The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-14
concurrence Of two-thirds Of the members

SECTION 8. The. Governor, Ieutenant-Goy
ernor, and all civil officers, shall be liable to
impeachment for high crimes and misdemean-
ors, for any misbehavior in Office, for corrup-
ton in procuring Office, or for any, act which
shall degrade their official character. But
Judgment in such cases shall not extend fur
ther than to removal from Office, and disquall-
HcaLion to hold any Office Of honor, trust or
profit, under this Slate. The party convicted
shall, nevertheless. be liable to- Indictment,
triad, Judgment and punishment according to
law.
SECTION 4. All civil officers, whose authority
is limited to single Judicial District, sin.
gle Election District, or part Of either, shall
De appointed, hold their oficel be removed
peachment,, may be punished for official mis-
conduct, in such, manner as the General AS
sembly, previous to their appointment may
provide. :. !-''=i 80 : az .S-'- =
SECTION S. II any civil officer shall become
disabled from discharging the duties OF his Of
fee, by reason Of any permanent bodily or
mental infrmity, his Office may be declared to
be vacant, by joint resolution, agreed to by
two-thirds Of the whole representation in each
House Of tine General Assembly: Prop,ded,
That such resolution shall contain the grounds
for the proposed removal, and before 1t shall
pass :e;ther House, o copy Of it shall be
served on the officer, and hearing be allowed
him.
.-'f'' ~ ARTICLE VII.
SECTION 1. The Treasurer and the Secretary
Of State shall be elected by the General AS.
sembly in the House Of Representatives, shall
hold their offices for four years, and shall not
be eligible for the next succeeding term. =; -
SECTION 2. All other officers shall be ap-
pointed as they hitherto have leen, until other
wise directed by law; but the same person
shall not hold the Office Of sheriff for two con.
secutive terms.
SEor1oN s. All commissions shall be in the
name and by the authority Of the State OF
South Carolina, be sealed with the seal OF the
State, and be. signed by the Governor. ''
u 'fi"" ARTICLE VIII 80 ''''''--
All laws of force in this State at the adop-
ton Of this Constitution, and not repugnsnt
hereto, shall so continue until altered or re-
pealed by the General Assembly, except where
they are temporary, in which case they shall
expire at the times respectively limited tor
their duration, if not continued by Act OF the
General Assembly. ...1...-.
ARTICLE X. ca'-
sEor1oN1. All power is originally vested in
the people, and all free Goyernments are
founded on their authority, and are instituted
for their peace, safety and happiness.
prisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties
or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any
manner deprived OF his life, liberty or proper
ty, but by due process Of law; nor sh: Il any
bill of attainder, er post fdcto law, or law i'm
pairing the obligation, Of contracts, ever be
passed by the General Assembly.
SECTION 8. The military shall be subordinate
to the civil power.
SEcr1oN 4. The privilege of the writ Of hd6eas
corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in
case OF rebellion or invasion, the public safety
requires it.
SECTION s. Excessive bail shall not be re-
quired, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel
punishments inflicted.
SECTION 6. The General Assembly shall not
grant any title of nobility, or hereditary dis
linc.ion, nor create any Office the appointment
during good behavior.
SECTION 7. The trial by jury, as heretofore
used in this State, and the liberty Of the press,
shall be forever inviolably observed. But the
General Assem- )ly shall have power to deter
mine the number OF persons who shall constl-
Lnta tha jury in tho Inferior and District
Courts.
SECTION 8. The free exercise and enjoyment
Of religious profession and worship, without
discrimination or preference, shall be allowed,
within this State, to all mankind: Prooided
That the liberty Of conscience hereby declared
shall not be 30 construed as to excuse acts o1
Gcentiousness, or justify practices Inconsistent
with the pea:e and safety Of the State. =
SECTION 9. The rights, privileges, immuni'
ties and estates Of both civil aud religion socl-
cites, and Of corporate bodies, shall remain as
| if the Constitution Of this State had not beer
altered or amended.
SECTION 10. The rights Of primogeniture
shall not be re-established, and there shall mol
fail to be some Legislative provision for the
equitable distribution Of the estates OF intes'
tates.
SECTION II. The slaves in South Carolins
having been emancipated by the action OF the
United States authorities, neither slavery nor
involuntary servitude, except as punishment,
for crime, whereof the party shall have beer
duly convicted, shall ever be re-estabhshed II
this State.
ARTICLE x.
SECTION /. The General Assembly, whenever
tax is laid upon land, shall, at the same time
impose q capitat;on tai, which shall not be Less
upon each pon than one-fourih OF the tai
laid upon cash hundred dollars worth Of the
assessed value OF the land taxed; excepting
however, from the operation Of such capita
ii IN tax all such classes Of persons, as from
disability or otherwise, ought, in the judgment
Of the General Assembly, to be exempted.
ARTICLE XI.
SECTION /. The busines Of the Treasury shal
be conducted by one Treasurer, who shall holc
his Office and reside at the seat OF govern
ment.
SECTION 2. The Secretary Of State shall hold
his Office and reside at the seat OF govern.
ment.
ARTICLE XII.
SECTION /. No convention OF the people shall
be called, unless by the concurrence OF two
thirds OF the whole representation in eaof
House Of the General Assembly.
SECTION 2. No part OF this constitution shall
be altered, unless bill to alter the same shal
have been read on three several days in the
House Of Representatives, and on three seye
raj days in thu Senate, and agreed to, at th'
second and third readings, by two-thirds
General Assembly; nclther sIau any alteration
take effect, until the bill, 10 agreed to, shall b
published ivr throc mouths previous to neV
election fer members OF tho House Of Repre-
sentatiyes, and the alteration proposed by th'
preceding General Assembly shall be agreed
to by the new General Assembly, in their hrs
session, by tho concurrence OF two-thlrds
the whole representation in each House, afte
the same shall have been read on three severa
days in each; then, and not otherwise, tn
same shall become part Of the Constitution
Done in Convention at Columbia, in the Stat
of South Carolina, the twenty-seventh ds
September, in the year Of our Lord on
Thousand eight hundred and si1ty-dve.
D. l.. WARDLAW,
President OF the Convention.
Attest JOHN T. SLOAN,
Clerk of the Convention.
Speculation ia being INDUCED as to hoy
tho Judges Of the United States Suprem
Court stand on the question OF the constltu