The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-02-03
ARTICLE 1.

SECTION l. The Legislative authority of this
State shall be vested ina General Assembly
which shall CONSIST OF Senate and House
of Representatives
SECTION 2. The House OF Representatives
shall be composcd of Members chosen by bal
lot every second year, by die citizens OF this
Ststc qualified rs in this Constitution is pro.
vidcd.
State shall constitute one Election District, cx-
cent Charleston District, Which shall be divi-
dcd into two Election Districts, ono consisting
of the late Pafishes of st. Phillip aud st,
Michael, tD be designated the. Election Dis.
trict OF Charleston tho other consisting Of all
that part " The Judicial District, which is
Awlihout The limits uf caid Parishes, to be known
rs tho Eicc;io District N Berkeley.
SECTION !. Tho boundaries Of The several Ju.
dicial and Election Districts shall rc'rwin as
they arc now established.
SECTION 5. The Housc of Representatives
shall consist of one hundred aud twenty four
Members, to be apportioued among the several
Election Districts of the 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 indircct,
or OF whatever species paid i'll each, dcduCtinG
thcrcroufal taxes paid on account Of proper.
ty held in any other District. and adding
thereto alltaXes elsewhere paid on account of
property held in such District An cnumera-
lion Of the white inhabitants, for this purpose,
drcd and fifty nine. and shall be made in the
course OF every tenth year thereafter, in such
manner as shall be, by law, directed; and
Representatives shall he assigned to the differ.
cnt Districts in the above mentioned proper
ton, by Act OF the General Assembly at the
session Immediately succeeding every enumc
ration: PrOvdCd, That until the arportion.
mcnt, which shall be made upon the next emu
mcration, shall take effect, the representation
Of the several Election Districts, as herein con-
cti uhnll nS ls n ~ aSt
apporionmcnt, each District which has been
heretofore divided into smaller Districts.
known as'Parishos, having the aggregate mum :
bcr Of Representatives which the Parishes
heretofore embraced within its limits have had
since that apportionmcnt, the Representative
to which the Parish Of All Saints has been
heretofore omitted, being, during this interval,
assigned to Horny Election District.
SncTroN &. III the enumeration herein direct
cd shall not be made in the course Of the year
appointed for tho purpose, it shall be the duty
or the Governor 20 have il effected us soon
thereafter Ts shall be practicable.
SEcTIoN7 In assigning Representatives. to
the several Districts, the General Assembly
shall allow one Representative tor every sixty
second part of the whole number Of white in (.
lubitants in the State, and one Representative
also for every sixty second part OF the whole
taxes raised hy til Gercral Assembly. There
shall be further allowed ono Representative
tor such fractions OF the sixty second part of
. the white inhaSiants, and of the sixty. second
part oiihc taxes, as when added together form
n unit.
SECTION 3. All taxes upon property, real or
personal, shall be laid upUE the actual valu0 of
tho property taxed, AS tho Same shall be asccr.
tanned by the assessment made or the pur-
pose Of laying such tax. In the first aIh)ur-
ti,nImrnt which shall hn made under the Con
s!itution, the amount Of taxes she'll be cs,i,na =.
ted from the average of the two years next pre-.
ccdit lch apportionmcnt but in ever sub
scquntt apporionmcnt, from tht average of
the ten y"ats then next preceding.
SEcTlo'0. IT, in the appor,ionmcnt ofRep-
resentativcs any Election District shall ap-
pear not to bu entitled, from its population and
it's taxes, to a Representative; such Election
D'slriot shall nevertheless send one R.prcscn-
tative; and, 81 there be still deficiency Of the
number Of Representatives required by sec =
ton fifth, such deficiency shall be supplied by
assigning Representatives TO those Election
Districts having, the largest surplus fractions,
whether those fractions consist OF n combiCa .
tion oil population and taxes. or of population
Or taxes separately, until the number Of one
hundred and twenty.tou Members be made
up Prorided, hotcecer, That not more than
twelve Representatives shall, in any apportion
rncnt, be assigned to any one Election District.
SECTION 10. No apportionmcnt Of Reprcsen-
'atiyes shall be construed to take effect, in any
manncrs until the general election which shall
succeed such apportionmcnt,
SECTION IL. The Senate shall he composed of
one member from each Election District, except
the Election District Of Charleston, to which
ohal be allowed two Senators.
SECTION IL. Upon the meeting Of the first
General Assembly, which shall be chosen un-
der the provisions OF this Constitution, the
Senators shall be dcvided, by hot, into two
classes the seats OF the Senators OF tho one
class to be vacated at The expiration Of four
years ; and the number OF these classes shaI
be so proportioned that one half OF the whole
number Of Senators may, as nearly as possi-
bic continue TO be chosen thereafter every sec
ond year.
SECTION 10. No person shall be eligible to,
or take or retain, q seat inthe Ho use OF Repre-
scntatvcs, unlcss he is n free white man, who
hath attained the age tf t%enty.one years
hath been citizen and resident Of this State
three years next preceding the,day of election, !,
ana hath been Tor The last six months of this
time, and shall continue. residentof the Dis,
trict which he 10 to represent. ~
SECTION IA No person shall be eligible to,
or take or retain, seat n the sSepate unless
he is free white man, who hath al tained tho
age of thirty years, hath been citizen and
resident OF this State five years nest preceding
the day OF election, and hath been, for tho las,
six months Of this time, and shall continue to
be. a rcsdcnt Of the District.whch he is to rep.
resent.
Section Is. Senator'S and Members OF the
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