The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-01-27
ARTICLE I.

of Representatives.
.SEcrIos 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.
SEcr,os 3. Each Judicial District In the
State shall constitute one Election District, ex.
cept Charleston District, which shall be divi-
ood into two Election Districts, one consisting
Of tho late Parishes Of st. Phillip and st.
Michael, to be designated the Election Dis.
that part Of tho judicial District, which lie
without the l,miis Of said Parishes. to be known
as the Election District OF Berkeley.
SECTION 4. The boundaries or tho several Ju.
dical and Election Districts shall remain as
they are now established.
SECTION s. Tho House Of Representatives
shall consist Of ono hundred aud twenty four
Members, to be apportioned among the several
Election Districts OF the State, according TO
the ,fuliiScr Of white iuhabitants con,aiucd in
each, and the amount ofall 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-
lion OF the white inhabitants, for this purpose,
was made / the year one thousand eight hun
dred and fifty nine, and shall be made in the
manner as shall be, by law, directed and
Representatives shall he assigned to the differ.
emf Districts in the aforementioned proper
ton, by Act OF the General Assembly at the
session Immediately succeeding every enumc.
ration; Provided, That until the apportion.
ment, which shall be made upon the next emu.
meration, shall take effect, the representation
sfthe several Election Districts. as herein con-
stituted, shall continue as assigned at the last
apportionment, earh District which has been.
heretofore divided into smaller Districts.
known as Parishes, having the aggregate num-
bcr OF Representatives which tho Parishes
heretofore embraced within it's limits have had
since that apportionmcnt, the Representative
to which the Parrish Of a II Saints has been
heretofore entitled, heing, during this interval,
assigned TO Horny Election District.
SEoT,oS 6. 1.-THE enumeration herein direct.
ed shall not be made in the oouisc OF the year
appointed for the purpose il shall be the duty
or the Governor TO have it effected as soon
thereafter as shall be practicable.
SECTION In assigning Representatives to
the several Districts, tho General Assembly
shall allow ono Representative for every sixty>
second part Of the whole number OF white in
habitanto in the State, and ono Representative
also for every sixty second part Of the whole
taxes raised by tn General Assembly. There
shall DO further allowed one Representative
for such fractions or the sixty. .secoud part OF
the white inhabitants, and Of the sixty. second
part Ofthe taxes, as when added together form
aunt.
SECTIONS. All taxes upon property. real or
personal, shall be laid upon the actual va,uo Of
Gained by the assessment made "r.thc pur-
pose Of laying such tax. In the first appor-
nnnment which shall he made under the Con
stitution, the amount OF taxes shall be estma. .
tee rroi0 the average Of the two years next pre-.
ccdirg such apportionment but in everr sub.
seqIent appor!ionment, from. the average Of
the ten years then next preceding.
SECTIONS. IL, III the apportonment Of rep
reaentatives any Election District shall ap-
pear not to be entitled, from its population and
ifa ~ RPDTeapntatiyp ROch Elertin
District shall nevertheless send one R.prescn-
tative; and, il there be still q deficiency OF the
number Of Representatives required by sec :
ton fifth, such deficiency shall be supplied by
assigning Representatives to those Election
Districts having the largest eurplus fractions,
whether those fractions copsist Of a combira a.
ton OF population and taxcs. or of population
or taxes separately, until the number Of one
hundred and twenty. .four Members be made
up. Provided, hoiper@. That not moro than
twelve Representatives shall, in any apportion.
naent, be assiBn ned to any one Election District.
SECTION 10. No opportonment of Represen-
tatiyesshali be construed to take effect, in any
u,kaflaks t,ntil the general election which shalt
succeed such apportionment, s.
,SEcriop,ll. The Senate shall be composed Of
ons member stom each Election Distriet, except
tha Election District OF. Charleston. 10 which
shailbO allowed two Senators. 49, sssH
General Assembly, which shall 5o chosen ',. IN.
der tho provisions OF this Constitution. the
Senators shall be devIded. by lot, into two
classes ;the eeats OF tho Senators Of the one
class to be vacated at tho expiration Of four
years; and the number OF these classes shall
bs 80 proportioned that ono half OF the whole
number OF Senators may, az, nearly as possi-
BILE continue to be chosen thereafter every sec
end year.
>SEcrIoN 10. No person shall be eligible to,
or take or retain, seat in the House OF Repre-
senta;ives, unless he is FREQ white man, who
hath, attained tho age ef twenty .one years,
hath been u citizen and a resident Of this State
three years next preceding the day OF election,
snd hath been for the last six months Of this
iirne, and shall continue, resident OF tho Disn
trict which he is to represent
SECTION ID. No person shall be eligible to,
or take or retain, seat n the Senate, unless
he is n free white man, who hath attained the
age Of thirty years, hath been citizen and
resident OF this State fivo years next preceding
the day Of election, and hath been, for the last
elk months Of this time. and shall continue to
be. resident OF the District which he is to rep.
'Yesent.
SECTION l5. Senators and Members Of the
Houao OF Representatives shall be chosen at
general election on tho third Wednesday In
October In the present year, and on the same
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