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Importapce-Propositio to Adjourn TIL
,Januarv-.some Articles Virtually Adopt
COLUMBIA, Oct. Especial: The
past two days have been notable ones
II the Constitutional Convention.
Some very important questions have
come up, and there has been full dis
cussion on each.
It was expected of course that the
d;spensary matter would come up, but
owing to the absence of Mr.. Clayton
of Florence the matter was again de-
ferred. -,
. Articles viii and tx were passed to a
third reading with little or no debate,
in the following form:
ARTICLE vIII-MPEACHMEMTS
Sec. 1. The house of representatives
shall have the sole power of impeach-
ment. A vote of two thirds of all the
members elected shall be required for
an impeachment, and any officer i'm,
peached shall thereby be suspended
from Office until judgment in the case
shall have been pronounced, and the
place of such officer shall be filled
during the time as provided by law.
Sec. 2. All impeachments shall be
tried by the senate, and when sitting
for that purpose they shall be under
oath or affirmation. No person shall
be convicted except by vote of two
thirds of all the members elected.
When the governor is impeached, the
chief Justice of the supreme court, or
if he be qualified, the senior justice
shall preside, with casting vote in
all preliminary questions.
Sec. 8. The governor and all other
executive and judicial officers shall be
liable to impeachment; but Judgment
in such cases shall not extend further
than removal from Office. The persons
convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable
to Indictment, trial and punishment
according to law.
Sec. 4. For any willful neglect OF
duty, or other reasonable cause, which
shall not be sufficient ground OF i'm
peachment, the governor shall remove
any executive or judicial officer on the
address of two.thirds of each house OF
the general assembly: Provided, That
the cause or causes for which said re-
moval may be required shall be stated
at length in such address, and entered
on the Journals of each house: Provld-
ed, That the officer intended to be re-
moved shall be notified of such cause
or causes, and shall be admitted to a
hearing in his own defense, or by
counsel, or by both, before any vote
for such address; and in all cases the
vote shall be taken by yeas and nays,
and be entered on the journals of each
house respectively.
ARTICLE IX-AMENDMENT AND REVISION
OF THE CONSTITUTION.
Sec. 1. Any amendment or amend
ments 10 this Constitution may be
proposed in the senate or house OF
representatives. If the same be agreed
toby two-thirds of the members elect
ed to each house, such amendment or
amendments shall be entered upon the
journals respectively, with the yeas
and nays taken thereon, and the same
shall be submitted to the qualified elec-
tors OF, the State at the next general
election thereafter for representatives
and if a majority of the electors quail
fed to vote for members of the gener-
al assembly voting thereon, shall vote
in favor of such amendment or amend
ments and two-thirds of each branch
of the next general assembly shall, af-
ter such an election and before anoth-
er, ratify such amendment or amend
ments, by yeas and nays, the same
shall become part of the Constitution t:
provided, that such amendment or
amendments shall have been read
three times on three several days, in
each house.
Sec. 2. If two or more amendments
shall pe submitted at the same time
they shall be submitted in such man
ner that the electors shall vote for or
against each of such amendments sep
arately.
Sec. 3. Whenever twothirds of the
members elected to each branch of the
general assembly shall think it neces-
sary to call a convention to revise,
amend or change the Constitution,
they shall recommend to the electors
to vote at the next election for repre-
sentatives for or againsta convention,
and if a majority of all the electors
voting at said election shall vevoted
for a convention, the general assembly
shall at their next session provide by
law for calling the same, and such
convention shall consist of number
of members equal to that of the most
numerous branch of the general as
sembly.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
The article on miscellaneous matters
reported by the committee on that
subject was then called up.
Thomas E. Miller moved to amend
Section 1 so that it would read that NO
person should be elected or appointed
to any Office in this State unless ''he
or she" possess the qualifications of an
elector. Some one moved to pass over
this section, as ripple laughter was
heard around the house.
Then Section 2 was adopted with
rush as follows:
Sec. 2. The general assembly may
direct, by law, in what manner claims
against the State may be established
and adjusted.
Mr.. Henderson was about to present
q substitute for Section 3 when Miller's
amendment to Section 1 was again
called on.
On motion of Col. Sloan the amend.
ment was tabled.
Sec. 8. In regard to divorces, was