The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-02-24
ARTICLE 1.

which shall coneist oil Senate and House
of Representatives, .a
SECTION 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.
Vded
SECTION 3. Each Judicial District In tho
State shall constitute one Election District cx.
ccpt Charleston District Which shall bo divi-
drd into two Election Districts, Que consisting
of the late Parishes Of st, Phillip and ST.
Michael, ~ be designated tho Election Dis
trict o! Charleston the other consisting Of all
that part OF the Judicial District, which is
without the lrrnis Of said Parishes. to be known
as the Election Districtof ncrkelcy,
SECTION 1. The boundaries Of tho several Ju.
dca aud Election Districts shalt rcmain as
they are now established.
Section 5. Frhc House of Representatives
shall consist of one hundred and twenty four
Members. To be nppurtioncd among the several
Eioctibu Districts OF the State, according to
the number OF white inhabitants contained in
each, md the amount of all taxes raised by The
General Assembly, whether direct or indirect
or OF whatever species paid in each, deducting
thcrcfrou all 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 cuulncra-
tion OF the white inhabitants, for this purpose,
was made the year one thousand eight hun
drcd and htY- nine. and shall bu made in the
course OF every tenth year thereafter, in such
manner shall be, by law. directed and
Representatives shall he assigned To the differ.
ent Districts ia the above -mcntionrd propor-
tiop, by Act OF tho General Assembly at the
session Immediately succeeding every enumo.
ration Propided, That until the arporli6n.
mcnt, which shall be madp upon the nuxt Gnu
mcration, shall take effect, the representation
OF the several Elcr,ion Districts, ,.as herein con-
sttuted, shall continue q assigned at the last
apportionment each District which has been
heretofore divided iuto smaller Districts,
known as Parishes, having the aggregate num-
~ t,,,..
heretofore embraced within its limits have had
since that npportionincnt, the Representative
10 which the Parish Of Ail SaIHts has bcru
heretofore entitled, being, during this interval,
assigned to Horny Election District a.
SEcrIoS 6. II the enumeration herein direct.
cd shall not be made in the course of the year
appointed for tho purpose, ii shall be !hc dutyH
OF the Governor TO have it effected as suuu
thereafter as shall be practicable.
SECTIoN7 In assigning Representatives to
the several Districts, the General Assembly
shalt allow ono Representative tor every sx,y-
second part of the whole number OF white in.
mbtants in the State, aud one Representative
also lur every sixty second part of the whole
taxes raised by III General Assembly. There
shall be further allowed ono Representative
fJr such fractions OF the sixty second part of
the white Inhabitants. aud oGthc sixty. second
part "tthe taxes, as when added together for m
q unit.
Section 8. All taxes upon property, real or
personal, shall be laid upot tho actual value OF
the property taxed, as the same shall be asccr.
tanned by the assessment made or tho pur-
pnsc Of laying such tax. Ia the fret nppnr-
tinnmcnt which shall be- made under the Con
stitution, the amount of taxes shall t,e csti,na,
ted f,om The average of the two wears next prc.
cedirg such apportionrncnt; but in ever sub.
srqucnt appQrtionlncut, from 'ihs average of
the ten Yeas then next preceding.
SECTION 9. II, in the anp0rtionmcpt Of Rcp-
rsentatives any Election District shall ap-
pear not to be entitled, from its population and
lls taxcs, To Representative; such Election
District shall nevertheless send ono R.prcscn-
tative; and, il there be still deficiency Of the
number OF Representatives required by sec
tioi, fifth, such deficiency shall bo supplied by
assigning Representatives TO those Election
Districts having the largest surplus fractions,
whether those fractions consist Of q combica.
ton OF population aud taxes. or of population
or taxes separately, until the number OF one
hundred aud twcnty.iour Members be made
up. Provided, ho,rfuer, That notAnorc than
twelve Representatives shall in any apportion.
ment, he assigned to anyon Election District
SECTION I'D. No apportionmcnL of Rcprcscn-
tauvcs shall be construed to take effect, in any
inanner. until the general election which shall
succeed such apportonncnt.
SECTION II. The Senate shall be composed of
one member from each Election District, except
the Election District of Charleston, to which
shall be allowed two Senators.
sEcTloN u. Upon tho Injecting Of the first
General Assembly, which shall be chosen un.
der the provisions OF ths Constitution. the
Senator'S shall be dcv,dcd, by lot, into two
classes theRcaA OF the Senators Of tho ono
class to DO vacated at Tho expiration OF four
years and the number OF these classes shall
be so proportoucd that ono half Of the whole
number ofSenators may, nearly as possi.
bf continue to be chosen thereafter every sec
ond year.
,his LECTION l3. No person ehall be cir,ble TO.
or take or retain, a seat in the House Of Rrpre-
sentadves. unless I've is free white man. who
hath attained the age tf twenty Ono wears.
ha tb been II citizen AMI a. resident of this State
three years next preceding The day OF election,
ana hath been for the last six nipuths Of thia
time, and shall continue. resident OF the Dis,
trict which lie Is 10 represent.
SECTION ii. No person shall be eligible TO,
or take or retain, seat II the Senate, unless
he ia a free white man, who hath attained the
nge of thirty yt are, hath been citzea and
resident OF this State five years next preceding
The day OF election, and hath been. for tile las,
'ix months of this time. and shall continue 4,
DC. u resident ofthe District which ho is to rep.
esent.
SECTION 10. Senators and Members OF the |
House OF Representatives shall be chosen at a |
general election on The third Wcdntsday in |
October In the present year, and OIL the same |
ay in every second year thereafter, in sucb |