Year: 1873

JOINT RESOLUTION TO RATIFY THE


AMENDMENT TO THE C0NSTlTu.
TION OF THE STATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA. RELATIVE TO THE IN
CREASE OF THE STATE DEBT.
Whereas the constitution of the
State Of South Carolina provides
that an amendment or amend
ments may be made to the same :;
and that such amendment Or
amendments shall be agreed to by
two-thirds Of the members elected
to each house, such amendment
or amendments to be entered on
the Journals, respectively, with the
yeas and nays taken thereon and
that same shall be submitted to
the qualified electors Of the State
at the next general election there
after for representatives; and if a
majority of the electors qualified
to vote for members Of the Gener-
al Assembly: voting thereon, shall
vote in favor Of such amendments;
ard two-thirds Of each branch Of
the next General Assembly shall,
after such an election, and before
another, ratify. the same amend
ment or amendments by yeas and
nays, the same shall become part
of the constitution: PROVIDED,
That such amendment or amend
ments shall have been read three
times, on three several days, in
each house and whereas the Gen
eral Assembly, at its last session,
did, in each branch, pass a joint
resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution of the
State of South Carolina, which
was agreed to by two-thirds of it's
members, 10 wit:


ARTICLE XVI. "Yo the end that
the public debt Of South Carolina
may not hereafter be increased,
without the due consideration and
free consent of the people Of the
State, the General Assembly is
hereby forbidden to create any
further debt or obligation, either
by the loan Of the credit Of the
State, by guaranty, endorsement,
or otherwise, except for the ordi-
nary and current business of the
State, without first submitting e the
question as to the creation Of any
such new debt, guaranty, endorse
ment or loan Of it's credit to the
people OF this State at a general
State election and, unless two
thirds Of the qualified voters of
this State, voting on the question
shall be in favor Of further debt,
guaranty, endorsement or loan Of
its credit, none such shall be
created Or made"


And whereas the said proposed
amendment has been submitted to
the electors qualified to vote for
members Of the General Assembly
at "the nozt general election" fol-
lowing the action ofthe General AS
sembly, and majority of the said
electors have voted in favor of the
same; therefore,


Be it resolved BY the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same:


That the amendment to the
constitution of the State of South
Carolina, proposed and agreed to
by two.thirds Of the members of
each branch Of the last General
Assembly, and voted for by a ma
jority Of the electors qualified to
vote for members Of the General
Assembly at the last election to
wit:


ARTICLE XVI. To the end that
the public debt of South Carolina
may rot hereafter be increased
without the due consideration
and free consent Of the people
Of the State, the General As
sembly is hereby forbidden to
create any further debt or obliga-
ton, either by the loan Of the
credit Of the state, by guaranty,
endorsement or otherwise, except
for the ordinary and current busi.
ness of the State, without first SUBJ
mitting the question as to the
creation Of any such new debt,
guaranty, endorsement or loan Of
its credit to the people of this
State at general State election, and
unless two-thirds Of the quail
fed voters Of this State, voting on
the question, shall be in favor Of a
further debt, guaranty, endorse
ment or loan Of it's credit, none
shall be created OF made, be, and
the same is hereby, ratified and
made part Of the constitution of
the State of South Carolina.


Approved January 20, A. D.
1873.


AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL FUNDS.


Be it enacted by the Senate and