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mixed blood, descended from a negro
or their living together as man and
wife, is prohibited in this State. The
General Assembly shall enforce this
section by appropriate legislation"
AS TO COUNTY TREAsURERs.
By Mr.. Parler, of Colleton: There
shall be elected by the electors in each
county county treasurer whose term
of office shall be four years whose
duty it will be to take returns of all
taxable property and of all poll taxes
assessed thereon.
2. All persons liable to poll.tax by
law shall make his return in person
or through an agent who shall have
written authority to make such return,
and such returns shall be made once
each year.
3. No return of a poll tax shall be
copied from any previous return or
book.
4. The Legislature may enact such
laws as will insure the proper assess.
ment, collection and disbursement OF
such taxes.
EDUCA11ON oOTLh V loOho.
By Mr.. A. H. White, of York: ''The
supervision of public instruction shall
be vested in a State board of SUI
pervisors of education, one from each
judicial district, and one from the
State at large, who shall be profession
al teachers and shall be elected by the
Legislature; the powers, duties, terms
of Office and compensation shall be de-
fined by the General Assembly,"
A COURT OF ERRORS.
By Judge Fraser, of Sumter:
whenever upon the hearing of any
cause or question either at law or equi-
ty before the Supreme Court it shall
appear to the justices of the same, or
any two of them, that there is ques-
ton of constitutional law or of con-
Aict between the Constitution and
laws of this State and of the United
States, or the duties and obligations of
the citizens under the same, it shall be
the duty of the chief justice, or in his
absence of the presiding associate JUS
tice, to convene court of errors for
the determination of the same, which
court shall consist of all the judges of
the Supreme Court and of the Circuit
Courts, the decision of which court or
a majority of the judges sitting in the
same, shall be final and conclusive;
and the chief justice, or in his absence,
the presiding associate justice, shall
also convene the court of errors at the
request of any two of the justices of
the Supreme Court, for the determina-
ton of any other cause or question
to be submitted to them, and the de-
cision of said court, or a majority of
the Judges sitting in the same, shall be
final and conclusive; and the chief
Justice, or in his absence, the presiding
associate justice, shall preside when
ever the court of errors shall convene.
OTHER ORDINANCES.
By Mr.. w. B. Wilson of York
Provision shall be made by the Legis-
lature for the establishment and
maintenance by the State of reform
atory for the correction and reforma-
ton of juvenile offenders, separate and
apart from hardened criminale.
By Mr.. James Wigg (colored) of
Beaufort: That the Comptroller Gen
eral, county auditors, county treasur-
ers and all persons charged with the
collection of State or municipal taxes
be and hereby required to keep separ-
ate and distinct accounts of all tax re-
turns and paid by white and colored
taxpayers, and that the same be always
open for public inspection.
By Mr.. McCalla, of Abbeville: {:
That the State Treasurer shall be bank
INSPECTOR, and his duty shall be to in
spect all private and State banks quar-
terly without notice, which inspec-
ton shall be made by said State Treas
urer or his chief clerk. But the Gen
eral Assembly shall particularly define
the duties of said officer and provide
for his payment.
By Mr.. Geo D. Tillman of Edgefeld
That the whipping post shall be rees-
tablished in this State to properly pun
vagrants, petty thieves and habitual
wife beaters, and that the General AS
sembly shall provide by appropriate
legislation therefor.
By Mr.. Doyle of Anderson: That
the Legislature shall at its next ses-
sion after the adoption of this Consti-
tuition enact suitable laws to forever
prevent prize fighting in this State.
By Mr.. E. B. Berry of Marion: That
the General Assembly shall at its first
session after the adoption of this Con-
stitution enact suitable laws for the
registration of all marriages solemn
lied and contracted within the State
and fixing the age below the age at
which the marriage of the minor shall
be illegal; and to provide penalties for
the violation of such laws. Succeed
ing General Assemblies shall have
power to amend such original acts and
amendments thereof.
By DR.. Stokes of Orangeburg: To
regulate the creation of corporations
and fix their duties and liabilities.
By Mr.. Parrott of Darlington: That
men otherwise entitled to the right of
suffrage by action of this convention
and in addition pay taxes on property
to the amount of 5000 or more and who
represent family as the head thereof
are hereby given the right to cast two
votes in all elections of this State.
The committee on the declaration OF
rights submitted an ordinance embody-
ing the declaration of rights, which
does not materially alter that now ex-
isting.
Mr.. McMahan of Richland offered a
resolution providing for stenograph-