Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-10-09
JOINT RESOLUTION TO RAT
THE AMENDMENT TosTnE CoNs15
TIoN OF THE STATE OF Sourn ca
LIMA RELATIVE TO THE INcRE5
OF THE STATE .DEBr.

Whereas, the Constitution of AAhe
State of South Carolina provides sS
an amendment or amendments mayJbs
made to the same !; and that such am iiSI :
mcnt or amendments shall be agreed ses
by two-thirds of the members elected 10
each House such amendment Ind
amendmentr to be entered On the J,asr-
nails, respectively, with the yeas apd
nays taken thereon ;and, that the sa;ae
shall be submitted, to the qualiill
electors ofthc State, at tlc next genSsraii raj
election thereafter for Represeutatix
and, if a majority of the.clectors qlsli &,
fed to vote for members of the Gen iii
Assembly, voting thereon, shall yots I'm
favor Of such amendment OF am&sd-
ments, and two-thirds of each brauetof
the next General Assembly shall, slter
such an election, aud before anotter,
: ratify the same amendment or amid.
ment or amendments by yeas and sfs,
the same shall become part of5lsa
Constitution: P:oriaed, That chs
amendment or amendments shall live
been read three times, Gu their seskals
days, in each House and whereast be
General Assembly, at its last scsbh,
did, i'll each branch, pass Joint Regf!n
tion proposing an amendment tejshe
Constitution of the State of South dtio.
lima which was agreed to by two-tIffds
its members, to wit:
ARTICLE XVI. To, the end tl.i Elies
public debt Of South Carolina masIlhot
hereafter be increased, without tb8lue
consideration aud free conseatleSfhe
people OF the State, the General tssGla.
bly, is hereby forbidden saag !.
further debt or obligation, either by tac
loan Of the credit of the State, by
guaranty, endorsement, or othGwis !,
except ior the ordinary and current
business of tie State, vithou, first
submitting the question as to the cr,a-
ti,h Of any such new deDt, guaranty,
endorsement, or loan of its credit, to the
PEOPLE of this State at a general Safe
election; and unless two.thirds OF the
qualified voters Of this State, voting on
the question, shall be in, favor pf
further debt, guaranty, endorsement or
loan of its credit, none such shall be
created or madc;"
And whereas, the said proposed
amendment has been submitted te the
electors, qualified to vote for members
Of the General Assembly, at the iext
general election following the action of
the General Assembly, and majority
of the said electors have voted in hyor
of the same; therefore,
BE At rcso7vc1 Iy the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State
of South Carolina. now met and sitting
in General Assembly, and By The aut,or-
ity of the same, That the amendment to
the Constitution of the State of South
Carolina, proposed and agreed to by
two.thirds Of the mcmbcrs of each
branch of the last General Assembly,
and voted for by majority of the
electors qualified to vote for members of
the General Assembly at the last goner-
al election, to wit: "Article XIV To
the end that the public debt Of South
Carolina may not hereafter be increased,
without the due consideration and free
consent of the people of the pcopc of
the State, the General Assembly is
hereby forbidden to create auy further
debt or obligation, either by the loan of
the credit of the State by guaranty,
endorsement, or otherwise, except for
thcordinary and current business of the
State, without first submitting the qnes-
tion as to the creation Of any such 2ow
debt, guaranty, endorsement, or loan of
it's credit to the people of this STATE, at
general State election and, unless
two-thirds of the qualified voters of this
State, voting on The question, shall 10 in
favor ofa further debt, guaranty, endorse
mcnt, or loan of its credit, none shall be
created or madc," be, and the sam is
hereby, ratified and made part ofthc,