The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-12-18


January, in the year 1897, and there
after annually at the same time and
place. Should the casualties OF war
or contagious diseases render it unsafe
to meet at the seat Of government then
the governor may by proclamation ap-
point O. more secure and convenient
place of meeting. Members of the
general assembly shall not receive a1y
compensation for more than forty days
of any one session: Provi&sl, that
this limitation shall not affect the first
four sessions Of :he general assembly
under this constitution.
Sec. 10. The terms of Office OF the
senators and representatives chosen 6;
q general election shall begin on the
Monday following such election.
Sec. II. Each house shall Judge ot
the election returns and qualifications
Of it's own members, and majority OF
each house shall constitute a quorum tc
DO business; but smaller number may
adjourn from day to day, and may
compel the attendance of absent mem'
bers. in such manner and under such
penalties as may be provided by law
or rule.
Sec. II. Each house SHALL choose its
own officers, determine its rules ot
procedure, punish its members for dis
orderly behavior, and, with the con-
currence of two-thirds, expel mem
Der, but not second time for the same
cause.
Sec. Is. Each house may punish by
Imprisonment during its sitting any
person not member who shall be
guilty of disrespect to the house by
any disorderly contemptuous behavior
in its presence, or who, during the
time OF it's sitting, shall threaten harm
to the body or estate of any member
for anything said or done in either
house, or who shall assault them there
for OF who shall assault or arrest any
witness or other person ordered to at
tand the house in his going thereto OF
returning tnerefrom, or who shall res
cue any person arrested by order OF
the house: Provided, that such time
of imprisonment shall not in any case
extend beyond the session of the gen
eral assembly.
See. "A. The members of both
houses shall be protected in their per
sons and estates during their attend
ance on, going to and returning from
the general assembly, aod 10 days pre-
vious to the sitting and 10 days after
the adjournment thereof. But these
privileges shall not protect any mem
Der who shall be charged with treason,
felony or breach of the peace.
Sec. Is. Bills for raising revenue
shall originate in the house of repre-
sentatives, but may be altered, amend.
ed or rejected by the senate; all other
bills may originate in either house,
and may be amended, altered or re-
jected by the other.
Sec. 16. The style of all laws shall
be: "Be it enacted by the general as
sembly of the State ofSouth Carolina.
Sec. II. Every act Or resolution
having the force of law shall relate tc
but one subject, and that shall be ex,
pressed in the title.
Sec. 19. No bill or Joint resolution
shall have the force of law until it shell
have been read three times and OF
three several days in each house, ha!
had the great seal of the State affixeC
to it, and has been signed by the pres
dent of the senate and the speaker o.
the house of representatives: Provld
ed, that either branch of the genera.
assembly may provide by rule for 6
first and third reading of any bill OF
joint resolution by its title only.
Sec. 19. Each member of the genera
assembly shall receive five cents fol
every mile for the ordinary route O
travel in going to and returning fror
the place where its sessions are held
no general assembly shall have thu
power to increase the per diem of it
own members; and members of th'
general assembly when convened ii
extra session shall receive the same
compensation as is fixed by law for th'
regular session.
Sec. 90. In all elections by the gen
eral assembly, or either house thereof
the members shall vote 'viya voce,
and their votes, thus given, shall b.
entered upon the journal of the hous'
to which they respectively belong.
Sec. 81. Neither house, during th'
session of the general assembly, shall
without consent Of the other, adjourn
for more than three days, nor to any
other place than that in which it shal
be at the time sitting.
Sec. %. Each, house shall keep (
journal of it's own proceedings, ant
cause the same to be published i'm
mediately after its adjournment, ex
cepting such parts as, in its Judgment
may require secrecy; and the yea'
and nays of the members of either
house, on any question, shall, at thu
desire of ten members Of the house o.
five members of the senate, respective
". be entered on the journal. Any
member Of either house shGll have
liberty to dissent from and protes
against any act or resolution which h
NAV think injurious to tie public or Il