The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-10-30
AS ADOPTED.
Article Of the Constitution Of Counties
and County Government as Finally
AdOptel.


After five days of interesting debate
the Convention has adopted the following:
Section /. The General Assembly may,
from time to time establish new counties
in the following manner: Whenever
one. third of the qualified voters within
the area of each section of an old county
proposed to be cut off into new county
shall petition the Governor for the crea-
tion of a new county, setting forth the
boundaries and showing compliance with
the requirements of this article, the Gov
ernor shall order an election within
reasonable time thereafter by the quail
fed voters within the proposed area, IN
which election they shall vote yes" or
ssno" upon the question of creating said
new county, and at the same election the
question of a name and county seat tor
such county shall be submitted to the
electors.
Sec, 9. If two thirds of the qualified
electors voting at such election shall vote
"yes'' upon such question, then the Gem
eral Assembly at its next session shall
establish such new county; provided, no
section of q county proposed to be dis
mem bered shall be thus cut of without
consent by two-thirds vote of those
| voting in such section, and no county
shall be formed without complying with
all conditions imposed in this article, and
election upon the question of forming the
same proposed new county shall not be
held oftener than once in four years.
Sec. 3. No new county hereafter formed
shall contain less than one hundred and
twenty-fourth part of the whole number
of the inhabitants of the State, nor shall
| it have less assessed taxable property
| than one and one-half millions of dollars,
| as shown by the last tax returns, nor
shall It contain less than four hundred
square miles.
Sec. 4. No old county shall be reduced
to less than five hundred square miles,
| to less assessed taxable property than two
million dollars, nor to smaller popula-
ton than fifteen thousand inhabitants.
Sec. 5. In the formation of new counties
no old county shall be cut. within eight
! miles of its county seat.
| SEC. 6. All new counties hereafter
formed shall bear just apportionment
! of the valid Indebtedness of the old county
or counties from which they have been
formed.
Sec. I. The General Assembly shall
have the power to alter county lines at
any timo: provided, that before any ex-
| listing county line is altered the question
| shall be first submitted to the qualified
voters of the territory proposed to be
taken from one county and given to an
other, and shall have received two-th1rds
| of the votes cast; provided, further, that
the change shall not reduce the county
from which the territory is taken below
the limits prescribed IN sections and 4
of this article provided that the proper
proportions of the existing county IN,
| debtedness of the section 30 transferred
| sl,n M oI hu q o0untU m which
the territory is 30 transferred.
| Sec. 8. No county seat shall be removed
| except by a vote Of two-thirds Of the
| qualified electors of said county in an
election held for that purpose, but such
election shall not be held in any county
oftener than once in five years.
Sec. 8. That each county shall consti-
tute an election district.
Sec. 10. The General Assembly may
provide for the consolidation Of two or
more existing counties If majority OF
the qualified electors Of such counties,
voting at an election held for that purpose,
shall vote separately therefor, but such
| election shall not be held oftener than
once in four years in the same counties.
Sec. II. Each of the several townships
of this State with names and boundaries
as now established by law, shall conssi-
tute body polite and corporate, but
this shall not prevent the General Assem-
bly, from organizing other townships or
changing the boundaries of those already
established, anG the General Assembly
may provide such system of township
government as they shall think proper
in any and all the counties, and may
make special provision for municipal
government and for the protection of
chartered rights and powers Of munich
palities.
Sec. IL. Until changed by the General
Assembly, as allowed by this constitution,
the boundaries of the several counties
shall remain as they are now established,
except that the boundaries of the county
| of Edgetield shssll undergo euch changes
as are made necessary by the formation
of new county from a portion Of Edge
field, to be known as Saluda, the boun-
daries of which are set forth in Consti-
tutional ordinance.