The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-03-19
INSTITUTIONS.

A Normal School is provided for, and edu-
cational institutions for the blind, deaf,
dumb, or other benevolent purposes are to be
established and fostered as the legislature may
direct. A State Reform School is also to be
founded for juvenile offenders. The State
University is to be encouraged, and, as soon
as practicable, to have attached to it q branch
of instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts
and natural sciences.
The proceeds of all lands or donations, by
States or individuals, are to be invested as
school fund.
Directors Of benevolent and other State in
stitutions are to be appointed by the Governor.
PeoR LAWS.
The respective counties Of the States are to
make provision for such Of their inhabitants
as, by reason of age, infrmity or misfortune,
have claim upon the aid or sympathy Of
society.
CORPORATIONS.
The property Of corporations shall be sub
ject to taxation except in cases otherwise pro
vided for.
No right Of way shall be appropriated until
compensation, to be determined by jury of
twelve, is made.
The personal liability Of stockholders is to
are to be punished.
A limitation is imposed upon tolls, imposts
and other charges.
No bank charter shall be renewed unless the
stockholders are made liable to the amount OF
the stock held by them, and upon the further
condition that no director or officer Of said
corporations shall borrow any Of It's funds.
MILITIA.
The militia of this State shall consist OF all
able-bodied male residents between the ages of
eighteen and forty-fve years, except such per-
sons as are now, or may hereafter be, exempt
ed by the laws of the United States, or who
may be adverse to bearing arms, as provided
for in this constitution; and shall be organiz-
ed, armed, equipped and disciplined as the
General Assembly may by law provide.
The Governor shall have power to call out
the militia to execute the laws, repel invasion,
repress insurrection, and preserve the public
peace.
There shall be an Adjutant and Inspector
General elected By the qualified electors Of the
State, at the same time and in the same man
ner as other State officers, who shall rank as
brigadier-general, and whose duties and COM
pensation shall be prescribed by law. The
Governor shall appoint, by and with the ad-
vice and consent Of the Senate, such other
staff officers as the General Assembly may
direct.
MsCELL.NRoUs.
No person shall be elected or appointed to
any Office unless he possess the qualification Of
an clector.
Lotteries, and the sale OF lottery tickets, for
any purpose whatever, are prohibited, and the
General Assembly shall prevent the same by
penal laws. =
Divorces from the bonds Of matrimony shall
not be allowed but by the judgment Of court,
as shall be prescribed by law.
No person who denies the existence Of the
Supreme Being shall hold any Office under this
constitution.
The real and personal property Of q woman,
held at the time Of her marriage, or that which
she may thereafter acquire, either by gift,
grant, inheritance, devise or otherwise, shall
not be subject to levy and sale for her hus-
bands debts, but shall be held as her separate
property, and may be bequeathed, devised or
alienated by her the same as if she were un-
married; Prouided, That no gift or grant from
the husband to the wife shall be detrimental
to the Just claims of his creditors.
The General Assembly shall Immediately,
after its permanent organization, ratify the
article known as the fourteenth amendment to
the Constitution Of the United States.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
By the Reconstruction Constitution the Con-
stitution Of the State may be amended by q
vote of two-thirds of the members Of either
house; and if the people by q majority vote
sustain the same and two thirds Of the subse-
quent legislature ratify the amendment, the
same shall become part Of the constitution.
ALI amendments must be submitted separately.
A State Constitutional Convention may be
called by the people at an election for Repre-
sentatives, and the following General Assem-
bly, shall provide by law for holding the said
convention.
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