The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-02-15
ARTICLE I.

Section |. The Legislative authority OF this
State shall be vested in General Assembly,
which shall consist Of Senate and House
of Representatives. |,.,
SECTION 3. The House or Representatives
shall be composed of Members chosen by bal.
lot. every second year, by the citizens of this
State, qualified as in this Constitution ia pro
vided. 81 ~
SBcTioS 3. Each Judicial District IN the
State shall constitute one Election District, ex.
cept Charleston District, which shall be uivi-
dcd into two Election DISTRICTS, ono consisting
sr the late Parishes of ST Phillip and st.
Michael, to he designated tho Election Dis.
trict Of Charleston the other consisting of all
. that part Of the JUDICIAL Dis,rict, which is
without the i,mis OF said Parishes. to be known
as the Election District OF Berkeley
SECTION 4. The Boundaries of the several Ju.
dcial and Election Districts shall remain as
they arc now established.
SEorIoN 8. Tho House of Representatives
shall consist Of one hundred and twenty four
Members. to be apportioned among the several
Election Districts Of 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 whatever species paid in each, deducting
thercfrom oil taxes 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 cnumcra-
zion Of the white inhabitants, for this purpose,
was made. j, the year one thousand eight hun
dred 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
ent Districts in the aforementioned proper.
tion, by Act OF the General Assembly at the
session Immediately succeeding every enumc.
cation Pr0ridcd, That until the auportion.
ment, which shall be made upon the next emu.
mcration. shall take effect, the representation
of the several Election Districts, as herein con-
stituted, shall continue as assigned at the last
apportionmcnt, each District which has been
heretofore divided into smaller Districts,
known as Parishes, 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 Salnts has been
heretofore entitled, being during this interval,
assigned to Horry Election District.
SECTION 6. II the enumeration herein direct.
cd shall not be made in the course of the year
appointed for the purpose, it shall be tho duty
cf tho Governor To have it effected as soon
thereafter as shall be practicable.
SEcTIoN1 In assigning Representatives to
the several Districts, tho General Assembly
shall allow ono Representative Tor every sixty
second part of the whole number OF white in.
habiants in the State, and one Representative
also for every sixty second part Of the whole
taxes raised byth General Assembly There
shall be further allowed one Representative
for such fractions or the sixty sCcoKd part OF
the white inhabltants and Of the Sixty. second
part otthc taxes, as when added together form
a unit. .r..
: SECTION 8. An taScs upon property, real or
personal, shall he laid npOtI the actu&, value OF
the property taxed, as the same shall be asccr.
tanned by the assessment made .orthc pur-
pose Of laying such tax. IN the first appor-
'tiCEment which shall he made under the Con
stitutou, the amount of taxes shall be cs,ima
ted from the average of the two years ucXtprc.
ccd:rg sRsh apporuonment; but i'll cYcr sub
sequel tBbportior from tn, average of
the ten years then next preceding.
SECTioN Q. IL, in the apportionmcnt Of Rep
resGmtatv,s ;s'any Election District shall ap-
pear not to be entitled, irolG its population and
i's taxes, to Representative; such Election
District shall nevertheless send one Rsprcscn-
tativr: and, il there bc still deficiency OF tho
number OF Representatives r'qurcd by sec :
ton fifth, such deficiency shall be supplied by
assgningt Representatives to those Election
Districts having the largest surplus fractions,
whether those fractions consist OF a combic /.
tion oi population aud taxes, or of population
or taxes separately, until the number Of one
hundred and twenty -four Members be made
up. Provided, hoioeUer, That not m6re than
twelve Representative shall, in any apportion-
mcnt, be assigned to any one Election District.
SECTION TO- No apportonmcnt Of Represcn-
tativcs shall be construed toltakc effect, in any
manner. until the general election which shall
succeed such aprorionment
SECTION II. The Senate shall be composed of
one member from each Election District, except
the Election Dl5trlct oil Charleston, to which
shall be allowed two Senators: 81
sEcTIoNa2. Upon the meeting OF the first
General Assc cmbly, which shall be chosen un-
der the provisions OF this Constitution, The
Senators shall be dcvided,' by lot, into two
classes /; the seats OF the Senators OF tho one
class to be vacated at INC expiration Of four
years and the number OF these classes shall
be 30 proportioncd that ono half OF the whole
numberof Senators may, as nearly as possi-
bl" continue to be chosen thereafter every sec-
ond year.
IssEoTIoS l3. No person shall be eligible to,
or take or retain, a seat ia the House OF Repre-
senta tives. sunless he is free white man, who
hath attained the age ef twenty .one years,
hath been citizen and a,resident Of this State
three years next preceding the.day Of election,
aud hath been for the last siN months ftbis
time, and shall continue, a resident of .he Dis.
trict which he Ia 10 represent. ~
SECTION IA. No, person shall be eligible 10,
or take or retain, seat n the Senate, unless
he is a.free white man, who Hath attained the
age of thirty Years, hath been a citizen and
resident Of this State five years next preceding
the day OF election, and hath been, for the las,
six months of this.tipe, and shall continue h.
be. resident ofthe District @hichhe is to rep.
resent. - 81 4 : ~
SecrIoS Is. Senators and Members Of the
House Of fRepresentayives shall be chosen at a