The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-02-19
The Legislative Department.

The following article on the Legislative
Department has been presented to the
sConvention by the Committee on the
Legislative part Of the Constitution, and
read first time:
p5Sa. ~ 49, ARTICLE II. n.a.lss.-d 4,le
SECTION l.. The Legislative power OF
/: this State shall be vested III two distlnct
branches, the one to be styled the : Sen
ate:' and the other the House OF Repre-
,sentatiyes,'' and both together the "Gen-
eral Assembly Of the State OF South Caro-
lima" ~ IS
SEcs2. The House of Representatives
-betcun,aosed of members chosen oy
ballot every second year, by the citizens
of this State, qualified as in this constltu-
tion is. provided. 80, -
:. SEoss5. Tie Judicial Districts shall here
after be- designated as counties, ana the ,s
boundaries If the. several. counties Shall
remain as they are now established. ex,
cspttlie County Charleston, which shall
be diyided Into two COUNTIES; one consis.
tinr,of. the late Parishes of St. Phillip and
StsMichael to be designated az the Coun-
ty of Charleston; the other consisting OF
all tha, part OF the late judicial District
of Charleston. which is without the limits
os4flis said parishes, to}be- known us the
County OF Berkley; Provided, That the
lepistntare shall h,ve-Stlie spower at any
,imc. by vote of two-thrds of both
Houses; to organize. new counties oy
cl,anging the boundaries OF any OF the
old ones; but no new county shall oe
hereafter formed of less extert than 623,
SQUARE miles, nor shall any existing coun-
ties4bea red need to aless extent than bzo
SQUIRE miles. Each county shall constl-
t1te one election, district. -. :.
SEC. The House of Representatives, e
haHconsist@of ftwenty-fourl members, to
DE :,faportioncd among the several coun-
ties according toetli,i number OF lnhab'-
tanis contained in each An enumeration
fs:tsae, Inhabitants, for this purpose. Shall
te1nade, in 1863, and againqin 1879, and
stall=bernade in the cturse OF every tenth
wear thereafter, in such manner as shall
he Ay Aaw directed; and representatives
shall be as,s gmed to the different counties
in The above mentioned proportion, by act
of the General Assembly at the session
lnssn,ediateiy succeeding every ennmera-
ton Provided, Thatuntilthe apportion-
ment. which slall be made upon the next
enumeration. sl,all take effect, the repre-
sentation of the several counties as here.
in constituted, snail be the same. as the
number ut delegates allowed to each
county in this convention.
SEC. s.. Ii. the enumeration herein d.
rec1rS. shall ;notSbe made in the course OF
the year appointed for the purpose. 1t
ab.ll be the duty Of the Governcrto have
itseffectcdl as soon thereafter as shall be
prsc,icahie:
SIC. In assigning representatives to the
several counties, the General Assembly
shaI allow one representative to every
one hundred and twenty fourth part OF
the whole number of.inhabitants in the
State; Provided, That if in the appor'
ajonments of representatives any county
shall appear. MOTTO be entitled, from Its
population, to representatives, such colih.
ty shall ,evcrtl.elcss send one represcnta-
tive; and If there still be q deficiency OF
the. .-number of representatives required
by. Section 4, such deficiency shall be sup
piled by assigning representatives to
those counties having the largest surplus
fra"tions.
: eSge.c7. No, ,apportionment of rreprescn-
tatiyes shall be construed to take effect,
in any manner. until the general election
which shall succeed such apportiqnment.
SEC. 8. The Senate shall be composed
ofsoaesrnem Der from each county. TO- De
elected, for iie'term of four years,;by the
qualified voters of the State, in the same
manner by ywliich members OF the House
of Representatives are chosen
SEC. o. Upo,, the meeting of the first
General Assembly which shall be chosen
under the provisions OF this constitution,
the Senators shall be divided, by lot, into
two classes, az nearly equal as may be /;
the, seats of the Sepaturs OF the first class
TO &c vacated at the expiration ot two
years after the Monday following the
general election, and of those OF the se-
cund class al the expiration OF four years;
or that, except as above provided, one,
half of the Senators may be chosen eve
ry second year,
Sec. lU. No person shall be eligible to
seat in the Senate or House OF Repre-
sen,atives who ut tile time OF his election
;s not a citizen of the Uni'ed States: hor
any one who has mot been ior one ye;ll
next preceding his election resident o'
chi, State. and for three months next pre-
ceding his election resident of the coun
tyewhence he may be chosen, nor any one
who has been c0n, icted of an Infamous
crime. Senators shall be ut least twenty
Ave, and representatives at least twenty
one years of age.
SEC. IL. The first election for Senators
and Representatives under tile provisions
of this constitutions shall be held on the
- -- Wednesday, of March OF the present
wear; and the second election shall be
held on the third Wednesday in October