The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-09-26
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.]

the Governor for the creation of o new
county, the Governor shall oraer an
election by the qualified voters tIa., WIZ
the proposed area, In whlch eieoetSa ~ u
they shall vote yes or no upon o"ntr vno
4uees SacnndNif two.thirds OF the quail
Goa yotars within the area OF the pro-
,,osod nav county shall vote yes upon
pUoI' Question, the Legislature,sa Fat Its
smsmfnr session, shall establish said
nov Third-That the proposed new
county shall not contain less than the
one hundred and twenty-fourth part OF
the whole number of the inhabitants
OF the State.
Fourth-That no proposed new
connty shall contain less than four
hund red square miles.
Fifth-No new county shall contain
property of the assessed value OF less
than one million dollars.
Sixth-NO old county is to be re-
duced below the constitutional area.
"Seventh-That no new counties
shall be formed by this convention"
Mr.. Patton introduced the following
suffrage scheme:
|. Every male citizen OF the State Oh
South Carolina OF the age OF twenty
one years of age, not laborlng unaer
disabilities named in this constitution,
Who shall have resided in the State
two wears and in the county in which
he offers to vote ninety days next pro-
ceding any election, and who shall
have paid all poll or other tax due by
him to tho State for the fiscal year
preceding that in which he shall Ofer
to vote and who, in addition thereto,
(a.) Shall be able to read the Consti-
tuition in English print and sign his
name ); or
o. Shall own in his own namo and
return for taxation property in this
State to the amount of $500; or
to- Shall have engaged in the active
military or naval service Of the late
Confederates States of America Or
(d) Shall be the lawful lineal de-
scendant Of a person who was engaged
in such service and shall be alive at
the time Of the adoption of this Con-
stitutiOn,
Shall be u qualified elector of this
State, and, when duly registered, shall
be entitled to vote for all officers that
are now or may hereafter be elected by
the people, and upon all questions sub
H. itted to tho electors at any election.
2. The General Assembly shall enact
Just and equal laws for the accurate
"
State, and they shall also establish
convenient, fair and impartial tribu-
nails to pass upon and determine the
qualifications of persons Offering them
selves for registration Us qualified elec-
tors.
3. The popular government cannot
exist without q pure ballot; the Cen
eral Assembly, therefore, shall enact
stringent laws for the regulation of the
re- -istry and elections Of this State
wi III severe penalties for the violation
Of the same. Any person who shall
wiilfully violate such laws shall upon
conviction, in addition to such penalties
~ the General Assembly may impose,
;,nl dcbarred from holding public
oNice in this State; and the disabilities
i!nposed by this section shall not be
removed by the pardon Of the Governor
Or by act Of the General Assembly.
MIR. Buist, Of Greenville, offered the
following :
THAT the General Assembly shall
provide for the maintenance of the
Clemson Agricultural and Mechancia
College, and shall appropriate the lanG
given to this State for the support O
such q college by the act of Congress
passed July the second, one Thousand
oASho huhureu anu slXIy-t"o, or tne
money or script, as the case may be-
arising from the sale of said lands
or any money or lands which may
hereafter be given or appropriated fol
such purpose, for the support and
maintenance of such college,"
Mr.. Buist also proposed "that the
General Assembly shall provide fol
the maintenance Of the Winthrop Nor.
NAL and Industrial College and shall
appropriate or invest all moneys or
other property given or that may here.
after be given in aid of said college,"