The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-02-06
ARTICLE 1.

SECTION .. 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.
SEcTiox 3. Each Judicial District in the
State shall constitute one Erection District, ex.'
Ccpt Charleston District. Which shall be divi-
d,d into two Election Districts, one consisting
uf the late Parishes Of st. Phillip and st
Michael, u BE- designated the Elcctun Dis
srict OF Charleston ; the other consisting OF all
that part OF the Judicial District, which is
without the lnn.s OF said Parishes. to be Known
"a the Election District oi berkeley
SECTION 1. The boundaries, orihe several Ju
dcial and ElccLinn Districts ehall remain as
they are now established.
>EcrtuS 8. The House OF Representatives
shall consist Of one hundred and twenty four
Members. TO bc apportioned among the several
EiUctuu Districts OF the State, according to
the NUMBER of white inhabitants contained in
each, aud ihr amount of all taxes raised by the
General Assembly, whether direct or indirect,
or of whatever species paid III each, dcducting
thcrcrom all taxes paid on account nf proper.
~ held in any other District, and adding
thereto oil taxes elsewhere paid on account Of
property held in such District. An cnumcra-
ton OF the white inhahita1t%, for this purpose,
was made the year one thousand EIGHT hun
drcd and fifty nine. aud shall be mt de in the
course OF every tenth year thereafter, in such
manner IA shall be, by law. directed aud
Representatives shalt hc assigned to the differ.
cnt Districts in the above -nIenr ioncd proper
ton. by hct OF the General Assembly at the
eession Immediately succeeding every cnumc.
ration: Propi6ed, That until the arporton.
mrnt, which shal Ec madc upon the next cnu-
meratiun, shall take effect the representation
of the several Election Districts, as herein con-
stitutcd. shall continue "a a5assignrd at the LIST
apportonncnt. 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 nppOriionmcnt. the Representative
to which III. Parish of All Saints has been
heretofore cu'ilcd, being, during this interval,
assigned to Horny Election District
SECTION 6. IL the enumeration herein direct.
Ell shall NOT bc made i" ;iI5 c0u."c c! :!:c yea
appointed for tho purpose, it shall be the duty
nf the Governor To- have il effected as soon
thcrca ftcr shall be p -actiCab
SECTIoN7 In assigning Representatives to
III" several Districts, tho General Assembly
shalt allow ono Representative ior every sixty
second part of the whole number OF white in.
habi,auts in the state, and one Representative
also for every sixty second part Of the whole
taxes raised Ivy ih &c era! Assembly There
shall be- further allowed one Representative
for such fractions of the sixty second part OF
the white inhabitants, and Of the sixty. second
part "ithc taxes, as when added together form
n unit
SECTIONS. All taxes upon property, real or
personal, shall hr laid up0t the actual value Of
ihc property taxed. as the same shall bc asccr.
mnrd by the assessment made or the pur-
rnsc Of laying such tax. In the first appvr-
ii umcnt which shall be made under the Con
s,nuti"n, 'hc amount Of taxes shall be cs,ima.
ted from the average OF the two years next pre-
Gcdir K slch apportionment; but in ever sub
scquc, apporio"mcnt, from III, average Of
the ten y"ais 8 then next preceding.
SECTioS 9. if, in the apportionmcnt of Rep
resentativts any Election District shall an
pear not to be entitled, from i's popu!a ton and
its taxes, to a Representative; such Election
District shall nevertheless send one R-prcsen-
tnlive; and, il there he sull deficiency Of the
number OF Representatives r. Quircd by sec :
ton fifth, such deficiency shall be supplied by
assigning Representatives TO thnse Election
Districts having the largest surplis fractious
whether those fractions consist'Ur combira
ton OF population and taxes. or of population
taxes separately, until the number Of one
hundred, and twenty .iour Members be made
up Pfouded, hOtoseer, That not more than
twelve representatives shall, in any apportion.
ment, be assi9 ned to any one Election District
SECTION III No apportionment of Rcpresen-
tatives shall be construed to take effect, in any
manner. untiithe general election which shall
succeed such apporiionnent.
SECTION II. The Senate shalt he composed of
one member from each Election District 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 or this Constitution, the
Senators shall be devIded, by lot, into two
class to be vacated at ,hc expiration Of four
years; and the number Uf these classes shall
b. so proportioned that one half OF the Whole
number OF Senators may, as nearly ns possi-
bic continue TO be chosen thereafter every sec
ond year.
SECTION 49,. No opcrson shall he eligible to,
or take or retain, U seat in the House OF Repre-
scntatives, uncss he is free white man. who
hath attained the ago tf twenty.one years,
hath been u citizen and a resident Of this Stale
three years next preceding the day Of election,
ana hath been for the last six months of this
time, and shall continue. a resident OF The Dis.
trict which he Is 10 represent.
SECTION ID. NospersUn shall he eligible to,
or take or retain, a seat. n the Senate, unless
he ia free white man, who hath attained the
age Of thirty ye ars, hath been a citizen and
resident of this State five years next preceding
ihe day Of election, and hath been, for the las'
ak months Of this time. and shall continue 10
be, resident ofthe Dis'rjot which he is.to rep
SECTION is. Senators and Members OF the
House Of Representatives, shall be chosen at
general election on ;he third Wednesday In
October In tho present year, and on the same
day in every second year thereafter, in sue b
manner, and for such terrns Of office, as are
hereiu directed TheI ahall meet on IN.