The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-01-25

w hich shall consist OF Senate and House
of Representatives.
shal be composed OF Menbers chosen by ball
lot every second year, by the citizens o! this
State, qualified as in this Constitution pro-
vided. ~
State. shall coustituo one Election District, cx.
cept Charleston District, which shall be diYi.
,l,d into two Election Districts. one consisting
ar tho late Parishes of st. Phillip and st.
Michael, to be designatcd tho Election Dis-
trict OF Charleston the other consisting,o OF all
that ,nrt Of tho judicial District, which is
without tno limits or said Parishes. TO be known
IA the Election Distrcto Of Rerkelcy.
SECTION !. Tho boundaries Of Tho several Ju..
dicial and Election Districts shall remain as
,bcy are now established.
SncTioH 5. The House Of Representatives
shall consist OF one hundred and twenty four
Members. to be apportfoncd among the several
Election Districts OF tho State, according to
the 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
therGfrom all taxes paid on account Of proper.
" held in any other District, and adding.
thereto all taxes elsewhere paid on account OF
property held in such District. An cnumcra-
tion OF the white Inhabitants, for ths purpose,
was made l. the year one thousand eight hun
dred and fifty niuc, nd shall bc made in the
course of every tenth year thereafter, in such
manner as shall be, by law, diNcted ) and
Representatives shall he assgned'to the differ.
ont Districts in tho aforementioned proper
tiop, by Act of the General Assembly at the
session immediately succeeding every enume.
ration: Propided, That until tho aoportion-
nient, which shall be mado upon tho next Gnu
meration, shall take effect, the representation
Of the several Election Districts, as herein cons
etituted, shall continue as assigned at the last
apportiontnent, each District which has been
heretofore divided into smaller Districts,
known as Parishes, having tho aggregate num-
Dor OF Representatives which the Parishes.
heretofore embraced within its limits have had
since that apportionment, the Representative
10 which the Parrish OF All SAINTS has been
heretofore entitled, being during this interval,
assigned to Horny Election District.
SECTION 6. III the enumeration herein direct
ed shall not be made in the course of the year
appointed for tho purpose, il shall be the duty
Of the Governor Ia have IL effected as soon
thereafer as shall be practicable.
SEcTIoN7 ln aasignig Representatives to
the several Districts, the Geucral Assembly
shall allow one Representative i0r every sixty
second part uf the whole number OF white in :
hab;tants in tho State, and one Representative
also for every sixty, second partp the whole
taxes raised Ivy tn GcNcral Assembly. There
shall he further allowed one Representative
for such fractions OF the sixty second part "
the white inhabitants. and Of the sixty-scrond
( part of the taxes, as when added together form
q unit. t.,t..t--t $
SECTION 8. All taxes upon property, real or
a
tths n,,ncriv ,axod. ma the same sbalIbo ns,,er.
tn;nrd XIV Inc assessment made or tho Dur.
rnsn ns Iay,ng such iax. In the fr.t minor.
tG;on,nent tom whicb shall hn made under the Con
sti,mtinn ,bc amount or taxcs shall be cstrna.
tod from tbe ayorare of the two years nc XXI pro.
red;rr s,,oh auporiioo,nent: but In ever, sub.
seo,ient anportionnent, from ths ayeraps of
tthe ten ycas then next preceding.
SrcT,on 9. m, in the apportionmcnt Of Rem
r,srniatiyes. any Election District shall m
near moi 10 be entitled, from its popuiation a nd
its taxes. a, n Representative {; such Election
Dis,rict aha II neyertbeless send one Reprosen-
taiiyc. and; il there bc still deficiency of the
nurnbsr of Representatives required by sec
lion tirtb ,such deficiency shall be supplied by
asaioninp REPRESENTATIVES TO those Election
Districts having the largest eurplus fractions.
whether those fractions consist OF a combina.
\ fion nI bopulation and taxes, or OF popuIation
or tases. separsteIy, until tie number OF one
4 hundred and twenty -four Members be made
/. .i,n !. provided, kotpsuer, That not more than
twelve Roprcscntatiyes shall, in any apportion.
mcnt, he assis sned to any one Election District.
SECTION 10. No apportionmeut of Represen-
,atiycs shall be construed to take effect, in any
manucr, until the general election which shall
succeed such apportionnient.
Secr,oS II. The Senate shall be composed of