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9.F SOUTH CAROLINAs Wi, THE PaOPLE OF H3 STATS Or 4TH CARO LINA, DV OUR DELSOATI-t' CONVENTI"?V MsET, DO ORDAIN ANo seTAsia114THIS CONSTI TUTION FOR THE GofaINUOSi oP THE SAID. STATE ARTII LE I, SECTION 1. The Legislative authority of this State shall be vested in a escieral Assehlv, which shall consist of a Se:nate an( a llouge of Representatives. SECtIoN 2. The House of"Ropreasentiatives shall be composed of Members choese1i by hal. lot, every second year, by the citiz nAco this State, qualified as in this Constitut m . . vided. SECTIoN 3. Each Judietil District . b h. State shall con, Iitute eig Election Di 11rict ex cept Cherleston District, we ich shae I1 0 ivi. dei Into two Election DistrictA.tie consisting of The late Parieeis cif St. Phillip noeedi St Michael, t0 be desigenated the Elceetin Dio. trict ' Charlepton ; the other consisting ef all that part of the Judicial iserict, which I., withoeut the lmits tf said Parishes. too to k i.iwn as the Electiocn District eec IIerkrJe . SEcTION 4. Theboun-tarice or ihe tsveral Je dicial ane ilection Dietrict elial. n.:nain as they are now established MROTIoN 5. Thu House (if Reprtesentatives shall consist tel one hundred st tw.-i v Ieer M mnbers. to be apporlineet anong the- severd Eetieon Oistricts of the State, a'ccordlcing to the numncr of ilae inhabeiatites C cl-iam. d ist fach, fald thea a unt of all taxes raised by the General Assemnuy, whether dire't or indilrect. or of whatever sorcies paid in each, dedecting therefrom all taxes paid een aic -tunite et proper ty held in any other Dia-ici, aend adding thereto all taxes elsewleere paid tn account gef property held in such Ditrict An ceonuera a tion of the white ith ebitan.ts, er ilis purpos', Wts tnade i the year one thouaonnd 00hrlt - dred and fifty- nine, ud Phialibe- nind.- in the ourse of every tenth year II. r,-ater, i such manner as shull be, by law, directed ; aind ie'presenlallves sihll t-e assignea to) tle ditT-r ent Districts lie the above-neninerc'd propor. 1tion, Icy Ac of the'* Qener el Asemblflly t the session immediateily succe dii..r eVery ecnine eationt : Provided, That unetil te a in, lIon ment, which shell be mad upon the next eno. ineration, shall take effect. the repreo-emauttioin ,or the siveral Election Districts. as herein con stituted, shall continue as aenisgned at the leat apportionment. each District which has been heretofore divided' Into smaller Districts, kntown as Parishe.having the a.rgregalee ouin - ber of Representavec which iet Pariees heretofore embraced within its lieile have had since that apportionment, the gepreerntaive to which the Parish of A ll Saintm las heene Iberetofore cieeilled, being. during this Interval, assigned to Harry Election Dietrice SBoTIot 6. If the enumeraion herein diract ed shall not be made it the course got the y,-ar a pinted for Ihe purpose. It sheall he the VlAt V I the Governor to' have it effected as etu'inc erefter as shall be practicable SEcTIoN 7 In assigicing Representatives to the several Districts, the General Atsenmbly shall allow one Represeoillative or te?ery Aixty. e6cond part of the whole number of white In habitants in the state, and One R enreetative also for every sixty second part ol the whole .taxen raised by th Ge cral Assembly. There -@hall be further alleewed on lietpreseneitive for such.fraclionts of the sixty secend part tc the white inhabitants. and of the sixty second part ofthe taxes, as when added togelher for i a unit. SscTioNSl. All taxes upon properly, real or personal, shall be letid unot the actual value' ol the propertytaxed, as the same sall no apcer tailed by the asseasmecl imnale er the pur. .ose of layig such tax. Ic the firat apper tionment which stall he mated under the tion etitution, the amount of taxes chnll be esticna. ted from the averace of the two years next pre. cedirg such apportionment; but in ever sub) sequent apportio ment, feiom tic average of the ten years then next paretcedieng. SEcTIoN 9. If, iee'the' apportionment of Rep resentatives ; any Election District shall ap pear not to be entitled, froin its population and its taxes, to a Representative; such Election District shall nevertheless send one R- treesn 'tative; and, it there he still a deficie.u4 of the number of Represfntatives required by sec. tion fifth, such deficiecy shall be supplied by -assigning Representatives to those Election Districts having the largest rurplus fractions, whether those fractions consist of a combi, a. 'tion of populati and taxea. or o tpopulstion or taxes separately, until tlie iunIber of One hundred. and twenty-four Members be made up - Provided, holpter, That not oinre than twelse Representsctcves sha'l, i nnc apportion'. ment, be asaigned to any on eDistrict. UscTiON 10. No apporte resect latives shall be construed i any manner, ucntil Ine gencerai shiall succeed such appor ions iedo enu member from each scept the Eleetion District of C whcicha eblebe allowed two Senators. beneral 12.emUpon the mcer the first , Gnerl Asemlywhich shall en u~ n '4er the provisionts of tis Cc lituioni the Senators shall bc devolae. by let, 'ntos two classes ;c atRaB Of thi~e I oee of the e claiss to be vacacted at ee expiratjeon (at tur yeaRS I and tile Inmber cc Ilcae cIaswa snIrl beso proportionced heat ecno halt eef the whcohe number of Senators mcay, as eisv sly eo :. s hie cacntinue to be chcosec lice re n - *nd year, l'EOTtoNi 13. No personc sheall lhe ,la ii ' ie, or takeori retamc a asat dc tich e ieset rtiepe. -settilives, unless hieis a tree .v Icti- manc. whoc hath ettslned the age efi twenty-one yecr~ hathc ben at cittsen andi a resideent ocf thes Sita:c <hree yesrs next preceding the cday 01 electione anti hath heen lor the fast six mineths ccltis ticme, aid shall ccntiue, a reecdenlt fcce Dci.. trict whcich hce it to represent. SmeTtoN 14. No- pelsan shell he e ligibele to, or tale or retuin. a seat n lhs Neecati. useless hce is a tree white man, who hcath atiaa cd cco aire of thirty years,. hath been, a citizen aced seeident or Oti Slate five ye ars nts prieceding . .ue dlay of electiton, anti hath beeh, fcor the lass six-mronths pf this time, anti shall conetincue tei be. a resIdent of the District -which ho is to rep. esslent. - SacTtoNe 16. Senators and Members of the aHlouse of Rtepresecctatives hall be chusen'at cc -geleoral election on lhs Ird.' etnesday its -October In the present yest, :andi on his samel day in every seconrd ye ar - Ife.alter, in such manaquer, accd for such tert. M~ e ce, as are herein directed, They *cll e on the *d arh Monday in. hov, eqbfblr, ~ilyIi, at a Coitstnbta, (whcich stall tiemain seat of to(Gaverncsheact. until otes-reiie deslfled by -the curence of t wn-thevM of bosth' ,renebets of lhe wholqreprederntation.) ontei's thes e esti allies p7war or cottagiwug ei'ters shell ben der Mie af ti ficeet therca .in either of whiel' eeees,-e .,toernor or Oomlnantder in chiaf, folftt (f~le betng, may, by prel ation, ap poinht aihg scoure atctd conveeleet piaeef0 moeeitig.-e femmelop 10 ef terms nf tdee of te~ Sina elections, return, and qua ificationor of its ow Members ; and a majority (of each Houst al conastituti a quorum to do busines ; but a smaller number may nasjiouarn ftm tiay to day, and may be auIhorseid to coin wei the attenud. ance of absent Members. In le Ia imanner, and under Euch pcenaittes. as may bb provided by law. SECTION IS Etch Iosausc ihall choose its own officer,. deternine it rules if procceding, punish its icnbers for disrorderly behavior, and, with the conqurrenceof two-thirds, expel a Member, but not a second tiftne ror the same cause SliCTION 19 ERich liouse may punish, Iy im., prisonme t, dureor iissittmiag. any person not a Meiber, wi shill be guiilty of disrespectto the House by any ilieorleriv or contemptuous behavior in its presence; or who, during the time r fits r-iting. shall threaten harn to bgdy tor esiate of nv Mebrner Apr anything said or dine -it ihi ar Illouse. or whi shall assault any of themn iterefor, or who shall assault or arrest any wies oir other ;r.oini orde ied to attend tie lh.iae. in his goinr thernio, or Mo'urning ilerefom. or who abiall ri ace any person ar risied by io der of the ilisa. SECTIoN 20. The Members or both Houses shall be prtI c ted fin their persons and estates surini their attendance on. goinir to and re inrnin.: trio. the General Assemably, and tin days pni vi a to the- itting, and ten days s ier th.- adjiou' ntnet, thereof. hiut these privi. htares alha not lie extended so as to protect any Menber whl shall be charged with treason, felony. iir breach of the peace. SECT1ON 21 Bill for raising a revs nue shall irignati in tie Houe of Repreiseonatives, but may he altered, amiiended or rejected by thae Soinate ; ald all sother billa Insy orleiiate in eitlher House, and anay tie amseided, altered or re-jsited by thr other SECTIoN 22. Every Act or Iesolution havingi the lorce o law shall relat ' tt but one subjedti. tlid that a, all be enoressed in the title. -Ec'soN 23. No ill shal have the force of law until it shall lave been read three tines. Rnd on three several caya, in each House, has lhad tle seal or the State affixed to it, and has heen signed it the Sienate llriuse by tlae Presi. rient of the Senate ail the Speaker of the Hoae of hteprensintatives. SECTeoN 24. No mnoiey shall be drawn out o the Public Tre iasury but by t legislative authorily or the State. SoCTIISN 25. len aill elctlons by tie General Asaemsbly. or either Hlouse thereof, the tmeina liers 3.ol vote' viva voce." anod iltirvoies thus Iriven, abill be etered upon the journals of the Hiose to which they respectively belong. SECTION -26 The rnienberp of the General Aesetsably. who shall neet under thiR Conitstitu. ion. sha If he emt itled to-receive out or the Pub. lit Treasury, for ,shr expenaes during their atteniale ;)n. goinar to aid retirning from. ite Geiteral Asseimly, live dollars for sach ilays attenodaice. ad. twenaty cents for eve-y mittle (if the ordinary route ol travel ieiween the resilience of the iember anid the capital or aller pbreo slitting of ithe General Assembly, Noth ,roaiig and returnmig ; and the sanie may hit increa-cd or dhiniheil by law. if circumt soinaices shall etquire ; bat mass alteration shall lie inade tat takei effect dinlglW the existence of fhe General Assembly waich liall tatake such aliersatios. '11cTiiaON 27 Ne'iiher louse, during the sell tisan of the Gseeral Asseiably, shall, wi hout the consent io the other. adjourt. for more dian three days. ar ta any other place than that iii which tle Assembly shall be at the tie sitting. SaCTION2g 'Na persona shall be eligible to a arat in tihe Ga.-ral Assembly whilst he holtia ainy sii e ma profii or trust under this State. ti- Uniiri Sat-a uf Amlerica, or any of them, air under any other lower. except ofiicers In the niliti... armey or niavy of titl state. Mais tr nties or Juattiesl o laterior Courtg, while such .instices rec etive niao sahlarI nor shall ay riontractor o' lt ariny or iavy of this State. the UnriteI *it ae-s of merica, or an v o them, sor thre- age 1i afi -utch contracatr, be eligible to a sea m either House Aid if any Mesnbur al all accepi risxercise anyofthesaidl disquall fyn v roffice , -e shall vracate his seat SECTistN 29. If asey E ecion , Disl let shall neglect Ito chooe a member or members on the slay of eeneaiion, or if any petasan chosen a rsesmher of either HMuse shall refuse so qualIl sy and sake Isia seat, or alasl resign. die, de. pat tie Stase.accep- any dirqualifyintrofefie, or becoin otherwise dilsqualiised to hild(] his secat. a writ of election shall bi issued by ilt Presidesnt of the $enate or Speaker or tie House of ftepresaentatives, as the case -may be, fir the purposie of filling ae vacanity thereby occasioned. for the remainder of thla terrn liar which thei person si ri fusing to quality, re. signing. dying, departing the S'ate. or bec-tis. ina isqualifled. was elected to serve, or lia def'aulting Election District ought to have chosico a iember or menibsre. SEeTloNs 30. Ansd wlherias, the ministera ofl the Gospel are. bys thteir protce~ain, dediacatedi to the service o1 Gsod end thie cure of souls,9 ansi aug t not be divrued Iroam theu great du. tsti of their Iuncudions, tierfore, 'n mninister of the Goase or pubiqjher of amty re., liiu esain ntinues in the eligible toi the isfile 0 .,.er, L leioan Giver niir. or to a saa h\ie Senate or the Hlouso of Representatives 'ARTICLE I. SEC~rroN 1. 'The Excetsivor -anthisrity oh this Stat' shill rae ve stiek a Cief'M s gistrate, who shril he syled, The GOsvernor of the State of Ssoth Ceronsiga SacTroNs 2. Trhe Goverhor shall bo elected by the i-ie c' ir sduly 'lualified to vyte for me'.sbers siofi the Hosse sol b presen atives. and shall hold ss sillee rfor tour years, nad until his succes cur steall be chosen sand qualiliedu; but the isle p ra sa hta .i usihtbe G u'sernoar for two eciNi ii v.eittm. 'EcTte.N 3. Ni ersin slalh he eligibletsa the riensi i. taovei snor,'usess he 14th .attuarned Ihe aveofsa thirty years, and hath been a'otten aa.d residenat of this -Statea for the ten years nexi preeding the slay of election. .And no piesin shall hold the offisda of Goveraior. ansi anry s,their isffice ordcomn'assauon, civil emr mtilita rv, (excdpi in milii,) tansder this Ststoor. Ibo Uihtted Sta'sea,s.r any of thtem,or kny oilher poa er, at, one and the same time. SsoTIoIN 4. Thme returns of eyery election of Jov, riasr shall be sealed up by the anaiaged. of Electiona in their respective ilstricts, anst transmitted,bly a messenger cimaen by Ihem,. to the seat of Goivernameni, directed .to the Secrelary of .Atatq, whoi shall deliver them to the Spi sker of the House of Representativs, atithes mnxt niusulng seuitn of the Gi-nural Asi semably, , iuring lbs first week- of whfcii se4 siona t he Speaker shali open anad publish theps in thie presence of both Houses of sly- Gesteral Assembly Thae persont having the highest number of votea, shall be Governor, but if tert or more shall be equal ansi hlgbiest. is yotes, Ibhs Genieral Aseembly shell, duruts the atsp regulatn, in the Housp of Representati es,4boes. ~weeof them Governor eltsssoee. Coqn qed siec.. (oons for Govsernor shall b.- dletermit mby~lbe betteral Assemtdy in tuch'marater e!)laUli e prescehed by I. 8Soaux.6.. A Liediesent Govgnrledktl be hnseti at the samne lilae, itt the same mtanther, soihIPMP ifie for ;he samnepetiod, And be6 etdsehffisamne dualifieationeh as the qoy a hii.n1esqjle e be Preside f the as Presidepnt of the Senaite, shall live no vote unless %he Fenatob eqally divided. SEctioN 7. The Sen.a to shall ch, oae a Presi dent pro temnp*o to act in the ab-sience or th Lieutesas-4o.ivernsor. sr when he shall exer cise tle 4,ince orGovernor SEUTirM 8. A meimbwr of tho Senate, or c the House or Representat ives, beini: chosen an< scting as Qovernor or Lieuteniant-Governu shall, thereupon.vacate his sent, and anothe pM I Pn shall be s ieleed in his stead. SEOTION 9. In caoe of the impenclhient 1W the Uovernor or his r moval from sille, dratli resignation, diiquifesation, diatlityor re sival from the 8ate. the Liutesnant-Governu shall succeed to his oiee, and in case of th impeachment of the Licutenart Governor o his removal frosm office, death. resignation,dia qualificasion. diability or removal from thi State, the PreAident pro tempore of the Senat shall succeed to his office ; and when the offic of the G vernor. Lieutenant Governor an, President pro stspers of the Senate shall be come vacant in the redessa qjthe Senate: th Secretary of State, for the time being,'shall Imy proclamtaion, convene the Senate, that President pro tempore may be chosen to exer cise the office of Governor for the snexpire term. SECTION 10. The Governor shall be Com mnaneer-in- ChIef of the Ariy and Navv this State and of the militia, except when the shall be called into ths actual service ofth United States. SECTION II. lie shall have power to grail reprieves and pardons after conviction, (excel in cases oflimpeachment,) mo such manner, o such terms in under auh restrictions as I shall think proper, and ho shall have power t remit fises and forfeitures, unless otherwim tirected by law. It shall be his duty to repo o the General Assembly at the iext rogula session thereafter all par$lons granted by hsir with a full statement ofeach case and the rea sons moving him thereunto bEcTIoN 12.. Ito shall take case that tl laws he ftithfully executed in mercy. SEvTioN 13 h'lieGovernor analLieutenatai 3ove ir shall, at stated timos. receive fotythe services a compensationt which shall be sncithe nersaed nor dinmienished during the psriu 'or which they shall have been elec (i. .d. SECTtOn 14 All ofi-ers in the Exscutiv Deparstsment. when required by the Governoi shall give lin information in writing upon ass subject relating to tht duties of their respec ive offices. $KCTsoN 16. The Gsvernorshall, tromiii to time. give to the General Assembly infoi Iration of the condition of the State, and re :ommtvd to I heir cotsideration such measure as he shall jsdge necessaey or expedient. SacTio 16. He may,. ont extraordinary o< asiaon, convene she General Aasemblyan siould either lisuse remain without-a quoru fsr three days. or in case of disagreemnast h< tween the two ouses, with respect to) the tn: of adjournsn mIssy adjtonss then tosur tisne as he shall think proper, not beyond tI fourth Monday of November then next enst insg. IncLTIoN 17. lie shall commission all oil ces a of the -state. SEcTIeN 18 It shall.be the duty of tt Mianagersot Elecsionbss of this State. at the fir general elections under this Constitution, an at ca.h alternate general election thereaft. to hold Ai lection for Governor and Liteses ant Governor. 8ECTION 19 'The Governor atsd the Lieuitet ani Overno betore enterini upon the doti of tteti respective ofuees.a tll', in the presem of the General Assembly, take ilia oal of ufice p-ecribed in this Constitton. -SaCTiN 211 Te Govirnor shall reshi dursng the slitting of the General Assembly, a the place where Its session. may be hel. ; a" the General Assemnoly may by law. reqais him to resslo at the 0'ptol of tiahe Stase. BRaOToN 21 Every Bill which shall hn passed the General Aesrmblv, shall, ha-ore become a law, he presented to the Governsr tf he approve, he shall sign it; but I not, I shall return It. with his objec-ilnss to thi Hotise In whh'h is shatI have orbrisna ed. w I ishail enter the irctonos at large ntiheirjon, nal; and proce to recounfer it. It after sut' reconsiferst on a majority of the whole rep< sentation o shat House shil agree 1o pas0A Bill. it shall Ibe Setaf, together with lose objesi tions, t the ther House, by whichlit asu litewise be rl-considired, anid if approvod by majority of the whlil representutions i it other louse, ithall betie a hnaw But in P such cases the votes of hbth FioUses shall I determined by yeas and naya. and the niam of the persons votinz for asnd araihat tie If shall be entered on - the journal of each Hou respetively -, It any Bill -4h sit not he returnma by the Governor within two days (unda, exc' psed) after it .hill have been prcesnt ilm, the sam'e shall I a law in iko l ann a- if he had ied a And. that lime ay a wasys be allowed lkn Gayes ns .r to. conaslt Hills passest by the' General Asrinbly, nesith Honee shal r'.aad aniy Bill ont lte his day ogil seassion,. except esach Bitsa a have bei rehsurned by the Guvernor as hes tin pros ARlF1CLE~ Iii. S i . ThtojudiI poter shall es'v ed j~ uperior and Inferior Csourts Laqoty, as .the "General Asaemtb shf' itite to time,-dirct ad estehlis rie Jges of the Speorr (Coora tosalaiI elected by tie Gatesrat usemly.' asall his Ineir oflicos doring good bevaor, asnd sisa at stated sistles, reeive a comspenasation I their sertices, whach shall neither be inicrea ad norw dimnished dfurinst their cusntinu in in office ; bstt they sheall- receive no eca perquialteq sof office, noir hold .ay other sin us profit or trust under this 'Slats, thse Utnit States of Amneric.e of 140y of themn or as 'other power. The Oepseral Assembly shall, so.)n as pos.l5le, establish for eaph DI-trlct the Stale ass Inferior Court -'or 'Cousrts, to styled "The District pJogrs."t he Judge where shall be reelddent in the DIstrIct white in ofik shall be. elected by eIt , coteral Asemnbly I four years,- pnd- shal- be re~eiligible, whtl Court, shall have jpllaiu ien of all civil cas wheraihs tne de' both 6f the partle. are perso; ofecolor, and pfall criptinal caeesvwhereio tI accused Is a persons or polor. and the Genes ptasembly Is ekhbowlered to 'esttend the jarn dIction of the sasi Court to othser au jects ' Seoion, The Juttes 'abaji meet ant i at Columsa, ii such %j e sthe General A sembly may byApI prepnbe,,sfer the purpo of hearina st? jterplhj all motioniss I neIripe drrestM -ueL'ltnt. anid so' points oftstep wtty , lbtnitted 'ii thea and the General A 4m ,matlby Act aipo ,such other' pJ4tges f~.sAmeetiug, as i'l 'discretlon'may s~ lp S4ottow 3, 'Tw aiJ proces. da tteflfnt shall be dj n' thp inAl ~ , 4shtha~erlI or t poltiueh t0*oi t u a t~* toai'l - -. Me shall haq efire white rui botisssna 5 rin ofthe iavv orthe United State lie shall, for the two years nreat priceedinar the day of electi. -n, have been a citiden of this Stat , or, for tte sanie period. an emigrant frtin Europe, who has declared his intention to becomo a citizen ofthe United Statest acording tth' f Constitution andl Laws of ther United .States. Ito shtil have resided In this State for at least r twoyeVar.niIAt prec.-edw tic iay re tn r aid, for the last six noths ofthat tine, in the District in which ie offers to vote, prde;4ded, f howner, That the Ge-neral Assembly mays by requiring a registry cf voters, or other uita be legislation, gua,d aigaInst frauds in lec., r tions. and usurpations or the right of suirage, tey uoposo disqualification to vote as a pun r ishienit for 'crine,and may prescribe ad. -ditional qualifications for voters in municipal emectioens. A RTICLE V. All Dersons, who shall be elected or appointed to iwny oflice tf pi-otit or trust, before entering on the execution thereof. shall take (besides spec.. oaths, not reputrnant to thio Consti. ution, prescribed by the General Assembly,) the following oath : " I do swear (or affirm) t-at I a duly qual fled, according to the Constitution of this State, to. exercise the office to which I have been appointed, and that I will, to the best of my ability, discharge the duties thereof, atid e preserve, protect ant defend the Constitution ofthis State, aid that of thu United Slates. So help also God." ARTICLE VI, SEcTION 1. The House or Representatives shall huve the sole power of impeaching, but eno inpeachlenct shall be'anade, unless with the concurrence of two-thirds of the House of Represettatives r brcoN 9. All impeachments shall be tried 'ly the Senate.* When siting for thet purpose tile benutors shal I bt otn outh or affireation, e still nec pe'oon shall ie cotnvictea without the concorrence of two-thirds of the eacmbors present. SEcTroN 3. The Governor. Lieutenant-Gov r ernor, land all civ1l eflcers,. shall he iklelo to inipeachment fer high crimses ancd misdenea nis, for .ny nisbehavir in oil ca, for corrup ito in precuring office. or for anyact which shall degrado their official character. Iut judg-ient.in uclh cascA sliall not extend furth er than to removal from office, and disqualiii cation to heid any office of honor, trust or piofit under thiaState The party convict a ed shall. nevertholens, be liable to 'dictnent, wrial, judgment and punislhnent according to law. SECTro'N 4. All civil officers, whose authori ty is hiniteet to a cintrie Judiciul District, a sitgle Election District, or parl of either, shall be aplinted, hold their office, be removed froli tfico and, in addition to habillty to Im . achloetl, ny e putisheId for oflbdk mio.. e conduct, iu suh nanner as the General As h semll. previous to their appointtihent. may a priovit P.# . SacTlow 5. Ifany civil offcir shall be come dioaabled from discharging the duties-of hi offlice. by resson of any permanent bodily or mental infirnity. his office inlay be declaraead to be vacant, by joinoresolution, agreed to by two-hirds tel the whole repreasetai oi in esich Iouse of the Ganeral Assembly : Proided, ' hat uche rewluiton ahall contain the grounds for the proposed removal, and before is shall pasa either ilouae, a copy of it thall be served can the officer, and a hearing be allowed' A RTICLE ViI. h SEcTioN I. The Tre-asurer anal the Scerelagy of State shall bo alerted by hlice General Apsen blyito the House of Represetattive,, shall hold t their oflices fAr four years and 9shll not be I eligible for the next succee ling term. (a .cTloN 2 All other officaor shall be apnoint, ed.as they hitherto have been, until otherwise p lirected by latw ; but Iltesame persOn shall not t hold the office of sheriff for two concsoutive , taerms. SEcTION 3. All cominieeions shall be in the it namte and by lice authority of the State otSouth 0 C. olins. hae a rated with'e saot of thao State, and c signed by the Governor. ARTICLE Vill o All laws a(' force in this State, at the adop tin of thie . natitultoll, and not repugnant It hereto, sihall at cotiniue, until altered orr. at ieale- by tle Gen ral Asambly, except where it ley are temcpmary, ill which case they shall if expire nit the times reopectivelv litnited for we their duration, if not conetinued by Act of the -a General Assetnbly. iI ARTICLE IX. Fctc-rlox I All power Is o'riginally invested the peoaple, and all free Governments 'ire fountie et their authority, add tire instituted r fr Ih-r p\ece, saley antd hnppiness I. - EoTrorW2. No person shalt be:iskcn, or It er irIso ad, or dIiseizedj of hIs freehotldl, liber. er tissor privileges, r outjawcd or exileet. or in ttatny lnaniner de'privedl of his life, liberty aor 0n property, l-ut b~y due- process of lnaw :t nor slall -et ny hill ofattaneter, e* postI fuegca jaw, or the law impairing the obli Igatiant cof contracts, d~er hepaased hy the General Aseemhly Sitc-ron 8. The icilitary all be subcrdinate t- bc the 'evl power. car . SacTIoN 4 The privilegeof thec writ of Attbeas ly corpus shall not besuspended., unless whe'n, In bc. casq caf rebceilion, or invasion, the public safety ata recbcdre It. Id 'xcfcoa 5. Excessive bell shall not be re li. qclrel, niar excessive fliues ikap~sed, nor cruel ir pontahmntt inflicted. a- .Ssbrtttx 6., The Genecral Assembly shall alot go grnt any title of naobility, or hereditary die. cr tinctio, tior create any-office, tieappoint. -o mnet to which shalt he for any ionger time ~ai than during good behavior. ay Sxciaoa 7. The trial by jury, as heretofore ts NOs in tis Stito, and the liberty of the press, In snall bo'rore~ver inviolably preserved.,P iut the ae Geneiral Assembly shalt have poweer to deter, if' tcine the number of persons who shall eon. e, ttute thee juyy in the Inferior or District tin Courts ib SucTiox 8. The free exercise and etnjoyment as of rehtgaeus professIon aid worship, without is atiscrimincation or preferencasshall be allow'e )e within ti Stiate,- to all -mankInd I ProeW sl That the liberty oh consience hereby deelqfe a- shal i nt he construed pa to eu..a-ajt t16 6a centosness, or juastify praeie.. zaco ~ltout with the peace andsafetyof the State. Ii sno'ritex 9 The rights, prvlg Iimati m ties and-esates of liotia civ i an r Iilous so. tOeltetle en I of corbaoratoebodtes, aflrenain Ir ins i~ lh Consitoation fo this Sta' ad net beetn I, alOtIaor amded, s Dloent at ehloit be eeeslaih tat , r. ob~ nt lr' fall to beo sotte leg'gularly prislow fo lhe *4uitabfe diot'ributlon of @7 estates of intes, iI' tate. d havin~ been emattolpt y thueactionete this StatSe, d sorte$j e''t ral Adsmblya hetn laid. a at ehkal aftb sp~e hea ons y -ill bset Sbls ib each lo Iba on_ e.t * 7the a taa ' Udd.I. pga tax, all such classes of persons. mq., nlia tihe or otherwise, ought, IA the jignent of the aenerad Asletnhly, to h1e eXetkopittd, SbcrioN 1 The business of the Trcabury. shall be conducied by one Treasurer, who ihall hold his office and reside at the. seat Of Goern. aient. SECTioN 2. The Secretary ofstate shall hold his .lice and reside at the seat qf Govern -h ARTICLE X1s, SCTO I - No Convention of the people shall" be called, unless by the concurrence of two thirds of the-whole representation in each House of the General Assembly. SECTIoN 2. No part ofthie Constitution shall be altered, unless a hill to alter the same shall have been read, on threo several days, in the House of Representatives. sad on three seve ral days in th Senate, and a greed to. at the dedonet and third readings, by two-third. of the whole representation in each House of the General Assembly ; neither shall any alitea tion take efect. untilthe bilt. so agreed to, shall be published for tfreo months previous to, a new election for members. of the House of Representatives; and. if the alteration p~ovpos od by the preceding, General Assembly, shall be agreed to, by the new General Assembly, in tiir first atesilon, by tie concurrence o two-thirds of the whole representation in *acit [louse, alter the same shall have been read on three several days in each, then and not oth erwise, tle sameshall become a part of the' Constitution. Done in Cqnvention, at Olumbia, in the Stae ol South Carolina, the iwenty-seventh day of September. in the year or lur Lord one thousand eight hundred asnd sixty-five. D. L. WARDLAW, Preoldent of the Convention. Attest :Joii T. SLoAN,Clerk of the Con. vention. Government of the United States. President-Andrew Johnson, of "'ennes see. Secoretary of Stale--W. 11. Seward, of' Now York. Seoretary of War-Edwin M. Stanton, of Penasylvania. Postmaster Goneral--William Dennison, of 0hio. Secretary of (he Navy--Gjeon Welles, of' Connect ictit. Secretary of the interior-James Harlan, Iowa. f Secretary of the I"reasury---Hugh MeCul ough, ofIllinois. Attorney General-Jame. Speed, of Ken lutcky. President- of the Senate---Lafayette 8. Poster, of Conneoient. Speaker of the House--Sheyler Colfax,. of ludiana. SuPrauX Coufty. Salmon C. Chase. Qhio, Chief Justice. 1. James M. IWayne, Georgia. 2. Samuel Nelson, New York. 3. Robert C. Orier, Pennsylvania. 4. Natlin .Clifford.. Maine. 6. Noah li..Swayne, Ohio. 6. Daniel Davir, llinnis,. -7. Samuel Miller, Iowa. 8. Samuel F. Field, California. . J,1UTBNANT OENRRALs. Wingfield Scott, Virginia. Ulysses 8. Grant. of Ohio. Adjutant Geberal Lorenzo Thomas, Dela ware. Jlg* Advocato General, Josoph Holt, D. C. 'Quarterniaster Ocneral, AMonigomery C. Moigs, of Pennaiylvanila. The Daily Epy PETERSR17RG, VA.. TJAS entered upon its fiftes)ntII year, in an u eril arge rorit, with new type, tnder auo.IiiC'; highlY flittterinjr. It has ft lrge sail ilaily increasiiir'circulation, and offbeis to mer. chant, and others desiri,, to Ceintnonieste With the $outhern puhile, advantages surpass. ed by none. AinVR:RTjsIFIN X.TE4: Two week,,. . -$...6s00. One --n-t --h... 0 I'wo months .....................6 0 Three innths.....""."'".-.I, 00 Siw months " '' 1 00 Ono year. ''.". """"". 0 Two weeks Two0 dal) Ono monith.""". "'''.-'-''.... 0 T, mont'.'''''-'''------------2 00 Tlhreo mionts "'''' 16 t0. Si , moth -............... 00. One yes,..""--"""---------...0G tPerson eiring a grae unit f'po tan~ sr e desinated, will be accomeanot'atyxi SfUBSwup', ON R ATRI't Sngle Copy, (mailed) 6 etc. Oinen sqt, do Thiaee onths,- doe 0 SIx months, do lf One ydre, do .* Of A. '.CRUTCHIFIgID& CO .. 465Petersburg, a. The White M Gsvafsv THE NE W YQtc DAY. BOOK.. AFIRST ^ wely peper, Infavor of - 1, sttutlon as Ii is, 'aud the. Union e.' ' Day Blook is not rapvintedJtfrem S ly, bt i ade up exr~sly fest weekly - iroulation, with a etul asaryp of the . news' from all the States,-'and all pauts of' the World, with market Reports, Agrieni- .. tural, Finanoe, 1,lteratmre, eo. TERjJ8(2 OAS--iN AD VANCW. One copy one year g2 00 i 'iiee oobles one year .6 00 Fi1ve copies one year, and one to the getter uyp ofthg olttb, 30 09. 'Tenocoples ont year, stI'ouu' 1o the ""' geter. ot ofhe'6tdb,' . 7 # f Twenty copies toses address goi (10, Old htnsoribge &44te Pay Book, through. A* - Sateswill receelte h uo~il ee, - b ot~tylg us of dfor' men whoe will be. ~ )g tes' oe,-ony .an, - tOWa.. ,6l5eea~a