Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-01-15
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Approved December %, 1879.

JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an Amend
ment to Section 80, Article II, of the Constitu-
ton Of the State of South Carolina, relating to a
Homestead and providing that the benefits of a
Homestead Exemption may be shared equally
by all classes of Citizens.
Be 1t resolved by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the State Of South Carroll.
ma, now met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,, and by the authority of the same:
That the following amendment to the Con.
stitution of the State be submitted to the
qualified electors of the State at the next gen.
eral election, and if majority of the electors
qualified to vote for members of the General
Assembly voting thereon shall vote in favor of
such amendment, and two thirds of each
branch of the next General Assembly shall +,
after such election and before another, ratify
the same amendment by yeas and nays, it
shall be a part of the Constitution, to wit !:
That section 80, Article II, of the Constitu
ton of this State be and is hereby stricken
out, and the following inserted in lieu thereof:
"The General Assembly shall enact such laws
as will exempt from attachment and sale un'
der any mesne or final process issued from
any Court, to the head of any family residing
in this State, homestead in lands, whether
held in fee or any lesser estate, not to exceed
in value one thousand dollars, with the year.
ly products thereof, and every head of fam
lily residing in this State, whether entitled to
a homestead exemption in lands or not, per-
sonal property not to exceed in value the sum
of FIVE hundred dollars; provided, that in
case of any woman having separate estate
shall be married to the head of family who
has not of his own sufficient property to con-
stitute homestead, as hereinbefore provided,
said married woman shall be entitled to a
like exemption as provided for head of a
family: Provided further,- that there shall not
be an allowance of more than one thousand
dollars worth of real estate, and more than
FIVE hundred dollars worth Of personal prop
erty to the husband and wife jointly; provi-
ded, that no property shall be exempt from
attachment, levy or sale for taxes or for pay
ment of obligations contracted for the pur.
chase of said homestead or the erection of
improvements thereon. Provided, further,
that the yearly products of such homestead
shall not be exempt from attachment, levy or
sale for the payment of obligations contract
ed in the production of the same.
Itshall be the duty Of the General Assem-
bly,, at their first session, to enforce the pro-
visions of this section by suitable legislation.
That the question of adopting this amend
ment shall be submitted to the electors as fol-
lows: Those in favor of the amendment shall
deposit ballot with the following words
printed or written thereon Unconstitutional
amendment relating to homestead, Yes" J."
Those opposed to said amendment shall cast
a ballot with the following words printed or
written thereon Unconstitutional amendment
relating to homestead, No."
Approved 23d December, 1879.
FACTS ABOUT 18SO.-The first day of the
year and of April fall on Thursday the
Fourth of July comes on Sunday, and Christ
mas on Saturday. 1t is leap year, and Feb
ruary has 20 days. AS the girls will then be
priviledged to 90 courting, they will have the
opportunity to do plenty Of it, as the almanac
maker was considerate enough to put five
Sundays in the month of February. Easter
comes almost as early as it ever came-on
the 2Sth day of March. The year 1880 will
have six eclipses-four of the sun and two of
the moon-but only one Of them will be visi.
BILE here, namely the sixth, which is partial
eclipse of the sun on the last day of the year,
very early in the morning A very unusual
thing about these eclipses is that three of them
occur in December-a circumstance that will
not again occur in many years. A total
eclipse of the sun on January ii will be Who'll.
ly visible in California and partially in Mis-
souri,. Both eclipse of the moon will be total,
but invisible in North America. About the
middle of 1880 Winneck's comet will make
its appearance in the heavens after an absence
of FIVE years and seven months: The moon
will be the ruling planet of 1880, and the
year will be generally more humid than cold
that is, the almanacs say so. The year goes
out on Friday.
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