The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-01-20
ARTICLE I.

State shall be vested ina General Assembly,
" hich shall consist OF n Senate and House
of Representatives.
SEorIoN 2. The House OF Representatives
shall be composed OF Members chosen by bal.
lot, every second year, by the citizens OF this
State, qualified as,in this Constitution Is pro.
Hidcd. - ENt -t., ~. 3,
State shall constitute one Election District, cx.
Cept Charleston District, which shall be divi-
tied into two Election Districts, ono consisting
af the lato Parishes OF St. Phillip aud St.
Michael, to be designated tho Election Dis.
trict OF Charleston ; the other consisting Of all
that part OF the Judicial District, which is
without the limits OF said Parishes. to be known
as tho Election District of Berkeley
SECTION 4. TIM boundaries or Tho several Ju.
siicial aud Election Districts shalt remain as
they arc now established. F." .. '.F
SECTION 5. The House Of Representatives
ehalI consist OF one hundred aud twnnty four
Members, to bn npportioned among the several
Election Districts or 1he State, according TO
the number Of white inhahiiants contained in
each, and the amount of all taxes raised by tho
General Assembly, whether direct or Indirect,
or Of whatever species paid in each, deducinS
thercrom all taxes paid ON account Of proper.
" held in any other District, and adding
thereto all taxes elsewhere paid on account OF
property held in such District. An cnumcra-
tion OF the white inhabitaIts, for this purpose,
wxs made |, the year one thousand eight hun
dred and fifty nine, and shall be made in tho
manner as shall be, by law, directed; (; and
Representatives shall he assigned to the differ
ent Districts in the aforementioned proper.
:ion, by Act OF the General Assembly at the
ecssion Immediately succeeding every enume-
ration Provided. That until The aoportion.
ment, which shall be made upon the next Gnu
mcration, shall take effect, the representation
OF the several Election Districts. as herein con-
sttuted shall continue as assigned at the last
superintendent, each District which has been
heretofore divided into smaller Districts,
known as Parishes having the aggregate num-
her Of Representatives which the Parishes
heretofore embraced within its limits have had
since that apportionment, the Representative
TO which the Parish OF All SAINTS has been
hcretofnre cu'itled, being, during this interval,
assigned TO Horny Election District. ~.
SEcTioE 6. 1.-THE enumeration herein direct
ed shall not be made in the course OF the year
appointed for tho purpose, it shall be the duty
or the Goverhorito have it effected coon
thereafter as shall be practicable. ,rs
SEoTios7 III assigning Representatives to
the several Districts, tho General Assembly
shall allow ono Representative for every siSty-
second part Of the whole number OF white in.
habitants in the State, and one Representative
also for every sixty second part ofthc whole
taxes raised by th General Assembly. There
shall be further allowed one Representative
for such fractions Of the sxty .second part OF
tho white inhabitants, and Of the sixty,secopd
part ofthc taxes, as when added together form
O unit. i.''t f..a .,.
SECTION 8. All taxes upon property, real or
personal, shall bf laid upon, the actual value of
the property taxed, as the same shall be asccr.
tanned by the assessment made or the pur-
pose OF laying such tax. In the first appor-,
tionment which shall be made under the Con
stitution, tho amount Of taxes shall be cst,na.,
. ted from tho average Of the two years mex pro.
cedirg such apportionmeht; but in ever sub.
scquent apporlionment, from til; average Of
the ten yeai s then nextprcccding. FRI
SECTION Q. IL, in the 'apportionmcnt Of Rep
4. m
pear not to be entitled, from its population and
. its taxes, to a Representative; such Election
District shall nevertheless send one Reprosen-
atativc; and, II there be still a deficiency OF the
humber Of Representatives required by sec.
4 Aklcn6fth, such deficiency shall be supplied by
&asighipg Representatives to those Elcction
'kDi5tfstls having the largest Purpius fractions,
wbcthet those fractions consist OF a combina'
ton ofasSpulation and taxes, or ofpopulation
or taxeS Geparately, until the number Of one
hundred aud twenty -four Members be made
up. Provided, hotpepr, That not more than
twelve Rcprescntssiy Sslia!l, in any apportion.
,ment, be assig a ady enc Election District
sEoTios 10; N2 sEpss sligtil,ent Of Reprresen-
manner. until ti.6 ReUef3i Hon which shall
succeed such aglp
one member from escss 81 District, except
the Election ,,.,.I3 pis!slsi ~ I s'On' to which
SECTION l2. UpoA sing of the frat
ft;pneral Assembly ~ s'fG, be chosen un-
der the provisions Atkt fi5tis stituiion. the
>Senatora shall be deSsdse tly lot, into two
classes (; the teats OF ttAe Senators Of the ono
class to,bc vacated at The expiration of four
years and the number OF 'ttcso classes shall
Be So proportioned that ono half Of the whole
nun,ber OF Senator'S may,as nearly as possi-
+ Bile continue to be chosen thereafter every Sec
end year. =,
SECTION I3. No person shall be eligible to,
ortaSo or retain, a seat in the House Of Repre-
sentatives. unlcss he 10 a FREQ white man. who
hath attained tho age Ct twenty .ope ycars 4.
hath been Il citizen and a resident OF this State
three years next preceding the day OF election,
and hath becn for the last ak months Of this
lime, and shall continue. resident OF the Disn
trict which he IN torcprescnt.
SECTION II. No peTsUn shall bc eligible to,
ortake or retain, a seat n the Senate, unless
he ia FREQ white man, who hath attained tho
age of thirty years, hath been citizen and
resident of this State fivo years next preceding
the day Of election, and hath been, for the last
six moIths Of this time. AMI shall continue to
bc,, resident ofthe Districtwhich he 10 to rep.
resent. ..LH TO- 81 NJ ,s
SECTION Is. Senators and Members Of the
Horse:of Representatives shall be chosen at a
KoicsaI election on tho third Wednesday In
October In the present year, and on the same