The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-02-08
ARTICLE I.

SECTION 2. Tho House OF Representatives
shall be composed Of Members ob0scn by bal.
lot. every second year, by the citizens of tliis
State, qualified rs iy this Constitution is pro.
Yidcd. =.
SErrioS 3. Each JuAicial District IN the
State shalt constitute one El.ctinn District, ex.
Nrpt Charleston District, which shall be ,dv-
d,d into Two Election Districts. one consisting
at the late Parishes OF st. Phillip and 1t
Michael - he dcagnatcd the Elections Dis
trict o. Charleston thu other consisting of all
that part Of the Judicial District, which Nis
without the limits OF said Parishes. to be known
"a the EI"C:inn Distrrtoi Berkeley
SrcrloS !. Tho boundaries Uf The several Ju
dcial aud Election Districts stall rcmain as
ihrv are now established.
~rcrioS :. The House of Representatives
shall consist fonc hundred and twrutY four
M"mbCrs. To be apportiunrd among the several
fiuctinr DistriCts OF the State, according to
the nu,!IIcr pf wiiIc iuhahitauts contained in
ZACH, and the amount of all taxes raised by the
General Assembly, whether direct or indirect
ar OF whatever species paid ia each, dcduCiing
thcrc'rom all taxes paid on nc cunt OF proper
" held in nnv other Dstict, and adding
thereto all taxes elsewhere paid,on account OF
property held in such District. An cnumcra-
uon of the whitc inhahitarts, for This purpose,
was made the year one thousand eight hun
drcd and fifty nine, and shall be made in the
course of every tenth year thereafter, in such
manner aS shall be. by law, directed and
Representatives shall he assi ignrd tn the difT,r
cnt Districts in the above mentioned propur-
ton, by Aci OF the General Assembly at the
session Immediately succeeding every cnumc
ration Proridcd, That until the nrportion;
uicut, which shall be madc upon the next emu.
ncration. shall take CtfSCt, tn" representation
of the several Election Districts rs herein Cou-
stitutcd, shall continue as assigned AT the last
appOrtionmcut, each District which has been
heretofore divided into smaller Districts,
known as Parishes, having the agsrrcgat" num-
ber OF Representatives. which the Parishes
heretofore embraced within its limits have had
fLnfn nnTtiD nnnf hh 1 W
to which tn" Parish of y II Sants has b""u
heretofore entitled, being during this interval,
assigned to Horny EIccuon District,
SECTION g. IL the enumeration herein direct.
rd stall not he male in-tRu course Of the ycnr
appointed iorthr purpose, it shal be The duty
oi the Governor TO have it effected as coon
thereafter as shall be ptacticablc
SGcTioS7 IA assi-'rnr Representatives to
tn" several Districts. the General Assembly
shall allow one Representatives inr every sixty.
second part of thu whole numbcr OF white in.
habtants in :no state, and one Representative
also for every sixty second part of the whole
laxcs rails, d by tn &c cral Assembly. There
shall bc further allowed one Representative
FOR such f:ac::"ns of the sixty second part u,
the white Inhabitants, and ut the sixty. srCond
part oft the taxes, as when added together form
unit.
SECTION 8. All taxes upon property, real or
personal, shall be laiI upoi the actual value nf
the property taxed, as the same shall Dc asccr.
tanned by the assessment made ar tho pur.
pose OI IhylnT SuCn TAX. In tue lrGt AnpOr-
Il nnrnt which shalt hr made under the Con
stim,iO0, the amount of taxes shall b" cstua.
ted from tho AVERAGE of the two years noxtprc.
2ci:r = slCh apportionmcnt but in ever sub
scGuG, npp"ruon nmcut, fror" III; average Of
lhc ten y"ars thcn next preceding.
sEcToS 8. II, in the appointment ofRcp-
rcsCut. lives any Election District shall ap-
pea not to- be entitled, troin It's population and
ita taxes, to a Representative; such Election
r slrict shall nevertheless send one R-prcacu-
tIIiy mn q = n lpI or 4
number OF Repre- .,I.ivcs required hy sec
ton flth such def, icucy shall be supplied by
assigning RcPrcscnt. yves to those Election
Districts having the largest surplus fractions
whether those fractions consist Of a combic "a I.
tion oi population and taxes, or of population
Or taxes separately, until the numbcr of oic
hundred aud twenty iour Members be made
up Propided hoigeue, That not more than
rwclve Representatives, shall, in any apporiion-
mcnt, ho assigned to any one Election District
SECTION 10. No apportionmcnt of Represent
laUvcs shall be construed TO take effect, in any
inanncr, until the general election winch shall
succeed such apDortonment
SECTION H. The Senate shall be composed Of
one member from each Election District, except
the Election District Of Charleston, to which
ahal be allowed two Senators.
sEcToS l2. Upon the meeting Of the first
General AssCInbly, which shall be chosen un-
der the provisions OF this Constitution the
Senators shall ,bc dcvidcd, by lot, into two
classes the seats OF the Senators of the one
class To be vacated at the expiration Of four
years and The number OF ttCsc classes hall
be 80 proportoncd that one half of the whole
nur+ber OF Senators may, as nearly ms possi-
bic continue 10 be chosen thereafter every sec
ond year.
SECTION l3. No person shall be eligible to.
or tukc or retain, a seat in the House OF Repre-
sontauvcs. unless he is a free white man, who
hath attained the ago Cf twenty one years, ,
hath bcc9a citizen and a resident of this State
three yc5rs next preceding the day Uf election
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