The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-03-08
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ARllCLE i.
Section I. The Legislative authority of this
State shall be vested ina General Assembly,
which shall consist of Senate and a House
of Representatives.
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 rs in this Constitution ia pro.
vidcd.
SECTION g. Each Judicial District in the
State shall constitute one Election District, ex.
ccpt Charleston District, Which shall be divi-
dcd into two Election Districts, one consisting
or the late Parishes of st. Phillip and ST.
Nlitnacl, to be designated tho Election Dis
trict OF Charleston tic other consisting Of ali
that part OF the judicial District, which is
without the hmiis OF said Parishes. to be known
os the Election Distrcto oI Berkeley
SECrIoN 4. The boundaries or the several Ju
dcial and Election Districts ehall remain as
they now established.
SECTION 5. The House of Representatives
shall consist of one hundred aud twenty four
Members. to be apportoned among the several
Election Districts of the State according TO
the nuinScr of white inhahitants contained in
each, and the amount OF all taxes raised ~ the
General Assembly. whether direct or indirect,
or OF whatever species paid in each, deduciing
thcrcfrom oil taxes paid on account Of prnber.
ty held in any other District, aud adding,
thereto all taxes elsewhere paid on account OF
property held in such District. An cuumcra-'
tion OF the white inhabitants, for this purpose,
was ndUc NlC year one snOuS0nu Glgnt nun
drcd and Gity-ninc, and shall be made in the
course of every tenth year thereafter, in such
manner shall be. by law. directed and
Representatives shall tc assigned to the differ
ent Districts in the above mentioned proper.
ton, by Act of the Gcncr Assembly at the
session immediately succe, ding every enume.
ration Provided, That until, the apportion.
mcnt, which shall &c made upon the next emu
mcration, shall take effect, the representation
of the several Election Districts, as herein con-
CAn ns n at tIr In
apportionmcnt, each District which has been
heretofore divided into smaller Districts.
known Parishes, having the aggregate NUN
bcr Of Representatives which the Parishes
heretofore embraced within it's limits have had
since that apportionmcnt, the Representative
To which the Parish of All Saints has been
heretofore entitled, being, during this interval,
assigned to Horny Election District
SEcTioN 6. IL tho enumeration herein direct.
cd shalt not be made in the course OF the year
appointed for tho purpose, it shall be The duty
OF the Governor to have it effected as soon
thereafter us shall be pfactcahc.
SEcTioS7 In assigning Representatives To
the several Districts, tho General AssCiii,.v
shall allow one Representative tor every sixty
second part Of the whole number OF white in.
habitauts n the State, and one Representative
also for every sixty second partof the whole
taxes raised by th Gcucral Assembly. There
shall ~ further allowed ono Representative
Tor such fractions OF the sixty second part OF
the white inhabitants, and of the sixty. .sccond
part otthc taxes, as when added together 70,
unit.
SECTION s. All taxes Gpon property. real or
personal, shall be laid upon the actual value OF
the property taxed, as the same shall nc asccr.
tanned by the assessment made or the pur-
pose OF laying such tax. In the first appor-
tiOnment which shall kE made under the Con
sttution, she amount of taxes shall be cstina.
ted from the average of the two ycars ucxtprc.
cedirg such superintendent but in ever sub
scqucnt apporuonmcnt, from tn, average of
the ten years then next preceding.
Section 9. II, in the apportinnmcnt of Rcp-
rcscntativos any Election District shall an
pear not to bu entitled, from it's popua ton and
its taxes, to Representative; such. Election
District shall nevertheless send ono R-prcsen-
tatve; and, II there bc still a deficiency Of the
number cf Representatives required by sec :.
uou fifth, such deficiency shalt bc supplied by
assigning Representatives 10 those Election
Districts having the largest surplus fractions,
whether those fractions consist or q conbira.
ton of population aud taxes. or of population
orSaxes separately, uniil' the number Of one
hundred and twenty -four Members be made
ups Provided, hotoerr, That not more than
twelve Representatives, shall, in any apportion
ment. be assigned to any one Election District.
SECTION 10. No apportionnent Of Represeii-
tativcs shall be construed to take effect, in any
pannor until tho general election which shalt
Succeed such apporiionment,
SECTION u. The Senate shall I've composed of
one member from each Election Dist,ict, except
the Election District of Charleston, to which
shall be allowed two Senators.
SEcrios H. Upon the meeting OF the first
General Assembly, which shall bc chosen un-
der the provisions or this Constitution. the
Senators shall DO dcv,dcd, by lot into two
classes the seats OF tho Senators OF the ono
class to be vacated al The expiration Of four
years and the number oI these classes shall
bc so proportoned that one half Of the whole
number ofSenators may, as nearly as posi-.
ble continue to be chosen thereafter every sec
end year.
G9SEoTIoNl3. No person shall be eligible to,
or take or retain, seat in the iIousc.of Repre-
scntatives. unlcss he is free white man, who
hath attained the age e twenty one years
naih been 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 shall continue, resident OF the Dis,
trict which he - TO represent.
SECTION ID. No pe,sun shfil he eligible 10,
or take or retain, seat the Senate, unless
he is a free white man, who hath taucd the
age of thirty years, hath been a citizen and
residento OF this State FIVE years next preceding
the day OF election, and hath been, for go las,
six months OF this time. and sh1ll continue l.,
be. resident OF tho District which ho is to rep.
resent.
SEcrIoN' is. Senator'S and Members or the