The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-03-13
ARTICLE I.

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.
Vided.
SEcrIoS 8. Each Judicial District in the
State shall constitute ono Election District, ex.
cept Charleston District, which shall be divi-
ded into two Election Districts, one consisting
Of the late Parishes of st. Phillip and St
Michael, to be designated the Election Dis
trict o! Charleston /; the other consisting Of all
that part Of the Judicial District, which is
without the hmts or said Parishes, to be known
as the Election District OF Berkeley.
SECTION s. The boundaries OF the several Ju.
dicial ana Election Districts shall remain as
shey are established.
SECTION S. The House of Representatives
shall consist Of one hundred and twenty four
Members, to be apportioned among the several
Eioction Districts of the State, according to
tho 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
therefrom 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 enumera-
tion Of the white inha bitants, for this purpose,
was made l. the year one thousand eight hun
dred and hftys nine, nd 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.
tion, by Act OF the Gener, Assembly at the
session Immediately sncce, ding evcsy enume.
ration Prorided. That until the arportion.
ment, which shall be made upon the next emu
meraton, shall take effect the representation
ofthe several Eleriicn Districts. as herein con-
etitued, shall continue as assigned at the last
apportionment, each District which has been
heretofore divided into smaller Districts,
known as Parishes, havin r the aggregate mum :
bcr Of Representatives which the Parishes
heretofore embraced within its limits have had
sincerha apportiOnment, the Representative
to which the Parish Of All Saints has been
heretofore entitled, being during this interval,
assigned 10 Horny Election District
SECTION 6. IL the enumeration herein direct.
ed shall not be made in the course OF the year
appointed for the purpose, il shall BE- the duty
OF the Governor to have il effected as soon
thereafter as shall be practicable.
SEcTIoS7 In assigning Representatives 10
the severalsDistricts, the General Assembly
shall allow ono Representative i,E every sixty
second part OF the whole number Of white in
habitants in the State, and one Representative
also Tor every sixty second part uf Ehe whole
taxes raised tn General Assembly. There
shall be further allowed one Representative
for such fractions or the sixty second part OF
the white inhabitants, and of the sixty-second
part ofthe taxes, as when added together form
q unit.
SECTIONS. All taxes upon property, real or
personal, shall be laid i.upor the actual value ni
the property taxed, as the same slIall hc asccr
talnGu ny lllc uSScSslloDt lDauc or iilfs pur-
pose OF laying such tax. Ia the frJt appor-
tionment which shall hc made under the Con
stitution, the amount of taXcs shall be esliIna.
ted from the average of the two years ncxtprr-
cedirg such appor,ionmen; but in ever. sub.
sequent apportionmcut, from tn average Of
the ten years then next precediug.
SECTios 8. II, in the apportnnmcnt ofRcp-
rcsentatives any ElCtuont DISTRICT shall ap-
pear not to be entitled, IRON its population and
its taxes, to a Representative; ellrh EIec ton
IOislriCt shall ncyerthclrs5 sppI
tative; and, II there be still deficiency OF the
number OF Representatives required by sec
ton fifth, such deficiency shall be supplied by
assigning Representa- tives to those Elect ton
Districts having the largest surplus fractions,
whether those fractions consist or combicu.
tiou Of population and axes or Of populate
or taxes separately, until, the number Of one
hundred and twenty .four Members be made
up: Provided, hotDerer. That not more than
twelve Representatives shall, in my apportion
ment, be assig ned to any one Election District
SECTION. l0:'No apporionment Of Reprcscn-
tatives shall be construed to take effect, in any
manner. .,until the general election which shall
succeed such apporionnent
SECTION II. The Senate shall be composed Of
one member from each Election Distrct, except
the Election District Of Charleston, to which
shall be allowed two Senators.
SECTION IL. Upon the meeting OF the first
General Assembly, which shall be chosen un-
der the provisions OF this Consultation, the
Senators shall be devlded, by lot, into two
classes the Reat5 OF the Senators Of the one
class TO be vacated at The expiration OF four
years ;and the number OF these classes shall
be 30 proportioned that one half OF the whole
number ofSenators may, as nearly rs possi>
BILE continue TO be chosen thereafter every sec
Dnd year.
E3SEcTIos 10. No person shall be eligible to,
or take or retain, seat in the Hot use OF Repre-
sentatives. unless he is free white man, who
hath attained the age tf twenty -one ycars,
nath beenu citizen and resident of ,hiS State
three years next preceding the day OF election,
ana hath been for the last elk months of this
time, and shall continue. a resident OF the Dis.
trict which he is to represent. =
SECTION ID. No person shall he eligible to,
or take or retain, seat n the Senate, unless
he 10 free white man, who hath attained the
age of thirty years, hath been a citizen aud
resident Of this State five years next preceding
the day Of election, and hath been, for the las,
six months Of this time. and shiIi continue 10
be. resident ofthe District which, he lie torep.
e5ent. Ga ....
SECTION Is. Senators and Members OF the
House Of Representatives shali be chosen at q
general election on 4he third Wcdne4day in |
October in the present year, and on the same
iay in every second year thereafter, in such |
manner, and for such terms of office, as are |
lorein directed, They shaIl meet on the /