The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-14
THE CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, ADOPTED IN C0NVEN. .-i.
TON SEPTEMBER 27, 1856.

We, The people Of The STATE Of SoaAh Carolina,
bu our DELEGATES in Convention nlet do crddtn
and establish alts Constitution for The Gooer'is-
n,enl of Me said State:
ARTICLE L
SECTION 1. The Legislative authority OF TINS
State shall be vested in General Assembly;
which shall consist of Senate and House OF
Representatives.
SECTION 2. The House of Representatives
shall be composed of members chosen by bal
lot, every second year, by the citzens OF TINS
State, qualified as in this Constitution Is pro-
vided. o,.1
SECTION 8. Each Judicial District in the State
shall constitute one Election District, except
Charleston District, which shall be divided INTO
two Election Districts; ono consisting OF tho
late Parishes Of st. Philip and st. Micnael, ~
be designated the Election District OF CnafIes-
ton; the other consisting of all that part OF the
Judicial District, which is without the limits OF
the said Parishes, to be known as the Electlon
District of Berkeley.
SECTION 4. The boundaries Of the several Ju-
diclal and Election Districts shall remain as
they are now established.
SECTION s. The House of REPRESENTATIVES
shall consist Of one hundred and twenty-fouT
members, to be apportioned among the seVerM
Election Districts of the State, according TO tne
number Of white inhabitants contained IN each,
and the amount of all taxes raised by the Gen.
eral Assembly, whether direct or indirect, or o1
whatever species, paid in each, deductln1g
therefrom all taxes paid ON account OF properly
held in any other District and adding thereto
all taxes elsewhere paid on account OF properly
hello in such District. An enumeration OF the
white inhabitants, for this purpose, was mace
| in the wear one thousand eight hundred and
| fifty-nine and shall be mado in the course or
| every tenth wear thereafter, in such manner Us
shall be by law directed; and Representatives
shall be assigned to tie different DISTRICTS 10
| the aforementioned proportlon, oy act VI .Io
| General Assembly at the session immediately
succeeding every enumeration Prou.deo, that
nntil the apportionment, which shall be made
upon the next enumeration, shall take effect
the representation OF the several Election DIS
tricts, as herein constituted, shall continue as
assigned at the last apportionment, eacn DIS
| trict which has been heretofore divided into
smaller Districts known as Parishes, having
toe aggregate number of Representatives, which
| the Parishes heretofore embraced withln It's
| limits have had since that apportlonment, tho
Representative to which the Parish OF All SAINTS
has been heretofore entitled, being, during this
| interval assigned to Horny Election Distrlct.
| SECTION 6. II the enumeration herein direc-
| ted shall not be made in the course OF the year
appointed for the purpose, it shall be the duty
! OF the Governor to have it effected as soon
thereafter as shall be practicable.
SECTION 7. In assigning Representatives TO
the several Districts, the General Assembly
shall allow one Representative for every
sixty-second part of the whole number OF
white inhabitants in the State, and one
Representative also for. every sIty-seeond
mart op the whole taxes raised by the Cen
eeral ASSEMBLY. There shall be further al
lowed one Representative for such fractions
NJ the sixty-second part of the white lnhablt-
ants. and Of the sixty-second part OF the taxes,
as when added together form unit.
SECTION 8. All taxes upon property, real or
| - III ho Joid unoD tha actual value OF
the property taxed, as the same shall be ascer-
tained by an assessment made for the purpose
of Iayine such tax. In the first apportlonment
which shall be made under this Constitution,
the amount of taxes shall be estimated from
the average Of the two years next preceding
such apportionment; but IN every subsequent
apportionment, from the average OF tne ten
wears then next preceding.
SECTION 9. If in the apportlonment OF Rep
resentntives, any Election District shall ap-
near not to be entitled from Its population
and its taxes to Representative, such
Election District shall nevertheless send one
Representative; and, if there be stlll de-
ficiency of the number OF representatives re-
onred by section fifth, such deficiency shall be
snnplied by assigning Representatives to those
Flection Districts having the largest surplus
fractions. whether those fractions consist of a
combination of population and taxes, or OF
nonnlatIon or taxes separately, until the num-
her of one hundred and twenty-four memb rs
be be- made up: PROVIDED, ho,ceoer, that not more
than twelve Representatives shall, In any ap-
portionment, be assigned to any one Election
SECTION 10. No apportionment of Represen-
tat,yes shall be construed to take effect, in any
manner, until the general election which shall
succeed such apportionment.
SECTION II. fhe Senate shall be composed o1
ona member from each Election District, ex.
@ cont the Election District OF Charleston, tc
Shieh shall be allowed two Senator'S.
SECTION 12 Upon the M citing OF tue first
ceneral Assembly which shall be chosen under
the provisions of this Constitution, the Sena'
tors shall be divided, by lot, into two classes
tbe seats Of the Senators OF the one class to b.
yaoated at the expiration OF two years after the
Monday following the general election, and O.
those of the other class at tho expiration o.
so,1r snOr years: and the number Of these classes
shall % be so proportioned that one-half of the
whole number Of Senators may, as nearly al
nosslblo. continue to be chosen thereafter ever
s'S9 SHoT1oS 13. No person shall be eligibleto, o.
take or retain seat i'll the House OF Represcn
tatlyos. unless ho is iree White man, witt
hath hath attained the age oftwenty-one years, hatl
@ been a citizen and resident of this State three
| Years next preceding the day OF election, nn'