Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-25
ARTICLE II,
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

SECTION l. The Legislative power of this
State shall be vested in two distinct branches
the one to be styled the Senate" and the
other the {" House Of Representatives" ano
both together the General Assembly OF the
State of South Carolina"
SECTION .. The House Of Representative
shall be composed Of members chosen BY bal
lot every second year, by the citizens OF thl'
State, qualified as in this Constitution IS pro-
vided.
SECTION 8. Tie Judicial Districts shall here
after be designated as Counties, and the boun'
daries Of the several counties shall remain as
they are now established, except the County
of Pickens, which is hereby divided into two
counties, by linc leaving the Southern boun
dary of the State of North Carolina where
White Water River enters this State, and
thence down the centre Of said river, by what
ever names known, to Ravenel's Bridge, on
Seneca River, and thence along the centre Of
the road leading TO Pendlcton Village, untl
it inter.ects the line of the County OF Ander
son; and the territory lying East ot SAID line
Shall be known Us tie Couaiy OF P!ckenS
and the territory lying West Of said lire
shall be known rs the County Of Oconee
| Proridel, that the Legislature shall have the
DOW er at any time 10 organize res Countie>
by changing the boundaries Of any OF the old
oaes: bn! no new County shat! be hereafter
formed tf less extent ;han six hundred ana
twenty-five square miles. nor snail any exist
inv Counties be reduced to less extent than
six hundred aud twenty-five square miles.
Each county shall constitute one election
district.
SECTION i. The House Of Representatives
shall consist Of one huGdred and twenty 'ioug
uerl bcrs, to be appor'ioped among tie seve
raj counties according to the number OF ih'
habitan;s contained in each. An enumcra,
ticn OF the inhabitants, Tor this purpose, Shall
ne made in lSGg, and again in 1873, and s4a'I
be made in the course Of every tenth ycai
thereafter, in such mauucr as SHALL DC by ID"
directed; aud Representatives shall be IS
signed to the different counties In the above
mentioned proportion, By &C! of the Genera
| Assembly a. the session Immediately succeed
;rg every enumeration Pfori9ed, That unit
the appor;ionment which shall be made upor
lhc next enumeration shall take elect, the
representation Of the several counties, .:
herein stated, shall be as follows: Abbevi!le
5: Anderson, 3; Barnwcli 6; Beaufort, Z {
Charleston, Is; Chester, ;; Clarendon, =
Coll4ton, ); Chesterfield, ?; Darlington, 9
Edgefeld, I; Fairfield, 3; Georgetown, )
Creeuyi!le, t ; Horny, >; kershaw, 9; Ian
caster Q: Larrens, / (; Lexington, 2; Marion
/: Marlboro, ,; Newbcrry, ); Oconee, 2
Orangeburg, 5; PickenS, /: Richland, i
Suartanburg, 4 ; Sumter, 4; Union, =; vii
liamsburg, : York, 1.
SECTION ). Ii the enumeration herein di
rccted shall not be made in the course of tn
year appoiated for the purpose, it shall be tn
; duty of the Gorcraor to have it effected
soon thereafter as shall be practicable.
SECTION s. In assigning representatives
the several counties, the General Asscmbl
shall allow one representative to every on
hundred and twenty fourth part Of Tie who!
5 number OF inhabitants in the State; PROF.
ded, That il in the superintendent ofreprcsel
tat.ves any county shall appear net to he c;
titled. from its population, TO representative
such county shall, nevertheless, scHd o"c rel
rescntative and if there be stall driicient
of the number of representatives required !
t Section 1 Of this Article, such deficiency sha
be supplied by assigning representatives
those counties having the largest surpll
fractions.
j. SECTION {. No appor:ionincn: of reprcsel
tatiyes shall be construe. to take eilect,
ally manner, until the gcncral election Thlt
Shall succeed such apporlionment.
SECTION s. TIE Senate shall re compose
= O! one member fiom each county, to be eie
ted. for the term Of four years. by the qua
fed voters cf the State, in tie same mann
IN which members OF the House Of Retrcse
ta;iyes are chosen; except the county
Charleston, which shall be allowed two Sc
: ators.
st SECTION Q. Upon the meeting Of tie fir
General Assembly which hall be chosen L
c der the provisions Of this Constitution, u
Senator's shall be divided, by lot lrto t7
: classes, as nearly equal as may be; the sea
Of the Senators Of Tie first class to be vecat
at the expiration Of two Years after the Mo
day following the general election, ard
= those of the second class At the expiration
st fou. years; so that, except as above provide
l. one half OF tue Senators may be chosen eve
second year.
SEcrIoX TO- No person shall be eligible
=. q seat in the Senate or House of Represent
tives who at the time of his election is not
= citizen CT the United States; nor any Q
who mas not been for one year next preccC
ing his election resident OF this State a
for three months next preceding hi' elccti
resident of the county whence he may
chosen, nor any one who has been convict
of Oil Infamous crime. Senators shall be
least twenty-five, and Representatives at lie;
twenty-Cnc years Of age.
. SECTION II. The first election for Senate
and Representatives under the provisions
this Constitution shall be held ON the ii
OF 18th and 10Th days Of April, of the presC
., ., wear. and the second election shall be b,
in in IN the third Wednesday in October, l8
at and forever thereafter on the same day
every second year in such manner and
such places as the Legislature may hereaf
SECTION u. The first session Of the Gene
Assembly after the ratification of this c.
st;tution. shall be convened on the secc
ID Tuesday in May of the present year, in
Id citv of Columbia (whic!i sals'! remain the $
gs cf f'Goys--inent aDtil otherwise dctermir
II. by the concurrence of two-thirds Of. b.
branches of the whole Representations 9