The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-03-10

OF tkepreeentauVeS.
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.
vidcd.
SEcrloS s. Each Judicial District in the
State shall constitute one Election District, ex.
cept Charleston District, which shall be ,Syi-
did into two Election Districts. one consisting
of the late 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
the Election District ot Berkeley.
SECTION L. Tho boundaries OF the several Ju
die al and Election Districts shall remain as
thcy are noY established.
So :TIoS 5. The House of Representatives
shall consist OF one hundred and twenty four
Mcmbcrs TO be apportioncd among the several
Eioc;irn Districts OF the State, according to
the nU nbcr OF white Inhabitants contained in
zach, and the amount Of all taxes raised by the
General Assembly. whether direct or indirect,
or OF whatever species paid in each, dcduCting
thereto Ill taxes paid on account Of proper.
" bed in any other District, and adding
thcre.o a.. taxes elsewhere paid on account Of
property held in such District. An enumera-
tior OF the white inhabitants, for this purpose,
WIS made i the year one thousand eight hun.
d'cd and fifty nine, and shall be 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 in the aforementioned proper.
tion, by Act OF the. general Assembly at the
session Immediately siccet ding every enume.
ration Prorided, That until the arborton.
mcnt, which shall be made upon the next emu.
meration, shall take effect, the representation
Of the several Election Districts, as herein con-
stituted, shall continue as assigned at the last
apportionincnt, each District which has been
hereto fore divided into smaller Districts.
known a Parishes having the aggregate nun
Der OF Representatives which the Parishes
heretofore embraced within its limits have had
since that apporti0nmcnt: the Representative
to which the Parish of All SaInts has been
hcrctofnr ,'cu'itlcd, being, during this interval,
assigned to Horny Election District.
SECTION g. II the cnurCra;ion herein direct.
cd shalt not be made in lnc course of the year
appointed for tho purpose, il shall be the duty
OF the Governor To have il effected
thereafter as shall be practice bic.
SEcTIoS7 In assigning Representatives to
the several Districts, the General Assembly
shall allow ono Representative for every sixty
second part of the whole number OF white in.
h,bitants in the state, and one Representative
also for every sixty second part of The whole
taxes raisedhy iii Gc"cral Assembly. There
fha!l be further auowod one Representative
FOR such fractions OF the sixty. second part Of
the white inhabitants, and Of tho sixty. second
part "tthc taxes, as when added together form
unit.
SECTIONS s. All taxes upon property, real or
personal, shall be laid 1pcL the actual value OF
the property taxed, as the same shall DC ascer.
tancd by the assessucnt made orthn pur-
pose of laying such tax. In the fr.t appor-
tunment which shall he made under the Con
s.itntion, the amount of taxes Shsll be sstina.
ted from the avcrag ge of the two years nextpre.
ccdir e such apportiohment bot in ever sub
scqucnt apporlonmcnt, from tn ,saverage Of
the ten years then next preceding.
SECTION 9. IL, in the appor,ionmoht of Req
rcsentatvos ; any Election Distr,ct shall ap-
pear not to be entitled, from its population and
its taxes. to Representative; such Election
District shall nevertheless send one R.prcscn-
tative; and, il there be still deficiency OF the
number OF Representatives. required by sec :
ton fifth, such deficiency shall be supplied by
assigning Representatives 10 those Election
Districts having the largest surplus fractions,
whether those fractions consist OF a combina.
tion OF population and taxes, or ofpopulation
or taxes separately, until Tie number OF one
hundred and twenty .iour Members be made
up: Provided, h0iptrer, That not more than
twelve Representatives, shall, il, ANY apportion.
mcnt, be assig ned to any one Elcc cton District
SECTION 10. No apportioupcnt of Represep-
tatives shall be construed to take effect in any
manner, until the general election which shall
succeed such apportoument,
SECTION II. The. Senate shall he Amposed of
one member from each Election District, except
the Election District of Charleston, to which
shall be allowed two Senator's.
SECTION IL. Bpon the meeting Of the first
General Assembly, which shall be chosen un-
der the provisions OF this Constitution. the
StndtoTb SNAIL Oc uCVluCu, ny lot, INTO two
classes the seats OF the Senators Of the one
class to be vacated at ,hc expiration sof four
years ; and the number OF these ciasses shall
be 30 proportoncd that one half of tie whole
number Of Senators may, as nearly as possi-
ble continue 10 be chosen thereafter every sec
ond year.
IaSEcTIoN l3. No person shall be eligible TO,
Or take or retain, "A eeat in the Ro use or Repre-
sentatives, unlcss he is free white man, who
hath attained the age of twenty.one y,ars,
nath been Il citizen and resident OF this State
three years next preceding the day of election,
ana hath been for the last ak months OF this
time, and shalicontinue. resident OF the Disn
trict which he is to represent.
SECTION Ia. No person shall be eligible to-
or take or retain, q seat n tho Senate, unless
he ia free white man, who hath attained the
age Of thirty years, hath been citizen aud
resident OF this State five years next preceding
the day Of election, and hath been, for tho las'
six motths Of this time. and shall continue to
be. a resident oTthe District whcifho is to rep.
resent.
SECTION 10. Senators and Members Of the
House cf Representatives shall be chosen at d
general election on the third Wednesday in
October in the present year, and OH the same
day in every second year thereafter, in such
manner. and for auch ferns nf Office aa orc