The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-04-09
THE CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE II.
LEGIsLATIvE DEPARTMENT.

Sec. i. The legislative power oi
the State shall be vested lii Two dis
tinct branches. the one To DC sly 'e"
the '"Senate, aud the other Inc
"House of Representatives, aau
both together the Ge"eral Assenl-
bly of the State of South Caro".'a'
&, Sec. 2. The House Of Representa-
tiyes shall be composed OF uemuers
chosen by ballot every second year.
by the cilizeus of this State, qualined
as in this constitution is pro,iaed.
Sec. 3. The judicial Districts shall
hereafter be designated as cou'ties'
and the boundaries of the several
counties shall remain as they are no"
established, except the cou"ty o.
, Pickens, which is hereby divided liz
TO two counties, by hne leaving The
southern boundary Of the Sta.c oi
North Carolina wnere White Water
River enters this State, and thence
down the centre OF sand river, Ny
whatever names known, 10 hayc.e. 5
Bridge, on Senecca River, and tile'ice
along the centre OF the road ieadi''g
TO Pendieton Village, unlll 1t later
sects the line. OF tlie County vi a"-
derson; and the territory iyhg cast
f'said line shall be know" As tL'e
county Of Pickeus; aud the territory
lying west of sald ine shall be know"
rs tue County of Oconee; Frortacd,
That the Legislature sliaii nave 'he
power at any time TO orga"izc -c"
counties by changing the oou''uafics
of any of the o.d oncs; but 40 coU"ty
shall be hereafter formed ol i-ss ca
tcut than SIX hundred a.ld twenty-five
square miles, nor shall any eA's'i"s
counties be reduced 70 less eA,e..t
than twenty-five square mltes. Eacii
county shan constitute one eiec'io"
district. ...
Sec. 4. The House of Repre@e.
tives shall consist Of one nu"urc0 a.u
twenty-four members, to DC appof''o"-
ed among the several cou"'ies ac-
cordlng 10 the number OF l"napi'a"ts
contained in each. AS cnumc. a.'oh
of the inhabitants, for this puipuse,
shalt be made in lo6J, aud aga" la
1876, and shall beinade III the course
of every tenth year thereafter, /" s1ch
manner as SHAH be by law dfectca /;
and Representatives snaii be assis"eu
to the different counties III the aJo'e
mentioned proportion, by act Vi ueu-
eral Assembly at the session llnn'c
diately succeeding every e'uuiera''o";
Provided, That untii une appor',o"-
ment which shall be made upoh Lie
next enumeration shall lake euect,
the representation OF the several coul,-
ties, as herein stated, shall be as io'-
lows: Abbeviile, 3; A"defso., s;
Barnwell, 6; Beaufort, I; Charleston,
Is; Chester, 3, Clarendcu, =; Coneio",
5; Chesterfield, =; Darlington, u;
Edge6eld7; fairfield, ); Geo' geto". (,
8; Greeuviile, 4; Ilorry, Z; hcis"a",
2; Lancaster, =; Laurc"S, L; LtAi..G-
ton, 2; Marion, /; Marlboro :; >o"-
berry, 3; Oconee, 3; Ora"geourg' +;
P!ckens, /; Richiand, 4; opaftsHourg'
4; Sumter, /; Union, 3; Williamsburg,
8; York, 4.
Sec. 5. If the enumeration herelu
directed shall not be made lii the
course of the year appointed tor The
purpose, it shall be lhe duty OF the
Governor to have it effected as sool
thereafter as shall be practlcabie.
Sec. 6. In assigning representa-
tiyes to the several counties, the Gen
.eral Assembly shall allow one repre-
sentative to every one hundred aid
tweaty-fonrth part of the whole mum
her Of inhabitants in the State; Pro
y;dsd, That if in the appointment o'
representatives any county shall ap,
pear MOTTO be entitled, from its pop
ulstion to representative, such coun'
ty shall, nevertheless, send one rep
resentative, and if there be still de-
ficiency ofthe number of representa-
tives required by section 4 of this
article, such deficiency shall be sup