The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-01-16

I9untessiDe senate br equally divided! "A ~
| 2SgCrIost7, The Senate shall ch, osc O Prcsi.
ncui pro fe,npo,e 10 act in the absence ot the
| sLieutrnaE {. .Sovrrpnr. or when he shall eyer.
ciseihc office OF Governor Az
SLcTIpa 3. a member ofthe Scnatc. ,Or Of
'hediouse OF Representative, being ch,'sen and
acung as Governor or Lieutenant Governor
shall, 'bcreoron, vacate his seat. and another
petscn shall be elected in his stead. U.s.
SECTION y In case OF the impoach,ncnt OF
the Governor or his removal from office, dtath,
rcsi2nnii"n, Disqualification, Gisshliy or re-
,nnHai rom the SIatC, the B'cutcnaut Governor
shall succeed TO his office, and in OF tile
impeachment OF the Licutcuart Governor or
his removal from office, death. resignation, a. a.
qualification, disability or removal from the
State, the President prC fenpore cf the Senate
shaii succeed 10 his office aud whrn the office
OF the Governor. Lieutenant Governor aud
Prcsdcnt P'Hfemp9re OF the Senate shall be-
come vacun! W the recess ofthe Senate; the
Secretary OF State, FOR the time being, shall,
ny proclamation, convene the Senate, that n
President prO tempore may be chosen tocxrr.
ci5c the office Of Governor ior the unexpired
term. .ffg
SECTION 10. The Governor shall be Com
manc er.,n- Chief Of the Army and Nay u
this stale and oi tho militia, tx 'cpt when they
shall be called into tha actual service oIthe
Uuitsd States. HE
Section II He shai. have power 10 grant,
rcPrlevrs and pardons after convici,on, (cxccpt
in cases of ofimpeachmcnt,) IN such IN inner, on
u
shall think proper. AMI he sball have power ia
remit fines aud forfeiturrs, unl.ss orhrr~lso
dirrcted'bv law. II shall br biz duty tu renprt
to the Gene raj Assembly at the next REGULAR
session thereafter all parions granted by him,
with full sitcmCnt OF Gao case and the rca-
sons moving him thGr"uniu
SECTION IL He Shall tak"caIc that the
laws b. faithfully c>scuicd in mcr,y
SECTION l3 The Governor ami l. tutcnn nj. Z.
GovCrnnr shall, at stat 81 times receive for tiiri
A nj ia sh b., pi hrr
increased ar ,iim'uishcd during tie period
for which they shall have been elect
cd
SECTION IL All Off era in the Ex"cutv
Department whcu required b. the Governor,
shall giv' him Iuformatinn in writing upon any
snbj"ct relating 10 III, duties Of their rcsprct
tive offices. a#t
SECTION l5. The Governor ehall from ,i,nr
to time, give % the L cncrN \ssenby inior
D'atiou ut tho ronhition of lhc State, and re
cummer,d ,d to their cunsc'cras;rn uch m,yiAurcs
as hc shnil iu!gc nccrsyary or rxprdicnt
SEcrioS 10. He may, on xtrapriinnry oc-
cas,or~, eonvcnc the Genera, Assembly, and
shoud crhcrii ,usc remain w,hun, qHnruun
Tor three days, or in case % disagreement he
tween tie two lIuiscs. with respect toihc iim"
oi ladjnnrnuncnt may adjuprn thcn t"sU"h
time ns II" stall thnk proper. not brycn" IT,,
'""rlh Monday OF November then ucxt ,nsu
ing.
SAcrloE'i7 lie shall commission all Off
cc,s u. the state. '-r
SEcriox 'ls /, shaIl bc the du,y of the
Managcra o Elections of this state. at ,hc iirSt
general elections Under this Cons tituiion, md
a, rsCh altcrra'e gen, ral election lh,reaft r,
To II I'D ,a,i election for Governor and Eeulrn-
ant Governor.
SECrinS 10 The Governor and the Licnt"n
ant Gnvernoi before enIcriug uronthc dutivs
"f thti, respective Off cs shalt. in the presence
Of the General Assembly, take The o. tn
of Office y ccribcd in ,his f:onattut on
SECTION 20 'Tne Governor ahail reside.
during the sitting of the General Assembly. at
b the place where lis ssession may be hcl. aud
the General Assembly may by law. require
him TO rrs"e at the ''apit6l OF the Staie.
SEcThN2l Every Bill winch shall have
passed the Genera Assem'ilv shall befprc il
become a law -" presented To the Governor
Il be approve, lic shali sign il hut ii not. he
shall return II, with his ohjcciiups. To nai
ilouse IN which IL shall have origina ed, who
sha cntcr tho objections n large IN their jour.
nal; and proceed 10 reconsider il. II after surh
rcconsiderat on, majority Of the whole repre-.
srntation OF that House shall agree TO pas, the
Bill, II shall lie gent, toG ether, with the objec.
uors, To Ihr thee House, by which il. sra Il
likcwire be rcconsidcred. aud IL approved by a
majority OF the whole represe ntaliou o! that
other llousc, itshall become a law. Butin all
such cases The votes of both Houses shall b..
determined by yeas and nays, and tho namra
of the prraons voting Tor and agaipst the Bill
shalt be euterc, on the journal Of each House
respectively any Bill shall not be returned
by the Governor within two days CSunda Ss
exreptcd) after il shall have been rrcscntrd To
HIM, 'hc same shall he a law in like manner
"a ifIie had siVncoIii And. that time may al
waya be- a lowed The Govern tn consiier
Biiis ,paSscd by the General Assembly, neither
House shall read auy Bill on thu las day % its
session. except snrh Bills as have hccn
returned by the Governor as herein provi-
dcd.
ARTICLE III.
SEc7loS l.. The judicial power shall be vest.
cd in such Superior and Inferior Courts of
Law and Equity as the General Assembly
shall, from time 10 time. direct and eatablisfi
The Judges 'of the Superior Courts shall be
elected by the General Assembly, shall hold
;ncir Offices during good behavior, aud shall
at stated times, receive a compensation for
their services. winch sha 10 neither bo increas--
ed nor diminished during their continu, co
in Office I; but they shall receive no fees or
perquisIcs Of office, nor hold any other office
profit or trus, under thia State. tic United
states o. America, or any Uf them or any
other power. The General Assembly shall as
soon as possible. cs,ablish 10 zach. Di!trict in
the State All Inferior Ceuri or Coutta e. k.,
styled "Thc District Court ."the Judge whereof
shall he resident In The Dstrict while In Office
shall be elected by the General Assembly tor