The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-01-09

SEorIoS The Legislative authority of this
State shal be vested in General Assembly,
which shall conBist OF Senate and House
Oi Representatives. ~ No. lsl.- ts
SECTION 2. The Hnu-, Representatives
slaii be composed Of chosen by bal.
lot. every second year >" Gitizens o. this
STATE, qualified as in Il us titution is pro-.
xihrd. 4" Nta =, .
sEcT,oS 3. Each Ju, )isirictl In the
State shall conrtitute, onr ION District ex.'
rrpt Charleston District. W. ich shall be divi.
died into two Election Districts. one roBsisting
m the. late Parthcs of st. Phillip aud st
Michael, ~ be designated the Election Dis.
trirt o Charleston :the other consisting of all
that part Of the Judicial District, which lie
without tho limits Of said Parishes. tobe known
a. the Election Districtof Berkeley
SECrioN I. The Boundaries nr rho several Ju.
dcia aud Election Districts shuli remain as
they arc now estabished.g .<.I HNtf# "
.EcTioN 8. The; Ho,isc ,of Representatives
shall consist of one hundred aud Iwentv four
NJ mbcrs 10 be sppofionrd among the several
Eioctiun Districts or the State. according to
, each, and the amount OF all taxes raised by the
General AssrInbly. whcibf, direct or inireEt.
a. ol wi,airvcr specics paid IL eWh, dcauc,iug
thers'rom q u taxes paid on ac 'oun al p-prr
" hsld IN any ".!.cr Dis,.ict, aud adding
thrtctu all taxes clsvwnerc paid en account of
property he'd III surh District, An 'rnuInera-
t,ou Of the wi,ie inh Nbitaat-. for Ibis purpose,
was nadei tho year one thousand eight hun
drsd aud fifty. nine, ld shall b., made in the
course of every tenth year thereafter. in such
manner IA shall be, hy law. directed ! and
Representatives shall I've assigned to the tiff
int Districts in the above e-tnent ioncd propur,
tion, by Act ~ the General Assembly at the
session immediately succeeding every enulne
ratr.n Provided, That until he a portion.
ment, which shi all be mad upon the next Gnu.
nieratun. shall take effect, the repre- iiun
OF the several Election ,Disricts, az he &in con-
siituted. shall continue asassigntd at the lAst
.l.s- l.
heretofore divided into smaller Districts.
known as sParishcs, having the aggregate mum
bcr Of Representatives which tho Parishes
heretofore embraced within it's limits have had
since that apportionment, the Representative
TO which the Parrish of An Sainia has been
beretofnre cn'itlcd, being during this interval,
assigned TO Horny Eiectun Disttict 4kt
SECTION 6. 1.-THE enumeration herein direct.
ed shall not be made in the course OF the year
appinted for the purpose. II shall be the duty
OF the Governor to have IL effected AS coon
thereafter as shall be practirabia
SEcrIos7 In assigning Representatives to
th several Datricts. the Gciicrai Assembly
shai, allow one Representatives Iur every sixty
&c. .ond part Of the whole number Of white in
labitants io Tho State, and one Representative
also for every sixty second part Of the whole
,axcs raisrd by th Go erai Assembly. Therr
shall BE- futlhcr aiinwcd one Representative
for such fractions Of tlw sixty secnnd part %,
the white inhabitants. and of the sixty second
unit. W. ..' H.
SECTION 8, All taxes upon property, real or
persunaI, shall be iai upui the actnal value Of
the property taxed. as the Same shall DC asccr
tainui by the asseSsmcnt made "rthe pur-
pose Of laying such tax. ln the first nppor-
ii nmrnt which shall h.. made under the Con
stitutiop, the amount at taxes shall be cstirua .
ted from the avcrageof the two years next pre-.
cedi, q such happortiooinrnt; but IN ever sub
srquept apportin incut, fruri ia average Of
he VA
SECTIONS u. IN the pportinnnlcnt Of Rep
eA,ntatives ; any Election District shall ap-
pear moi to bc entitled, from its population a nd
lie tsxcs. To a Rep csrntatiye; such Election
Disrict shall nevcrihcl send one R-prcscn-
ta,iv. and, II there I've slili deficiency of the
number OF Representatives required by sec /.
toh fith, such deficiency shall be supplied by
assigning Representatives. TO those Election
Districts having. the largest surplus fractious,
whether those fractions consist ofa comb
ton Of population and taxes. or OF population
or taxes separately, until the nunher Of one
hundred and twenty four Members be made
up. Provided, hoiDspsr. That not more than
twelve n .presentatves shall, in any npportion
ment, be assig ned to any one Election District
SECTION ~. No apportioninent Of 2epreseliG
ia,vcs shall be con sirued to take rfftct, IN soy
manner. until me general election which shd
succeed such apporiionnirnt. D
SEcTioNti. The Senale shall be composed Lt
one tneInber from each Election Disu let excd'S
the Election District Of Charleston, to 5wbiFe
shall be allowed two Senators! 4;
sEcTios 70. Upon the meeting Of the I'll :
General Assembly, which shall be chosen u
der tho provisions OF tbis Constitution de,
Senators shall be dcvided, by lot, into II !,
cIasses the seats OF tho Senators OF the ol
class to be vacated. at ,bc expiration OF kf {:
sycara; and the number or stEcse classes shIa
be so proportioned that one half of the wh& =
number ofSenators may. hs nearly ms posi- v
ble continue 10 he chosen thereafter every ID I
ond year. 5.LYEYtAtE 49,. .f4a,.- s. ~ -
AZ SECTION 70. No person shall be eligibleH
or take or, retain. a seat in,the House of ncp9O
!, sentalivess unless heis a free white man, "
hath attained the ago itf t~enty one wi .
hath been II ciiizon AMI, a resident Of this " Z,
three years II, xl preceding the day otelec9 Z
and hath bton. iors the last six months OF :,
time. an d shall continues residentuf. the q
trict which he 10 to oIepresent. n ! n. s.,iSl
SgcTIoNi4 No pefspn shall be sliglblA
ortake or retain. a seat n the >Senata, u,I .
he is FREQ white man, who hath attaihtdl b
age of thirty years, hath beeh a lciiizen 4
rosidcnfoi ibis State live years next pfscedt Z
,ha DAY of election, and hath been, for tj,e
six Eaopths OF this time,sanlssbalI con,inI D
be, resident Of the District which he'is 10 +
resent. vi y !. W (. ibts y |, ~
SECTION is. Senators as,t Members Of ihe
HOuaa af Rem ontAttysa AhaIl he ah,larn In N