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bia on the 18th day of December,
1905, and again on the 9th and 10th
of January, 1906, and thoroughly
considered the matter.
The constitution of South Caro-
lima Q895) in Article ~16, Section 1,
provides that "Any amendment OF
amendments TO this constitution may
be proposed in the Senate or House
of Representatives. If the same be
agreed to by tw o-thirds of the men,
bers elected to each house, such
amendment or amendments sha'. be
entered on the journals respectively,
with the nays and yeas taken
thereon"
Article l, Section 20, provides that
'"The provision of the constitution
shall be taken, deemed and construed
to be mandatory and prohibitory, and
not merely directory, except where
expressly made directory or permis-
sorry by its own terms"
We find that the amendment pro-
viding for biennial sessions of the
general assembly, proposed by the
general assembly, under the bill Is.
29-Mr. Warren; II. 273) was not
entered on the journal of the house
of representatives, though the yeas
and nays were taken thereon, and
that under the provisions of the con-
stitution above cited the amendment
has never been properly proposed by
the general assembly and submitted
to the people.
BY reference to the journal of the
house of representatives it appears
that the bill was read the first time
and referred to the committee on
judiciary, its title only appearing in
the journal. blouse Journal, 1908,
p. 299.)
The bill was reported by the COM
mittee, by its title only, and ordered
for consideration. House Journal
1908, p. 43s.)
The bill was continued, its title
only appearing. blouse Journal
1908, p. 610D
The bill was made special order,
its title only appearing. House
Journal 1904, p. 55.)
Debate was adjourned on the bill,
its title only appearing. blouse
Journal 1904, p. 222D
The bill received it's second read
ing, its title only appearing, and was
ordered to a third reading, yeas 81 !;
nays 80. blouse Journal 1904, p.
231-232)
The bill received its third reading,
and was ordered enrolled for ratifi-
cation, yeas 50; nays 26. blouse
Journal 1904, p. 243-244.) It's title
only appearing.
The bill was ratified, its title only
appearing. blouse Journal, 1904,
page 1867
Thus it appears that nowhere is
the amendment entered on the jour
nal of the house of representatives.
The constitution provides that it
shall be so entered, and this provis-
ion is mandatory. We, therefore,
advise that the same should not and
cannot constitutionally be ratified by
the general assembly.
We would furthermore report and
advise that under the proposed
amendment, which was voted on by
the people, that so much of Article
3, Section 8, of the constitution as is
altered by such proposed amendment
would read as follows:
"The first session of the general
assembly elected under this constitu-
tion shall convene in Columbia on the
second Tuesday in January in the
year eighteen hundred and ninety
seven, and thereafter annually at the
same time and place until the end of
the session occurring in 1906, after
which the said sessions shall be held
at the same time and place biennially"
Under this provision the first
session of the general assembly after