiths taxes, as when added together form
unit.
SHcTioS 5. All taxes upon property, real or
personal, shall br laid upOE the act sal value Of
the property taxed, as the same shall be aSccr.
tanned by the assessment made ar the pur-
pusc of laying such tax. In the first appur-
tipnmcnt WHICH shall h. made under the Con
s!itntion, 'hc amount of taxes shall be catima.
ted flum the average of the two years next pre-.
ccdil 9 such apnortonncnt; but in ever sub.
scquc't appnrtionncnt, from til; average of
the ten ycat then next preceding.
SECTION 9. IT, in the apportionmcnt Of Rep
refcntativ,5 any Election District shall ap-,
pear not to be entitled, from iis population and
lis taxes. to Representative; suc! Election
~ .nIN.
tativr; and, il there be still deficiency Of tho
number Of Representatives required by Sec
ton fifth, such deficiency shall he supplied by
assigning Representatives to those Election
Districts having tho largest surplus fractions,
whGlhcr those fractions consist urq Combioa-
ton o! population and taxes, or 0i population
or taxcs separately, until the numb,r of one
huncsed and twenty .iour Members be made
up Provided, hO,DfpH, That not more than
twelve Representatives, shall, in any apportion.
mcnt be assigned to any one Election District.
SECTION 10. No aPportionmcnt Of Rcprcscn-
ia,ivcs shall be construed To take effect, in any
manner, until the general election which shall
succeed such apportionment,
sECnoNll. The Senate shall be imposed Of
one member from each Election District, except
the Election District of Charleston, to which
shall be allowed Two Senators.
SECTION IL. Upon the meeting of the frat
General Assembly, which shali be chosen un-
der tho provisions OF this Constitution. the
Senators shall be dcvdcd, by lot, into two
C'nssCS lhc seats OF mo senators OF the
class to be vacated at the expiration of four
years; and the number OF these classes shall
br SO proport0ncd that one hnif OF the whole.
number OF Senators may, nearly as pUssis
bic continue TO be chosen thereafter every sccI
ond year. g
}SEcTioN 10. No person shall be eligible to,
br lake or retain, seat IN the House OF Repre-
scntalives, unless he is n free white man, who
hath attained the age tf twenty. one wears
. hath been Il citizen and n resident ~ this State
three years next preceding the day of election,
ana hath been for the last six months Of this
time, and shall continue, a resident of Tie Dis.
triCt which he is to represent.
SEcTIoN IL. No person shnll I've eligible to-
or take or retain, u seat n the Senate, Unless
he ia free white man, who hath attained the
age of thirty years, hath been a citizen and
resident OF this State fiSc years next preceding
the day OF election, and hath been, for the lasi
six months of this time. and shall continue to
be. resident ofthc District which he is to rep.
resent.
SECTION l5. Senators and Members OF the
liopsc OF Representatives shall be Ci,oscD at a
general election on The third Wcdncsday'in
October in the present year, and on the sanc
uay in every second wear dhcrcatIrr. In snc IA